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This document contains questions on a wide range of topics including first impressions, food, favorites, success and failure, animals, conspiracies, tourism, science, NASA, holidays, journalism, junk food, productivity, jobs, remedies, environmental problems, art, hotels, New Year's traditions, TV/movies, restaurants, architecture, gift giving, aging, language learning, super heroes, communication, party planning, appearance, books, weather, public speaking, museums, and cities. The questions are intended to generate discussion on personal experiences and opinions related to these various subjects.
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- 1. First Impressions ◎Do youlike to meet new people, or do you prefer to spend time with friends you already know? ◎When and where did you meet most of your friends? ◎What are the best ways to make a good first impression?
- 2. Food ◎What is yourfavorite snack? ◎How would you describe your country’s food? ◎Do you usually eat healthy food? ◎What is the best food to eat when you are sick?
- 3. Favorites ◎What are yourfavorite hobbies? ◎What was your favorite job OR ◉What is your dream job? ◎What is your favorite place on earth? ◎What are your favorite books?
- 4. Success and Failure ◎Describea successful person ◎Is your idea of success the same as your parents’ idea? ◎Why is money often used to judge success? ◎Have there been any failures that made your life better? ◎Can you think of any famous people who failed at something?
- 5. Animals ◎What animal bestrepresents you? Why? ◎What animal scares you? Why? ◎Why do humans have pets? Do you have a pet? Why or why not? ◎What is the cutest animal you can think of? The ugliest? ◎What traits have made humans a successful species?
- 6. Conspiracies and Cover- ups ◎What are some common conspiracy theories? Do you think they will be proven right or wrong? ◎ What are some famous political cover- ups? ◎ Do you think newspapers sometimes cover up events? ◎ How often do politicians in you country get in trouble because of cover-ups? ◎ How open should governments be? Do they need some secrecy?
- 7. Tourism ◎ How importantis tourism in your country? What is the biggest tourism destination there? ◎ How do you feel about tourists in your country? Why? ◎ What’s the best way to travel when you visit a new country? ◎ What’s the best way for a country to bring in more tourists?
- 8. Science and Medicine ◎Who is the most famous scientist from your country? ◎ In what ways has science most advanced society? ◎ In your opinion, what is the greatest medical achievement of the past century? ◎ How do you feel about cloning? Do you think it’s ethical for humans to clone animals? What about human organs?
- 9. NASA and Mars ◎What substance was found on Mars recently? ◎ Do you think there is/was life on Mars? ◎ Why are scientists so interested in Mars? ◎ Would you rather go to Mars or the Moon? ◎ What do you think was NASA’s greatest triumph? ◎ Do you think space exploration is important?
- 10. Holidays ◎ What holidaysdo you celebrate? ◎ Which holidays do you look forward to the most? ◎ What holiday food do you like? ◎ Are there holidays in other countries or religions that you wish were also celebrated in your country? ◎ Is it better to travel for the holidays or stay home? ◎ What do you think is the most overrated holiday?
- 11. Journalism ◎ What doyou think of news stations like the BBC and CNN? ◎ What is the quality of journalism like in your country? ◎ What do you think a career in journalism would be like? ◎ What kind of people are good at journalism? ◎ What good and bad things does journalism do for the world?
- 12. Junk Food ◎ Whatdo you picture when you hear the word “junk food”? ◎ What is your favorite junk food? How often do you eat it? ◎ Do a lot of people eat junk food in your country? ◎ Do you think junk food manufacturers are morally responsible for the unhealthiness of their products? ◎ Do you think we will eat more or less junk food in the future? ◎ If you had to choose between a strict vegetarian diet forever, or a strict junk food diet forever, which would you choose?
- 13. Productivity ◎ Are youa very motivated person, or do you wait until the last minute to do things? ◎ Do you think smartphones increase or decrease productivity? ◎ How can people improve their productivity? ◎ Do you think people today work harder than their parents? ◎ Who is the most productive person you know personally? How about really productive famous people? ◎ What is the biggest waste of time for you? ◎ What are some things you want to do but don’t have time for?
- 14. Getting a job ◎What is the best way to find a job? ◎ What are the most commonly asked questions at a job interview? ◎ What are some things you should do during a job interview? What should you avoid doing? ◎ How is the job market in your country? Is it easy or difficult to get a job? ◎ How many jobs have you had? What were the interviews like to get those jobs? ◎ How should a person dress when they go for a job interview? ◎ What are some good things to have on your resume?
- 15. Remedies ◎ What doyou do when you have a cold? ◎ What ailments is Western medicine better at curing? ◎ What ailments is Eastern medicine better at curing? ◎ What do you do when you have a hangover? ◎ What are some strange remedies you have heard of? ◎ What should you do to stop the bleeding if someone is hurt badly? ◎ What is the best cure for a bad day? ◎ What do you think the idiom “An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure” means?
- 16. Environmental Problems ◎ Whatare some of the most serious environmental problems? ◎ What can individuals do to help the environment? ◎ What do governments do to help the environments? ◎ What is your opinion on climate change? ◎ What kinds of technologies do you know of that might solve environmental problems? ◎ Are corporations responsible for helping the environment? ◎ Where will we get our energy when we run out of oil?
- 17. Art ◎ How oftendo you go to art museums? ◎ Do you consider yourself to be artistic? ◎ How many forms of art can you name? What is your favorite form? ◎ Who is your favorite artist? ◎ What is the most famous statue or painting in your country? ◎ Is graffiti art? ◎ Do you think that art is important to society? ◎ Why is art so expensive? Do you think it should be more or less expensive? ◎ Do you have any artistic friends? What kinds of art do they create?
- 18. Hotels ◎ Which doyou prefer to stay in when you travel: hotels, hostels, or another type of place? Why? ◎ What are the best and worst things about staying in hotels? ◎ Couch surfing is staying for free at people’s homes in different countries. Is this a good idea or bad idea? Why? ◎ Do you feel comfortable when you are staying at a hotel? ◎ Have you ever ordered room service? ◎ What is the nicest hotel you've stayed at? ◎ What would it be like to work in a hotel as a cleaning person or front desk staff?
- 19. New Year’s Traditions ◎How do you celebrate the new year? ◎ Do you celebrate on January 1st or on a different date? ◎ Are there any foods you typically eat for New Year's Day? ◎ Did you make a new year's resolution? ◎ Do you find it easy or difficult to stick to resolutions? Do you have any strategies that help you stick to your goals?
- 20. TV and Movies ◎What is your favorite movie genre? TV genre? ◎ Who are some of your favorite actors? ◎ What are some of your favorite movies and TV shows? ◎ Do you think TV program quality is getting better or worse? ◎ Do you prefer to watch movies in theaters or at home? ◎ What do people do during movies that annoys you? ◎ If you could make a movie, what would it be about? ◎ If someone made of a movie of your life, what kind of movie would it be?
- 21. Restaurants ◎ What isyour favorite restaurant near where you live? ◎ What is the best restaurant you have ever eaten at? ◎ What types of foreign food restaurants have you eaten at? ◎ What (besides food) makes a restaurant great? ◎ Do you prefer to eat at your parents’ house or a restaurant? ◎ What is the worst restaurant you have eaten at? ◎ What is the strangest restaurant you have heard of? ◎ How do you feel about theme restaurants? ◎ Do you prefer darker or brighter interiors for restaurants? Why?
- 22. Architecture & Natural Wonders ◎What do you think of your country’s architecture? ◎ What are your favorite buildings or neighborhoods around Houston? ◎ What would your ideal house be like? ◎ How does architecture affect your mood? ◎ What are the three most famous natural wonders in your country? ◎ Should humans try to protect natural wonders? If humans protect natural wonders, are the wonders still natural? ◎ Should people be allowed to visit a natural wonder if the visitors hurt the natural wonder just by visiting it? ◎ Do natural phenomena (i.e. the aurora borealis) count as natural wonders? How about things like thunderstorms? ◎ Would you rather visit natural wonders or man made wonders?
- 23. Gift giving ◎Which holidayin your country involves the most gift giving? ◎Which life events or milestones typically involve gifts? What type of gifts would you give for each event? ◎What is the best gift you have ever received? ◎What is the best gift you have ever given?
- 24. Aging ◎ What aresome of the benefits of getting older? ◎ Do you think humans will ever be able to stop aging? ◎ Is aging more difficult for men or women? Why? ◎ Are older people actually wiser? ◎ What kind of support should children give their aging parents? ◎ How are older people viewed in your country? ◎ How long do you want to live? ◎ Who is the oldest person you know? How is his/her view of the world different from yours? ◎ How well do you relate to people that are 5 years younger than you? How about 10 years younger?
- 25. Learning a language ◎What is your mother tongue? ◎ How many languages do you speak? ◎ How did you learn your second language? ◎ What's the best way to learn a foreign language? ◎ Is it possible to teach yourself a language? ◎ Do you agree that it's better to learn language as a child? Why or why not? ◎ To speak its language well, how important is it to know something about the culture of a country? ◎ What is the most difficult thing about learning English? ◎ What is value of learning languages?
- 26. Super heroes ◎ Whois your favorite super hero? Why? ◎ What super power would you like to have? ◎ If you had super powers would you be a super hero or a super villain? ◎ Do you prefer dark super heroes like Batman or purely good super heroes like Superman? Why? ◎ Does a person’s favorite super hero tell you anything about their personality? ◎ Are there any real super heroes? ◎ What is your favorite super hero movie? ◎ Why have super hero movies become so popular? ◎ Do you think comic books are good or bad for children?
- 27. Communication ◎ How iscommunication changing between people? ◎ How have smart phones changed communication? ◎ It used to be common to talk to strangers. Do you think it’s okay to talk to people you don’t know? ◎ Think about how your Grandmother talks with people. Is it the same as how you talk to people? ◎ Use your imagination. How will people communicate in the future? ◎ Name at least 10 forms of communication. ◎ How has communication changed through human history? ◎ What is the most basic form of communication?
- 28. Communication ◎ How iscommunication changing between people? ◎ How have smart phones changed communication? ◎ It used to be common to talk to strangers. Do you think it’s okay to talk to people you don’t know? ◎ Think about how your Grandmother talks with people. Is it the same as how you talk to people? ◎ Use your imagination. How will people communicate in the future? ◎ Name at least 10 forms of communication. ◎ How has communication changed through human history? ◎ What is the most basic form of communication?
- 29. Planning a party ◎Who is the party for? Why are you throwing this party? ◎ Where would you like to have the party? ◎ What are some parties that you are expected to bring gifts? ◎ Who will you invite? Will you send out invitations? ◎ What do you need to think about if you are having a BBQ party outside? ◎ What time do you like for parties to start or to end? ◎ Do you enjoy hosting parties at your house? ◎ What are the characteristics of a good host? ◎ Do you enjoy going to parties alone or with a date?
- 30. Appearance ◎ What isthe first thing you notice about a person? ◎ What do the clothes someone wears say about that person? ◎ What is the most interesting haircut you have seen? ◎ Have you every gone through the entire day without noticing something was wrong with your appearance? (i.e. missing button, food in your teeth) ◎ What kinds of things do you do to improve/maintain your appearance? ◎ Are there any fashion trends in the past you followed but think are silly looking now? ◎ How long does it take you to get ready in the morning? ◎ Have you ever been intimidated by someone’s appearance? ◎ Do people in your country talk a lot about other people’s appearance? ◎ Is it rude to tell the person that they need to improve their appearance?
- 31. Books ◎ Do youread many books? ◎ How often do you read books? ◎ Did your parents read to you when you were a child? ◎ What are some of the advantages of books vs. movies? How about the disadvantages of books vs. movies? ◎ What was the last book you read about? ◎ Do you prefer fiction or non-fiction books? ◎ If you could only read one more book for your entire life, what would it be? ◎ Can a book change the world? ◎ Who is an author that you like? Why do you like their books? ◎ What is one example of traditional literature in your country? Did you have to read it in school?
- 32. Books ◎ Do youread many books? ◎ How often do you read books? ◎ Did your parents read to you when you were a child? ◎ What are some of the advantages of books vs. movies? How about the disadvantages of books vs. movies? ◎ What was the last book you read about? ◎ Do you prefer fiction or non-fiction books? ◎ If you could only read one more book for your entire life, what would it be? ◎ Can a book change the world? ◎ Who is an author that you like? Why do you like their books? ◎ What is one example of traditional literature in your country? Did you have to read it in school?
- 33. Extreme weather ◎ Whatextreme weather occurs most often in your home country? ◎ Have you ever lived through a major weather event? What was it like? ◎ How do you prepare for weather emergencies? What sources do you use to stay updated during emergencies? ◎ What time of year has the worst weather in your country? ◎ What time of year has the best weather? What do you like to do when the weather is good?
- 34. Public Speaking ◎ Whatare some of the biggest challenges you run into when having conversations in a new language? ◎ What are some of the biggest challenges you run into when giving a presentation in a new language? ◎ Do you like public speaking? Explain why or why not. ◎ Do you have any public speaking tips? ◎ Does your job require you to give a lot of presentations? How do you prepare for them?
- 35. Museums ◎ What comesto mind when you hear the word ‘museum’? ◎ What’s the best museum you’ve ever been to? ◎ What do you like most and least about museums? ◎ Do you think museums should be free to enter? ◎ Do you prefer going to museums alone or with others? ◎ What do you think is the best museum in the world? ◎ If you could have one item from any museum in the world, what would it be, and why? ◎Would you like to work in a museum? ◎What kinds of museums are there in your town? ◎What is the strangest museum you have heard of?
- 36. Cities ◎ Do youlike cities or the country side? Which is better and why? ◎ If you could make one change to your country’s capital city, what will you change? ◎ What are some of most famous cities in the world? What makes them famous? ◎ Why do you think that humans started living in cities? ◎ Do you think that we will still live in cities 100 years from now? ◎ How do you think cities will change in the future? ◎ What city would you like to visit? ◎ What city is best known for: fashion? Technology? Art? Industry? ◎ What makes a city great to live in? ◎ Are cities good for the environment or bad for the environment?
- 37. Humor ◎ Do youlike to watch comedies at the cinema or do you think they are silly? ◎ What was the last comedy you saw at the cinema? ◎ "Slapstick" is very obvious humour which involves people falling over or being hit with food. What is your opinion of this type of humour? ◎ Do you still remember comedians from your youth? Do you still find them funny or has your sense of humour changed? In what way do you think it has changed? ◎ What elements of humour do you think are universal? ◎ Is humour always at someone's expense? ◎ Are you any good at telling jokes? Can you remember many? ◎ How do you react if you hear a joke which you simply don't think is funny? ◎ What sort of things make you laugh? ◎ Do you laugh out loud or do you chuckle quietly? ◎ Laughter is catching. Do you start laughing when you see or hear other people laughing? Why do you think this happens?
- 38. Health ◎ Have youever donated blood? ◎ Are you afraid of needles? ◎ Are you a member of a health spa or gym? ◎ Do you exercise? ◎ Do you go for regular medical check-ups? ◎ Do you catch a cold more than once a year? ◎ Do you have any allergies? ◎ Do you ever read magazines or news articles about health? If yes, what subject(s) do you find the most interesting? ◎ Do you take medicine when you are sick? ◎ Do you have a lot of stress? What are some ways to deal with stress? ◎ Do you usually get enough sleep? ◎ Have you ever broken a bone? ◎ Have you ever had stitches? ◎ Have you ever been to an acupuncturist? What do you think of acupuncture? ◎ What is the best way to find a doctor, if you're new in the area?
- 39. Olympics ◎ Are youinterested in the Olympics? ◎ Have you ever been to the Olympics? Would you want to go (again) someday? Why/not? ◎ Has your country ever hosted the Olympics? If yes, when? What are the benefits of hosting? ◎ Which do you find more interesting, the Summer or the Winter Olympics? Why? ◎ How do you feel about some of the more unusual sports, like curling or synchronized swimming? ◎ How do you feel about sports in which the winner is chosen subjectively? In other words, the person wins on the artistic interpretation of the judges, not because he/she is the fastest or strongest competitor. ◎ Imagine you are a member of the Olympic Committee. Which event would you wanted included, but presently isn't? Why? ◎ Should professional athletes like NBA or FIFA players be allowed to participate in Olympic events? Why/not? ◎ Doping in the Olympics has become quite common. What do you think about making it legal, and thereby leveling the playing field?
- 40. Social Networks ◎ Whatsocial networking sites do you use? ◎ What are some good points about social networking? ◎ What are some bad points about social networking? ◎ What information do you have on your webpage? ◎ What kind of information are you comfortable releasing to the public? ◎ Do your parents use social networking sites? ◎ How acceptable is online dating in your country? ◎ What are some of the good and bad things about online dating? ◎ What are some popular online dating sites in your country? ◎ How do you think apps like Tinder have changed online dating? ◎ What dating apps are popular in your country? ◎ Do you think that all the tech solutions to dating have made dating easier or more complicated?
- 41. Color ◎ What isyour favorite color? ◎ Is color important to you? ◎ Does color affect your emotions? ◎ Imagine being in a room where everything is dark blue how would you feel? What if the room was red? Black? Yellow? Pink? ◎ Why do you think colors affect humans so much? ◎ Which colors do guys usually like more? How about girls? Why do you think there is a difference? ◎ If you HAD to change your hair color, what color would you change it to? ◎ Most electronics are either black, silver or white. Why do you think this is? Do you think we will have more colorful electronics in the future? ◎ Colorful tattoos are becoming more popular in places like America. Do you think they will become as popular in your country? Why or why not? Would you ever get a tattoo? Why or why not? ◎ If you bought a car, what color would it be? ◎ Can you think of some examples of camouflage in daily life?
- 42. Extraterrestrial Life ◎ Doyou think there are aliens somewhere in the universe? ◎ Why do you think aliens in movies and comic books generally have a human shape and eyes? ◎ Do you think aliens are likely to be more or less intelligent than us? Do you think aliens are likely to be friendly or unfriendly? ◎ What are the aliens like in your culture’s movies and books? ◎ What do you think of people who say they have met or were kidnapped by aliens? ◎ What’s your favorite movie about aliens? Do you think aliens would prefer to communicate with us or other species? ◎ Do you think aliens are likely to be friendly or unfriendly? ◎ What would you do if you saw a UFO in a field near your house? ◎ If the secret service discovered an alien, do you think they would tell the general public? ◎ Do you think aliens would be afraid of humans? ◎ How likely is it we will ever be able to visit a planet that has aliens?
- 43. Advertising ◎ Do youever enjoy watching advertisements on TV? (If yes, what do you enjoy about them?) ◎ What kinds of advertisements attract your attention? ◎ What is the most memorable advertisement you have ever seen? ◎ What is one funny advertisement you have seen? (Describe it.) ◎ What products in your country use very serious TV advertisements? ◎ What products in your country use funny TV advertisements? ◎ Which celebrities have you seen in advertisements? Why do some companies use celebrities? ◎ Do any advertisements in your country try to shock viewers? ◎ How are radio ads, print ads and TV ads different from each other? ◎ What makes an advertisement effective? ◎ What do you think of ads that are aimed at children? ◎ Do you think beer and cigarette companies should be allowed to advertise? Why or why not?
- 44. Animals 2 ◎ Doyou have a pet? Why or why not? ◎ What animal do you think makes the best pet? ◎ Is your country or region famous for a particular type of wildlife? Are there any animals that are symbols of your country? ◎ Is it ok to use animals in sport? How about in zoos? ◎ What is the most useful animal in the world? ◎ Do you think it is necessary to experiment on animals to test drugs and cosmetics? ◎ Do you know anyone with an uncommon or exotic pet? What is your favorite animal? Least favorite? ◎ If you could come back as an animal after you die, which animal would you choose to be? ◎ Is it morally right to spend a lot of money on pets rather than helping people in need?
- 45. Gaming ◎ Do youlike video games? Did you play them as a child? ◎ Can you remember the first video game you played? ◎ Are video games good or bad for you? ◎ Do you like board or card games? Did you play them as a child? ◎ Can you think of any movies based on video games? Board games? ◎ What will video games be like in the future? How about board games? ◎ Can you learn anything from playing video games? ◎ What kind of games would you design if you were a video game designer?
- 46. Superstitions ◎ What superstitionsdo you know? Which ones do you believe? ◎ Do you believe that some numbers, days or dates are lucky or unlucky? ◎ Do any animals or insects bring good or bad luck? ◎ Are any colors lucky or unlucky? ◎ Do you believe that some materials are lucky/unlucky (such as gold, silk, etc.)? ◎ Are there any actions that can bring bad luck? ◎ What symbols in your culture bring good luck? Why is that? ◎ Where does the expression "Bless you" or "God bless you" (when someone sneezes) come from? ◎ Do you have any objects that are said to bring good luck, such as a rabbit's foot, a lucky coin, etc.? ◎ Can the location of a house or the position of furniture bring good or bad luck?
- 47. Education ◎ What doyou think it takes to be a good teacher? ◎ Would you rather learn from a young teacher or an older teacher? ◎ Are you a teacher to someone else in your life? ◎ If you were going to be a teacher, what would you like to teach? ◎ What kind of formal training to teachers need in your country? ◎ Who was your favorite teacher growing up? ◎ Did you make friends in high school that you still keep in touch with? ◎ What subjects were you good at? What subjects were you bad at? ◎ Does your country provide a good public school system? ◎ Should people go straight from school to university, or do something different? ◎ Would you ever want to learn a third language?
- 48. Research ◎ Would youlike to work as a researcher? What would you research? ◎ What would you like your government to spend more money researching? ◎ What are the biggest breakthroughs researchers have made recently? ◎ Does research always lead to positive things? ◎ What is market research? Do you like being surveyed by market researchers? ◎ What do you think about using animals for research? ◎ Do you like online research? What was the last thing you researched online? ◎ What piece of research would you like to do on your class/family/friends today? ◎ Would you volunteer to be a guinea pig in laboratory research of new medicines or medical treatments?
- 49. Libraries ◎ Can youremember your earliest visits to libraries? ◎ Do you think libraries have changed over the years? ◎ Would you like to work in a library? ◎ Do you like the atmosphere of libraries? ◎ What’s the best library you’ve ever been to? ◎ What do you think libraries will be like 50 years from now? ◎ How will the Internet change the function of libraries? ◎ Have you ever borrowed a book from a library and not returned it? ◎ What do you think libraries need that they don’t have now? ◎ What things about libraries don’t you like? ◎ hat is correct library etiquette? Do you always stick to it?
- 50. Quality of Life ◎What’s the difference between quality of life and standard of living? ◎ What are the indicators of quality life? ◎ How does the environment in your town affect your quality of life? ◎ Does your country’s leader have a good quality of life? ◎ How does technology change your quality of life? ◎ What single thing could you do to increase the quality of your life? ◎ Can money buy quality of life? ◎ What do you think is more important, quality or longevity of life? ◎ How would you describe your quality of life compared to your parents’? ◎ What does having children do to your quality of life? ◎ Who has a better quality of life, a student or a worker?
- 51. Health ◎ What isthe best thing to do to stay healthy? ◎ What do you think the worst disease to have would be? ◎ What do you think about the health care system in your country? How could it be improved? ◎ What do you think of the sick leave policy at your workplace? ◎ People are living longer and longer thanks to medicine. How long would you like to live? How about forever? ◎ Are there any diseases like small pox that you think humans could totally get rid of if we tried? ◎ Where do you think the future of medicine will be? Genetics? Cybernetics? Chemistry? ◎ Would you like to get your genome sequenced? ◎ If you could find out that you were at risk to get a certain disease, would you want to know?
- 52. Travel ◎ Where arethe best places for adventure vacations? Historical vacations? Shopping vacations? Party vacations? Relaxing vacations? ◎ Where would you like to go on vacation? ◎ What are some things you must or have to do when you go on vacation to another country? ◎ What are some things you always take with you on a trip? ◎ Do you prefer package tours or making your own trip? ◎ Where did you spend your last vacation? What did you do? ◎ What are some of the benefits of travelling alone? With a group? ◎ What is the longest journey you have ever made? ◎ What are some must-see locations tourists should see in your country?
- 53. Supernatural ◎ Do youbelieve in any supernatural things (ghosts, ESP, fortune tellers, etc.)? ◎ Do you think science will ever prove any supernatural beliefs? ◎ What supernatural beliefs are unique to your culture? ◎ What are some of the scariest supernatural movies? ◎ What supernatural thing do you fear? ◎ Why do so many people believe in supernatural things that can’t be proven? ◎ What are some supernatural holiday beliefs in your country? ◎ Where are supernatural occurrences most often reported? ◎ Do you think some people have supernatural abilities?
- 54. Seasons ◎ What isyour favorite season? ◎ What do you think of when you think of winter? ◎ What are some things your family did when you were a child in spring? ◎ What is the worst season in your country? ◎ Does it snow in your hometown in the winter? Did you use to make snowmen? ◎ What is your favorite thing to do in summer? ◎ What festivals or celebrations does your country have during the changing of the seasons? ◎ Do you ever go hiking when the leaves change in fall? ◎ Where is the best place to be in summer? How about winter? ◎ Does your country have a special food for any of the seasons?
- 55. Dreaming ◎ How oftendo you dream? ◎ Do you dream in color or black and white? ◎ Have you ever had a flying dream? ◎ Have you ever been falling in a dream and just when you are about to hit the ground you wake up? ◎ Do you think dreams have meanings? ◎ Do you think dreams can tell the future? ◎ Have you ever been dreaming and woken up and couldn’t move? ◎ Why do we forget dreams so quickly? ◎ Have you ever kept a dream journal? ◎ Why do we dream? What is the purpose of them? ◎ Do you think animals dream too? What kind of dreams do you think they have? ◎ What does your country’s culture traditionally believe about dreams? ◎ Have you ever had déjà vue?
- 56. Homes ◎ Is yourhome tidy? Are you a very organized person? ◎ Do you have a lot of decorations in your home or is it bare? ◎ Are you happy with the size of your home? ◎ What is your favorite appliance, electronic device, or piece of furniture in your home? ◎ If you had $3,000 to improve your home, what would you spend it on? ◎ Do you agree with the saying “Wherever I lay my head is home.”? ◎ How is your home different from your childhood home? ◎ What would you say the decoration style of your home is? ◎ What would your ideal house or apartment look like? ◎ What do you do to maintain your home? ◎ What household chores do you hate doing?
- 57. Voting ◎ Do youthink voting and elections make a difference? ◎ What are elections like in your country? Are there any problems with voting? ◎ What are the main political parties in your country? ◎ Do you vote in every election? ◎ What are the good and bad things about voting? ◎ At what age should people be able to vote? ◎ Have your political views changed over time or remained the same? ◎ How can we get more people to vote? ◎ Who is the most controversial politician in your country?