[英语考试]2011雅思寒假口语 part 1

[英语考试]2011雅思寒假口语 part 1 they are the central member of brains trust in Part one Provincial Government. It is mainly because my school provides a better environment for both students and teachers. Like Your Studies Which school or university do you study in? there are most advanced labs and equipments in my At the moment, I am studying in XXX . My major is school. With them, many projects and experiments xxx, which is a key subject in my school. I like to be can be carried out. So the more the school can XXX in the near future. provide, the better we could learn. 1. What subjects are you studying? 6. When did you start this course and when will you My major is xxx. So lots of subjects are related to it. finish it? Do you like university life? Besides, I also learned something about Taijing I started my school in 20xx, and will have Boxing to further my skills in it and cooking to make accomplished it in 20xx. some good preparations for overseas life. I started/ began this course in xxx and will accomplish it in xxx. Now I can say that my life in At the moment, I am studying in Henshui Senior my school is full of enjoyments and success. In my High School, which is known for its good teaching spare time, I participated in volunteer group to be a and learning environment. I have learned many volunteer in my neighborhood/ in rural areas. From subjects like, xxx and xxx. But my favorite subject is that, I gained not only social experience, but also / are practical skills. 2. Why did you choose to study that? 9. What is the best thing about your The reason why I choose that is that it is my personal university/school? interests/ family influence/ social demands that One place or thing that you are proud of determine my choice. Because I love xxx, it is The food in canteen is something I am proud of in practical to know sth about xxx. my school. For there are more varieties of choices, Sichuan Spicy food 3. Do you like your subject? (= your major = your The nice environment in my school is worth subjects if a high school student) mentioning. Like the most popular place in my Yes, I show a strong potential in my major. I have the school is a “windy wave” pond where there are some proper physical condition / I have the right talents in ducks and geese. the major. For I am very good at xxx. 10. Why are you taking the IELTS test? 4. Where do you study (= what school/university do I believe taking IELTS is an opportunity for me to you attend)? have many possibilities. It enables me to further my The school that I study in is called xxx, which is xxx study as well as my career. school in the xxx city. Because I think taking IELTS is a way to say hello to Actually, my school is on a separate campus from the the world and tomorrow. university. So, I enjoy the environment as well as the A talented student, a willing student. facilities there. New Zealand 5. Why did you choose that (particular) 11. What are your future study plans? school/university? In the near future, I will be studying in xxx. My It is mainly because my school gathered lots of major is xxx. So I will get more expertise in my field. famous professors/ doctors as well as scholars in my Later on, these valuable experiences in both field. Like professor/Doctor Tian and Professor Hu academic and daily life would enable me to become 1 globalized. cozy color. It is especially suitable for girls. 12. What are your future work plans? (after you for it is the color of the sky. Whenever I see the blue graduate) color, I would feel like flying high in the sky. After graduation from the training course in American, I will definitely come back to China. 3. How have you decorated your home (or, your Being a pilot is my childhood dream. Driving the room)? plane in China is a great honor not only for me but Simply / actually, I didn’t decorated the whole place also for my family. For I was chosen from one of my house/ flat. The only room I did was my thousand candidates from my hometown. bedroom. Besides the color of the walls, I put some posters on wall, like my favorite stars xxx and xxx. After graduation, I probably have two options, one is As a would-be pilot, I put lots of posters of planes on that I will come back to China for my career, another the wall, so I could feel the situation one day in is that I will stay in xxx and get a job. which I would be driving one of them. 回国原因:China is the biggest consumer market in the world. There are lots of potentials and 4. Do you have anything (hanging) on the wall of possibilities. your home (or your room)? (e.g., decorations) 海外发展:In xxx, the advanced skills and yes, in the living room of my place there hangs an management are the precious things that I need to impressive decoration which is a painting made of learn. Besides, the mentalities and ideologies in the fiber, it shows the harvest time in autumn. business should be valued and cherished in China. 可以说家人照片 That’s why I will decide to stay in xxx after I There hangs a Chinese knitting on the wall, which is graduate from my university. a symbol of happiness and good luck. As you know, our Chinese like the red color. It is 13. When you start working, do you think you will widely used for decorations for the Spring Festival prefer that to being a student? 最近没有考过 and Weddings. We regard it as the color of prosperity I prefer to be student, because I can have lots of time and hope. 也是你喜欢什么颜色的回答。 to enjoy my life. 5. What can you see when you look out the window of your room? 描述性问题 Your Home (Your Accommodation) I can see a little garden outside my window. It is not 1. Do you live in a house or a flat? very big, but you can see different views in different Now I live in a flat with 3 bedrooms and 2 living seasons. What I like most is the view in autumn that rooms. Now I live in a big house / villa/ I like every thing within your eyesight would become gold. bedroom best, because it is the place where I read So it really made you think more about the views in books, and it is the place where I dream of my future the paradise. and still it is the place where I enjoy my music and movie. 6. What is the environment like in your neighbourhood? 2. Please describe the place where you live. To be honest, it is only acceptable. For the neighbors For my house, there are totally 200 square meters. It all pay attention to it. Besides, the sweepers usually is a two-floor building where 7 bedrooms and 4 clean the whole area once a day. living room and 4 bathrooms. My favorite place is bedroom. It was basically designed and decorated by me. so, I put what I enjoy into my room. All the walls Your Hometown are painted in pink/ blue/. For it is a very nice and 2 1. Where is your hometown? (Or, what part of China The most popular place in my hometown is a wetland do you come from?) lake called hendshui Lake where thousand of migrant I am a local here in Shijiazhuang, which is a city in birds would come and stay on their way to their North China. It is called a city carried by trains. My destinations. hometown was a little place of nowhere, but in 1910 the government planned to construct the railway 7. What's the most famous thing about your station here. Afterwards my hometown was hometown? becoming prosperous and rich. I am from Henshui city, where there a natural Food, drinks, statue, sculpture, people believe that wetland in the province. It is also the natural the very well-known thing in my hometown is …/ the inhabitant of many wild birds, like swans and local people hold the idea that …… is the landmark Chinese cranes. of my hometown. It is the alcohol called hengshui preserved spirit that 2. Do you think you'll always live there? both the local and visitors would have a try. No, I won’t. Now as you can see, I am preparing for the IELTS exams to go abroad. Besides, I am also It is the pears in zhaozhou county that can represent working hard to expand expertise in my field so that I the local specialty in my hometown. They are the could have the opportunity to make a living in xxx. most popular fruits in my hometown. Besides, they can be the cure to cough in winter. The way is simple 3. Where do you live at the moment? that you just cut pears into pieces then boil them in At the moment, I am living in my hometown. I am water; finally you just drink the water. It is a healthy living in my school, which is in xxx. In the near and workable soup. future, I will be taking xxx course/ taking the undergraduate / postgraduate course in xxx 8. Is there anything worth visiting in your university. hometown? Yes, there are millions of places to be seen. Among 4. Do you like your hometown? (Why?/Why not?) them, the most popular one is a temple called Big/ yes, I love my hometown. It is the place where I was stone / Jade Buddha Temple. It is an ideal place for born. And also it is the place where I grow up. you to know the art and history existed 600 years Besides it is still the place where I begin my life ago. journey. 9. Has your hometown changed much in the past few 5. What sorts of buildings are there in your years? (e.g. 20 years) 变化类问题，讲过去和现在对 hometown? 比。 There are two kinds of buildings in my hometown, yes, indeed. There had been great changes in the past most of them are flat buildings, some of them are 20 years. But what I can think of is the city planning commercial buildings. Only a limited number of itself. XXX has gone from a little town of nowhere to them like one out of twenty are malls and department the miracle of XXX Province. Besides, XXX is not buildings. only a capital city of XXX Province. but also a metropolitan city in China.大都会 6. What would you say is the best part of your hometown? The most popular place in my hometown is a temple 10. Would you say your hometown is suitable for called Bailin Temple, which was built 700 years ago. children to grow up in? Now almost every local or visitor would go and pay a Yes, it is regarded as the most appropriate place for visit there. young people to grow up in the province. Due to the 3 fact that it is the center of education, economy, and which goes like this: your next-door neighbours are culture(it has the nice environment and good air more helpful than your far-away relatives under quality), people in the province try their best to settle the emergency. down in XXX. 3. What do you think of your neighbours? 11. What parts of your hometown are most suitable Most of my neighbors are very kind-hearted, besides for families and children? they are also good at cooking. When it comes to I think they are Parks, gardens, and national parks, festivals, we will treat each other meals and food. because they can provide children with enough fresh Only a small number of people are not very air and clean environment. All the parks in the city easy-going. are free of charge for all people. 4. How do you get along with your neighbors? 12. What's the weather usually like in your During the festivals, we will hold dinner parties hometown? together with all the neighbors in the community so In XXX, the weather is usually very harsh, both in that we can know each other better and have more winter and in summer. time to talk to each other. To like someone, you have In summer, it is extremely humid, while in winter it to know him. is chillingly cold. See, know, like, love 13. Has the weather in your hometown changed 5. How often do you talk to (or, see) your much in recent years? neighbours? Not much, but people believe it is getting more It is about twice a year. As a university student, I can unpredictable. Like the weather this time last year, it only see them during the my vacation. Because most was very cold. The temperature dropped to 14 often I will stay on my campus, it is not very easy for degrees below zero. During the spring festival, there me to meet them. was heavy snowstorm, which nearly paralyzed the It is a once a week. After I come back from my whole city. It is pretty much like what happened to school. Britain and the whole Europe around Christmas last year. 6. Do you prefer to have young people as your neighbours, or old people? Your Neighbours I would choose young people, not because we have similar tastes and hobbies, but because we can 1. Do you know your neighbours? share some activities together, like hiking in the Yes, my neighbours and I are like a big family. We mountain, or going for a local/ short trip treat other meals and offer timely help. Now as you know, it is still in the Spring Festival. So we will While the senior people are also fine to be my have our annual feast among all the neighbors. It is neighbours. For they have more time and more like the big dinner party in which every experience in life, we will have more chance to neighbor would bring some food and dishes that they communicate with each other. have prepared. 7. Do you think it's important to have a good relationship with your neighbours? 2. Do you think it's necessary to know your Yes, it is very important. For your neighbour will neighbours? offer you some timely help which cannot be given by Yes, In China, it is rather vital than necessary to your relatives or kin. know your neighbors. For we have an old saying 4 8. What sorts of problems (conflicts) can people the pilot courses. /you have with their neighbours? Since most of people in china live in flat buildings, 4. What do you use computers for? so they/we usually have some troubles like life habits, As for me, there are mainly two uses of computers. noise and parking places. But they/we can always One is for academic purpose. I get lots of information settle these issues peacefully and without further from the internet about my courses and subjects. troubles. Another is for the recreational ways. I employ my Life habits, noise, parking place, computer to enjoy music and movies even some small online games. 9. In what ways can neighbours help each other? Besides, I also use computer to do some practice of Mostly, neighbours can provide each other with some plane driving, since I have got the software and daily help, like cooking meals for children, or taking hardware. care of babies. These trifles will not be so much for each other. So neighbours can help with daily issues. 5. What do you think are the benefits of (using) a computer? The advantage of using computer is that it is fast and Computers convenient. For news from TV or newspaper is not as 1. Do you use computers very much? up-to-date as they are from computer. For its Yes, computer has positive effect on me. Example, convenience, I can find computer everywhere on my computer is becoming part of my life. Now I have campus. I can get internet access from Wi-Fi been using my computer to improve my English coverage. Besides, 3G technology enables me to have everyday. a much faster way to get online. I can even use my mobile to have access to the internet. Yes, I use computer for some constructive ways. Like I would use it to have some training of driving a car. 6. How has using computers changed people? For that purpose I have purchased some software Computer illiterate, computer and hardware so that I would feel real when I do my I believe computers have made our life much easier practice with computer. I can play car racing games by offering all kinds of functions that has freed us with a computer. from travelling and daily issues. So computer is becoming part of our life and making our life more 2. When did you start using computers? comfortable and convenient. It was not until primary school that I began to use The computer illiterate people would be refreshed by computers. At that time, the personal computers training and become computer literate so that they were stepping into families. It laid a good will be having a better job or position. For the old foundation for people of my age. And now, computer people, computer technology has changed the way is an essential part of my life. It enables me to contact they live and even their entertainment. Some of them with my oversea friends in different countries./ it even play online games and do online shopping. enables me to contact my dream schools in xxx. 3. What was your impression (or feeling) when you 7. How has using computers changed people's used a computer the first time? lives? It was a novelty at that moment, so I was attracted by Computers can make things more convenient. with it immediately. As a result, I spent hours playing and computer, people can talk to or see each other at any working on it. That is why I am wearing contact time. But without computer, people feel lonely even lenses/ glasses today. /Fortunately, I paid attention to isolated with the whole world. protecting my eyesight, or I will not be qualified for 5 8. Do you think a computer can give you better Taobao is as good as e-bay abroad. Because online access to knowledge? shopping can save not only time, but also money. Surely, learning is becoming much enjoyable with the computer. Because it can provide multi-media service 4. Have you ever bought anything on the internet? to the user. For example: a boring article can be Yes, I bought my IELTS preparation books, novels watched, acted or played vividly by a computer. and reference materials from the internet. Because they are more economical and faster. Illegal copy, 9. Do you play computer games? piracy/ pirate Not really. Because I think it is a waste of time and money. It is nothing but time-killing. While frankly But there also exist some potential hazards. Like fake speaking, I only play them to pass time. products or poor quality. So the best way to avoid Yes, I play some of them, like the War Craft World III, shopping problems on the internet is to pay after you which was hit to the market place. As I remembered, get the goods. on the first day of issuing the game, people were lining up to get it. 5. When (or, where) did you first learn about the internet? 10. What do you do when your computer has It was 10 years ago in my first computer lesson. I problems? knew that in 1980s, the US army first used the It depends on the situation. If there are some minor internet, but that time it was only the net for the army. problems, I can fix them myself. Because I am the Then it became popular in the US. Finally, the net expert of computer in my class. If there are big becomes internet. And it is widely used by people all problems, like the hardware problem or the video over the world today. In the future, there will be an card problem. I will call for the professionals to information high way globally. handle them. As a girl, I know less about mechanism of computer, 6. When did you start using (or first learn to use) if there is problem, I will ask for help from my the internet? classmates or call for a professional to handle it. It was in high school around 2003 that I first used the real broadband connection instead of modem connection with a phone line. The Internet 1. Do you ever use the internet? (= access the internet = go onto the internet = log onto the internet) 7. How did you learn to use the internet? Yes, I can use the internet in my room. With the My internet experience is/ was mostly self-taught. development of technology, the wi-fi is becoming Like many young people, I had a strong interest in trendy. I even get one in my place. I bought it and the internet after I first knew it. So interest is my best installed it myself. / I asked my brother to buy and teacher. install for me. Xxx is the time / place when / where I xxx 8. Where did you learn to use the internet? 2. How (or, where) do you go onto the internet? Home as well as internet cafe is the place where I (At school? At home? At an internet cafe?) learn to use the Net. I usually use the broadband connection to get online at home. If I am outside, I will go to the Internet Cafe. 9. Do you think the internet is a good thing? Sometimes I just use my 3G mobile to surf online. It is a Yes and no, it has both the negative and the The third generation positive effects on people. Negative: young people usually get addicted to it, as for the positive aspects: 3. What do you do on the internet? it enables us to work and live more effectively and I usually would do some online shopping. In China, efficiently. 6 No,/ not very often. Because I don’t have the time as 10. Is there anything that's not so good about (or, on) well as the money for travelling. Like the old saying the internet? goes, money is not everything, but without money you There is some questionable /detrimental information can do nothing. on the internet, which would pose a threat to all-rounded development of youngsters. 2. Do you like travelling? Yes, I’d like to. But like what I said, travelling needs 11. What are the good and bad points about the both the money and the time. For me, I would rather internet? 见9题 take it as a luxury. When /if I were in XXX, I would Good points: definitely make a tour trip around it. 虚拟语气 It can provide us with much information and online resources. 3. Why do you travel? (purposes) It also gives users the web-space to publish the news Travelling can enhance my knowledge. Although and articles, which made millions of people crazy there are limited times that I travelled, every time I about the micro-blogs. 微博 go travelling I know the local culture and customs, Bad points: especially the local festivals. For example: the Water They also can be deceptive: for many people use fake spreading day in Yunnan province, the more water identities or put false information to steal money you get, the more happiness you will have. / from your credit card or bank account. rice-wine drinking habit by some minority group in Furthermore, there is also some questionable Yunnan Province, it is a habit to ask for the passerby information on the Net, like killing or cruelty to to drink some rice-wine, which is way to show the animals. All the information will have a negative hospitality of the local ethnic groups. Hospital, hostel, influence on web users. Netizen. Net + citizen= hotel, hospitable netizen Brunch= breakfast + lunch 4. What are some places that you have traveled to? I have only been to a number of places. Like, xxx, 12. Do you think the use of the internet needs to be xxx, and xxx. But among them, I love Qingdao best. controlled? Because there you can have beer and seafood. It is very necessary for teenagers to be controlled to Besides, you also can go to the seaside for sports, like use the internet. For there are strong influence from swimming, and canoeing, or water scooter. the questionable information, which would have a negative effect / impact on young people. Besides, 5. What was the last place you traveled to? 过去时 the internet also becomes a good way for some 使用 terrorists to make some treacherous plans or launch a Accidentally, I travelled to another seaside city called bomb attack. Qinhuangdao in Hebei. It is much the same as Qindao. 13. Do you think the internet makes people lazy? Yes, you can do almost everything on the internet. 6. What was the most interesting place you have You even don’t have to step out of your house. In this traveled to? sense, internet does make people become lazy-bones. The very unique place that I have ever been to is an Parasites to the internet. Walking tool, living meat, island called: in the living death. It is an island called Moon Island that is the most interesting place that I have ever traveled to. There I was told to drink the holy water to have the Travelling protection and the blessing of the local god. / The 1. Do you often travel (go travelling)? locals told me to pray for the protection of mountain 7 gods before entering the mountains on the island. If 13. Why do you think traveling is so popular you don’t do that, your life would be in a great nowadays? Part three question. danger. Nowadays people are getting well-paid. The living standard of people are boosting. So they have the 7. How often do you return to your hometown? (If money to spend on traveling. The modern not living at home now) transportation facilitates the trend, international Usually I return to my hometown twice a year during travels are becoming easier and shorter. So traveling the summer and winter holidays. around the world would never be a daydream again. Since I am a would-be pilot, I can fly a plane to Until now, I always stay in my hometown. But in the anyplace in the world. / Anyone who can fly a plane near future, I would travel to the xxx to study. would travel to anyplace in the world. 8. Which city (or place) that you have been to did Magazines and Newspapers 和reading 关联 you like the most? (Why?) 1. Do you like reading magazines and newspapers? Yes, I’d like to read them. But I only read serious 9. What kind of place would you like to travel to in newspapers rather than popular ones. China Daily. the future? Chinese English. I would try a seaside place, like 秦皇岛:it was named after the first emperor 2. What kinds of (types of) magazines do you like to Qinshihuang travelled to the sea. The literal meaning read? is the island of the first emperor. Because the first I enjoy reading some entertainment as well as the emperor wanted to become immortal, he sought health and diet. everywhere for the solution. Qinhuangdao was the first place to start his journey to immortality/ 3. Which do you prefer reading, magazines or eternality . newspapers? Win- win results. Pictures and good paper. Collect magazines for 10. Which country would you like to travel to (in further use or take them as collections. the future)? I’d rather choose magazines for my tastes. Because England/Fuji/ New Zealand is the country that I like they are more vivid and interesting. to go. Because it has the good living and working As a youngster, I like to choose the magazines environment, I will start a different life there. especially the fashionable ones to read. 11. What makes a place attractive for visitors (or, 4. What parts of a newspaper do you prefer to read? tourists)? Like what I have mentioned,(正如我所说过的) I History, culture, local food, nice environment. take special interests in entertainment, health, and It is the history, culture, local food and nice diet. It tells me a lot about the pop icons like XXX environment that could make a tour place more XXX. / As a future pilot, I pay much attention to my appealing to visitors. Like my hometown. health. So I read more materials about how to keep fit and stay in good condition. 12. What places in China are (or, would be) attractive for foreigners to travel to? 5. What kinds of articles do you like to read? The place with long history and rich culture would I would appreciate news stories more than other short become the ideal choice of many foreigners, Like my reports. Because they are much enjoyable, I can hometown XXX. know lots of information in daily life. As a language learner, I can get some practical idioms from reading 8 some English articles. internet, LCD monitor in buildings, or poster in taxis. 6. Have you ever read a foreign newspaper (or 3. How do you feel about advertisements? magazine)? Vogue Some of them are interesting, like Siemens washing Yes, I read some. But I only got the online version of machine, but others are boring. Like washing powder the economist. Since I chose my major as xxx, I like Tide the slogan goes like this, wherever there is Tide, to know fresh news happened in my field and around there is no dirt. the world. What I like most is the creative ads. As you know, the Yes, I read some. But I take a deep interest in my quality of the ads varies a lot. They can be boring, or field to be a pilot, so xxx is my personal favorite. interesting, even creative. Like the ad that I like, it is Siemens washing machine. It is more innovative and 7. Do you think reading foreign magazines and creative than some traditional ads about washing newspapers can help you (or, help people) learn a machine which emphasize more on the effects of new language? washing. Yes, reading is the best way to learn a foreign language. It can not only improve your vocabulary, 4. What kind of advertisement do you like the but also better your grammar as well as the sentence most? structure. Besides, it also helps me with my major I like cosmetic ads most, like Chanel and Lancôme, study. It enables me to know the trend of my major. Clinique /I like the luxury ads most, like Chanel, As a future pilot, speaking and listening are very vital Gucci, and Prada, Hermes /It is the Dove chocolate for me. For any misunderstanding of orders would ad that impressed me most. The model in the ad is so cause fatal accidents. pretty and more importantly, the whole ad creates more romantic atmosphere than anything else. Like How to learn English by reading. most people in china, we don’t eat chocolate very Reading: read more articles from the native media, often, since the Dove ads, many young men would listening: listen to different types of news as well as send their girlfriends a box of dove chocolate as gift. the dramas and plays. They can help you promote P & G ivory soap your pronunciation. Besides, you have known something about speaking and writing. Since they are 5. Do advertisements (ever) influence your choice the out-put of the language learning. You can about what to buy? improve them by more practices. Absolutely, it does influence my choice to buy things. I believe that products which have the ads everywhere are the quality ones. Advertisements 1. Are there many advertisements in your country? 6. Where can we see (or, what are the various Yes, ads are filled with every possible corner of my places where we can) advertisements? country. Even LCD monitors in every building, they Now it is hard for me not to see any ads in any place. often show Ads. Even in the toilet you can see certain Ads. Among these places, the most popular place is in the lift of 2. Why do you think there are so many hotel, like the World Trade Plaza, where you are advertisements now? forced to watch some awful ads. Because there are more and more products getting into the market place, they need the target customers 7. Do you prefer advertisements on TV or those in to know them and buy them. That is probably why magazines? there are more ads coming out. Besides, there are TV: they are more vivid生动的, and more interesting. many advertisement forms coming out, such as There are contents as well as stars. Like the ads made 9 by Pepsi or Coca-cola. Almost every possible star is involved in the ads. 2. What fruit(s) (and /or vegetables) do you especially like to eat? 8. What sorts of advertisements leave the deepest Pineapple, water melon, kiwi fruit, banana, mango, impression on people? coconuts. Eggplant, cucumber, green pepper, lettuceWhat impresses people most is the creative ads. 生菜, broccoli, tomato, potato, Like what I have mentioned, Like the perfume ad I think it is apple. Because one apple a day keeps made by Chanel. Like the Siemens Washing doctor away. Juicy, tender, Machine. Cucumber is my choice of vegetable, for I’d like to stay as cool as cucumbers in any exams. 9. What do you think is the purpose of They are water melon, kiwi fruit, banana, and mango advertisements (or, advertising)? etc. while, What I like most is apple. Because one The only purpose| that I can think of |for TV apple a day keeps doctor away. commercial| is that |they would let people or their potential customers| know their products and finally 3. Did you like vegetables when you were a child? buy them. I didn’t enjoy vegetables that much, because at that time the vegetables were limited to certain categories 10. Do you think advertising plays a very important and there were less varieties of choices. In winter I role in today's world? could only have Chinese cabbage and potato. Yes, The advertising can be served as the promotion of products and sales, the more ads there are, the 4. Generally speaking, do children like to eat fruits more job opportunities there are for people who work and vegetables? in it. In general, they don’t like to have some fruits and vegetables. But if you cook them or provide them in 11. What do you think about the developments in the right way, they will enjoy them. advertising in China today? The advancement of Ads industry in China has 5. What fruit and vegetables did you like to eat experienced a great change. It will become more when you were a child? internationalized and more customer-oriented. What I liked is pretty much the same as what I am Internationalized: enjoying now. like apple and potato. There are more English involved in the TV commercial. 6. When you were a child, did you like the same Customer-oriented: the Ads could put the consumer fruits and vegetables that you like now? * into first consideration and try to make them have a better comprehension of its products and services. 7. Is it easy (or, convenient) to buy fruit and vegetables where you live? Fruits and Vegetables It is very convenient( easy). Since a 24-hour/ seven 1. Do you like to eat fruit(s) and vegetables? eleven grocery store is at the corner of the street, I Yes, I love / enjoy them. Since I am a girl/since I’d can always buy some fruit and vegetables there. like to be a future pilot/ plane chief who needs to stay in good health, it is better for me to have variety of 8. What are the benefits of eating fresh fruit (or, fruits and vegetables. Like, celery which is rich in fresh fruits and vegetables)? fiber, orange and hot pepper, they can provide If you eat fresh fruits or vegetables, you will be enough vitamin C. while Cauliflower and broccoli healthy, wealthy and wise. The most obvious benefit are good for calcium. is the skin color.( As a girl, I pay much attention to 10 that.) The easiest solution is to have fresh fruit or children or adults? vegetable. If you don’t have the time to cook them, Mostly, there are more adults than children in the you can also have the juice from them. Like a Juice cinema. Simply because children would not have the machine. 榨汁机 patience to sit and stay for that long. 9. How much fruit and vegetables do you think a 3. How much time does it take to watch one film? person needs to stay healthy? It is usually around 2 hours that one movie can last. I am not quite sure but the exact amount of fruits and The longest movie that I saw was called Titanic, vegetables you need. But one thing I am sure is that which lasted for 3 and half hours. Besides, Harry you have to have some of them to balance your Potter is another long movie that I enjoy most. Till nutrition. now, it has 7 sessions. As you know, Apple can make you have a shining skin color, banana can make you feel happy, balance 4. How much time do you spend watching films? you temper, and orange can make you have enough I would spend 5 to 10 hours watching movies in each vitamin C so that you will not easily catch cold. month. So I can watch 2 to 4 films monthly. 10. (In China,) is there much difference between the 5. Who do you usually watch films with? The best fruits and vegetables that people eat today and what friend among friends they used to eat in the past? 比较问题用 than 句型 My bf, honey, friends, parents, girlfriend / boyfriend. There is a great difference between now and past. Male friend, partner, Now we have more varieties of fruits and vegetables I like to enjoy movies with my friends and classmates. than we did in the past. It is a happy moment with them. In the past, we had only a limited number of fruits and vegetables like, potato and Chinese cabbages in 6. Do you prefer to watch films in a cinema or at winter, but now people can have a variety of choices home? (Why?) on fruits and vegetables, like water melon and banana. I do enjoy watching films in the cinema. Because the Mango kiwi fruit and broccoli. cinema can have larger screen and better audio system, moreover the atmosphere there is more intense. Like the Avatar, you have to watch it in the Films/ movies cinema with 3D glasses. It is more striking and Types of movies: touching. The Inception 盗梦空间 toy story. Kongfu, Action, wars, horror, science-fiction, love-story, romantic, comedy, tragedy, cartoon, 7. What kind of films do you like to watch? (Why?) comics, 3D film, fairy tale story, disaster, Alice in Love-story, romance, history, science-fiction, action, wonderland 3D film. kong-fu, cartoon, Dimension, suspense: the master of suspense, What I like most is xxx. What I like most is suspense Hitchhike movies. Because they can cause you to think deeper about your life and your future, even it can give you a 1. How often do you go to the cinema? better reflection of yourself. I seldom go to the cinema, it’s about once or twice a year. Good old days 过去的好时光。 8. Is there any kind of film that you don't like to I go to see a film once or twice a month. watch? (Why?) I usually like to watch comedy in the cinema. Since Chinese science-fiction movies, life is hard and short, we must be optimistic. Yes, The history and documentaries really annoy me most. For they are less entertaining and more serious. 2. Are most of the people in the cinema usually 11 public transport. At the moment, there is no subway Transport available for the locals. In the near future, there will 1. How did you get to the test today? (What form of be a complete subway system. transportation did you use?) I came by bus. I am an environmentalist, so I would 8. What do you think of the transport conditions in choose an environmental-friendly way to go to any your hometown? places. It leaves sth to be expected. But now the city government is trying its best to improve the transport 2. Why did you choose that form of transport? conditions, by 2020 a complete subway system will Bus: cheap, have been built. Because it is cheap and does less harm to the environment, moreover it can also avoid traffic jams. 9. How do you think the transport system could be improved? 3. What kind(s) of transport do you usually use? I think it is a question for the government. The city Bus cheap and convenient. government should invest more funds into the public (Like what I said), it is bus. Because it is cheap and transport, so there should be a variety of choices: bus, convenient. Beside it can also avoid traffic subway, and taxi. In this way, there would be no congestion and do good to our environment. further problems for the public transport. 4. For you, what are the benefits (advantages) of 10. Do you think transportation costs (gasoline, using that form of transportation? subway, bus & taxi fares, etc) are expensive in your For me, it is very efficient. Besides, I can do hometown? something else, like reading books, watching films or It depends on the choice. The most expensive one is listening to music etc. nowadays people are playing private car, followed by taxi. The very economical with their mobile when they are taking buses. one is bus. 5. Is it very expensive (= very dear)? Pay subsidies to 11. How has the transport system in your hometown the buses. changed in the past few decades? 变化强调过去和 Dear 亲爱的， 贵的，可爱的 现在的对比。 It is not expensive at all. For the local government Generally, it changed much. Now, it is more has paid subsidies 补贴to the public transport. In convenient than in the past. In the past, there were XX, it is very cheap, if you have the IC card for bus only a few bus lines available in the city. But now, the or subway. whole city has been covered with different routes of buses in different hours of a day. So its condition as 6. Is transportation very important / convenient where well as its convenience has been improved. you live? Yes, there is only around 120 meters from my home 12. How do you think transport (in your hometown) to a bus station. will change in the future (or, in the next 20 or 30 It is vital rather than important to have good years)? 将来时 transportation. Since I live in the suburb, the only There will be more hi-tech inventions put into the way for me to get into the city is by the public transport, so it will be much faster and more transport. comfortable for people to use modern transports. Maybe there would be some auto-driving buses or 7. What's the most common means of (= form of) cars used by people in the next century. transport in your hometown? It is bus that can be regarded as the no.1 choice of 13. In China, is transportation in the big cities the 12 same as transportation in small towns and villages? 6. When do children begin to write in your There is a sharp gap between them. It is more country? convenient in big cities than that in small towns and Mostly, children around 5 or 6 begin their writing villages. In big cities, it goes without saying that practice in China. transport is much convenient. On the contrary, in small towns it is hard for people to travel within or 7. Do you think handwriting is very important among places. (nowadays)? It is crucial rather than important to write well. In China, we have an old saying like this:“Your Handwriting handwriting represents your character. ” Poor 1. Do you often write things? handwriting would only reflect your poor character. Preparation for ielts Chinese calligrapher 书法家， 书法 Chinese No, I don’t. But since I begin my preparation for calligraphy IELTS, I have started to write more than before. Confucius, Mencius 8. How can children today improve their 2. What do you usually write? handwriting? I usually write letters to dream schools that I apply Practice makes perfect. They can copy or imitate for or essays for ielts writing. I usually write to my some printed materials to improve their handwriting. future airline companies to look for job opportunities The more they write, the better their handwriting even for internship. could be. But remember they should be under the right guidance and help from their parents or 3. Nowadays, how do most people write things? teachers. Most often, people usually write things on a computer, Typing to be more exact. But some still Flowers prefer handwriting to typing. They feel it more personal and private. 1. Do you like flowers? Yes, I like them, especially cherry flower, in Japan 4. Do you prefer to write by hand or write using the they called Sakura. Wasabi, sushi, computer? By computer, I guess. It is not because its 2. Are flowers important in your culture? convenience, but its speed and mobility. You can editYes, they represent the different meanings on 编辑 what you write on a computer, but you cannot different occasions. They are the essence of Chinese really change anything on a paper. Beside, you can culture. Like our national flower peony. It represents bring what you write on computer to any place. So the prosperity and happiness. the Information Technology provides a better way of recording our human civilization. 3. Do flowers have special meaning(significance) in your culture? Lily 5. Do you think computers might one day replace Yes, they have. Like Red color flowers are used for handwriting? happy events, like wedding or opening ceremony. Your handwriting is unique. Renovation But chrysanthemum菊花 especially the yellow ones, At least, it wouldn’t happen in China. Because they are regarded as the sign of sadness. So they are Chinese have the tradition to use handwrite things as used for funerals. decoration for the family. Like the Chinese character “longevity”, could hardly be replaced by a printed 4. What's your favourite flower? picture on the wall. I like lily flower most. For its smell is sweet and pleasant. Other flowers are less competitive than it by 13 the sense of smell. Peony, jasmine flower, orchid survived for one autumn. I like cherry flower most, for there is a movie called romantic cherry flower that I enjoyed most. Because 11. Do you (ever) grow flowers at home? (Give I enjoy its color as well as its smell. details) yes, I had some mini-spring flower in my room. They 5. On what occasions are flowers important? can keep my room nice and alive. Unluckily, I left Festivals and holidays are the most significant them uncared so they had the same tragedy like my occasions that people use and send flowers. For cactus. example, the Tomb-cleaning festival in China or Qingming Festival, or birthdays. Marigold 万寿菊 12. Do many people in your country grow flowers at home? 6. Do you ever give flowers to other people? (If Yes, it is getting trendy that way. Because there are yes, who and why?) 男考官 父亲节， 女考官 母亲few public gardens available outside. And everybody 节。Saint Valentine’s Day. wants to have their own private ones. But the reality Yes, I do. Every year on Mothers’ Day, I would buy a is that there is limited space to do so. That’s why bunch of carnation for my mom to express my many people like to have plants at home. gratitude and love for her. Weather 7. When was the last occasion that you bought flowers for someone? 1. What kind of weather do you like (best)? (Why?) As I said, Mothers’ Day was the occasion. (This year, What I enjoy most about the weather is the sunny day. I bought flowers for my mother on that day. On New Because it can make me feel positive whenever I can Year Day, I sent some flowers to my uncle and aunt.) do something during the sunny day. For Christmas Day is coming, so it is better for me to I do like rainy day most. For it can bring some nice buy some flowers as well as gifts for my friends and and romantic feelings, I even can talk in the rain or relatives. run in the rain. It was on Valentine’s Day that I sent red roses to my girlfriend. 2. What sort of weather do you least like? It was during Spring Festival that I sent flowers my What I resent most for the weather is the windy day. grandparents or relatives. Like what happens in my hometown, it is very windy during the Spring and Autumn. Personally, it would 8. Where did you buy these flowers? Flowery ruin my hairstyle/ ruin my good mood. I bought the flowers in the flowery store located outside my flat building. Since I am a regular there, 3. What's the weather like in your hometown? 总 the owner always gives me a discount. 分问题 Usually, I buy flowers from the flowery. But this year, Generally speaking, the weather in my homeland is I got them online. They were delivered by Express very harsh. In winter, it is freezing. On the contrary, Mail Service / DHL / Federal Express. summary is very humid. Spring and autumn are always windy and dry. To be honesty, nobody really 9. When was the last time you gave flowers to likes the weather here in my hometown. someone? 4. Are there any bad points about the weather in 10. Do you like to have flowers in your home? your city? Yes, I once had cactus in my flat. Unfortunately, it As I have said before, the demerits are obvious. So dried out. So I have to abandon it. / yes, I once had being windy and harsh is the feature of all the some nice chrysanthemums in my flat, but they only negative aspects you can name in my city. 14 caused by the cloudy weather. 5. What is the typical weather in China like? Common sense, direction or region 11. Do you always (often/usually) pay attention to In China, the typical weather is like this. In winter, it the weather forecast? is cold and dry. In summer, it is hot and wet. The Yes, it is more of a life habit than anything else. But I spring and autumn are relatively sunny and mild. know in English the word weatherman actually means a liar. 6. Have you ever been to any place where the weather is different to your hometown? 12. Can you give any examples of unusual Yes, I have been to some tropical area in the south of weather? China. I only have been there for 4 weeks. But the A good example is last Sunday, there was a snow in locals told me that every moment here is like summer. Shijiazhuang. Although it was now very big, the People can enjoy lots of outdoor events, like BBQ, whole city got slowed down by it for 3 days. All the and beach volleyball. You name it. car were moving very slowly. Just like what happened in the U.K and the whole 7. Which city in China (or, which part of China) Europe around Christmas. People were stuck at the has the best weather? airport. If you ask any Chinese this question, you will always 13. In China, are there ever any problems caused by get the same answer that Kunming is the city with the the weather? best weather. Besides, there is another name of Most often the flood is caused by the heavy rain in Kunming, which is called the Spring City. Like it is summer. And the last/this year a serious landslide literal meaning, the weather in Kunming is almost was also the result of heavy rain. Besides I also know like spring season. Australia suffered from flood recently. 8. Which city in China (or, which part of China) has the worst weather? Shopping I bet my hometown can match this title very well. As you can feel it yourself, the weather here is probably 1. Do you like (going) shopping? (Why?/Why the worst of all. But I still love my hometown, for it is not?) shopaholic, the place where I was born, and where I grow up, As a girl, I was born for shopping. I go shopping in and where I start my life journey. different places and markets. Like the shopping malls, they are best for the luxury products. The open 9. How does the weather affect people (or, you)? market or flea market is a good place to hunt for 人称 treasure. But the little shops or boutiques are nice Usually the weather can pose some emotional and places for quality products in low prices. practical effects on people. The weather does affect As a boy, I only do my shopping when it is necessary. people’s feelings, like sunny days make you feel The best shopping place for me is the supermarket positive, cloudy days make you feel negative. where you can find food, drink, daily products and Practically, weather will facilitate or paralyze瘫痪 clothes event footwear. So I can find everything on the public transport. Like the opposite effects brought my shopping list there. by sunny day or snowy day. 2. Do you prefer shopping alone or with others? 10. Do you think the weather can affect people's It depends on the situation. If it is in the malls, I can moods? handle it myself. If it is in the market, I prefer to go Yes, definitely. As far as I remember, the high shopping with others. For we can always get a real suicidal rate in a Northern European country is bargain. 15 be satisfied. 3. Do you prefer to buy things yourself or to have your parents buy things for you? 2. When was the last time you went shopping for Usually I would make the decision based on the clothes? things that I want to buy. If it is expensive, I will ask It was in last month that my parents and I went my parents to buy it for me. If it is not, I will do it shopping for clothes for my new term. myself. 3. Do you think men and women think the same 4. What time of the day do you prefer to go about clothes? shopping? No, they don’t. men would take clothes as a cover. Usually afternoon and evening are nicer to go Women would make clothes as part of their body. So shopping. For one thing, it is less crowded; for men care less about the style and fashion about the another thing, it is cheaper than morning. Besides, clothes than women. This is particularly true in China, the shops can offer some discounts for customers. I don’t know what it is like in the west/ your country. 5. When was the last time you went shopping? 4. What kinds of (or, style of) clothes do you Accidentally, it is last Sunday that I did my recent usually wear (or, buy)? shopping in a supermarket. And I got some food and I’d to have (formal, informal, casual, sportswwear, drink for the whole week. After this exam, I will do jeans, ). As I will become/ am a college student, my weekly shopping again (in Beijing). which would determine that I cannot have lots of formal clothes. 6. What was the most recent thing you bought (for yourself)? 5. Do you like to try on clothes before you buy I got myself a pair of long boots, some hand cream. them? (Why?/Why not?) Body lotion. A pair of long boots. A leather jacket. A I think for me it is not a question of yes or no but a bottle of perfume. Jacket, shirt, a pair of pants. must. I only buy the clothes which look good on me. 7. Do you prefer to buy things in small shops or in 6. For you, is the colour of the clothes very big supermarkets and department stores? importantwhen you are shopping for clothes? 参考1. Yes, it is part of decision-making on clothes. Colors are important. Some color doesn’t look good on me. n8. Is there anything you dislike about (going) But I always like black, for it can not only make me shopping? look slim/cool, but also fit for other colors. The only thing I mind is the crowded surrounding. Probably, it is the time spent on shopping. As I go 7. Are you very interested in fashion (or, clothes shopping every time, I feel sorry for the time wasted fashions)? on looking for the items and bargaining. Yes, (if you are a girl. ) I suppose fashion is becoming a part of modern life. Every girl should know what is in and out for the Clothes year and the season. 1. Do you like shopping for clothes? A little, (if you are boy.) Yes, as a girl. I enjoy shopping for clothes very much. As a male, I care less about fashion. But it would be Because clothes can lighten my mood. better to know a little in order not to be dressed like an antique. No, as a boy. I really don’t care that much about my clothes. Unless they are comfortable and clean, I will 8. Where do you think you can buy the most 16 fashionable clothes? How can I say no to this question? Because everyone The most fashionable clothes are from the shopping has made some human mistakes sometimes, being malls or fleet shops of some big brands. Like Armani, late is part of that. As I can remember, I was late for Gucci, and Chanel. an important exam. But fortunately, I managed to get through it. 9. What do you think about fashion nowadays in your country? 6. Do you think it's important to be on time? * Now fashion is becoming an industry in China. It Yes, it is a matter of politeness and respect. attracts more people and investments. I suppose Punctuality is regarded as a virtue. So it is cherished China will become the centre of fashion in the near by people in the world. future. 7. Do you feel that time moves fast or slowly? 10. Are people's ideas about fashion (or, what is It depends on the situation. When I feel nervous, time 'fashion') today the same as people's ideas before? goes very slowly. But time flies when I am having No, people in China hold completely different ideas fun. about fashion now and in the past. Now, people tend to be fashionable to be attractive. In the past, 8. When do you feel time moves slowly? (Why?) anything fashionable would be regarded as pagan Like what I said, when I am nervous, time goes thoughts that must be eliminated immediately. slowly even stops. Because at that time, I know less about what I am doing, I worry more about what to do. Time 1. Do you (usually) wear a watch (a wrist watch)? 9. What did you do last week? (Why?) I did my weekly shopping, and also I went to the Yes, it can always remind me of time. So I will not be cinema for a movie. For the other things, I really late for the school or my work. cannot remember very clearly. Maybe they just No, I can always read time from my mobile phone. impressed me less than shopping and movie. But now it is lying outside the exam room. 10. If you could go back in time, would you do (i.e., 2. What do you use your watch for? N necessity what would you do differently For, watch is not only a time machine, but also an If there were a time machine that enabled me to go accessory. The main use of my watch is to read time. back, I would choose to go to an English-speaking country for my high school. Because it can help me 3. Where did you get your watch? better my English. My father/ mother/ bought it for me on my birthday. My friend got it for me in a flea market, where there Art / singing and dancing – tradition sell lots of smuggling commodities. 1. Do you like drawing / painting? (Why / Why not?) 4. Do you think time is very important? (Why?) No, but I only appreciate the painting or drawing at Yes, like what has been said “time is money”. For me, art gallery. Because I am less natured or nurtured to I believe people only got the limited time in this life, be an artist. so I have to make good use of every second./ I have to use time wisely on constructive matters. I hate to 2. Have you ever taken a class in drawing or waste time whether it is my time or others’. painting? No, because I had less talents with color and drawing. 5. Are you ever late for anything? It is like the classical debate about nurture and nature. 17 1. What do you do in your free time? 可以串联其他 3. When you were a child, did you have art classes at 问题的话题 school? I usually do some sports or shopping in my spare Yes, I had drawing and music classes at school. But I time. I usually read some books. only enjoy the music class rather than the drawing class. (Since I was questioned about color blind, I 2. Do you often do things with others in a group (or, cannot say the right word for blue and green when I with your friends)? actually saw them.) / Since my painting score was Sometimes, I do go shopping/ fishing with others. It always very low, I have to try many times to get a is more enjoyable if there are more people. pass. 3. Do you prefer to do things in a family group or a 4. Have you kept any of your drawings or paintings group of friends? (from when you were a child)? It really depends on the things that I am going to try. No, not at all. Because I didn’t like painting or If it is more of young people stuff, I would definitely drawing myself, nobody keeps them in my place. do it with friends. If it is more of a family thing, parents would be my first choice. 5. Do you think children should learn drawing / painting (from a young age)? 4. What leisure activities do you and your family like Yes, I suppose so. The younger you learn, the better doing together? you can understand it. We usually would play some Chinese table games, gambling games. Majiang which is a game sparked 6. Do you think art is necessary (or, important) in by the astrology in China. society? Art is only important but not essential. Because art We usually enjoy movies together in my home. For belongs to the spiritual world, it can be realized on we have a projector and a large screen plus hi-fi the condition that the material world is quite stable. system, they can offer the same effects like the As for now, it is the best time to enjoy the spiritual cinema. satisfaction. 5. What do you do with your friends in your leisure 7. Why do you think people buy paintings? time? Like most of people, they buy paintings for I usually go window shopping with my friends. We decoration, some of them even buy painting for love trying on new clothes in stead of buying them. collection or investment. I usually play some ball games with my friends, the most popular one is basketball, everyone knows how 8. Why do you think people like to have a painting to play it in my class, since there is no girl student (or other artwork) in their homes? there. Because they like to have something nice-looking to enjoy. Besides, a proper painting in their home can 6. Do you and your family often get together for a promote the taste and style of the host and hostess. family gathering (家庭聚会)? Sometimes, it is rather a festival gathering than a 9. Do you ever buy paintings (or, have you ever family gathering. For most of Chinese spend less bought a painting)? time to have a real gathering, they are busy with their No, I don’t think I need to improve my taste urgently. work. Holiday and festival are good occasions for families to have parties and dinners. Leisure Time 7. What do you do at these family gatherings? 18 I mostly help in the kitchen. I can cook some simple Yes. Because people will relax after a 5-day working dishes and cut some vegetables for preparation work. period. It also provides us with a good opportunity to foster a hobby that can release our stress from the 8. What kinds of leisure time activities are popular hard work during the week. It can also fasten the with young people today? Game arcade family tie and get closer with our friends. There is a trendy table game call the strategy of three Yes, it is especially important for young people. kingdoms, which is prevailing in every corner of Since we are full-time students, the only chance or China. Young people are crazy about them. time that we can have a relaxation is weekends. So we can do some shopping or sports, even some 9. Where do people (in your country) go nowadays to part-time jobs to make some pocket money. spend their leisure time? KTV, game arcade, internet cafe and sports clubs are 3. Are your weekends today more interesting (or, the most popular choices. more enjoyable/more fun) than your weekends were when you were a child? 10. What types of outdoor leisure time activities are Yes, 过去现在对比。When I was little, I usually there (in your country)? spent my weekend in the park. My parents took me People would like to try ballgames, fishing, rolling for a boating or fishing on the lake. But now I usually skating and hiking. spend my weekend travelling to some cities, like Beijing and Shanghai. Because the transportation is 11. Do older people like to do the same activities? getting much convenient. I especially enjoy No, they would choose something more quiet and shopping in Beijing. I always get some real bargains nice to do, like playing Mojing or listening to local in the malls. operas. Yes, the weekends now are more appealing to me 12. Do you think modern people like to get together than they were in my childhood. I do all kinds of with others? things to enjoy my weekend now like, karate, Yes, it is a human nature to gather with others. Like Taekwondo, (yoga, belly dance) and fishing. But in China, the more people there are, the merrier it when I was young, the only place that I went with my will be. parents was the park. 4. What are you going to (planning to) do next Weekends weekend? 1. What do you like to do on weekends? I am planning to a trip to XXX to enjoy the colorful Leisure activities, sports, swimming, tennis, jogging, weekend there. It is said that there are lots of trip to a small place, foreigners there. It will be a good opportunity for me I’d like to spend my weekend in the city as well as in to practice my English with them. the countryside, in the city, I’d like to enjoy a movie, and then I would have a good meal in my favorite 5. What do people in China do on the weekends? restaurant. Another day, I will go to the country side In China, it depends on the age group. to enjoy my week. Mostly, I will be doing some farm Young people: sports, KTV, pubs, movie theater. work. middle aged people: Sona, foot massage, clubs, KTV, Nowadays, I usually spend my weekend in some old people: TV, parks, gardens. charity organizations. I volunteered myself to help People in different age groups have various activities the senior people in the nursing centre /home. to do. Young people tend to do some sports, sing in the 2. Are weekends important to people? KTV, drink in the pubs, and go to movie and theater. 19 Middle aged people would like to try sona, and foot take a rest after the public holidays or during the massage. weekdays if they work during the weekends or on While the old people would enjoy watching TV, and public holidays. going to the parks and gardens. 10. Do you think working people need to rest on It depends on the gender. The males in China would weekends? enjoy some sports while the females would like to go 5 day schedule, they deserve a good rest. shopping. It is like the traditional thing that males are Yes, everybody needs a rest, including the working making money for females to spend. people. Besides, the working people are specially in demand of the rest on weekends. 5 days of hard work would make anyone tied. So nothing is more relaxing 6. Do children (or, young people) today spend their than to have a good rest on weekends. weekends differently to children (or, young people) in the past? 11. Which weekend day do you like more, Saturday Surely, they have different weekends. For children or Sunday? today, we like the colorful style of weekend. But I like Saturday more. Because I can sleep late and get children in the past, they could only have the limited up late, furthermore I can have brunch on Saturday things to do, like going to the parks, or boating. without thinking about Monday too much. Monday worry 7. Do you think people should be asked to work on weekends? 12. What do you usually do on that day? Yes, it is a matter of fact that people especially Brunch, then I will begin my real weekend by younger working class would be scheduled to work shopping or window shopping in the malls. on weekends. Even they don’t get the extra pay for I would begin my day with the brunch in the nearby that. cafeteria. Then I would go to a movie. In the evening, I’d like to have a drink in a pub called xxx. On I would say nobody would like to work on weekends. Sundays, I would go to my gym to do my exercise/ go But some people are compelled to do so, because shopping. their job is scheduled to work like this. On Saturday, I usually get my brunch first, and then I would do some shopping or go to the health clubs. 8. Is it important for people to have weekends off? Anyway, it is good to be on Saturday. Yes, it is not only a rest, but also recovery. Because people need time to recovery from heavy workloads. 13. What did you do last weekend? More importantly, it offers people an opportunity to Like what I did usually, I got my Saturday brunch gather with friends and family members. In this way, and weekend shopping. But there was one thing that I people can build up or tighten their family ties or missed. That is my weekly gym hours. Because I was friendship. too tired to go the health clubs. Last weekend, I just finished the last festival 9. Do you think people should be paid more money if celebration during the Spring Festival. (lantern they work on weekends (or public holidays)? festival. Rain-praying day with the literal meaning Yes, actually, they are rules in the law. According to called Dragon Head Day. the labor rights protection law, the employers have to pay for the extra hours their employees worked on 14. Are you looking forward to next weekend? weekend or public holidays. But the shocking fact in Yes, I will be seeing my friends and classmates China is that nobody would pay for that, instead an again. So I cannot wait to meet them. (since my alternative choice is offered that the employee can school will start on xxx ,March. 20 15. Do you wish the weekend (or, weekends) were 6. Is children's sport (or exercise) very important in longer? 虚拟语气 China? If I were given the chance, I should have asked for Everybody knows it is important. But nobody really longer weekends. The reason is that they can make does anything to make it more practical to do sports. me enjoy more and have a better relaxation. For there are more exams than exercise for children to take. Sport (and Exercise) 7. What kinds of exercise do you think are most 1. What kind(s) of physical exercise do you do to suitable for children? keep fit? I think some ball games are beneficial for children. I have tried many types of exercises, among them I They can improve both interpersonal skills and take a deep interest in Taiji Boxing. It is not only physical condition. good for young people, but also for people of all ages, male and female. Like yoga, it emphasizes the breath 8. Did you (or, do you) take part in any (organized) and pace, so after practicing Taiji you feel refreshed. sport in school? Yes, lots of them, like volleyball and long-distance 2. Do you like (to play/to do) any sports? (What running. sport?) Taiji boxing, during the process of doing it, it can 9. What sports facilities did you (or do you) have in make me slow down my life pace/ my whole life your high school? pace would be slowed down. There are Gym, stadium, swimming pool, football Taiji Boxing is the answer. Because it can make me pitch, and tennis court in my university/ school. slow down my life pace and find myself again. 10. Do you think it's important to have P.E. classes 3. What's your favorite sport? (or sports classes) at school? (Why?/Why not?) Like what I have mentioned, it is Taiji Boxing. Yes, it can be a good exercise and it will help Besides, I also enjoy tennis very much. Since Li na students foster their mind as well as their body. has got the second place in Australian Open. I feel very proud of that. 11. What are the benefits of exercise (or sport)? Mental benefits, physical benefits. 4. What sports are most popular with young people The benefits of doing sports are divided into two today? categories. The mental benefits and physical ones. It is getting much unpredictable to say what sport is The sports can make you strong-minded gradually. It popular with our young people. But some extreme can also improve you immune system. sports are always among our choices. Like bungee jumping and rock climbing. But for me, I would only 12. Are there any sports facilities near where you live? watch them instead of trying them. I don’t want to (for the public to use) risk my life for my health. But I only like to watch Yes, there are some. But the senior people have them, instead of trying them. occupied them all the time. So, it is getting harder for me to do any exercises on them. 5. Do children in China play much sport (or do much exercise)? 13. In the future, what sports would you like to play Not much, in fact the children now have less time (or, take part in / or learn)? and freedom to do so, due to the heavy burden from Table tennis, because it is our national game. Since the study and homework. Chinese team has been the world champion for a long 21 time, it is rather easy for me to get some good less. advices on how to play it. Besides, it is also a mild sport. It can gradually exercise your body. When I was a child, I spent most of my time watching TV, but now I have little time and because there are more important things to solve. Like IELTS Television preparation. 1. Do you often watch television (TV)? Yes, it is like my life habit. I often watch news, TV 6. How do you feel about advertisements on TV? series, (gossip girls, desperate housewives, ) soap I think it is boring and less attractive. The one skill opera and documentaries (Wild China) on TV. that they use is repetition. Even it is boring, but it is more effective to repeat many times. 2. Do you prefer reading a newspaper (or reading a magazine) or watching TV? I suppose they are almost the same in both quality Watching TV, reasons: sound, pictures, and moving, and content. Some popular ads even brainwash their vivid, audiences to remember their slogans or brand names. If I have limited time or I am having meal, I would The one skill that they use is repetition. Even it is choose TV instead of newspaper or magazines. boring, but it is more effective to repeat many times. Because it is much easier for me get information. 3. How much time (per day/per week etc.) do you 7. Do you ever watch programs from other countries? spend watching television? Yes, I do. Like the Britain’s got talents. American To be frank, I don’t have the accurate answer for that. idol, some TV series like gossip girls and desperate But roughly, I spend 5to 10 hours watching TV per housewives. But the one leaves the deepest week. Most often, there are more talents on TV than impression on Chinese audience is called “Prison any other programs. They are very appealing to Break”. Every one I know had watched it. Some younger audiences. For every one has a dream to people event had been watching it for 3 days without become a star. Some one would try it while others stopping. would watch this kind of programs. No, actually I don’t. Because I don’t like to watch TV 4. What programs do you like to watch? that much, not to mention the foreign ones. Recently, I like almost all programs, especially the quiz showour government has issued a policy to ban any illegal 智力问答. Sometimes I even get some prizes for the broadcasting of foreign TVs, especially on the right answer I sent through my mobile phone. internet. I usually enjoy more entertainment programs, like 8. Do you think watching TV is an important part of “Happiness Camp”, which is very popular among the people's lives? young Chinese. Yes, source of information. No: waste of time on watching it. 5. When you were a child, did you (used to) watch No, not at all. I suppose it is a waste of time. more television than you do now, or less? It is hard to say I watched more or less TV than I do Yes, it is very crucial. For TV watching is a way of now. Simply because there were only limited number acquiring information and staying with the fashion of programs available when I was little. I got lots of and trend. With TV, people can know almost time to watch them. But now there are more everything from the universe to daily life. Even some programs, I only limited time to watch them. So I catch phrases are used on TV. Like: go on, Sue me, suppose it is the same. / so there is no more or no My father is Li Gang. 22 young people, we tend to watch some fashion shows, 9. What benefits can people get from watching talents shows, sports and TV series about younger foreign TV programs? generation. People in our parents’ age would pay more attention to some domestic and international What you benefit from watching TV programs is the news, serious TV programs, documentaries and language skills you knew from them. As language classic movies. While the seniors are fancy about learners, there would be no better way to learn a operas, TV series with slow progression, beside, language than from TV. some TV shows about healthy life habits and health problems are also suitable for their tastes and needs. TV is also a way of communication or information provider for many viewers. For news from TV is Food and Cooking much up-to-date than it is from other media, 主料+辅料 A with B moreover, some know-how programs from TV could 什么炒什么，A and B teach the audiences some practical skills like cooking 1. Do you know how to make (prepare) a meal? food, gardening, fishing and babysitting. All these Yes, I only know a little about it. Like the simple and handy contents are shown on TV. As a result, TV is healthy dish called tomato and eggs. I can cook it served as a way to teach people. very well, the reason is that I have done it thousands of times. 10. Do you think watching TV can help students in Yes, in China it is getting more trendy for boys or their studies (in their education)? girls to learn cooking skills. It is a tradition plus a Yes, to some extent, it can help them with their fashion. Besides, home-cooking is very healthy and studies if they can watch subject-related the TV hygienically acceptable. programs. 2. How well do you cook? No, not at all. It would only make them less active. It It really depends on the dish that I would cook. I can is just like what happened to the lost generation in cook some decent dishes, beside tomato and eggs, I American. Too much TV watching ruin not only their can cook cucumber with eggs, green pepper with personal life, but their social life. sliced pork肉丝, etc Hell kitchen 11. Has watching TV (ever) helped you in your Cook the dish aggressively. Cook the dish gradually. work? Yes, it indeed is a great help for me. I can see the latest plane and know the frontier / pioneer 3. Who usually does the cooking in your family (or, development of civil aviation industry. in your home)? My mom does the cooking for whole family. Since I No, not a chance. But it rather wasted me lots of learned some cooking, I have shared my mom time. cooking for dinner. This is a tradition in China. But now there are more males cooking in the family. 12. Is there any difference between different people Even there is a English word househusband. when they watch TV? I suppose the reason behind this is the economic Yeah, actually different people have various tastes in recession and high rate of unemployment. watching TV, like young people like to watch cartoons, middle-aged people like TV series or soap 4. What's your favorites dish / food? * opera, and old people like the Peking opera. In China, most people like to have potato and beef. I Definitely, there lies a great gap between different also like it. It is a typical winter dish. It can keep you people when they choose TV programs to watch. As warm and healthy. 23 What I enjoy is a popular dish called hodgepodge started to cook or invent new dishes. More that contains lots of meat and vegetables, like potato, importantly, cooking videos on the internet taught me carrots, Chinese cabbage, seaweeds and pork. a lot about cooking. 5. Would you like to try any food that you have never 11. Have you ever thought about learning how to eaten before? cook? Yes, Yes, I love to try some novelties, including food and I have learned how to cook since last may, but now dishes. I’d like to learn to cook some Western food, since I No, I seldom like to try new food. I once had a am going to xxx horrible experience in Yunnan, the local people asked me to try some snacks. I did so, but they turned out to 12. Do you think everyone should learn how to cook? be some insects, which were so disgusting. Yes, it is better if you know cooking. Because it is not only a skill, but also a way to make friends. 6. Do you usually eat at home or do you usually eat away from home (= "eat out")? 13. Do you think it would be useful to teach cooking Mostly, I have my in my school canteen. When I am in school? on vacation, I definitely eat at home. Because from Yes, it is a practical skill that you have to learn. But Eat to West, home cooking is the best. in China it is rather a dream than a practice. The schools are too busy with exams and graduation rates. First I don’t need to cook, then I don’t need to wash They pay the least attention possible to some up. practical skills like the cooking. Mostly, I have my meal at home. 14. Do you think university students should know 7. What do you (like to) cook? how to cook? Meat with vegetables, for example: beef and tomato, Yes, as adults, we have to learn it as a skill which beef and potato, would help us in real life or in our marriage. I usually cook some simple dishes, like beef and tomato, or hotpot with lamb and vegetables. 15. Can you see yourself cooking more in the near The dishes I cook really differentiate a lot on future? Why? different occasions. For holidays, I would help my Yes, I will be doing more cooking in xxx in the next mom cook some festival dishes. On normal days, I year. would cook some simple dishes for me or my parents. Reading 8. When did you learn how to cook? 1. Do you like reading? (Why?/Why not?) Bacon and Since last summer vacation, I began to learn cooking. eggs , sunshine, double tan, scrambled egg. Yes, I enjoy it. For reading makes a full man. 9. When you were young, did you learn how to Reading can also make people think more and have cook/make a meal (= how to prepare food)? more ideas about life and future. At that time, I wasn’t. Because my parents thought it dangerous for young kids to learn cooking. 2. How much reading do you do everyday? It is hard to say, but I would do different reading on 10. How did you learn to cook? different days. Like my weekdays, I prefer Most of my cooking experience is self-taught. newspapers to read. On my weekends, I would try Initially, my mother taught me some skills in cooking, some novels or poems. Mostly I read Chinese ones then I can cook some simple dishes. But after that, I instead of English ones. 24 while females are book-lovers of fashion, cooking, 3. What kinds of books (or, what kinds of things) do diet, and cosmetics. you usually read? I usually pick up some Chinese novels to read. If I 8. What kinds of books do average adults in China really got some time, I would try some classic books, read? like the Art of War by Sunzi. In China, adults show a variety of tastes in Novels, magazines, newspaper, literature work. book-reading. Most people use more casual content Short stories, books, like romantic love stories, or travelling experiences. Only a small number of people read 4. What types of things (books) do you dislike more professionally or academically. So journals and reading? periodicals are the best choices. Essay books, business books, Try to be thinker than doer, while you are younger. It is hard to say, maybe some xxx books or xxx books. They are less challenging and more boring. 9. Do you think adults should read more? Yes, reading is the key to human wisdom. That is 5. Where do you usually read? why we / adults should read more books. The more At home or in the library. people/ adults read, the better understanding people/ I would choose two places to do my reading, the they will have about themselves and the world. city/school library and my study/ the lotus pond in my school. 10. Did you like reading when you were a child? (What did you read then?) 6. In general, do adults today (in China) like reading? Yes, I did enjoy reading when I was five. At that Yes, parents read a lot and aloud. They will enjoy moment, I read some children’s literature, especially reading some poems. some foreign books. The most famous ones are Cinderella, the match girl, and snow white and seven No, people have less time to read. Maybe it is the dwarves. modern day time crunch. There won’t be enough time Prince charming. Mr. Right. Mrs. Right. Mr. for people to read anything. Know-all, Mr. Good. No, people don’t care to read more traditionally. Yes, I did lots of reading, especially some fairytales, Internet and computer can provider adults with better like the match girl, Cinderella灰姑娘 ways for reading and acquiring information. Like everyone has a mobile phone now, it is more practical 11. What reading materials do young people (e.g. to read book or e-books to be more exact on your aged 15 to 25) like to read? mobile. So reading paper books is getting No, they will spend more time on the internet. old-fashioned. But reading as a habit is kept in a I am not quite sure about what they like to read. But better and more convenient way. only thing I am sure is that they all enjoy surfing on the internet. 7. What reading materials do different kinds of people like? 12. Do Chinese children (aged 4 to 12) (or, young Young children: cartoon, comic books, adults: people) today like reading? literature, business, travelling, sports and fashions. Yes, they should like reading. But they are too busy I believe the cartoon and comic books fit the appetite with some training classes, they never find some of children, and literature, critics, business, travelling quality hours with book-reading. and sport have a deep influence on adults. Males tend to read more about sports and technology, 13. What sorts of things (or, books) do children (in 25 China) like to read? 1. Do you have many (close) friends? Fairy tales, or comic books. Yes, I have. I like to have friends and make friends. The most popular ones are fairytales and comic But I onlyhave a few close friends. books. Almost every child likes them. 2. How often do you meet with your friends? 14. Do you think children today should spend more Almost once a week, we usually do some shopping time reading? /sports or go to movie/ meal together. Yes, they should. But a shocking fact is that they spend more time watching TV or playing computer 3. What do you do with your friends? games. This phenomenon really troubles the society We will do some shopping or go to movie together. as well as families. 4. Are most of your friends from school (or 15. What would you say is a suitable amount of time university) or from outside school (or university)? for children to spend reading each day? They are from school. Because we are classmates, it I think one or two hours will be enough. For they is easier for us to know each other and become have less concentration and attention. So it is not closer. easy for them to read shorter but regularly. 5. Where do you usually meet (= spent time with) 16. What types of people like reading? your friends? I believe some quiet people enjoy reading much more. Sometimes we meet in the cinema, sometimes in the Because they have more time to think than to talk. shopping mall or café / internet café. I suppose the quiet people tend to read more, because they can find the excitement and amusement in 6. Do you prefer to meet your friends at home or reading rather than in the outside world. away from your home? Away from home, it is inconvenient for me to meet 17. Do you think reading is important? (Why?/Why them at home. Because I have to some preparations not?) before they come, and lots of cleanings afterwards. Yes, reading is the step of human progress. The more we read, the less confusion we have. 7. Do you like making friends with (a lot of) people? 18. Would you ever give a book as a gift to one of People man, no, making friends is one of the most your friends? important parts of human life. People cannot live No, I cherish a book as my treasure. without their friends. So I’d like to be a people man. No, I never do that. I cherish my books as my Yes, I like to. But I am very picky about making treasure. close friends. 20. Do you think a 'book club' (where people discuss 8. Do you think friendship is important? & exchange books) is a good idea? (Exact wording A friend in need is friend indeed. That can prove unclear) what friendship means to everyone. Yes, it is important. Like the old saying, A friend in Yes, it can not only provide an environment but also need is a friend indeed. That can prove what can give people the opportunities to express their friendship means to everyone. understanding of reading books. 9. How do you keep in contact with your friends? Friends Phone call, email, text messages, QQ, MSN, Skype. 26 there are several ways that we keep in touch with each other. Online ways like msn, qq, skype, or 7. What sounds do you like (the most)? (Why?) offline ways like phone call or text messages. 8. What sounds do you dislike? (Why?) I really hate the sound of grasshoppers at summer nights. Because it makes me sleepless. It can cause Noise me have insomnia. 1. Do you mind noises? (Do any noises bother you?) Yes, I am person who enjoys the quietness. So I hate Daily Routine noise. 2. What type of noise do you come across in your 1. What are you usually doing at this time? Do you daily life? do the same thing(s) every day? I believe there several types. The first one comes I am taking noon nap, from traffic, the passing cars and buses make most of the noise. The second one belongs to the population, 2. Tell me something about your daily routine. the crowded place is usually noisy for that reason. Your everyday life, from morning to evening The last one can be found in construction sites, some of them even run on a 24-hour schedule. It will last 3. school/university)? for months. So people cannot stand the noise it produced. 4. In a typical day, what do you do in the classroom? I have class or do experiments 3. Are there any sounds that you like? Yes, I like many kinds of sounds. Like the sound 5. (If you do not work) For you, what's the best time produced by musical instruments, violin and piano. of day for studying? Because I like to listen to the music, especially the I would enjoy a beauty sleep in the morning. So music played by Richard Claderman. afternoon is the best time to study. 4. Are cities becoming noisier? 6. (If you work) For you, what's the best time of day Yes, due to some unexpected reasons, like flat (or, day of the week) for working? construction and traffic noise. Our city has be Moring is the best time for working. Simply because becoming an open market. it is beginning of a day, you will have lots of time to make plans then take actions. 5. What are some of the advantages of quiet places? The first one is that it can make people think properly. 7. What time do you usually get up? The second one is that it can provide people with an Weekends or weekdays. atmosphere to relax. The last but not the least is that It is about 7 or 8. my life in the university is like an it could make people have the chance to enjoy a army. Everything has to be done for the right time. moment of quietness. 6. Would you like to work in a noisy place? 8. What do you usually do after you get up (or, in the (Why?/Why not?) morning)? No, but sometimes I have no choice. As a would-be I usually have a shower after I got up. pilot, I am forced to bear the noise produced by the plane engine. 9. What part of the (= your) day do you like best? (Why?) (= What part of your daily routine makes you No, because too much noise would make me have the happiest? Or = What part of the day are you heart problems. Even it will cause a heart attack. most efficient?) 27 Do you like to invite others to visit your living place? 10. Is you life now the same as it was before? Why or why not? No, 过去和现在对比。 3.Collection: 11. If you could make one change to your daily What did you collect when you were young? routine, what would it be? I used to collect coins and stamps. From them I can Eating habits, late dinner, acquire lots of information and knowledge 12. If you had more free time, what would you do? Do you still collect it now? Say some activities, Not really. Because I simply don’t have time as well as money for it. 13. Do you like to plan what you will do each day? (Why?/Why not?) What do you like to collect? I plan to do something but not everything. Now I only collect some trademarks or brad badge 14. Do you usually do the same things at the same from my clothes. time each day? If you had a lot of money, what would you like to 15. How do you plan (organize) your study time? collect? At the beginning of a term, in the mid-term, or before I would say that must be cars, since I am a great fan the final exam. of vehicles 16. Do you ever (or, do you often) change these plans? 4.Noise and sound What’s your favorite sound? 17. Can you think of any improvements to your daily I believe it is the piano sound. Since my favorite play routine? is xxx. I like listening to him music. At the moment, I have nothing to be improved about my daily routine. I believe in the future, there are lots What kind of noise do you dislike most? Why or why of things that I can do to improve my daily routine. not? Where does the city noise mainly come from? 第一部分话题的常问问题 5.Time: 1. Personal information: Do you (usually) wear a watch ? (Why?) Are you student or are you working? What do you use your watch for? What is your school and your major? And why did Do you think time is very important? (Why?) you choose it? punctuality, being punctual, Can you remember the first day at school? What was Are you ever late for anything? it ? Do you think it's important to be on time? What is the biggest impression of that day ? Do you feel that time moves fast or slowly? When do you feel time moves slowly? (Why?) 2.Hometown and living places If you could go back in time, what would you do? where is your hometown? What is special in your hometown? 6.Driving Are there any special building in your hometown? Can you drive? Is your hometown polluted? No, I cannot drive. Even I am very scared about Where do you live? Where is your accommodation? sitting in a car. After I had an accident, bad dreams Do you like it? Why? cannot go away from me. I even cannot think about 28 sitting a car. 13 Sport When did you get your driving license? What sport do you like? Will you let your child learn driving? Why or why What’s the benefit of doing it? not? Do you like extreme sports? Why do people love extreme sports? 7.Cooking and food (vegetable and fruit) Who cooks most in your family? 14. TV Can you cook? Do you like watching TV? Do you think young people today should learn What kind of program is popular in your country? cooking? Why or why not? Do Chinese people like watching local TV program Do you like vegetables and fruits? or foreign one? What’s the benefit of having fruit and vegetable? What kind of program do children like? 15 Time in a day 8.News How do you get the news? What’s your favorite time do you like in a day? What kind of news are you interested in? Morning, afternoon or evening? Why or why not? Is it the same for the old and young? What do you usually do in different time of the day ? Is it important to know the news? 16 Handwriting 9.Shopping Do you prefer handwriting or typing? Do you like go shopping? What’s the meaning of handwriting? How often do you go shopping? And where do you Do you prefer letters or emails? Why or why not? often shop, with whom? How often do you write letters? Do you like fashion? What does fashion effect your life? 17.Contact Do you have any taste for brands? Why ? How do you like to keep contact with others? Video call, with 3G mobile, 10.Drawing Do you use different ways to contact different Do you like drawing? people? What drawing skills do you have? What’s the difference on ways of keeping contact What does drawing bring to people’s life? Beauty and between people today and in the past? artistic atmosphere In the past, telegraph and letters, now, calls emails and text messages. 11. Weather and weather forecast What’s your favorite weather? 18.Film and music Do you often listen to the weather forecast? Why or Do you like watching films? why not? Do you like listening to music? What does weather forecast effect your life? Where do you watch film or listen to music? With whom do you like to do so ? 12. Holiday What do you like to do on weekends? 19. Reading How do people in your country spend the weekends? Do you like reading? Do you think people should work on holiday? People How often do you read books? who work in the service industry should be working What’s your favorite book? on holidays. Where do Chinese people like to read? 29 newspaper can help you with your English? 20.Weather What kind of weather do you like? Why? 27.Painting: How does weather affect you? Do you think children should learn painting,why do Do you pay attention to the weather forecast? some people like hanging photos on the wall? Will you buy painting, why? 21.Flower Visitor: do you stay longer with family or friends? Why people like flowers? In what occasion will Is he time enough for you being with friends? Will people send flowers to each other? you invite friends to come over or party? Do Chinese people like planting flowers at garden? Do old people like flowers? Do you like gardens? 28.Computer: Do you still remember the last time you brought How you learnt using computer for the first time? flowers? who use internet most in your country? 22.Advertisement 29.English : Are there many ads around us? How many languages can you speak? Do you think What kind of ads do you like to watch, and why? learning English is hard? why? Do you want to learn What’s the difference between Chinese ad and another language? western ad? Do advertisements ever influence your choice about 30.Neighbor: what to buy? Do you prefer advertisement on TV or those in How do you know about the neighbor live next your magazine? door? how do you think the most of problems between neighbors and you, 23.Clothes What kind of cloth do Chinese like to wear? 31.Travelling Do you like to wear fashionable cloth, Among the places you have travelled to, which place What’s the difference between the cloth nowadays you liked best? Which place you want to travel to? and the past? 24 Transportation What about the public transport in your neighborhood? Do you know how to drive? Is driving skill important? when is the best age for people to learn driving? 25.Sport Do you like sports? Are there any sport facilities around your home? How often do you do sports? Do you think it is necessary for children to play sport? 26.Newspaper: Do you read magazine or newspaper? What kind of information do you feel interested? Have you read a foreign magazine? Do u think reading English 30