當代中文課程 4 第九課

把A當做B

在————,人們把念大學當做——————————的機會。

在那個國家,人們把跳舞、唱歌當做————————。

在….下

在昂貴的物價下,————————。

在戰爭的影響下,————————。

A:下次的奧運該由哪個國家辦呢?

B:——————————。

A:我昨天已經做過家事了,我洗了廁所、丟了垃圾,——————。

B:不要,我今天工作好累,明天啦!

A:去台灣前,我該做什麼?

B:去台灣前,我該——————。

自從…以後

自從結了婚以後,——————————。

自從他搬到了歐洲以後,——————————。

上個月,幾個人去參加派對呢?

不禁

他看了好笑的喜劇電影,不禁——————。

看了電視上的廣告,她不禁——————。

仍然

雖然政府提出了優惠的政策,但是人們仍然 ——————。

台灣常常發生地震,但是很多人仍然 ——————。

Writing Practice :

my family

There are four people in my family.

I have a mother, father , younger brother.

My father is 69 years old.

My mother is 65 years old.

and she will retired at December.

My younger brother work at a university.

he is a accounting.

I live with my family.

Our house is extremely small.

House is expensive in Taiwan.

老師的建議:

My family

There are four people in my family. There is my mom, dad, and younger brother. My dad is 69 years old. My mom is 65 and she will retire in December. My brother is an accountant and we live in an extremely small.

We have lots of good times. We take walks on Sundays and cook together on Saturdays. We try and spend as much time as we can together.

I love my family and I hope that everybody can get an opportunity to feel the love that I get from them every day. Family is very important.

My hobby

I have many hobbies. My hobby is watching tv and playing computer game. When I was young, I didn’t have smartphones. My parents allow me to watch tv after I finish my homework. That was a happy time. We spend time company with my parents.

In Taiwan, we watch Japanese, Korean, and American TV shows. Besides that, I’m interested in film production at that time. So I choose to study communication at the university. My professor teaches us some film critic theory and some film production technic. We use some professional software and a camera to make a film. My friends


當代中文課程book 2 lesson 2

台灣的火車_______快,還常常遲到。

  1. 還是
  2. 到處
  3. 一點
  4. 一點也不

電視說今天是雨天,你_____帶雨傘出門吧!

  1. 東部
  2. 還是
  3. 一點
  4. 一點也不

時間快到了,你走快_____。

  1. 一點
  2. 一點也不
  3. 還是

台灣的東部很美,風景( view,feng1 jing3)_______。

  1. 舒舒服服
  2. 快快樂樂
  3. 乾乾淨淨
  4. 漂漂亮亮

我妹妹在____等我。

  1. 車站
  2. 麻煩
  3. 禮拜
  4. 別急

他想坐飛機到美國,他得在____轉機。

  1. 機場
  2. 交通
  3. 路線
  4. 複雜

當代中文課程4 lesson 8

反正

不管你想不想要離婚,反正我_______。

你喜歡男生、女生都可以,反正你_________,然後趕快給我搬出去。

不只

他的論文不只___,教授很喜歡。

他跟爸爸個關係很差,他們不只_________。

難免

夫妻相處難免會______,過幾天就會和好了。

老師不是神仙,難免______,你們就不要怪我了。

倒是

現在的小孩不喜歡看書,倒是______________。

我覺得便利商店的珍珠奶茶很好喝,但我朋友倒是_____。

這下子

在Covid病毒期間,政府為了經濟成長,決定給大家發錢去花,這下子________。

聽說颱風要來了,這下子________。

V來

我跟那個主管常常吵架,我們______。

我哥哥不太愛交朋友,他只跟________的人說話。

何況

連力氣大的人都搬不動這個,何況我__________。

想按照風水來設計房子就要花很多時間,更何況____________。

否則

我今天要把工作做完,否則我會————。

你失業太久了,你必須趕快找一份工作,否則你的太太會——————————。

當代中文課程4 第7課

他彈吉他彈得很好,我還真__________。

這次的東西已經絕版了,已經不會再看到了,還滿____的。

一下…一下

你一下___,一下_____,難怪會生病。

這個動物還真奇怪,一下_______,一下________。

A分之B

這部電影我只看了________,然後我覺得很無聊,就______________。

我的薪水的___________都拿去治療我媽媽的病了,____________________。

一連

哥哥玩手機遊戲,一連花了_________,難怪沒錢買房子。

他一連工作_______,結果昨天太累了,在路上昏倒了。

V個夠

我們公司帶我們去吃吃到飽,我一定要_____個夠,____________。

我這週工作太忙了,都沒時間好好睡覺,禮拜六、禮拜天時,我一定要__________。

有助於

運動有助於________,但是我還是________。

有人說,網路課程有助於_______,你覺得呢?

於是

小美不喜歡自己大學唸的科系,於是,_________。

他想要出國工作,於是,_________。

當代中文課程2 lesson 11

其他、別的、另外

他來亞洲後,只住過日本,沒住過____地方。

如果你想喝好喝的咖啡,我們去咖啡廳,再買______一杯咖啡吧!

這台電腦不好用,我要用____。

下、趟、次、遍

剛剛,老師打了我10_____。

我看這部電影3___了。

我想要再去韓國1____。

然後、後來、以後

我洗了澡,___,我去睡覺。

媽媽吃了飯____,就出去買東西了。

我忘不了那家餐廳,_____我又去了一次。

你一定要先_____,才可以吃飯。

我要每天練習彈鋼琴,才可以_______嗎?

被 (passive tense)

這些披薩_______了。

他的錢包被_____了。

V了V、V一V

(看一看) :

(嚐了嚐) :

V上

(穿上) :

(換上) :

他跑太快了,我追_____上他。

當代中文第四冊 第5課

A:我最近想要房子,你有房子可以送給我嗎? B:我哪裡________。

A:台灣不是世界上最熱的國家嗎? B: 台灣哪裡______,_____

買股票畢竟還是有風險的,你_______。

在英國,中國菜的餐廳畢竟還是比台灣少,_____。

買彩券的確容易,但是________。

現在的房價的確________,_________。

教授對這篇論文的批評是嚴厲了一點,但話又說回來,你的論文____________。

你爸爸罵你,你一定很難過,但話說回來,你_______。

他之所以要賣掉祖產是因為________________。

月光族之所以銀行沒有存款是因為___________。

他的人生過得太糟了,他恨不得______。

要不是我的太太反對,我恨不得_______。


當代中文課程4 第4課


經過這麼多年的努力,政府總算________,_______。

由於颱風來襲,beyonce的演唱會取消了,演唱會延期到今天,我現在總算_____。

A:那家店怎麼又沒開了?B:還不就是_______。

A:你最近每天都在做什麼呢?B:還不就是_______。

A:根本沒有鬼,你是在騙人。B:我才沒有______。

A:你不是很喜歡臭豆腐嗎?我買了一百份給你吃。B:我才________,你才喜歡吃臭豆腐,你自己吃。

A:你要不要跟林太太一起去希臘呢?B:不要,我_______才去希臘,我不要再去一次。

你的身體才剛康復,你不要_______,太危險了。

我昨天才知道__________。

A:我在網路上看到Have many feeling這個詞,它是什麼意思? B:所謂的 Have many feeling 是指______。

A:他說我over the top,這個詞是什麼意思?B:所謂的 over the top 是指________________。

我明天要考試,我一口氣___________。

我覺得這個披薩很大,但是Mike一口氣就_______。

他很愛打電動,而且打一次電動就是四小時,光Minecraft這款遊戲他就玩了_____小時。

那個國家的人口很多,光小孩子就有_________個,更何況是大人呢?

我都按照他的要求做了,他還________________。

他都快死了,你還_______。

那家店都快破產了,他們的老闆還________。

當代中文課程4 語法

你的車子還沒有壞,也沒有故障,何必__________?

今年夏天不熱,而且現在也沒有Covid病毒了,何必 __________?

一直叫員工加班,對公司來說,不見得————————。

老師教中國歷史,學生不見得——————。

陳先生是為了做生意,才——————嘛!

小明————————(V慣、V得慣、),所以他都買超市的泡麵來吃。

因為住不慣————,所以他————————。

這個冰箱,你一個人——————(得動)嗎?

他每天看暴力電影,無形中————————。

他喜歡看中國功夫電影,無形中————————————。

最近百貨公司週年慶,不但打五折,還有買一送一,此外,——————————。

對運動有興趣的人,可以去看法國看世界盃足球賽,此外,也可以去——————————。

他——————————————————,總而言之,他很不健康。

他有錢、又帥、有房子、有車子、有好工作,總而言之,————————。

語言 Languages

What language is spoken the most in your country?

你們國家有哪些語言?

Do you have a second language in your country?

你們國家有第二外語嗎?

How many languages do you speak fluently?

你會說哪些語言呢?

Is English important for an individual in your country?

英文對你們國家來說很重要嗎?

Why are you studying English?

你為什麼要念英語呢?

What language you like speaking in?

你喜歡哪一種語言?

What language do you least like speaking in?

你最不喜歡哪一種語言?

What’s your favorite language?

你最喜歡哪一種語言?

Do you wish your country has another language instead of the present one?

你會希望自己的國家換成別的語言嗎?

Do you have pen-friend? If yes, what languages do they speak?

你有筆友嗎?他們會說哪一種語言呢?

Can you name any languages that are no longer spoken?

有哪些語言現在已經沒有人再說了?

What language do the neighboring countries of where you live speak?

你附近的國家說哪些語言呢?

What would you do if you had to travel to a country where it’s people don’t know how to speak neither your language nor English?

如果你到了一個陌生的國家,當地人不會講你講你的語言,你會怎麼做?

Do you think that disappearing languages should be protected or should we just let them fade away?

需要保存即將消失的語言嗎?

What languages are spoken the most throughout the world?

世界上,最多人用的語言是什麼?

Which do you think is the most difficult language?

最難的語言的是什麼?

How many languages do you speak?

你會說多少種語言?

Would you like to raise multilingual children?

你會希望你的孩子有雙語能力嗎?

Do you think foreign language study should be required?

學另外一個語言重要嗎?

Do you think foreign language study should start as early as possible, or is it okay to start later?

要早一點學外語,還是晚一點比較好?

Do you think all people should be required to study the same foreign language, or do you think there should be some choice?

大家都要學一樣的外語嗎?

Do you think language affects thought?

語言會影響人們的想法嗎?

Do you enjoy studying grammar?

你喜歡學文法嗎?

Do you think studying the grammar of your native language is important?

你覺得學習母語的文法重要嗎?

Do you think studying the grammar of a foreign language helps you to speak it?

你覺得學文法對你學語言有幫助嗎?

What grammar question have you had lately?

哪一個文法對你來說是最難的?

When you study a language, do you like to study reading, writing, speaking and listening?

你想要學習聽、說、讀、寫哪個部分?

Have you ever had an emotional discussion in a language that you don’t speak well?

你會用肢體語言取代你不會說的語言嗎?

When you learn new words, is it generally easier for you to remember “silly and useless” words, or “common and useful” words?

你會去學髒話嗎?

If you study a foreign language, do you use a dictionary written in the language you are studying?

Have you ever used a concordance to study language?

Do you have a large vocabulary?

你會用很多詞嗎?

Is increasing your vocabulary important to you?

學更多詞對你來說重要嗎?

What techniques do you use to remember vocabulary?

你用什麼方法去記單字?

What dialects does your language have?

你的國家有方言嗎?

Do you know the saying, “a language is a dialect with an army”? What do you think this means? Do you agree?

When you are getting an important message for the first time, are you more comfortable hearing it, or reading it?

Is this different for you in your native language and your second/foreign language?

When you produce language, are you more comfortable writing it, or saying it?

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?What methods do you use to remember vocabulary better?Is it necessary to write words down?Is it possible to understand and write well but not be able to have a conversation?What is value of learning languages?Why do some people have more difficulty than others when learning a language?To what extent 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?Are there some words that are similar in different languages?As a beginner, what are the first things that you need to be able to say?What are the problem areas that an intermediate learner may have?What are the problem areas that an advanced learner may have?When you travel to a foreign country, is it always easy to use your foreign language?How can the Internet be a helpful tool when learning a foreign language?Some people say that if you can teach something about your foreign language, then it you to understand it better. Do you agree?Have you ever tried learning a new language from a textbook with audio tapes?Is it good to sit an exam that shows your level in English?What do you know about IELTS and TOEFL?Can you learn a language by watching television?Do you use free language-learning exercises on the Internet?Have you ever paid for 1:1 lessons?Would you like to be a translator? Why? / Why not?Is the classroom the best place to learn?Can a good teacher influence how well you enjoy learning a language?Is it possible to teach yourself a language?What careers are possible if you speak a foreign language?What languages would you like to learn in future?What different techniques do you have for learning vocabulary?Do you need to write in a foreign language?Do you need to use your foreign languages at work?Do you think that knowing a foreign language might encourage you to live abroad in future?Is it a good idea to learn a language from a non-native speaker of that language?

  • Are there any disadvantages?

Do you know how large your vocabulary is in your foreign language?Could you teach your mother tongue to someone else?What personal qualities do you need to be an effective language learner?What tools can help you learn a foreign language?Have you ever made a telephone call in a foreign language?

  • If yes, how did it go?

Do you ever read websites in a foreign language?Is it possible to learn a language without studying grammar?Is knowing grammar more important than knowing vocabulary?Have teaching methods for language learning changed over the last 50 years?To speak a language well, why is it important to have an understanding of idioms?How did your best language teacher help you?Have you had any particularly poor language learning experiences?How old should a child be when a school introduces the first foreign language?Are teenage language exchange programs useful? Why? / Why not?Some people say “I’m no good at learning languages”.

  • Is this just a question of attitude (because of a previous bad experience) or were some people born lacking the ability to learn a new language?

蔬菜和水果

  • Do you like to eat fruits? What’s your favorite one?
  • How often do you eat fresh fruit?
  • In your opinion, what’s the most delicious fruit?
  • Do you like vegetables? What’s your favorite one?
  • Do you think that fruits and vegetables are good for your health? Why or why not?
  • Are you or would you like to be vegetarian?
  • How often do you drink fruit juice? What kind of fruit juice do you drink?
  • Do you like to eat fruit salad?
  • What kind of vegetables and fruits do you buy at the supermarket?
  • What the means the saying: “An apple a day keeps the doctor away?”
  • What are the most common fruits and vegetables in your country?
  • Can fruits and vegetables help you cure diseases?
  • Can fruits and vegetables help you lose weight if you are on a diet?
  • Do you cultivate fruits or vegetables in your garden?
  • Do you like to use things that have a fruit smell? ( E.g: Perfumes, erasers, etc)
  • What’s the most delicious fruit in your opinion?
  • Do you think that fruits and vegetables are good for your health? Why (not)?
  • Are you / would you like to be vegetarian?
  • How many vegetables and fruits do you buy at the supermarket?
  • What is the meaning of the saying: “An apple a day keeps the doctor away?”
  • What are the most common fruits and vegetables in your country?
  • Do you like to use things that have fruit smell? ( E.g: Perfumes, erasers, etc)

休閒時間 free time & 興趣 hobby

  • Do you have enough free time?
  • Do you have free time on Sundays?
  • Do you have much free time during the day?
  • Do you have much free time in the evenings?
  • Do you have much free time in the mornings?
  • Do you like to watch movies? (…like to play tennis, …)
  • What are you doing this weekend?
  • What did you do last summer vacation?
  • What did you do last weekend?
  • What do you do in your free time?
  • What hobbies do you have?
  • When do you have free time? (How do you spend your free time?)
  • Where do you spend your free time?
  • Who do you spend your free time with?
  • How do you like to spend your free time?
    • going shopping? going to the cinema? chatting? playing computer games going to the disco? playing sports?reading? relaxing?
  • If you had more free time, what would you do with it?
  • Tell me about some good places to hang out.
    • Why are they good?
  • Where do young people in this country usually spend their free time?
  • Would you like to have more free time?
    • What would you like to give up so that you could have more free time?
  • How do the women in your family usually spend their free time?
  • How do the men in your family usually spend their free time?
  • Do men and women spend their free time differently? How?
  • If it were suddenly announced that tomorrow was a national holiday, what would you do?
  • What do you do on Saturdays?
  • Do people’s leisure time activities change as they get older? How?
  • Who do you like to spend your leisure time with?
    • What do you usually do?
  • Do you like gossiping in your free time?
    • Who do you gossip with?
    • Who do you gossip about?
  • What do you really hate having to do in your free time?
  • What new activity would you like to try doing in your free time?
  • Do you ever feel that you waste your free time? How?
    • What can you do about this?
  • Do you find that your works or studies takes up your free time?
  • Are there any activities that you used to do but don’t do anymore?
    • Why did you stop?

Hobbies

  • Do you have a hobby?
  • What are your hobbies?
  • How long have you had your hobby?
  • Which hobbies are the most expensive?
  • Which hobbies are the cheapest?
  • Which hobbies cost nothing at all?
  • Which hobbies are the most popular in your country?
  • Is hunting a hobby or a sport in your country?
  • Which hobbies are the most popular with women in your country? With men?
  • Did you have any hobbies when you were a child?
  • Can you think of any hobbies which are popular with children and adults?
  • Do you think a hobby is different from a sport?
  • Are there any hobbies you would like to try?
  • Are there any dangerous hobbies?
  • Are there any hobbies you can do in other countries, but not your own?
  • Which hobbies do you think are the most difficult?

火災 fire safety

Do you have a smoke alarm? How often do you check the batteries?

Do you have a fire escape plan? Does everybody in your family know where to go in case of fire?

Do you have a smoker in the house?

Have you got a fire blanket?

Have you ever escaped from a fire?

How do you put out a fire when you have no water?

What are some types of fires in the house?

Where are fires likely to break out?

What do you need to do for burn victims of a fire?

What is the phone number for the fire department where you live?

What is the fire department’s phone number in your country?

What equipment do fire fighters need?

How would you escape from your house if it caught on fire?

趨勢 fad

What is a fad?

Do you pay attention to fads?

What were some fads when you were in high school?

What were some fads when you were in college?

What are some fads now?

Are fads the same as popular culture?

What are some of the fads in your home country? Are they the same as where you are living now?

Why do you think people pay attention to fads?

What fad influence your life the most?

What portion of the general population do you think creates or follows fads?

How do fads start and who starts them? Today? In the past?

What media influences how fads evolve?

If you wanted to start a trend, how would you go about it?

How long does it take for a fad to die out?

What are the current trends in fashion?

What are the current trends in electronics?

What are the current trends in music, books, or movies?

What are the current trends in dating/relationships?

How do you learn about the current trends?

Are there any current trends you don’t like?

Are there any trends from the past you hope come back?

Are there any trends from the past you hope never come back?

What sorts of trends do you think will develop in the near future?

Name a trend that you followed.

What is a fad diet? Can you name any?

What is a yo-yo diet?

Have you ever tried a fad diet?

Do you count calories? Do you think counting calories is a good way to lose weight?

Do you ever eat or drink “diet” products, such as diet coke?

Have you ever tried a weight loss program?

Was it successful?

Do your parents talk about fads “in their day”?

What fads or trends do you remember from the 80’s, 90’s or any other time period?

健康

Are you a member of a health spa or gym?

Are you afraid of needles?

你怕打针吗?

Are you healthy?

你是一个健康的人吗?

Are your parents healthy?

你的父母健康吗?

Do think that you need to lose weight?

你需要减重吗?

Do you always eat healthy food?

你常常吃健康的食物吗?

Do you bruise easily?

你很容易受伤吗?

Do you catch a cold more than once a year?

你一年感冒超过一次吗?

Do you consider alcohol a drug?

你认为酒是一种药吗?

Do you drink a lot?

你常常喝酒吗?

Do you eat a lot of vegetables?

你吃很多蔬菜吗?

Do you eat lots of fruit?

你吃很多水果吗?

Do you eat vegetables every day?

你每天吃蔬菜吗?

Do you ever get headaches?

你曾经头疼过吗?

Do you know anyone who suffers from migraine headaches?

你朋友有偏头痛吗?

Do you ever read magazines or news articles about health? If yes, what subject(s) do you find the most interesting?

你有看健康杂志的习惯吗?

Do you exercise?

你常常运动吗?

What kind of exercise do you do?

你做哪一种运动呢?

How often do you exercise?

你多常运动呢?

Do you go for regular medical check-ups?

你常常做健康检查吗?

Do you go to the dentist’s twice a year?

你一年看两次牙医吗?

Do you have a lot of stress?

你有很多压力吗?

Do you normally go one doctor in particular or any available doctor?

你会去看特定的医生吗?还是你会找不同的医生?

Do you have any allergies?

你有过敏吗?

Do you have any scars?

你有伤疤吗?

Where are they?

伤疤在哪里?

Would you like to show them to the class?

你敢在课堂上秀出你的伤疤吗?

Do you know anyone who suffers from backaches?

你有朋友有背痛吗?

Do you know anyone with false teeth?

谁牙齿不好呢?

Do you often eat fast food?

你常常吃速食吗?

Do you smoke?

你抽烟吗?

If so, do you smoke more than two cigarettes a day?

你一天抽两根吗?

Do you think smoking is not bad for your health?

你认为抽烟不好吗?

Do you take medicine when you are sick?

Do you take vitamins or mineral supplements?

Do you take vitamins?

Do you think it is unhealthy to keep a cat in your home?

Do you think nuclear power is safe?

Do you think pets are good for a person’s health

Do you think that the tobacco companies should be held reasonably responsible for a person’s addiction to nicotine?

Do you think you are overweight?

Do you think you will live until a ripe old age? Why or why not?

Do you think you would be a good surgeon? Why or why not?

Do you use an alarm clock to wake up?

Do you usually get enough sleep?

Do you watch your weight? What foods do you think are healthy?

Have you ever been hospitalized?

(Have you ever been in the hospital?)

Have you ever been to an acupuncturist? What do you think of acupuncture?

Have you ever broken a bone?

Have you ever burned yourself with hot water?

Have you ever donated blood?

Have you ever gotten a black eye?

Have you ever had braces on your teeth?

Have you ever had stitches?

Have you ever sprained your ankle?

Have you ever taken a sleeping pill to get to sleep?

How can you reduce stress in your life?

How have you been feeling lately?

How many hours of sleep do you get a night?

How many hours of sleep do you usually get?

How often do you eat junk food?

What kinds of junk food do you eat?

How often do you exercise?

How often do you get a cold?

(How often do you catch a cold?)

How often do you get sick in one year?

How often do you go to the doctor’s?

How often is garbage collected in your neighborhood?

How would you recommend treating a cold?

If a company sells the public a product they know to be harmful or addictive, should they be held responsible for the use of that product even if the government approves it?

If you smoke, how old were you when you started smoking?

If you were President of Korea, what would you do to improve Koreans’ health?

Should smoking in restaurants be banned?

What are some things people can do to keep healthy?

What are some things that cause stress?

What are some ways to deal with stress?

What are some ways you know that you can personally keep yourself healthy?

What disease frightens you the most? Why?

What do you do to stay healthy?

(What are some things you do to keep healthy?)

What do you do, if you can’t get to sleep?

What do you think about abortion? Why do some people support it and others are against it?

What do you think about getting old?

What do you think is the most serious health problem in Korea?

What do you think of cosmetic surgery? Do you know anyone who has had cosmetic surgery? Would you ever consider having cosmetic surgery?

What drinks to you think are healthy? What drinks do you think are unhealthy?

What foods to you think are healthy? What foods do you think are unhealthy?

What is the best way to find a doctor, if you’re new in the area?

What is the best way to stop smoking?

What is the most horrible accident you have ever had?

What is the average age of people in your country

What kind of pollution is the most risky?

What time did you go to bed when you were a child?

What’s the best way to stop smoking?

What’s the highest temperature you’ve ever had?

What’s your blood type?

When did you last take a bath?

When was the last time you went to a dentist?

When was the last time you went to a doctor?

When was the last time you went to a hospital?

When was the last time you were sick?

When you were in high school, how many days of school did you miss each year because of sickness?

Who do you think is responsible for the care of your health–you yourself, your parents, or your doctor and medical people?

Who is the healthiest person in your family? Who is the least healthy?

Why do people smoke?

Would you consider donating your organs after your death?

What is the health service like in your country?

What do you think of the health service in this country?

How can the health service be improved?

Have you been to hospital since you arrived here?

What do you know about the SARS virus?

What do you know about AIDS?

What do you know about the common cold?

What is alternative medicine?

Have you ever practiced alternative medicine?

What treatments or remedies do you follow when you have a cold?

which kind of medicine do you prefer to take when you are sick?

How often do you clean your bathroom?

Do you clean as often as your parent cleaned when you were a child?

Which parent did/does most of the cleaning in your household?

How old were you when you had start helping with the dishes/laundry/vacuuming/dusting/?

Were the chores divided equally between men and women?

Do people in your country usually wear deodorant?

How often do people in your country shower?

Have you ever ended a relationship because your partner cleaned too much or too little?

Have you ever ended a relationship because your partner had bad hygiene?

Do you enjoy cleaning? Which kind of cleaning do you enjoy most?

How often do you brush your teeth?

Have you ever swept something under the rug?

Do you use strong cleaners like bleach and ammonia?

Have you ever bought a miracle cleaner from a TV infomercial?

What’s the best way to get stains out?

What alternative health therapies do you know about?

Have you ever tried any alternative health therapies?

Do you think traditional medicine is a good alternative to modern medicine?

In what circumstances should traditional or alternative medicine be used?

Do you think traditional therapies are compatible with modern medicine? Why or why not?

What are the advantages or disadvantages of modern medicine?

What are the advantages or disadvantages of traditional medicine?

What do you complain of?

What is wrong with you?

Have you any appetite?

How long have you been ill?

Have you any pain the back of your head?

How long has it been since you began to feel bad?

Have you a bitter taste in your mouth?

Do you feel nauseous?

Do you sleep well?

Is it hard to swallow?

Do we need to eat as much junk food as we do?

Have you ever realized during a dream that it is a dream; and have you then been able to change events in that dream?

Do you think the government is doing all it can to prevent disease?

What do you think of wellness institutions and their programs?

How do you deal with stress?

  • Do you think you have a healthy life style?
    • Is it possible to have a healthy life style in modern world?
    • Why do many people try to have a healthy life style?
    • What is the main purpose of it?
  • What is healthy food?
    • Do you pay much attention to what you eat?
    • Do you think it is more important for you to eat healthy or tasty food?
  • Do you try to eat your breakfast, lunch and dinner at a certain time every day?
  • Do you have a snack every time you are hungry or do you wait for the lunch or dinner?
  • Do you agree with the saying: “Eat your breakfast, share your lunch with a friend and give your dinner to your enemy”? Why do people say so?
  • What is healthy about not eating after 6 p.m?
    • Are you a success?
  • Is obesity a great problem in where you live?
    • What are the most efficient ways to loose weight?
  • Do you think diets are useful or not?
    • Have you ever tried to go on a diet?
    • What kind of diet was it?
    • Did it work?
  • Is physical activity (jogging, going to a gym, swimming pool) an important part of a healthy life style?
  • Can you tell a physically inactive person from someone who takes care of his\her physical condition?
  • What is your attitude to smoking?
    • What about passive smoking?
  • Is it hard to give up smoking?
    • What is the best way to give up smoking?
  • What is a healthy dose of alcohol?
    • What is the damage of alcohol abuse to health?
  • How many hours of sleep do you need daily?
  • Do you try to go to bed and get up at certain hours every day?
  • Do you often find yourself under stress?
  • What are the areas of your life where stress situations take place more often?
    • Work?
    • Family?
    • Relationships with friends?
    • While commuting to work?
  • How do you usually cope with stress?
  • Is there any connection between the person’s style of life and the duration of his life?
  • What do you prefer, to eat everything you like, drink a lot, smoke, have no physical exercise and die at the age of 60 or lead a healthy life and live until 100?
  • What do you do to relax after working hard or experiencing other challenging or stressful situations?
  • Do you think life is more stressful today than fifty years ago?
    • Than one hundred years ago?
    • Than in the distant past?
  • Has life been more stressful for you in Canada or in the country where you lived before? Why?
  • Have you ever practiced yoga?
    • If so, when was it, who was your teacher?
    • What was your experience like?
  • Have you ever done meditation?
    • If so, who was the teacher and what was their instruction?
    • What was your experience?
  • In what ways are mind and body connected?
  • Can you give some examples of how mind and body are connected, from your own experience.
  • What is stress?
  • What causes stress?
  • How does stress affect you?
  • Do you have a kind of red warning flag that indicates too much stress?
  • When you are stressful, how do you feel physically?
    • Do you feel tired during the day?
    • Can you sleep well at night?
    • Does your stomach hurt?
  • When you are stressed, how do you feel emotionally?
    • Do you feel nervous or worried about the stressful situation?
    • Do you get angry easily?
  • Have you ever helped someone who was feeling stressed?
    • What did you do?
    • What kind of advice did you give them?
    • Did you listen to them?
    • Who did most of the talking?
    • Did you take some actions to help them? If so, what were they?
  • Have you ever helped someone that you didn’t know?
  • What are qualities of a good counselor?
    • Is it necessary to have shared the same experience?
    • Is it important to be an expert?
    • Is it better to listen or to talk a lot when you counsel someone?
  • Do you think stress is ever good, useful, or necessary? Why or why not?
  • Do you play games, sports or do other activities that can be stressful?
  • Is stress good before an exam?
    • In what situations can stress be a good thing? Does stress ever make you feel more alive?
  • If you are playing a sport and your team is losing, does it give you extra energy?
  • Is your home life stressful?
    • Can you relax at home?
  • Do you enjoy having discussions about politics with other people who have different opinions?Personal Stress
  • Have you felt stress recently?
  • Did the stressful feeling last a long time or a short time?
  • Had the cause of the stress happened to you before or was this a new situation?
  • How often do you think you feel too much stress?
  • Do you feel too busy sometimes?
  • In what way does a too full schedule lead to stress?
  • Do you like being busy?
  • If you are very busy at work or at school, do you have ways to balance your life?
  • If you have nothing to do, do you enjoy yourself or do you get bored?
  • Does stress make it hard for you to think or act?
  • How can you judge what is the right amount of stress for you?
  • Is your stress caused by relationships with other people?
    • At work?
    • At school?
    • At home?
    • With best friends?
    • With partners?
    • Can you think of some examples?
  • Does stress come when you worry about your life?
  • Do you keep your worries a secret from other people?
  • Do you have anyone you can talk to when you are worried?
  • When did we start talking about stress as a psychological condition?
  • What do you do when you have stressStressful Situations
  • Are there situations that you find stressful?
  • Do you feel tense when you meet someone for the first time?
  • Do you get nervous if you have to make a speech?
  • Do you suffer from stress when you have too much work to do?
  • Do you work or study for long hours under stressful conditions?
  • Does the place you live have a low-stress environment?
  • Can you be alone as much as you like?
  • Can you be with friends as often as you like?
  • Is it easy for you to make decisions about important things?
  • Can you relax when you are sleeping away from home?
  • In what kinds of situations do you observe other people feeling stressed?
  • What are some situations that you enjoy?
  • What are some situations that make you feel stressful?
  • How can you eliminate stressful situations?
  • Can you plan a low-stress, cheap, one-day holiday?Controlling Stress
  • How do you relieve stress?
  • What stresses you out?
  • Do you have a stressful lifestyle?
  • How do you get control of a stressful situation that is getting too tough?
  • What is the “fight or flight” response?
    • How does it relate to stress?
  • Do you enjoy the feeling of being stressed?
  • If you are feeling stressed, what do you do?
  • Do you like to relax or be active when stressful?
  • Are you capable of relieving your stress or do you need help?
  • Can alcohol cure stress temporarily?Living Stress Free
  • How can you live a stress free life?
    • Can you give five suggestions that would be inexpensive?
    • Can you give five suggestions for children?
    • Can you give five suggestions for the wintertime?
  • Give us suggestions for making school life less stressful.
  • When stressful do you like to listen to a certain kind of music?
  • Does it help to go shopping or take a long walk?
  • Do you like to be alone or be with other people?
  • Do you eat more or eat less?
  • Do certain colors make you feel happier?
  • Do you always follow the same pattern to relieve stress or do you try different things?
  • What are some positive ways people deal with stress?
  • What are some negative ways people deal with stress?
  • How do you deal with stress?
  • What is the most stressful experience you have ever had?
  • When was the most stressful time of your life?
    • Did you learn anything from that experience?
  • What do you think is the greatest cause of stress for most people?
  • What is your greatest cause of stress?
  • Do you deal with stress differently that your parents do/did? If so, how?
  • Do you know of anyone who likes to break things or become violent when they are stressed? What have they broken? What kind of violence do they do?
  • What is the most stressful job you can think of?
  • What is the least stressful job you can think of?
  • Which would you choose?
    • A stressful job with very high pay or a relaxing job with considerably low pay? Why?
  • Is being single less stressful than married life?
    • What are the advantages and disadvantages of each?
  • How do you reduce stress in your life?
    • Do you think they would be considered good or bad ways of dealing with stress?
    Assorted Questions
  • Are you a member of a health spa/gym?
  • Are you afraid of needles?
  • Are you healthy?
  • Are your parents healthy?
  • Do think that you need to lose weight?
  • Do you always eat healthy food?
    • Is your diet healthy?
  • Do you bruise easily?
  • Do you catch a cold more than once a year?
  • Do you consider alcohol a drug?
  • Do you drink a lot?
  • Do you eat a lot of vegetables?
  • Do you eat lots of fruit?
  • Do you eat vegetables every day?
  • Do you ever get headaches?
    • Do you know anyone who suffers from migraine headaches?
  • Do you ever read magazines or news articles about health?
    • If yes, what subject(s) do you find the most interesting?
  • Do you exercise?
    • What kind of exercise do you do? How often do you exercise?
  • Do you go for regular medical check-ups?
  • Do you go to the dentist’s twice a year?
  • Do you have a lot of stress?
  • Do you normally go one doctor in particular or any available doctor?
  • Do you have any allergies?
  • Do you have any scars?
  • Do you know anyone who suffers from backaches?
  • Do you know anyone with false teeth?
  • Do you often eat fast food?
  • Do you smoke?
    • If so, do you smoke more than two cigarettes a day?
  • Do you think smoking is not bad for your health?
  • Do you take medicine when you are sick?
  • Do you take vitamins or mineral supplements?
  • Do you take vitamins?
  • Do you think it is unhealthy to keep a cat in your home?
  • Do you think nuclear power is safe?
  • Do you think pets are good for a person’s health
  • Do you think that the tobacco companies should be held reasonably responsible for a person’s addiction to nicotine?
  • Do you think you are overweight?
  • Do you think you will live until a ripe old age? Why or why not?
  • Do you think you would be a good surgeon? Why or why not?
  • Do you use an alarm clock to wake up?
  • Do you usually get enough sleep?
  • Do you watch your weight? What foods do you think are healthy?
  • Have you ever been hospitalized? (Have you ever been in the hospital?)
  • Have you ever been to an acupuncturist?
    • What do you think of acupuncture?
  • Have you ever broken a bone?
  • Have you ever burned yourself with hot water?
  • Have you ever donated blood?
  • Have you ever gotten a black eye?
  • Have you ever had braces on your teeth?
  • Have you ever had stitches?
  • Have you ever sprained your ankle?
  • Have you ever taken a sleeping pill to get to sleep?
  • How can you reduce stress in your life?
  • How have you been feeling lately?
  • How many hours of sleep do you get a night?
  • How many hours of sleep do you usually get?
  • How often do you eat junk food?
  • What kinds of junk food do you eat?
  • How often do you exercise?
  • How often do you get a cold? (How often do you catch a cold?)
  • How often do you get sick in one year?
  • How often do you go to the doctor’s?
  • How often is garbage collected in your neighborhood?
  • How would you recommend treating a cold?
  • If a company sells the public a product they know to be harmful or addictive, should they be held responsible for the use of that product even if the government approves it?
  • If you smoke, how old were you when you started smoking?
  • If you were President of Korea, what would you do to improve Koreans’ health?
  • Should smoking in restaurants be banned?
  • What are some things people can do to keep healthy?
  • What are some things that cause stress?
  • What are some ways to deal with stress?
  • What are some ways you know that you can personally keep yourself healthy?
  • What disease frightens you the most? Why?
  • What do you do to stay healthy? (What are some things you do to keep healthy?)
  • What do you do, if you can’t get to sleep?
  • What do you think about abortion? Why do some people support it and others are against it?
  • What do you think about getting old?
  • What do you think is the most serious health problem in Korea?
  • What do you think of cosmetic surgery?
    • Do you know anyone who has had cosmetic surgery?
    • Would you ever consider having cosmetic surgery?
  • What drinks to you think are healthy?
    • What drinks do you think are unhealthy?
  • What foods to you think are healthy?
    • What foods do you think are unhealthy?
  • What is the best way to find a doctor, if you’re new in the area?
  • What is the best way to stop smoking?
  • What is the most horrible accident you have ever had?
  • What is the average age of people in your country
  • What kind of pollution is the most risky?
  • What time did you go to bed when you were a child?
  • What’s the best way to stop smoking?
  • What’s the highest temperature you’ve ever had?
  • What’s your blood type?
  • When did you last take a bath?
  • When was the last time you went to a dentist?
  • When was the last time you went to a doctor?
  • When was the last time you went to a hospital?
  • When was the last time you were sick?
  • When you were in high school, how many days of school did you miss each year because of sickness?
  • Who do you think is responsible for the care of your health?
    • yourself, your parents, or your doctor and medical people?
  • Who is the healthiest person in your family?
    • Who is the least healthy?
  • Why do people smoke?
  • Would you consider donating your organs after your death?
  • What is the health service like in your country?
  • What do you think of the health service in this country?
  • How can the health service be improved?
  • Have you been to hospital since you arrived here?
  • What do you know about the SARS virus?
  • What do you know about AIDS?
  • What do you know about the common cold?
  • What is alternative medicine?
  • Have you ever practiced alternative medicine?
  • What treatments or remedies do you follow when you have a cold?
  • Which kind of medicine do you prefer to take when you are sick?

基礎問題

Are You

Are you looking for anything in particular?

你在尋找什麼特別的東西嗎?

Are you lost?

你走丟了嗎?

Are you open after eight?

你八點之後有開嗎?

Are you out of your head/mind?

你犯傻了嗎?

Are you paying attentions?

你可以專心嗎?

Are you ready to go?

你準備好了嗎?

Are you a sober (serious and calm) driver?

你是一個冷靜又嚴肅的駕駛嗎?

Are you still eating that chocolate?

你現在還在吃巧克力嗎?

Are you having dinner with us this evening?

你要跟他們共進晚餐嗎?

Are you hurt?

你受傷了嗎?

Are you just going to stand there whole day?

Is There

  • Is there any parking in this area?
  • Is there anything I can get for you?
  • Is there any restaurant available?
  • Is there anything else I can help you with?
  • Is there anyone who can get me a glass of water?
  • Is there any prepayment penalty?

Do You

  • Do you smell something?
  • Do you speak French?
  • Do you serve meals?
  • Do you stock any fashion magazine?
  • Do you require a security deposit?
  • Do you sell household appliances here?
  • Do you think he has forgotten?
  • Do you accept credit cards?

Do You Have

  • Do you have car?
  • Do you have any friend in this area?
  • Do you have any question?
  • Do you have any recommendation?
  • Do you have any new idea?
  • Do you have any imported item?
  • Do you have branded goods?

Did You

  • Did you say anything?
  • Did you say anything to my friend?
  • Did you see any lion?
  • Did you see the show last night?
  • Did you take any picture?
  • Did you save the time?
  • Did you appear for exam?
  • Did you attend the seminar?

Can

  • Can I smoke during the lecture?
  • Can we talk?
  • Can you believe your eyes?
  • Can you take our orders now?
  • Can you please check where my luggage is?
  • Can you just introduce yourself to other guests?
  • Can you describe the person who attacked you?
  • Can you do something about this?
  • Can you forgive me?
  • Can you fix this zipper?
  • Can I tell my friend about this matter?
  • Can we continue this session later?

歧視 Discrimination

Do you usually remember your dreams? Why or why not? Describe some of them.

What was your nicest dream that you can remember?

Talk about the most recent dream you can remember that you have had in the past.

Talk about a recurring dream that you have had in the past.

How do you interpret a dream? Do you use your intuition/imagination to understand it?

Do you usually read books on dream interpretation? What is your opinion on it?

Do you generally have pleasant dreams or nightmares?

Have you ever had nightmares? What were they like?

What’s the worst nightmare you’ve ever had?

What is “prophecy”?

Have you ever had or heard of a dream that foretold the future?

Did you know that Abraham Lincoln supposedly foresaw his own assassination in a dream? What do you think about it?

Have you ever dreamed about dead people? Is it a good signal? Why/Why not?

Have you ever dreamt about dead friends or relatives? How was it? How did you feel?

There is a movie called “The Cell” with Jenifer Lopez – It is about dreams – Have you ever watched this film? Would you like to see it? Why/Why not?

Are dream messages sent from our unconscious, predictions of the future, or the brain’s way of cleaning out information?

Some people say that dreaming about losing money means that you will receive it. Have you ever heard this? What other sayings about dreams do you know?

Do your dreams ever affect your moods? Explain.

Do you usually dream in black and white or in color?

What language do you dream in? Have you ever dreamt in a language that you don’t speak?

Have you ever woken up from a dream “in a cold sweat”?

Do you believe that dreams can sometimes predict the future?

Has anyone told you if you have walked or talked in your sleep?

Here is a list of dream images. What might they represent?

a road

the sky

snow

a garden

an open door

a light

sand

fire

falling

darkness

being chased

speaking with a dead relative

flying

When you were a child, what was your dream for the future? Has it changed?

Do you remember what you dream about in your sleep?

What is your dream for the future?

Have your dreams for your future changed?

Do you tell people about your dreams?

Do you think you can achieve your dreams?

If you had lots of money what would you do with it?

Do you think that having a lot of money can make you happy?

Do you think that having dreams and aspirations is a waste of time?

Do you believe in deja vu?

What is a daydream?

What is the difference between our daydreams and our dreams at night?

Are some kinds of thoughts and dreams similar?

What’s the difference between our everyday life and dreaming while we are sleeping?

Do you agree with the idea that “Life is like a dream”?

What language do you dream in? Have you ever dreamt in a language that

Do you agree with the idea that “Life is like a dream”?

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?