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生日
When is your birthday? Usually how do you celebrate your birthday? When is your parents' birthday? How did you celebrate the birthday for them? You think what is the birthday present your parents really want or appreciate? ·暗恋
Were you a secret admirer for someone? How was your feeling? How do you think about secret love? What is real love in your opinion? · 写博客
Do you have your own blog? How do you think about writing the blog? What kind of content would you like to write in your blog? Do you think people should write private things in the blog? · 减压
Do you have preure for life and work? Do you often feel upset or disappointed? How will you release your preure? What is the best way to release our preure? ·最难忘的一次生日
Do you often celebrate your birthday? How do you celebrate your birthday? Have you ever received some special birthday present? Did you have a unforgettable birthday celebration? · Go dutch AA制
When friends go out together, should they go dutch? How do you think about a couple go dutch for everything? Do you think ladies should be independent in finance? 抽烟喝酒
Do you like smoking? Do you like drinking? What are the advantages and disadvantages of them? Why do so many people like it so much? 教育
How do you think about Chinese education? What are the advantages of Chinese education? What are the disadvantages of Chinese education? What are the differences between Chinese education and foreign education? 家务
Do you often do housework at home? Do you think all the housework should be done by ladies? Should the man do some housework? 师生恋
How do you think about the love between student and teacher? Have you heard of this kind of affair? Is it right for a teacher to fall in love with a student? ·收藏
Do you collect anything? What do you collect? Why do you like to collect it? What do other people like to collect? 美容院
Do you often go to the beauty salon? Do you think Beauty salon can make people more beautiful? What kind of people often go to the beauty salon 要不要孩子 Did you marry? Do you have a child? Do you think a family must have a child? Why? How is a family which has no child? · 出国
Do you want to go abroad? Which country would you like to go? Do you think it is useful for you? why? 好朋友多年后的重逢
Do you have some friends that you haven't met for a long time? Is he or she a very good friend of you? Did you meet some friends that you haven't seen each other for ages? How do you feel when you meet them again? 移民
Do you want to immigrate to some other foreign countries? Why do you want to immigrate to other countries? Which country would you like to go? Why do some many people want to immigrate? ·Chinese New year What is your plan for Chinese New year? How many days holidays do you have? Who would you like to spend this time with? ·An interesting trip Do you like traveling? Where is the place that you think most interesting? Where have you been to ? Was that trip interesting? Why? ·Being late Have you ever been late? When and for what event were you late? How do you think about someone who is always late? Is punctuality important? What are some of the excuses that people always use for being late? · Small busine What kinds of small busine are popular in China? Why do some people open their own busine? What qualities does a small busine owner need to have? What are the advantages and disadvantages of small busine compared to large companies? · Leader Do you want to be a leader? What is the quality that a leader should have ? Why don't someone want to be a leader? Why do we need a leader? · Belief What is your belief? When you meet some difficulties, what make you strong? Have you ever doubted your own ability? ·圣诞节
How do you want to celebrate the incoming Christmas? How did you celebrate the Christmas when you were at school? Why is Christmas so popular in China? An important change in your life What was the important change in your life? When was that? What happened at that time? What is the effect of that change? Relax How do people around you relax? What are the differences in ways of relaxing between men and women? What are the differences between preures people have now and that people have 50 yeas ago? What do you think is the importance of relaxing? · 我喜欢的一首经典老歌
Do you still remember some old songs? Why do you like it ? What can you remember when you listen to it again? · On sale Have you bought some products on sale? Do you like to buy something on sale? How do you think of the quanlity of products on sale? · 一年的总结
How do you think about your life in this year? How do you think about your work in this year? Did you fulfill all of your plan in this year? What is your plan for next year? · 您最愿意听取谁的建议? Do you often listen to other people's advice? Do you often follow your parents' advice? Do you often ask advice from parents or friends? Can children give parents advice · 城乡差异
What are the differences between the city and village? What are their advantages and disadvantages? Would you like to live in the city or the village? · 免费的使用装
Have you met someone who tried to recommend some products to you for free? Did you accept it ? How did you feel about it ? Do you think it is a good way to promote some products? 南北差异
Do you notice the differences between the north and the south? What are the differences? What is the reason for the differences? · 英语学习
How to learn english well ? Do you like studying english? What is your disadvantage in learning english? What is the advantage to learn a foreign language well? · 节日
Which is the festival you like most? When is that ? What will you do during this festival? Is the festival nowadays the same with 20 years ago? 电影明星
Who is the movie star that you like most ? How did you know him or her? Which movie that he or she acted do you like best? Do you think the movie star influnces our real life? 跨国恋情
Are there a lot of international love around you? How do you think about international love? Can you accept a foreigner to be your wife or husband? What are the difficulties the international love must overcome? Family violence How do you think about family violence? Have you seen someone who suffered from family violence? What is the reason from family violence?· Is make-up important for ladies? Do you think make-up is important for ladies? Do the ladies around you make up ? How are their make-up skill? Do you think they look better after making up ? What kind of ladies are most charming to you 麦当劳和肯德基
Do you like McDonald and KFC? Do you often go there? Why are they so famous in China? 自信
Are you very confident? Do you think confidence is very important? How will people become confident?· 承诺
Do you easily make a promise to others? Do you often keep your promise? Is it very important for us to keep our promise? Why? The advantages and disadvantages of high technology What are the advantages of the high technology? What did the high technology bring to us? What are the disadvantages of the high technology? How should we make use of the high technology?·
盗版
Have you ever used the piratic products? Is it very popular? Why is it so popular? Do you think it is good or bad for China? Why?· 您喜欢在什么样的公司工作? What kind of company would you like to work for? Do you like your present job? Why do you like to work in this company? What kind of bo would you like to work for? Good advice is harsh to the ears? Do you agree with this idea that good advice is harsh to the ears? Have you ever received any advice from some of your friends which was very useful for you? What was the advice? Why was it useful for you? Do you often give others advice? 绰号
Did you have any nickname? What does it mean? How did you get this nickname? Did you feel unhappy when someone call you by your nickname? 城乡差异
Did you notice the difference between the city and the village? What are the differences? Would you like to live in the city or the village? Why? What are the advantages and disadvantages of them? ·校园自杀事件
How do you think some students commited suicide in the school? What is the reason for that? How do you feel about it ? Should the school be responsible for that? 生日
Do you remember your parents' birthday? How do you celebrate it ? What is the best gift for parents? 电影院
Do you often go the the cinema? Would you like to see a film at home or in the cinema? What is the difference? Would you like to see a film alone or with other people?
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Are you a persistent person? Are you a persistent person? Do you often make up your mind to do something but always fail? What is the reason for that ? How to solve this problem? which bank do you like best ? Which bank do you like best ? Why do you like this bank? What is the advantage and disadvantage of the banks in China? How to solve this problem? What does beauty mean to you ? What does beauty mean to you ? Do you care a lot about your image? Do you think people will benefit from the beautiful image? Is there any disadvantage?
制服(uniform)Did you have some school uniform when you were at school? How do you feel about it ? Do you have some company uniform now? What is the advantage and disadvantage of the uniform? 被骗的经历
Have you ever been cheated? When was that ? For what? How did you feel about it ? What did you learn from it ? 照相
Do you like taking photos? Why do people like taking photos? What kind of photos would you like to take? Do you like keeping the photos? Why?
Independence独立
Are you very independent? Why do you think you are independent or dependent? When you meet some difficulties, who will you turn to? What is the benefit of being independent? · 你很在意别人的想法吗? Do you care a lot about other people's idea? Do you think it is good or bad? Do you often feel jealous about other's achievement? Is that good or bad? ·彩票
Did you buy any lottery before? Did you win anything? Do you want to win five million lottery? If you really win it, do you think it is good or bad? 你耳熟能详的格言警句或一句话
What is the motto that you are very familiar with? When did you hear it for the first time? How do you feel about it ? Does it influence it ? 积极乐观的生活
Are you optimistic or paive? Which one is better in your opinion? why? Are you optimistic or paive when you meet some difficulties? 最后悔的一件事
Do you regret for something you did in the past? What was that ? Why did you feel regret? If you could choose again, what will you do ? 最后悔的一件事
Do you regret for something you did in the past? What was that ? Why did you feel regret? If you could choose again, what will you do ? 宠物
Do you have pets at home? What pets do you like best? What are the advantages and disadvantages of raising pets? 与异性相处之道
How to get long well with the opposite sex? What was your parents' education for that? Have you ever taken any opposite sex friends back home? How did you parents react to it ?
什么是成熟? What is maturity in your opinion? When did you realize that you became mature? Does maturity relate with age?
大学生兼职的利弊
How do you think of the college students doing part-time jobs? What are the advantages and disadvantages? Did you do some part-time jobs when you were in college? How do you think about your experience of doing it ? 究竟什么是真爱
What do you think the real love means? Which one is happier, to love or to be loved? What is the real happine? Have you ever felt moved for someone's behavior? 逃学的经历
Have you ever escaped from school? When was that ? What was the reason for that? How did you feel about it ? 对你影响最深的一位老师.Who is the teacher that influenced you most? What kind of person is she? What did you learn from her? What makes a good teacher? Why does someone want to be a life long teacher? 你记得你父母的生日吗? Do you remember when is your parents' birthday? How will you celebrate it ? What is the best present for parents? 中外差异
Did you notice the differences between China and foreign country? What are the differences? How do you feel about it ? 环保
How do you think about the environment around you ? Is the environment polluted? What is the reason for the pollution? How to solve this problem? · 追星
Are you the fans of some movie star or singer? Who is that ? Why do you like them ? Are you crazy about them? How about some friends around you ? ·短信骚扰.Have you ever received some strange meage? What is the content of the meage? How did you feel about it? How did you react to it ? why are MP3 and MP4 so popular? Do you have a MP3 or MP4 ? When do you use it ? How do you use it ? Why are MP3 and MP4 so popular? 丢东西和被偷的经历
Have you have been stolen? What did you lose ? How did you feel at that time ? How to prevent this kind of things happen again? 近朱者赤，近墨者黑？
Do you agree that people will be influenced by the people around them? What kind of person would you like to be with ? What kind of person is difficult to be with? What kind of person is very charming? Why? Describe the most unforgettable succe in your life What it is How you made it Why it is important ·投资股票与基金
How do you manage your money? Did you invest in stock or fund? How do you think about stock and fund? Would you like to earn extra money by this way? Direct and Indirect Communication
1.Do you feel that you are a direct communicator or an indirect communicator? Give an example.2.Who do you feel you can communicate directly with and who do you feel you should communicate indirectly with? 3.In the following situations, is direct communication or indirect communication more effective? Why? a)Asking a favor
b)Breaking up with a boyfriend/girlfriend
c)Telling your teacher you didn‟t do your homework d)Firing an employee
4.Have you ever had a bad experience in which someone said something to you too directly?
5.If someone is communicating with you indirectly and you don‟t understand the meage they are trying to tell you, how do you deal with the situation? Friendship 1)Come up with a definition for what friendship means in China.2)What are 3 qualities you want in a good friend? What are 3 qualities you don‟t want in a friend? Why? 3)How and where do people in China make their closest friendships? 4)If you move to a new place, what is a good way to make new friends?
5)What advice would you give a foreigner about how to develop good friendships with Chinese people?
6)If there is a foreign volunteer in your group, ask him/her what advice he/she has about being friends with westerners.Work 1)What is your ideal job?(Including: How many hours per week? What kind of benefits? Located in which city?)
2)What does it mean to be succeful in your work？
3)What kinds of situations would cause you to change jobs?
4)How can you maintain good relationships with your co-workers? What qualities do you want in a co-worker?
5)If you have a problem with your bo, how can you resolve it? Should you talk to him directly about your problem?
6)If a person has a good job opportunity in a city far away from his/her spouse and child, do you think he or she should take the job? Education 1.Tell your group about your most enjoyable learning experience of the past.What made it good?
2.Describe what qualities you think the ideal teacher must have.What are some qualities you don‟t want in a teacher?
3.In Chinese society, do teachers have a high status or a low status? Do you think being a teacher is a good job? Why or why not?
4.Is it the teacher/school‟s or the parents‟ responsibility to teach a child good morals and behavior? 5.In your opinion, do men or women make better teachers? Holidays 1.What is your favorite Chinese holiday? Which Western holiday most interests you?
2.Do you think holidays are very significant? What meanings are expreed by such holidays as National Day, Mid-Autumn Festival, Christmas, Spring Festival and Thanksgiving?
3.What is the history of your favorite Chinese holiday?(For example, what‟s the history of Dragon Boat Festival?)4.What did you think of the National Day celebration? 5.Describe your ideal holiday.Life Stories
1.Briefly share the life story of someone you admire.Why do you admire that person? What made his/her life special? 2.Tell the highlights of your own life story.What major events in your life made you the person you are today? 3.If you could change one circumstance or event in your life, what would it be? Why?
4.Create an „ending‟ to your life story.What are some things you want to do/accomplish before you die? How can you do/accomplish those things?
Rich and Poor 1.Rank the following in order of importance to you: a)health b)family c)money d)a good reputation e)education.Why did you choose that order?
2.What are the advantages and disadvantages of being rich? Do you advantages outweigh the disadvantages or vice versa? 3.Can a person be poor and happy? What do you think the hardest part about being poor would be for you if you were poor? What do you do you think would be the hardest part about being rich?
4.Whose responsibility do you think is it to take care of the poor: their family, the government, their neighbors, everyone? 5.Has the economic crisis affected your life at all?
Family 1.Describe your family, and tell your group a story about your family from your childhood.2.Who do you think should have the highest authority in the home-the husband, the wife, or both equally share authority? If you think both should have equal authority, how should they make decisions on where to work or live if they don‟t agree with each other?
3.What do you expect to do to take care of your parents when they grow old? What do you expect your child to do for you when you get old?
4.Do you think the Chinese tradition of children taking care of elderly parents will change in the future because of the One Child Policy? How can only children cope with the preure of taking care of their parents when they are old? Cities
1.Describe your hometown, and tell your group 3 things you like about your hometown and three things you don‟t like about it.2.If you were the mayor of your hometown, what problems would you try to fix? How would you go about fixing those problems? What things would you not want to change?
3.How do you feel about Changsha? What challenges do you think Changsha will face in the next 2 years? 10 years? 4.In your mind, what city is the ideal city? Is there a place where you‟d like to live for the rest of your life? Happine 1.Define happine.Is it a feeling, a state of being, a decision? Is happine something that comes and goes with changing circumstances or something you can always have?
2.What things in life and the world make you happy? Why do those things make you happy? What things take away your happine?
3.Complete the sentence: “I would be completely happy if…”
4.Are you the kind of person who actively tries to achieve or obtain the things you think will make you happy or are you more the kind of person who tries to accept your situation as it is and learn to be happy in it? Do you think it‟s better to be resigned to your fate or try to change it? What/If… 1.What would you do if someone accused you of a crime you didn‟t commit? 2.If you could change a major historical event, what would it be? 3.What would you do if a fierce animal was going to attack you?
4.If you could be an employee of any company in the world, which company would you choose? 5.What would you do if the person you loved didn‟t love you back? 6.If you could be a bird or a fish, which would you be?
7.What would you do if it was your best friend‟s wedding, but you didn‟t have any money to give him/her?
8.If you had to choose one of the five senses(sight, hearing, smell, taste, touch)to lose, which one would you choose to lose? 9.What would you do if you got lost in an unfamiliar city?
10.If you were going to a foreign country and you could only take one thing with you, what would it be? Thanksgiving 1.What five things are you most grateful for in your life? Are they tangible things or intangible? 2.What person in your life do you feel the most grateful to? Why?
3.If someone helps you in a big way, how do you expre your gratitude? Do you use words, gifts, treat them to dinner, etc.? 4.If you do something good for someone but they don‟t expre thankfulne, how do you feel? Should you do something in that situation? Is it right to expect people to be grateful? Being Cool 1.What does it mean to be cool? What does it mean to be a geek/nerd? Is it poible to be both cool and a geek? 2.Do you think the people in your high school thought/think you were/are cool or a geek(or both)?
3.What social groups or positions were/are there in your high school?(For example, in America, we have groups and positions like jocks, computer geeks, skaters, cla clown, teacher‟s pet, student body president, cheerleader)What social group did/do you fall into? Did/do you hold any special position in your school?
4.If you could go back and do high school again, would you? If you did do it again, what would you do differently? Study more or study le? What social group would you want to be a part of? Trust 1.How would you define trust? Is it just a feeling? Is it a decision?
2.How do you come to trust a person? Does trust require time and experience with another person or can you trust someone as soon as you meet them?
3.Who in your life do you trust the most? How has that person gained or earned your trust? If you found out that person had lied to you, would you trust them again or not?
4.Do you feel that you are trustworthy? If so, why? If not, why not? Do you think trustworthine is a characteristic you can develop? Personality 1.Which three words would you say best describe your personality? Give examples for each word you choose.2.Do you think a person‟s person results more from nature(they were born with that personality)or from nurture(their family/society/culture formed their personality)? Why? Are there certain personality traits you think result from nature and others that you think result from nurture?
3.Do you think people can change their personality through effort?(For example, can a person who is shy change his personality to be outgoing?)Can society or culture change a person‟s personality? 4.If you could significantly change your personality, would you choose to? Why? Gifts 1.What‟s the best gift you‟ve ever received? What‟s the worst gift you‟ve ever gotten? 2.What‟s the best gift you‟ve ever given someone else? Why was it special?
3.There‟s a saying that goes, “It‟s better to give than to receive.” What does this saying mean? Do you agree with it? Does China have any sayings about giving gifts?
4.If you were given $1 million to buy gifts for your family and friends, what would you buy them and why? New Year’s Resolution 1.What are some New Year‟s resolutions you‟ve made in the past? Were you able to keep those resolutions?
2.What resolutions do you want to make for 2010? If you could accomplish one thing this year, what would it be? What steps can you take to carry out your New Year‟s resolution?
3.If you were to make “Life Resolutions,” meaning the things you want to accomplish before you die, what kinds of resolutions would you make? Is there something you feel like you must accomplish in this life time? How can you accomplish it? The Senses 1.What are some of your favorite smells? Is there a certain smell you aociate with your hometown?
2.What is the first thing you see when you wake up in the morning? What is the last thing you want to see before you die? 3.What is your favorite flavor of ice cream? Which kind of food do you like least: salty, sweet, sour, bitter, spicy? 4.What is the groest thing you have ever touched? The softest?
5.If you could only listen to one song for the rest of your life, what would it be? What sound drives you crazy? Cheating 1.Have you ever cheated on an exam or a homework aignment? Do you know anyone who has taken an exam for a clamate? Describe the situation.2.Do you think it‟s ok to cheat on a homework aignment? On a exam? To take an exam for another person? Is all cheating wrong or is it ok on some level?
3.Have you or any of your clamates been caught while cheating? How did you/they feel when you/they got caught?
4.If your clamate came to you and said that if you didn‟t take his(her)English test for him(her), he/she would fail his/her cla and not be able to graduate.Would you agree to take the test for him/her?-Spring Festival 1.How will you celebrate Spring Festival? Who will you spend it with?
2.Which performances are you looking forward to on the New Year‟s Eve tv program? What are some of your favorite ones of the past?
3.If you were to receive a present(not money)for Spring Festival, what present would you like to receive?
4.How does Spring Festival these days compare with how it was when you were a child? Do you like it better now or when you were a child?
5.What do you think Spring Festival will be like in the future? The Year of(An animal)1.What are the characteristics of the Year of(the animal)? What personality traits will a person have if they were born in this year?
2.Which animal year were you born in? Do you think you have the characteristic traits that are typical of your year? In your opinion, which years are the best to be born in? the worst?
3.Do you believe that the year you were born in really affects your personality? Why or why not? Are there other factors that you feel more deeply affect your personality(such as poverty/wealth, nature/nurture, birth order)?
4.When you look for a husband/wife, will it concern you what year that person was born in? Do you to tend to be friends with people that were born in a certain year? The Weather
1.What is your favorite kind of weather? Why do you like that kind of weather? What‟s your least favorite kind of weather? 2.Do you have a specific memory aociated with a certain kind of weather? Maybe a time you were afraid during a thunderstorm or a happy day in the sun.3.If the winter is very dark and rainy, does it affect your mood? What are some things you do to help yourself cope if the weather is bad? How do different types of weather affect your mood?
4.What do you think about weather manipulation using rockets? Do you think it‟s ok for people to change the weather by using technology or do you think we should let weather be whatever it naturally is? Parents and Kids 1.Pick three adjectives that you feel best describe your relationship with your parents.Explain why you chose those particular words.2.On a scale of 1(being the worst)and 10(be the best), how well do you think your parents did raising you? If you could change one thing about they way they raised you, what would it be?
3.Do you think parents should be strict with their children or lenient? What are the consequences of being too strict or too lenient? What are the consequences of not being strict or lenient enough?
4.Do you think you will be like your parents when you are 40 or 50 years old? In what ways would you like to be like them? In what ways would you like to be different? Vampires 1.Do you think vampires really exist? Do you think they ever existed? Why or why not?
2.In your mind, what do you think a vampire is like? Handsome or ugly? Horrible or wonderful? Fascinating or repulsive? 3.In many places in different parts of the world and at different times in history there have been stories about vampires.How do you think so many places and times have come up with stories about vampires? Why do you think people today are so fascinated with vampires?
4.If you had to choose between dying as a human tomorrow or becoming a human-blood-drinking vampire that could live forever, what would you choose? Why？ Social Networking
1.What forms of social networking do you use?(QQ, Facebook, MySpace, Xiao Nei)How often do you use them?
2.What do you think are the advantages and disadvantages to different social networks? Do you think one is superior to the others? Do you feel one is particularly safe?
3.What do you primarily use these social networks for? Do you think it‟s poible to maintain deep relationships only through social networks?
4.How do you think social networking has changed the way people do friendships? Do you think the friendships you make on a social network are as real as the ones you make in the other areas of your life? Being Socially Literate 1.What movies from your country have had the greatest social impact during the last twenty years? What made those movies especially important?
2.Which books(past and current)have made the greatest impact on your culture? How have these books changed the way people think?
3.Which events(natural disasters, political movements, economic changes, etc.)have significantly impacted your society in the last ten years? How did that event impact you personally?
4.What slang words or phrases are most popular in your culture right now? What slang was popular a year ago?
Prison 1.Have you ever been to visit a prison? If so, what was it like? If not, what do you think a prison is like? What do you think life is like for prisoners?
2.Did you watch the show Prison Break? If so, do you think that is an accurate representation of what prison is like? Why or why not?
3.What do you think is the youngest age a person should be allowed to be sent to prison? Why do you think that‟s the right age? What makes a person old enough to go to prison or too young for prison?
What do you think about capital punishment? If you could decide which crimes were punishable by death, which ones would you choose? Why? Family Stories 1.Tell the group a story from your grandparents‟ childhood.How was there life then similar to your life now? 2.Tell a story from your parents‟ childhood.How do your parents generally describe their childhood?
3.Tell a story from your childhood.How do you think your childhood differed from that of your parents and grandparents? 4.What do you think your child‟s childhood will be like? Do you think it will be happier or le happy than your childhood? Why? Gender 1.When do you think a person changes from being a girl into being a woman? Is this change physical, mental, emotional, social? What characteristics do you think of as being very feminine?
2.When do you think a boy becomes a man? Are there any rites of paage in your culture that demonstrate a person has become an adult in the social sense? What characteristics are masculine?
3.What personality traits or characteristics do you think are just neutral-neither masculine nor feminine? Do you think some people have more neutral characteristics than masculine or feminine ones?
4.If you could be born again as the opposite gender, would you choose to? Why or why not? What advantages are there to being a man or being a woman? Charity 1.What do you think „charity‟ means? Is it an action, an attitude, an idea?
2.Have you ever given money to a charitable cause? If so, which one? Have you ever volunteered at or worked for a charitable group? What different charitable groups have you heard of in China? Internationally?
3.Do you think people will give as much time and effort to the current earthquake victims as they did the Sichuan victims? Why or why not?
4.If you could create your own charitable group, what kinds of people would you help? Why that kind of person and not other kinds of people that are in need? Annoying 1.What annoys you most about living with other people? Do you think you have any habits that annoy the people you live with? If you are annoyed by your family‟s living habits, do you try not to be annoyed or do you talk to them about it? 2.What new pet peeves do you have as a result of recent technology(texting, twitter, mp3)? When do you think it‟s not appropriate to text? Why?
3.What are some things that annoy you that don‟t annoy your best friend and vice versa? Why do you think these things are different for different people?
If there is someone in your cla or work that really annoys you but you must be around that person, how do you deal with that situation? Do you think there‟s a way to make that person seem le annoying to you?
Advertising 1.What are some of your favorite advertisements? Least favorite? What makes an ad memorable?
2.What do you think of celebrity endorsements? Do favorite or annoying celebrities make you want or not want to buy a product?
3.What is the best way to advertise to children? Adults? Seniors? etc..Should advertisers be allowed to advertise to children? 4.Can advertising be a force for good? Can you remember an instance in which an advertisement influenced you to take positive action? Immigration/Migration
1.What do you think are the most common reasons people have for leaving their hometown and migrating/immigrating to a new place?
2.Do you think migrants/immigrants should be required to learn the language of the place they move to? If you are living in a place that is not your hometown, have you learned the language here?
3.Do you think China has more immigrants or emigrants? To what extent should an immigrant/emigrant attempt to retain their own culture? Does immigration/migration threaten local culture?
4.Do you think there is a relationship between crime and immigration/migration? How well do you think immigrants/migrants are treated in their host countries/cities? Do you respect immigrants/migrants? Fear 1.What things/circumstances are you most afraid of? Do you think there is a reason you fear those things? 2.Are your fears now the same as those you had as a child? Which ones have changed? Which are the same?
3.Do you think a person can overcome something they deeply fear? How? Would you ever choose to face one of your deepest fears for money, like on the tv shows?
4.Do you fear death? Why or why not? Do you think being afraid of death is a good thing or a bad thing?
Meeting People
1.About how many new people do you meet a week? Do you like meeting new people? If so, why? If not, why not?
2.In China, how do you know if you can trust a person you just met? Do you think it varies in different countries? Are there signs to tell you that you shouldn‟t trust someone? What are they signs that tell you not to trust someone?
3.Do you remember how you met your best friend/boyfriend/girlfriend/spouse? What did you think of that person the first time you met him/her?
4.How important are first impreions to you? Do you think you are a good judge of character the first time you meet a person? Have you ever had a first impreion of someone that later proved very wrong? Acceptance 1.How much do you care about what other people think of you? Do you feel like are you are confident or insecure? Do you feel self-conscious most of the time?
2.If you want to gain other people‟s acceptance, what do you think is the best way to do that? Should you try to be similar to them? Should you be yourself? What should you do if the people around you don‟t accept you?
3.Do you care most about people accepting you according to physical standards, mental standards, emotional standards, personality? If your clamates don‟t like your personality, do you think you should try to change it?.Do you pay attention to fads and trends? Do you care about fashion or technology fads? If you don‟t care about these things, why? Health 1.On a scale of one to ten(1 being the most healthy, 10 being the least healthy)how healthy do you think you are? In what areas of health do you think you are the healthiest? Least healthy?
2.What do you think are your „healthy habits‟? Do you drink enough water? What are some of your unhealthy habits? Do you ever smoke or drink alcohol?
3.How often do you exercise? What kinds of exercise do you like? What kinds do you not like?
4.How is your diet? What thing do you think are important to a healthy, balanced diet? What is one thing you think you could do to improve your diet?
Natural Disasters
1.What kind of natural disaster do you fear the most? Why do you fear that one in particular? Which kind is the least scary/ 2.What kind of natural disaster is the most common where you live? How do the people in your hometown prepare for this kind of disaster?
3.In your mind, what‟s the most dangerous place to live? Why do you think people choose to live in that place?
4.What do you think people‟s reaction should be to natural disasters? Why do you think there are natural disasters in the world?
Names
1.Who chose your name? Why did they choose that name? Do you like your name? If you could change your name, would you? 2.What‟s the meaning of your name? Do you think a person‟s name affects their personality? Have you ever disliked a person because of their name?
3.Do you have a nickname? How did you get this nickname? What‟s the funniest nickname you‟ve heard another person called? 4.Do you think it‟s better to give a child a more common name or an unusual name? What do you think China should do about the problem of having too many people with the same name/family name? Generations
1.What characterizes the 70‟s, 80‟s and 90‟s generations? How are these generations similar? How are they different?
2.What generation are you a part of? How has being a part of that generation shaped your character? Do you think you would be a different person if you had been born 50 years ago?
3.How is your generation different from your parents‟ generation? What kinds of generational conflicts do you have with your parents? How different is your grandparents‟ generation from your parents‟?
4.Is there a particular generation of the last 100 years that you feel has particularly good character? Particularly bad character? Why? Wisdom 1.What do you think it means to be wise? What does it mean to be foolish?
2.How do you think people become wise? Can all people become wise or are some people incapable of becoming wise? Why? 3.How is a wise person‟s behavior different from that of a foolish person? Who is the wisest person you know? How do they act out their wisdom?
4.Plato once said: “Wise men talk because they have something to say;fools, because they have to say something.” What do you think is the relationship between a fool and a fool‟s need to say something? Do you think of wise people as being talkative or quiet? Expectations 1.What kinds of expectations do your parents and grandparents have of you? Do you feel like you are fulfilling their expectations? What happens if you fail to meet their expectations?
2.What kinds of expectations do your friends have of you? Do you ever feel like your friends have unrealistic expectations of you? If so, how do you deal with that situation?
3.Do you think it‟s better for your bo/teacher to have very high expectations of you or low expectations of you? Why? What kinds of expectations do you have for your teacher/bo?
4.What is expected of you culturally? If, culturally, you do something that is unacceptable, how do other people expre their disapproval? How does their disapproval affect you? The Five Senses 1.What are some of your favorite smells? Is there a certain smell you aociate with your hometown? Are there certain smells you aociate with your parents?
2.What is the first thing you see when you wake up in the morning? What is the last thing you want to see before you die? What movie have you seen that you never want to see again?
3.What is your favorite flavor of ice cream? Which kind of food do you like least: salty, sweet, sour, bitter, spicy? If you had to choose one of the five never to taste again, which would you choose? 4.What is the groest thing you have ever touched? The softest?
5.If you could only listen to one song for the rest of your life, what would it be? What sound drives you crazy? Change 1.What kinds of changes in life do you look forward to? What kinds of changes do you not like? Why?
2.Do you feel like you are the kind of person that easily adapts to change or new circumstances? Can you give an example from your life? If you suddenly found yourself in a new city with no friends and no job, how fast do you think you could adapt? 3.If a person does not like change or adapt easily, how do you think that person can develop the ability to adapt? What other qualities does a person that accepts change easily have?
4.Are there advantages to keeping things the same? What things in your life would you not like to change? What things about your country do you think should stay the same? Stereotypes 1.What is a stereotype? Can you give some examples of stereotypes you know of?
2.What kinds of stereotypes do Chinese people have of Americans, Japanese, British, Africans? Do you think these stereotypes are correct or incorrect? What kinds of stereotypes do you think Westerners have of Chinese people?
3.What kinds of stereotypes do you have of college students, migrant workers, middle-aged men, people with tattoos? Where do you think those stereotypes came from?
4.What do you think are the advantages and disadvantages of having stereotypes? Do you like it or dislike it when a person puts you in a certain stereotype? Is it poible to talk about a country‟s people/culture without having stereotypes? Heroes 1.Who is your favorite super hero? What super power does he/she have? Why do you like this super hero the best? 2.If you could have a super power, which one would you chose to have? Why that one? Is there a power you would really not like to have?
3.Is it only a super hero‟s powers that make them special? What kinds of personalities do super heroes usually have? What characteristics would you be surprised to see in a super hero?
4.Can you think of anyone in the world today that you feel is like a super hero? What makes that person „super?‟ Do you think that person has become „super‟ because of his/her personality?
Dreams 1.Do you often remember your dreams? What‟s the most recent dream you can remember? Did you dream it in color or in black and white?
2.Do you ever have recurring dreams? What are they about? Why do you think you dream about that specific thing? Are your recurring dreams usually good dreams or nightmares?
3.If you see a certain image in a dream, do you think it has a specific meaning? For example, if you saw the following things in a dream, what do you think they would mean: a road, your middle school, your mom, a bird, sand, an open door, darkne, teeth? 4.Have you ever dreamed something that came true in real life? Do you think it‟s poible to know something in a dream before it happens in real life? Do you think you dream about that thing because you fear it or is there another explanation? Getting to Know You 1.Two Truths and a Lie: Everyone in the group must come up with two things that are true about themselves/their life and one thing that is not true, and the group must gue which thing is not true.2.Choose three adjectives that you think best describe you and explain why you choose those adjectives.3.Which character from a movie/book do you think is most similar to you? If you could be a character in a movie/book which character would you choose to be?
4.If you had to do the same job in the same city listening to the same song and eating the same food for the rest of your life, which job, city, song and food would you choose? Interests and Hobbies 1.What are your hobbies? Are your hobbies mostly intellectual or athletic or something else? What do you like about those specific hobbies?
2.If you have ten minutes of free time, how do you like to use it? One hour? One day? One week? If you unexpectedly have a couple hours of free time, what kinds of spontaneous things do you like to do for fun?
If you had to read a book about something not related to your major, what would you like to read about? If it were a nonfiction book, what topic would you choose? If it were a fiction book, what genre of fiction would you read?
3.Do you think that internet and tv have killed hobbies in China? Do you have any friends who don‟t like to use the internet or watch tv? If you couldn‟t use a computer or tv for a year, how do you think you would spend your time differently?
Military Training 1.What was military training like when you went through it? What parts did you like? What parts did you not like? If you haven‟t had military training, then talk about an experience of a friend or relative.2.How do you think military training is useful or neceary? Do you think it is effective-that the people who have been through the training have the skills to be in a war?
3.When there is a time of peace for a country, what do you think the role of the military should be? What should all the soldiers be doing during that time of peace?
4.Do you feel that war is inevitable? Do you think that all countries must fight sometime? What iues are worth going to war for? How can countries work to stay at peace with each other? The Best 1.In your opinion, who is the best athlete ever? Do you think that person‟s skill was the best or do you like that person‟s personality or both?
2.Which scientist do you think has made the greatest impact on the world? How would the world be different today without that person‟s work?
3.Who do you think has been the greatest leader in the world during the last 20 years? What qualities do you think made that person the great leader they are?
4.What person do you think has done the most for the world as far as charity? Why did/does that person choose to dedicate his/her life to helping others? Life Story
1.Briefly share the life story of someone you admire.Why do you admire that person? What made his/her life special? 2.Tell the highlights of your own life story.What major events in your life made you the person you are today? 3.If you could change one circumstance or event in your life, what would it be? Why?
4.Create an „ending‟ to your life story.What are some things you want to do/accomplish before you die? How can you do/accomplish those things? Music 1.What's your favorite kind of music? What do you like about that style of music? What kinds of topics does that style of music usually take as for its content? Is there a style of music that you especially dislike? Why?
2.Do you like to sing or play a musical instrument? How often do you go to karaoke(k-tv)? What do you like/dislike about karaoke?
3.Do you like to listen to different music when you are in different moods? What kind of music do you like to listen to when you are sad? Happy? Do you think music can change a person's mood?
4.Why do you think all cultures have music? What is the function of music in culture? What do you think our world would be like without music? Wealth 1.Rank the following in order of importance to you: a)health b)family c)money d)a good reputation e)education.Why did you choose that order? Is there any of these that you could do without?
2.What are the advantages and disadvantages of being rich? Do you think the advantages outweigh the disadvantages or vice versa?
3.Can a person be poor and happy? What do you think the hardest part about being poor would be for you if you were poor? What do you do you think would be the hardest part about being rich?
4.Whose responsibility do you think is it to take care of the poor: their family, the government, their neighbors, everyone? Fame 1.Who is your favorite famous person? Why do you like that person? How did that person become famous? 2.What different kinds of fame are there? Is the fame a person has for being a scientist different than that of a movie star? What‟s the difference between „famous‟ and „infamous‟?
3.If you could be famous, what would you like to be known for? Do you think you would like the life of a famous person? What do you think would be hard about it?
4.Why do you think so many people who are famous end up in a scandal? Do you think it‟s poible to be famous and have integrity and good morals? Do you know of any famous people that are especially respected for their good lives? Happine 1.Define happine.Is it a feeling, a state of being, a decision? Is happine something that comes and goes with changing circumstances or something you can always have?
2.What things in life and the world make you happy? Why do those things make you happy? What things take away your happine?
3.Complete the sentence: “I would be completely happy if…”
4.Are you the kind of person who actively tries to achieve or obtain the things you think will make you happy or are you more the kind of person who tries to accept your situation as it is and learn to be happy in it? Do you think it‟s better to be resigned to your fate or try to change it? Trust 1.How would you define trust? Is it just a feeling? Is it a decision?
2.How do you come to trust a person? Does building trust require time and experience with another person or can you trust someone as soon as you meet them? Are there different levels of trust for different people in your life?
3.Who in your life do you trust the most? How has that person gained or earned your trust? If you found out that person had lied to you, would you trust them again or not?
4.What do you think is a worse quality in a person-being too trusting or not being trusting enough? In what ways would life be hard for both of these kinds of people? Love 1.How would you define love? What different kinds of love are there?
2.What are some different ways to expre love? Do you think the way you receive love and show love is the same or different? Do you think that the people you love know you love them?
3.What do you think about telling someone, “I love you”? When do you think that is appropriate? When is it inappropriate? Is it as meaningful if you say it in a language that‟s not your native language?
4.Why is love important? Do you think love is as important as movies and songs imply that it is? What kind of love is most important? Thankfulne 1.What five things are you most grateful for in your life? Are they tangible things or intangible? 2.What person in your life do you feel the most grateful to? Why?
3.If someone helps you in a big way, how do you expre your gratitude? Do you use words, gifts, treat them to dinner, etc.? 4.If you do something good for someone but they don‟t expre thankfulne, how do you feel? Should you do something in that situation? Is it right to expect people to be grateful? Reality TV 1.What is your favorite reality tv show? Why do you like that one better than the others?
2.Why do you think reality tv shows have become so popular in recent years? Do you think that dramas and sitcoms have fallen in popularity?
3.Do you think that reality tv brings out the best in the participants or the worst? How do you think reality tv shows affect the people watching them?
4.If you could participate in a reality tv show, which one would you want to be on? Do you think you would be the kind of person that would do anything to win or the „nice‟ kind of participant?
Responsibility 1.What kind of responsibilities do you have to your family? Are those responsibilities based on love for your family or a sense of duty or obligation?
2.What responsibilities do you have to your neighbors and your neighborhood? Are the qualities that make for a good neighbor in the city the same as those in the countryside?
3.What kind of responsibilities do you have to your clamates/colleagues? Can you think of a time that a clamate/colleague negatively effected cla/work environment by not fulfilling his/her responsibilities?
4.What does it mean to be “socially responsible?” What are your social responsibilities? How do you know that those are your responsibilities? Are they learned or did you think of them yourself?
