Do you think families should eat dinner together? (more communication between family members/ better nutrition, especially for children/ pleasant exchange of ideas during the meals) How often do you go to restaurants with your family members? Why are family and friends important to us?
Do you prefer to relax at home or hang out with friends? What do you usually do when you're alone?
☆ What're your favorite wild animals?
Do you have a mobile phone? Which is more important to us, a mobile phone or a fax machine?
☆ Do birds have any special meanings in China? (Day 7: Topic 19) Do you think it is important to protect birds?
What kind of food is most popular in your country?
☆Is it easy for you to remember numbers? Do numbers have any special meanings in your country?
Do you think science is important to our lives? Why? (Possible Answers: Physics helps us figure out how things work./ Chemistry shows us the structure of the world and how materials interact with each other./ Biology teaches us where living things come from and what living things need to survive...)
☆Which kind of technology are you most interested in? (biotech / digital technology / space technology/ AI or artificial intelligence...)
Do you often do housework at home? Do you often make things by yourself? Is it important for kids to be skilled in handicrafts?
☆ Do you like making things by yourself? What did you make when you were a child?
☆ What's your favorite food? What's the most popular food in China?
☆ What was your favorite type of movie when you were a child? Do you still like this type of movie now? Do you prefer to watch movies in movie theaters/ cinemas or to watch DVDs at home?
Do you often visit museums? Do you think museums are important to our lives? When was the last time you visited a museum? Is it a good idea for museums to sell goods to visitors? (A Sample Answer: It may be a nice idea if museums can't get enough funding and need extra money to support themselves. And some souvenirs sold at museum gift shops are neat! But museums won't be able to serve visitors well if they simply focus on doing business.)
☆Did you like reading books when you were little? What were your favorite kinds of books? What kind of books do you like these days? Why do you like reading such books?
Do you like writing letters? Do you prefer to write letters or emails?
How should young people treat elderly people? (treat them with respect/ pay our grandparents a visit from time to time/ learn from them/ help elderly neighbours
What do you think is happiness? (It's an emotion./ Basically, it means enjoyment of life./ Some people believe wealth can lead to happiness./ But actually happiness is more about being emotionally rewarded than about just being wealthy./ That's why many super rich people are actually very unhappy.) What makes people feel unhappy? (I guess... the loss of something we truly value, like good grades, friendship, trust or stuff that's very useful in our daily life, like keys or a wallet...)
Who are better decision-makers, men or women? (Men tend to act alone and make decisions based on our (their if you are a lady) own knowledge, information or judgment./ Ladies tend to ask their (their if you are a guy) friends or family members for advice./ Women are generally better at using intuition(直觉)for decision-making./ Men tend to pay more attention to the long-term effects of the decisions...)
☆ Did you give or receive any gifts recently? What were they? Do you prefer to give gifts or to receive gifts?
Why is money important to our lives?
What do you collect? Why do people collect things?
☆ What're your favorite flowers? Do you think flowers are important to Chinese people? Do you often give others flowers as gifts? Do flowers have any special meanings in China?
☆ How do you get news? Do you read newspapers or magazines?
Where do you meet new people? Where did people meet new people in the past?
Do you like shopping?
☆ Do you like drawing and painting? What were your favorite kinds of drawings or paintings when you were a child? Do you think children can benefit from drawing and painting?
☆ What kinds of pets do Chinese people like to keep? Do people of different ages prefer different pets?
Do you think air travel is important to us? (It sure is. It's convenient, comfortable and... fun. Some people are concerned about its safety but according to statistics air travel is actually safer than car rides.)
Have your neighbors help you with anything? Do you prefer to have old people or young people as your neighbors?
Do you prefer to use emails or letters?
☆Do you like watching advertisements? (Some ads are pretty fun and entertaining. But sometimes they may interrupt the TV shows. Now television stations in China are not allowed to interrupt TV shows that are more than 45 minutes long with ad breaks. I believe it's the right move...)Why do we need advertisements?What's your favorite kind of advertisement? (I tend to be attracted to the creative ones. They are fun to watch even if they can't really give you the info you need.)