Secrets 秘密

Do you like knowing and finding out secrets? Why?

你喜歡解開並找出秘密嗎?

Are you good at keeping secrets? Why or why not?

你擅長保密嗎?

Should governments keep secrets from their people? Why or why not?

政府應該要保密嗎?

What kinds of secrets do you think your government has?

你們的政府有什麼樣的秘密?

What is something that lots of people dislike but you secretly love?

大多數的人都很討厭那樣東西,但你卻非常喜歡它?

Should husbands and wives keep secrets from each other?

夫妻之間應該有秘密嗎?

Should parents keep secrets from their children? If yes, what kind of secrets?

父母應該對孩子隱瞞一些事情嗎?

Do you know any secrets about celebrities?

你知道任何名人的秘密嗎?

What kinds of secrets are dangerous?

哪一種秘密很危險,會導致你被追殺。

How many secrets do you have?

你有多少秘密?

If your friend were doing something dangerous or illegal would you tell their parents or teacher?

如果你朋友想要做很危險的事情,那你怎麼做呢?你會告訴她的父母或老師嗎?

If your friend stole something, would you keep it a secret?

如果你朋友偷東西,你會怎麼做呢?

If a friend was talking about suicide would you keep their secret or tell their parents?

如果你的朋友想要自殺,你會告訴她的家人嗎?

If you found your sister’s or brother’s diary, would you read it or would you respect their privacy?

如果你找到你朋友的日記,那你會怎麼做呢?

Would you tell your parents if you were pregnant?

如果你懷孕了,你會告訴你的父母嗎?

Do you think your parents have a right to know?

你覺得父母有權利知道什麼事情?

When you meet someone new, are there some things that you want to keep secret or private? Why? What?

當你認識新朋友的時候,你不想要跟他說什麼?

Are you concerned about Internet privacy?

你在乎隱私嗎?

What do you do when a website asks you for information that you consider private or personal?

如果網站跟你要資料,你覺得她會想要什麼資料呢?

Do you use your real name on the Internet?

你會在網路上用你的真名聊天嘛?

Do you have your picture on the Internet? Why or why not?

你在網路上搜尋你自己的名字的時候,你會搜尋到什麼?

What do you think about foreign countries asking you for your fingerprints when you live there?

如果你出國的時候,那個國家跟你要指紋,你會給他嗎?

When applying for a job is it okay for the company to ask you your religion, marital status, sexual orientation, or narcotic use?

你在找工作的時候,會提供怎麼樣的資料呢?

If you were going to marry someone but had a family secret they should know before you get married would you tell them?

你會讓你的伴侶知道你們家族的祕密嗎?

If you won a lot of money, would you tell your family? Friends?

如果你贏了很多錢,你會告訴你的家人或朋友嗎?

singing & music 唱歌及音樂

How good are you at singing?

你喜歡唱歌嗎?

Where do you sing most (e.g. shower, car, while doing housework, etc.)?

你喜歡在哪裡唱歌?

How often do you do karaoke?

你常常唱卡拉ok嗎?

What song are you best at singing?

你最會唱哪種歌?

Whose singing do you hate?

你討厭哪一種音樂?

Can you sing your country’s national anthem?

你會唱你們國家的國歌嗎?

Who is the best singer you personally know? How about the worst?

你最喜歡的歌手是誰?最不喜歡的歌手是誰?

Can singing be learned or are people born with the ability to sing?

唱歌是後天學習的,還是天賦也很重要?

When was the last time you sang in front of someone?

你多久之前在很多人面前唱歌?

  • What kind of music do you like?
  • Are you a good singer?
  • Can you concentrate on other things when you are listening to music?
  • Can you play a musical instrument?
    • If so, what do you play?
    • How long have you been playing?
    • Are you good at it?
  • Can you play the drums?
  • Can you play the guitar?
  • Can you read music?
  • Do you enjoy music videos?
  • Do you ever listen to MP3 files on your computer?
  • Do you have an expensive stereo system?
  • Do you know the band named Metallica? If so, do you like them?
  • Do you like all kinds of music?
  • Do you like American rock bands?
  • Do you like country music?
  • Do you like heavy metal bands like Megadeath, Marilyn Manson, and so on?
  • Do you like jazz?
  • Do you like to listen classical music?
  • Do you like to listen country music?
    • Who is your favorite country singer?
  • Do you like to listen to Broadway musicals?
    • What is your favorite Broadway musical show?
  • Do you like punk music?
  • Do you like singing karaoke?
    • How often do you sing karaoke?
  • Do you like to dance?
  • Do you listen to music while doing your homework?
  • Do you sing while taking a bath?
  • Do you think there is a relationship between drugs and music?
    • How about violence and music?
  • Do you think your favorite music twenty years from now will be the same as it is today?
  • Do you watch music shows on TV? If so, what do you watch?
  • Does you mother play the piano?
  • Have you ever been to a concert?
    • Have you ever been to a rock concert?
    • Have you ever been to an orchestra concert?
  • Have you ever taken part in a singing competition?
  • How does music make you feel?
  • How many CD’s do you have?
  • How much time do you spend listening to music?
  • How often do you listen to music? (…to classical music, … to jazz, …)
  • How often do you listen to the radio?
  • If you could play any musical instrument, what would it be?
  • If you could start a band, what type of music would you play? Why?
  • If you were a song, what song would you be and why?
  • Is live music popular in your country?
  • Is there any kind of music that you hate?
  • Should music lyrics be rated similar to the way movies are rated?
  • What are some concerts you have been to?
  • What are some special or traditional musical instruments in your country?
  • What do you think the world would be like without music?
  • What do you think of manufactured bands? Can you name any?
  • What is one of your favorite songs?
    • Why do you like it?
    • When did you first hear it?
    • Who sings it?
  • What is your favorite karaoke song to sing?
  • What is your favorite kind of music?
  • What kind of music do you like?
  • What kind of music do you listen to to cheer you up?
  • What kind of music do you usually listen to?
  • What kind of music do your parents listen to?
  • What kind of music you like the most?
  • What kind of songs do you like to sing?
  • What kinds of music do people listen to in your country?
  • What kinds of music do you dislike?
  • What musicians did you like when you were in junior high school? How about high school?
  • What radio station do you usually listen to?
  • What was the last CD you bought?
  • What was the last concert you went to?
  • What was your favorite music five years ago? 10 years ago? How have your musical tastes changed?
  • When was the last time you went dancing?
  • When was the last time you went to a concert?
  • Where do you usually listen to music?
  • Which do you prefer, songs in English or songs in your own language?
  • Who is your favorite singer or group?
  • Who is your favorite singer?
  • Why do you think music is important and how does it affect different people?
  • Why is music so important to people and culture?
  • Is the image of the group or singer more important than the music?
  • Can you think of examples of music calming people or increasing their efficiency?
  • Do you mind singing to other people? (Another wording: …singing in front of people?)
    • If you don’t mind then how large an audience would be too many?
  • While listening to the radio, do you ever want to sing the song that is being played?
  • Why do you think some people believe opera singers should be fat?
  • Do you ever download MP3 files from the Internet?
  • Do you prefer rock music or romantic music?
  • Do you think music can heal sick people?
  • Do you think that animals can enjoy music? How do you know?
  • Do you think that music can help make world peace? How?
  • How important do you think a good music teacher is to mastering an instrument?
  • What do you think the next piece of music technology will be, after digital technology?
  • If you could invent a new instrument, what would it sound like?
  • Do you think the use of drugs by some musicians increases their artistic creativity?
  • Who is your favorite composer?
  • Did you go to the symphony when you were a child?
  • Do your brothers and sisters also love classical music?
  • What makes a song popular for you, the lyrics of the song or the melody?
  • Why is the recorder called the recorder?
  • Who is the most famous musician from your country?
  • Do you think it is wrong to download music for free?
  • Do you ever create (mix) CD’s for your friends?
  • Does your country have laws against copying CD’s?
  • Do you prefer listening to songs in your own language or in another language? Why?
  • Does music affect unborn children?
  • Do you think that people form different cultures react to music in different ways?
  • What do you think of when you listen to music?
  • What kind or style of music would it be weird for your parents to listen to? Why?
  • If you could be any musician in the world, who would you be and why?
  • If you could be a musician who would you be?

購物 shopping

Where is your favorite place to shop for clothes?

你喜歡在那裡買衣服?

What products do you prefer to shop online for?

你喜歡在網路上買什麼東西?

What products do you prefer to shop in stores for?

你喜歡在店裡買什麼東西?

How do you feel about sales people following you and helping you when you shop?

你喜歡推銷員嗎?還是你喜歡自己買東西?

What makes a pleasant shopping experience?

什麼樣的購物體驗令人愉快?

How do you feel about shopping at department stores or malls?

在百貨公司購物跟在商店購物有什麼不一樣?

What is your favorite ecommerce site? Why?

你最喜歡的線上商店是哪一家?

Do you know anyone who is addicted to shopping? Are you addicted to shopping?

你有朋友購物成癮嗎?

Have you ever bought any counterfeit products like fake designer bags, clothing, or jewelry?

你有買到假貨嗎?

Do you enjoy shopping for other people?

你喜歡幫別人買東西嗎?

  • About how much did you spend on presents last year?
  • About how much do you usually spend each day?
  • Are you a price conscious shopper?
  • Are you good at saving money?
  • Are you saving money to buy something?
    • If so, what are you planning to buy?
    • How much will it cost?
    • How much longer will you need to save before you can buy it?
  • Do banks pay a higher percent of interest here or in your country?
  • Do you compare prices at different stores when you shop?
  • Do you enjoy shopping?
  • Do you ever buy second-hand things? (“used things”)
  • Do you ever give money to charity?
    • How often do you give to charity?
    • How much do you give?
  • Do you gamble?
  • Do you give tips at a restaurant in your country? How about to taxi drivers?
  • Do you haggle when you shop ?
  • Do you have a credit card?
  • Do you have a credit card? If so, do you have more than one?
  • Do you have more than one bank account?
  • Do you have to pay a sales tax in your country?
  • Do you invest in the stock market?
  • Do you often put money in the bank?
  • Do you sometimes buy things that you don’t need?
    • If so, give some examples.
  • Do you sometimes give money to charities?
  • Do you think that money can buy love?
  • Do your parents give you an allowance? (Did your parents give…?)
    • How much? (Maybe not a good question to ask.)
    • What do you use it for?
    • How often do they give it to you?
  • Have you ever been in debt?
  • Have you ever owed money to people?
  • Have you ever bought a lottery ticket?
  • Have you ever found any money? If so, what did you do with it?
  • Have you ever given money to a beggar?
  • Have you ever given money to a homeless person?
  • Have you ever had any money stolen from you?
  • How important is money to you?
    • If you had no money, do you think you could be happy?
  • How many different kinds of coins are there in your country? What are they?
  • How much did you spend last week?
  • How much did you spend yesterday?
  • How much do you have to spend to eat a good meal at a restaurant in your country?
  • How much do you spend on food each week?
  • How much do you think it costs to fly to Guam?
  • How much do you think it costs to stay at a hotel in London?
  • How much do you usually spend each month on entertainment?
  • How much do you usually spend each month on food?
  • How much do you usually spend each month on transportation?
  • How much does it cost to get a haircut in your country?
  • How much does it cost to ride a bus in your country?
  • How much is a liter of gasoline in your country?
  • How much money did you make on your first job?
    • (How much money do you think you will make on your first job?)
  • How much money did you spend yesterday?
    • Where did you spend it?
    • What did you spend it on?
    • Do you often spend that amount in one day?
  • How much money did your parents give you for an allowance when you were ten years old?
  • How much money do you have on you now? (Maybe not a polite question to ask.)
  • How much money do you have with you now? (Maybe not a good question to ask.)
  • How much time did you spend the last time you went shopping?
  • How often do you go shopping?
  • If someone gave you a lot of money, what would you do with it?
    • If someone gave you a million dollars, what would you do with it?
  • Some people say that “money makes the world go around.” Do you agree? Why or why not?
  • What bank do you use?
  • What do you need to buy next?
  • What do you spend most of your money on?
  • What do you spend the most money on each month?
  • What do you want to buy next?
  • What is something that you have bought recently that cost a lot of money?
  • What is something that you have bought recently that was a good bargain?
  • What is something that you have bought recently?
  • What is something that you want to buy, but don’t have enough money to buy.
  • What is something that you want to buy, but think you never will.
  • What is the average salary in your country?
  • What is the most expensive thing you’ve ever bought?
    • How much did it cost?
  • What is your opinion of discount stores?
  • What kind of things do you often shop for?
  • What kinds of things are you saving your money for?
  • What store did you like best and what store did you like least?
  • What was the last thing you bought for someone else?
  • What was the last thing you bought for yourself?
    • Where did you buy it?
    • why did you buy it?
  • What was the last thing you spent money on?
  • What’s the most expensive thing you have ever bought?
  • What’s the most expensive thing you’ve ever bought?
  • What’s the most money you have spend on one thing?
  • What’s the most money you have spent on something to eat?
  • What’s the most money you have spent on something to wear?
    • What did you buy?
  • What’s your favorite place to shop?
  • What’s your favorite shopping area or store?
  • Where did you buy ___? (your shoes / your watch / etc.)
    • How much did you pay?
    • When did you buy it/them?
  • Where do you keep your money?
  • Where do you usually buy food?
  • Where is your favorite shopping area?
  • Which costs more, a hamburger in America or a hamburger in your country?
  • Which costs more, your telephone bill or your electric bill?
  • Which do you prefer, large stores or small stores?
  • Which do you think is more important, love or money?
  • Which store do you go to the most often?
    • Where is it?
    • Why do you like to go there?
  • Who do you often go shopping with?
  • Who do you spend money on?
  • In a marriage, do you think one person should handle the finances, or both?
  • How do you think money helps make us happy?
  • Do you think money is more important than love?
  • How much money do you want to earn each month?
  • What qualities must a person have to make BIG money?
  • Should children get an allowance (pocket money) from their parents?
  • When do you get your allowance?
    • How long does it last?
    • Is it enough money?
  • How do you usually spend your money? What do you usually buy?
  • How much should you give to your children?
  • How much do you give to your children?
  • Do you ever give money to beggars on the street? Why or why not?
  • Do you ever give money to charity? Why or why not?
  • If you found 100,000 won (or local currency) in a bag on the street, what would you do? Keep it?
  • What are you saving your money for?
    • Do you want to buy something special?
  • Who takes care of the money in your house?
  • When you buy something, do you “shop around” and go to many stores to compare prices?
  • When you buy something, what is most important to you: price, quality, fashion trend, status/image?
  • Explain these proverbs: What do they mean? Say them in other English words.
    • The best things in life are free.
    • Time is money.
    • Save your pennies for a rainy day.
    • Money talks.
    • You can’t take it with you when you go.
    • Money doesn’t grow on trees
  • Your rich uncle just died and gave you 50,000,000 won. (or local currency)
    • How would you spend it?
    • What would you buy?
    • Would you spend it on yourself, put it in the bank or buy something for your family?
    • Would you spend it all?
  • What is the most you have ever spent on a gift?
    • What was it?
    • Who did you give it to?
    • What was the occasion?
  • If you had to save money, what can you do without?
    • I would stop spending money on ___.
  • If you needed to earn some extra money, how would you do that?
  • If you had a large amount of money, what would you do with it?
  • Have you or your family ever won any money in a lottery?
  • How much money would you have to win to be happy?
  • Why do people often want more money, no matter how much they have got?
  • Why are poor people in many cases more generous than rich people?
  • What are some reasons for people being poor? Can poverty be avoided?
  • How do people become rich?
  • Do you think that riches can have a bad effect on a person? How?
  • What do you do if you can’t get the clerk’s attention at the store?
  • Is it easier to return items in the U.S. or in your country?
  • If you can’t find an item at the store, do you find a clerk and ask for help, or do you leave and go somewhere else?
  • If you don’t want help when the clerk asks if you need help, what do you say?
  • Is it OK to bring children to the market or the department store?
  • Is it bad if one person or company controls the market that it specializes in?
    • For example, is it wrong for Microsoft to control most of the operating system software in the world?
    • Do you consider companies like Microsoft and people like Bill Gates smart and shrewd?
  • Some questions about Taxation.
    In New Zealand at the moment the government is thinking of imposing a “flatulence tax” on farmers for the livestock they own, as the flatulence contributes to Ozone depletion (supposedly).
  • What is the most ridiculous tax in your country, past, or present?
  • Do you think taxes in your country are too high/low?
    • What about New Zealand Taxes? / What about taxes here?
  • What is the effect on the economy of high taxation?
  • What is the effect on the economy of low taxation?
  • What are some of the different kinds of taxes your country has?
  • If you were the ruler of your country, what would you do to change the taxation system?
    • What is the funniest tax you can think of to introduce?
  • What do you like spending money on? What don’t you like spending on?
  • What would you love to buy but you can’t afford?
  • What is the next “big” thing you are going to buy?
  • Have you ever given money to people who beg in the streets?
  • Do you have a credit card? How many?
  • Is it better to pay cash or by credit card?
  • What things do you pay cash for?
  • What things do you pay by credit card?
  • Do you pay your credit card on time?
  • Have you ever paid late your credit card? What happened?
  • Are credits cards a good thing?
  • Do/Did your parents give you an allowance? How much?
  • Have your parents ever given you a credit card to pay for something? What did you buy?
  • Should parents give a credit card to teenagers?
  • Have you ever lent money to someone? Who? What did he/she need the money for?
  • Have you ever borrowed money from someone? Who? What did you need the money for?
  • Who wouldn’t you lend money to?
  • Do you play the lottery?
  • What kind of lottery do you play?
  • Do you play football pools?
  • Do you play slot machines?
  • How much money do you spend for your son to go to the college?
  • Can I put my money in a Swiss bank?
  • Why do I always spend too much money?
  • How much money do you need for happiness?
  • How often do you go shopping? Are you a price-conscious shopper? Do you “shop around” and go to many stores to compare prices?
  • Do you ever buy second-hand things (“used things”)?
  • When you buy something, what things are most important to you? Price? Quality? Fashion trends? status? or image?
  • Do you haggle (bargain with the seller) when you shop?
  • Do you give tips at a restaurant in your country? At a bar? How about to taxi drivers? To hairdressers? At hotels? At airports to people who carry your bags?
  • Do you feel comfortable tipping?
  • Do you have more than one credit card?
  • What bank do you use? Do you like the service you receive?
  • Do you think that taxes are too high?
  • How do you think the government uses all the taxes they collect?
  • Do you sometimes buy things that you don’t need?
  • Are you saving money to buy something? If so, what are you planning to buy? How much will it cost? How much longer will you need to save before buying it?
  • Do you agree with the Beatles that “money can’t buy you love”?
  • Did your parents give you an allowance (pocket money) when you were a child? What did you use it for?
  • Should children get an allowance from their parents?
  • Do you ever gamble? Did you win anything?
  • Have you ever found any money on the street? If so, what did you do with it?
  • Do you ever give money to charity? How much do you give?
  • Have you ever given money to a beggar or homeless person?
  • Have you ever had any money stolen from you? What happened?
  • What would you love to buy but that you can’t afford?
  • What would you do if you won a large sum of money? What is the first thing you would buy with it? Would you invest it?
  • Would you give some money to charity?
  • Would you help your family/friends?
  • How long would it take you to spend 1 million dollars?
  • Can a person be rich without having a lot of money or possessions? How?
  • How important is money to you? If you had little money, could you be happy?
  • How much do you spend each month on food? Where do you usually buy food?
  • What do you spend most of your money on each month?
  • How much did it cost you to fly here from your home country?
  • How much does it cost to get a haircut in your country? Here?
  • How much does it cost to ride a bus in your country? Here?
  • How much is a liter of gasoline in your country? Here?
  • Which costs more, a hamburger here or a hamburger in your country?
  • If someone gave you a million dollars, what would you do with it?
  • Some people say that “money makes the world go round.” Do you agree?
  • What is something that you bought recently?
  • What is something that you want to buy, but think you never will?
  • When did you open your first bank account?
  • How old were you when you earned your first salary? What did you spend it on?
  • Do you think that it is right for someone to beg for money?
  • Would you give money to a beggar? Why?
  • When you buy something, what things are most important to you: price, quality, fashion trends, status, or image?
  • Do you have more than one bank account? Are you good at saving money?
  • Have you ever bought a lottery ticket? Did you ever gamble?
  • How much did it cost you to fly to here from your home country?
  • If you had to save money, what could you do without? “I would stop spending money on ___”.
  • Why are poorer people in many cases more generous than rich people?
  • If you don’t want help when the store clerk asks if you need help, what should you say to them? (Hint: You can say, “Thanks, I’m just looking.”)
  • Do you think taxes in your country are too high/low? What are some of the different kinds of taxes your country has?
  • If you were the leader of your country, what would you do to change the taxation system? What would you do to help your country’s economy?
  • Which shopping centers and stores do you like best and which do you like least?
  • What was the last thing you bought for someone else? Why did you buy it?
  • What’s the most money you have spent on something to wear?
  • Who takes care of the money in your family’s home?
  • What qualities must a person have to make “big money”?
  • Do you often buy products that advertised on TV, newspapers or magazines? If so, what was the last item that you bought?
  • Do you consider consumerism good or bad?
  • What differences can you notice between commercials from 10 or 15 years ago and commercials today?
  • Can you explain these proverbs in other words?
    • The best things in life are free.
    • Time is money.
    • Save your pennies for a rainy day.
    • Money talks.
    • You can’t take it with you when you go.
    • Money doesn’t grow on trees.

運動 sport

What are some sports you like watching? Why?

你喜歡看什麼樣的運動?

What are some sports you dislike watching? Why?

你不喜歡看什麼樣的運動?

Do you play any sports? If so, which ones?

你喜歡做什麼樣的運動呢?

Would you like to learn how to play a sport or do an activity? What would you like to learn?

你想要學習什麼樣的新運動呢?

Why are sports so popular?

為什麼運動很流行?

Do you know of any interesting or strange sports or activities?

你看過什麼最奇怪的運動?

What two sports would you like to mix?

你想要把哪兩個運動組合起來?

Do you prefer to watch sports or play them? Why

你喜歡看運動還是實際去運動?

What do you think is the most dangerous sport?

世界上最危險的運動是什麼?

What do you think of athletes making so much money? Is it a good thing or a bad thing?

運動員賺很多錢嗎?這是好事還是壞事呢?

Love 愛情

How is attraction different than love?

被人吸引跟談戀愛有什麼不一樣?

Why do you think some people fall out of love?

人們為什麼會談戀愛?

What is the most romantic movie you know?

你看過哪一部浪漫電影?

In public, how much affection is too much?

在公眾場合,情侶做哪些事情很奇怪?

How is showing love different now from in the past?

現代人談戀愛跟過去有什麼不一樣?

In all cultures there are famous love stories (i.e. Romeo and Juliet). What is a famous love story in your country?

你們國家最有名的愛情故事是什麼?

When you see a couple, how do you know they are in love?

當你看到一對情侶,你怎麼知道他們在談戀愛?

Do you believe in love at first sight?

你相信「一見鍾情」嗎?

What do you think of valentine’s day?

你對於情人節有什麼看法?

Think of two different cultures, how do those cultures express love differently?

東西方對於談戀愛有什麼不一樣?

Why are most songs about love?

為什麼大多數的歌曲談的都是愛情?

Space 太空

Would you like to travel into space? Why or why not?

你喜歡去太空旅行嗎?為什麼呢?

What do you think about space tourism?

你對於太空旅行有什麼想法?

How important is learning about space?

為什麼人類要學習太空?

Will humans ever travel to different solar systems?

人類曾經去過其他的銀河嗎?

What is the most interesting thing you know about space?

你知道任何關於太空的有趣事情嗎?

What is your favorite space movie or TV show? How realistic is it?

你最喜歡的太空電影是什麼?他有多麼真實?

Would you agree to help colonize a planet if you knew you couldn’t come back to earth?

你會願意幫助太空殖民地嗎?而且你不能夠回到地球?

What is the most interesting planet (besides Earth) in our solar system?

除了地球以外,太陽系內有什麼有趣的星球呢?

What is the most important thing for astronomers to research?

太空人想要找到什麼呢?

What characteristics make a good astronaut?

太空人需要什麼性格呢?

What do you think of your country’s involvement in space?

你們國家熱衷於太空產業嗎?

抽菸 smoking

Does smoking make you look cool? Why or why not?

抽菸會讓你看起來很酷嗎?為什麼呢?

How many friends do you have who smoke? Do you smoke?

你身邊有很多抽菸的朋友嗎?

Should people be allowed to smoke in public? If so, where?

人們可以在公共場合吸菸嗎?哪裡適合吸菸呢?

Is raising the price on cigarettes a good way to get people to quit?

如果把菸漲價,有助於阻止人們抽菸嗎?

What do you think about electric cigarettes?

電子菸怎麼樣呢?

What are some bad things about smoking?

抽菸有什麼壞處?

Are there any benefits of smoking?

抽菸有什麼好處呢?

Should smoking cigarettes be illegal?

抽菸違法嗎?

How popular is smoking in your country?

你們國家的人喜歡抽菸嗎?

Should smoking be banned in movies? Why or why not?

電影裡面應該要禁止抽菸嗎?

technology 科技

Talk about how technology has changed in your lifetime.

在你的人生中,有見證過哪一件科技界的大事件?

What do you think has been the most important new invention in the last 100 years?

這一百年內,你有看到什麼偉大的發明嗎?

Are there any new gadgets that you really want to get?

你最想要拿到什麼最新的產品?

What do you think will be the next biggest technological advance?

下一個重要的發明是什麼?

How can countries help to create more inventors?

你們的國家會贊助發明家嗎?

What is your favorite piece of technology you own?

你最喜歡哪一個發明?

How will computers change in the future?

未來的電腦會變得怎麼樣?

Do you think that there will be more or less new innovation in the future?

未來會有更多發明嗎?還是會有比較少的發明呢?

Is there a piece of technology that you really want that doesn’t exist? (i.e. flying cars, teleportation, etc.)

你最想要的發明是什麼?

Give some examples of technology that have made the world worse.

有沒有讓世界變糟的發明?

What do you think is the most important thing that humans have created?

人類最重要的發明是什麼?

Do you think that people will travel outside of our solar system? How will they get there?

人們有可能到太陽系以外的地方旅行嗎?他們要如何去那裡呢?

Do you like new gadgets or do you prefer to use technology you are comfortable with?

你喜歡嘗試新事物還是喜歡使用自己習慣的科技產品?

What are the possibilities of technology in clothing?

有跟衣服有關的新科技嗎?

What is the future of transportation?

未來的交通方式會變成什麼樣子呢?

五感 five sense

What is your favorite sense? Give some examples why it is so good.

你最常用哪一種感覺?告訴我,為何那種感覺很好?

If you had to lose one sense, which would it be?

如果你看不到,你會發生什麼事情?

Do you think we have any other senses? (i.e. when you can feel that someone is staring at you even if you can’t see them or ESP)

你有第六感嗎?

Which sense would you like to improve if possible?

你想要訓練聽力、視力、觸覺、嗅覺還是味覺呢?

What is the most beautiful thing to see?

你看過最美的東西是什麼?

What is the most wonderful smell?

世界上最香的東西是什麼?

What is the best taste?

世界上最好的口味是什麼?

What is the greatest sound?

世界上最好的聲音是什麼?

What is the most wonderful thing to touch?

世界上最好摸的東西是什麼?

Which of your senses is the most sensitive?

你覺得你的五感裡哪一種感覺最好?

Which of your senses is the least sensitive?

你的哪一種感覺最差?

single life 單身

What are some of the differences between married life and single life? Are the differences the same for men and women?

單身跟結婚的好處是什麼?

What are the pros and cons of single life?

單身的好處跟壞處是什麼?

Are you single or in a relationship? Do you wish you had a different relationship status?

你目前是單身還是有伴呢?

Why do some people choose to remain single?

為什麼有人選擇一輩子單身?

Who are some famous people who are single?

哪些名人是單身?

Are there more single people in the city or the countryside?

都市人還是鄉下人比較容易單身呢?

Are most of your friends married or single?

你的朋友都是單身還是有男女朋友呢?

Do you ever try to set your single friends up on dates?

你有幫你的朋友介紹對象過嗎?

How do your habits change when you are single versus when you are in a relationship?

單身與跟人交往有什麼不同?

Do you have any friends who love being single or who can’t stand being single?

你有朋友喜歡單身嗎?還是喜歡與人交往?

同情 Sympathy

How much empathy do you feel towards other people?

你有多少同情心?

Do you think it is possible to be too empathetic? 

怎樣才算是太有同情心?

Why might it be bad/good for a doctor to have a lot of empathy?

醫生有同情心的好處是什麼?

In what other jobs is empathy very important?

哪些職業需要同情心?

Who is the most empathetic person you know?

你認識那些有同情心的人呢?

In what jobs is empathy a bad thing to have?

哪些職業不需要同情心?

Why do you think humans feel empathy? Do you think animals can feel empathy?

動物也有同情心嗎?

Do you think that people are born with empathy or are they taught it?

為什麼人們天生有同情心呢?

If you see a homeless person on the street asking for money, what is the first thing you think about them?

如果你看到一個無家可歸的人跟你要錢?你會相信他嗎?

Are you good at knowing when something is wrong with a coworker or family member?

你是否善於察言觀色?

What does the idiom “I feel your pain.” mean? Have you ever felt some else’s pain?

你能夠理解別人的痛苦嗎?