Bicycles
Do you like riding a bicycle?
What do you use a bicycle for?
Are bicycles very popular in your country?
Would you say it's difficult to learn to ride a bicycle?
Would you say bicycles are suitable for people of all ages?
What do you think are the pros and cons of bicycles compared to cars?
Would you say it's safe to ride a bicycle in the city (or, in China)?
Toys
What toys did you like to play with when you were a child?
Do you think you learned anything from playing with toys?
Did you (prefer to) play with those toys alone or with other children?
If you had children, what toy would you give them?
If you had to choose a toy for a child, what toy would you give them?
Is there any difference between the boys’ toys and girls’ toys?
Television
Do you like watching TV?
What types of TV programmes do you (most) like to watch?
Do you prefer reading a newspaper, (or reading a magazine) or watching TV?
What types of programme do children in China like to watch?
How do you feel about advertisements on TV?
Do you prefer to watch TV or listen to the radio?
Patience
Are you a patient person?
Is it important to be patient?
Is it easy to be patient?
How can people be patient?
How to develop people’s patience?
Have ever you lost your patience before?
Gifts
Do you often give gifts to people?
Do you and your friends or family members give each other gifts?
Do you think it’s easy to choose what to give other people?
Do you think it’s important to give expensive gifts?
In China, is it necessary to bring a gift when you visit someone?
Do you think gift-giving is very important?
Cooking
Do you know how to cook?
Do you like cooking?
Have you thought about learning how to cook?
What do you like to cook?
Do you think everyone should learn how to cook? (Why?)
Do you eat at home or do you usually eat outside?
Advertisement
Do you like advertisements on TV?
What kind of advertisement do you like the most?
Why do you think there are so many advertisements now?
What are the various places where we see advertisements?
How do you feel about advertisements?
Do advertisements (ever) influence your choice about what to buy?