I. Possible Questions
Stage One Questions
1. Good morning, my name is Jake Edward. Could you tell me your full name please?
2. And what shall I call you?
3. Can I see your identification please?
4. Does your name have any special meaning?
5. What's the literal translation of your name?
6. Where do you come from?
7. Where were you born?
8. Where about is your hometown?
9. What kind of landscape surrounds your hometown?
10. Could you tell me something about your hometown?
11. What are the main tourist attractions in Beijing?
12. What's the climate like in your hometown?
13. What are the people like in your hometown?
14. What are the differences in accent between the people of your hometown and Beijing?
15. What kind of food and dishes do people eat in your hometown?
16. Tell me about what's the biggest traditional festival in your country.
17. What do you do during the Spring Festival?
18. Can you describe one of the main festivals celebrated in your country?
19. What are some of the customs in your country that I should know about?
20. How long have you lived in Beijing?
21. What's the weather like in Beijing?
22. How do you compare the climate in Beijing with that in your hometown?
23. What places in Beijing do you like best? Why?
24. What places in Beijing should a foreigner visit? Why?
25. What are the major social problems in Beijing? How can they be solved?
26. What is the biggest problem China faces?
27. What places do you recommend a foreigner to visit in your hometown and why?
28. Which city, in your opinion, is the best city in China?
29. Has tourism changed China very much?
30. Has transport changed over the past 20 years in China?
31. Is there anywhere you would particularly like to visit on your holidays? Where and why?
32. Let's talk a little about traveling and transport. For long trips, how do you prefer to travel?
33. Tell me about the kind of accommodation you live in, either this country or in your hometown.
34. Let's talk about your hometown or village. What kind of place is it?
35. What do you usually do in your holidays?
36. Why do you think trains are better than buses?
37. Can you tell me something about your family?
38. Do you have children?
39. What is your child's name?
40. What is your son/daughter like? Tell me about his/her personality.
41. What does your wife/husband do for a living?
42. When did you get married?
43. Tell me something about your wedding, please. Did you have any kind of ceremony?
44. What did you/your wife wear on your wedding day?
45. Where did you go for your honeymoon?
46. Did you have to ask for permission from your parents before you got married?
47. Could you tell me what happens at a wedding in your country?
48. What kind of parent do you intend to be?
49. What hope or fears do you have for your children?
50. What sort of culture do you hope your child will grow up in?
51. As a parent, do you plan to raise your child differently from how your parents raised you?
52. How different is your life from the lives of your parents?
53. Are you going to bring up your child differently? How?
54. Are you going to bring up your child differently from the way you were brought up? How?
55. Do you enjoy shopping?
56. Who does most of the shopping in your family?
57. Do you enjoy cooking?
58. Are you a good cook?
59. Who does most of the cooking in your family?
60. Do you have a lot of friends?
61. What is your major?
62. Why did you choose software development as your major?
63. How do you like your major?
64. When and where did you graduate? What qualifications have you obtained?
65. Could you tell me something about your educational background?
66. Which university is the best one in your country?
67. Why do you think Qinghua is the best university in you country?
68. How are you as a student?
69. How do you try to get good grades as a student?
70. Are there anything you don't like about your studies?
71. Where do you work?
72. What do you do for a living?
73. What is your line of business?
74. What is your job? What does your job involve?
75. What do you do on a daily basis?
76. How do you like your job?
77. Tell me something about your job.
78. What made you decide to get into this field?
79. What kind of hobbies do you have?
80. How did you become interested in your hobby?
81. What do you do in your spare time?
82. How do you spend your weekends?
83. What is your favorite sport? What are the rules?
