英语角话题汇总

Direct and Indirect Communication

二、 1. Do you feel that you are a direct communicator or an indirect communicator? Give an example.

三、2. Who do you feel you can communicate directly with and who do you feel you should communicate indirectly with?

四、 3. In the following situations, is direct communication or indirect communication more effective?

Why?

五、a) Asking a favor

六、b) Breaking up with a boyfriend/girlfriend

七、c) Telling your teacher you didn ' t do your homework

八、d) Firing an employee

九、 4. Have you ever had a bad experience in which someone said something to you too directly?

十、 5. If someone is communicating with you indirectly and you don ' t understand the message they are

trying to tell you, how do you deal with the situation?

十一、Friendship

十二、1) Come up with a definition for what friendship means in China.

十三、2) What are 3 qualities you want in a good friend? What are 3 qualities you don 't want in a friend? Why?

十四、3) How and where do people in China make their closest friendships?

十五、4) If you move to a new place, what is a good way to make new friends?

十六、5) What advice would you give a foreigner about how to develop good friendships with Chinese people?

十七、6) If there is a foreign volunteer in your group, ask him/her what advice he/she has about being friends with westerners.

十八、Education

十九、 1. Tell your group about your most enjoyable learning experience of the past. What made it good?

二十、 2. Describe what qualities you think the ideal teacher must have. What are some qualities you don 't want in a teacher?

二十一、 3. In Chinese society, do teachers have a high status or a low status? Do you think being a teacher is a good job? Why or why not?

二十二、 4. Is it the teacher/school 's or the parents ' responsibility to teach a child good morals and behavior?

二十三、 5. In your opinion, do men or women make better teachers?

二十四、Holidays

二十五、 1. What is your favorite Chinese holiday? Which Western holiday most interests you?

二十六、 2. Do you think holidays are very significant? What meanings are expressed by such holidays as National Day, Mid-Autumn Festival, Christmas, Spring Festival and Thanksgiving?

二十七、 3. What is the history of your favorite Chinese holiday? (For example, what 's the history of Dragon Boat Festival?)

二十八、 4. What did you think of the National Day celebration?

二十九、 5. Describe your ideal holiday.

三十、Rich and Poor

三十一、 1. Rank the following in order of importance to you: a) health b) family c) money d) a good reputation e) education. Why did you choose that order?

三十二、 2. What are the advantages and disadvantages of being rich? Do you advantages outweigh the disadvantages or vice versa?

三十三、 3. Can a person be poor and happy? What do you think the hardest part about being poor would be for you if you were poor?

What do you do you think would be the hardest part about being rich?

三十四、 4. Whose responsibility do you think is it to take care of the poor: their family, the government, their neighbors, everyone?

三十五、 5. Has the economic crisis affected your life at all?

三十六、Family

三十七、 1. Describe your family, and tell your group a story about your family from your childhood.

三十八、 2. Who do you think should have the highest authority in the home- the husband, the wife, or both equally share authority? If you think both should have equal authority, how should they make decisions on where to work or live if they don 't agree with each other?

三十九、 3. What do you expect to do to take care of your parents when they grow old? What do you expect your child to do for you when you get old?

四十、 4. Do you think the Chinese tradition of children taking care of elderly parents will change in the future because of the One Child Policy? How can only children cope with the pressure of taking care of their parents when they are old?

四十一、Cities

四十二、 1. Describe your hometown, and tell your group 3 things you like about your hometown and three things you don 't like about it. 四十三、 2. If you were the mayor of your hometown, what problems would you try to fix? How would you go about fixing those problems?

What things would you not want to change?

四十四、 3. How do you feel about Changsha? What challenges do you think Changsha will face in the next 2 years? 10 years?

四十五、 4. In your mind, what city is the ideal city? Is there a place where you 'd like to live for the rest of your life?

四十六、What/lf…

四十七、 1. What would you do if someone accused you of a crime you didn 't commit?

四十八、 2. lf you could change a major historical event, what would it be?

四十九、 3. What would you do if a fierce animal was going to attack you?

五十、 4. lf you could be an employee of any company in the world, which company would you choose?

五十一、 5. What would you do if the person you loved didn 't love you back?

五十二、 6. If you could be a bird or a fish, which would you be?

五十三、7. What would you do if it was your best friend 's wedding, but you didn 't have any money to give him/her? 五十四、8. If you had to choose one of the five senses (sight, hearing, smell, taste, touch) to lose, which one would

you choose to lose?

五十五、9. What would you do if you got lost in an unfamiliar city?

五十六、10. If you were going to a foreign country and you could only take one thing with you, what would it be? 五十七、Gifts

五十八、 1. What 's the best gift you 've ever receiveWdh?at's the worst gift you 've ever gotten?

五十九、 2. What 's the best gift you 've ever given someone else? Why was it special?

六十、 3. There 's a saying that goes, “It 's better to give than to receive. ” What does this saying mean? Do you agree with it? Does China have any sayings about giving gifts?

六十一、 4. If you were given $1 million to buy gifts for your family and friends, what would you buy them and why? 六十二、New

Year's

六十三、 1. What are some New Year'sresolutions you've made in the past? Were you able to keep those resolutions?

六十四、 2. What resolutions do you want to make for 2010? If you could accomplish one thing this year, what would it be? What steps can you take to carry out your New Year 's resolution?

六十五、 3. If you were to make “Life Resolutions, ” meaning the things you wanatctcoomplish before you die, what kinds of resolutions would you make? Is there something you feel like you must accomplish in this life time? How can you accomplish it?

六十六、Cheating

六十七、 1. Have you ever cheated on an exam or a homework assignment? Do you know anyone who has taken an exam for a classmate? Describe the situation.

六十八、 2. Do you think it 's ok to cheat on a homework assignment? On a exam? To take an exam for another person? Is all cheating wrong or is it ok on some level?

六十九、 3. Have you or any of your classmates been caught while cheating? How did you/they feel when you/they got caught?

七十、 4. If your classmate came to you and said that if you didn 't take his(her) English test for him(her), he/she would fail his/her class and not be able to graduate. Would you agree to take the test for him/her?

七十一、Winning and Losing

七十二、Quotes about Winning:

七十三、- “Winning isn 't everything, but the will to win is everything. ”

七十四、~Vince Lombardi (American Football Coach)

七十五、- “Win as if you were used to it, lose as if you enjoyed it for a change. ”

七十六、~ Ralph Waldo Emerson (American Poet)

七十七、- “Winning isn 't always finishing first. Sometimes winning is just finishing. ”

七十八、~ Manuel Diotte (Inspirational Speaker)

七十九、 1. What do you think each of these quotes mean?

八十、 2. Do you agree with these quotes? Why or why not? Would you change them at all to fit your viewpoint?

八十一、 3. What sayings are there in Chinese about winning and losing?

八十二、Spring Festival

八十三、 1. How will you celebrate Spring Festival? Who will you spend it with?

八十四、 2. Which performances are you looking f orward to on the New Year 's Eve tv program? What are some of your favorite ones of the past? 八十五、3. If you were to receive a present (not money) for Spring Festival, what present would you like to receive?

八十六、 4. How does Spring Festival these days compare with how it was when you were a child? Do you like it better now or when you were a child?

八十七、 5. What do you think Spring Festival will be like in the future?

八十八、Charity

八十九、 1. What do you think ‘charity ' means? Is it an action, an attitude, an idea?

九十、 2. Have you ever given money to a charitable cause? If so, which one? Have you ever volunteered at or worked for a charitable group? What different charitable groups have you heard of in China? Internationally?

九十一、 3. Do you think people will give as much time and effort to the current earthquake victims as they did the Sichuan victims? Why

or why not?

九十二、 4. If you could create your own charitable group, what kinds of people would you help? Why that kind of person and not other kinds of people that are in need?

九十三、Names

九十四、 1. Who chose your name? Why did they choose that name? Do you like your name? If you could change your name, would you?

九十五、 2. What 's the meaning of your name? Do you think a person 's name affects their personality? Have you ever disliked a person because of their name?

九十六、 3. Do you have a nickname? How did you get this nickname? What 's the funniest nickname you 've heard another person called?

九十七、 4. Do you think it 's better to give a child a more common name or an unusual name? What do you think China should do about the problem of having too many people with the same name/family name?

九十八、Dreams

九十九、 1. Do you often remember your dreams? What's the most recent dream you can remember? Did you dream it in color or in black and white?

百、 2. Do you ever have recurring dreams? What are they about? Why do you think you dream about that specific thing? Are your recurring dreams usually good dreams or nightmares?

百一、 3. If you see a certain image in a dream, do you think it has a specific meaning? For example, if you saw the following things in a dream, what do you think they would mean: a road, your middle school, your mom, a bird, sand, an open door, darkness, teeth?

百二、 4. Have you ever dreamed something that came true in real life? Do you think it 'psossible to know something in a dream before it happens in real life? Do you think you dream about that thing because you fear it or is there another explanation?

百三、Interests and Hobbies

百四、What are your hobbies? Are your hobbies mostly intellectual or athletic or something else? What do you like about those specific hobbies?

百五、If you have ten minutes of free time, how do you like to use it? One hour? One day? One week? If you unexpectedly have a couple hours of free time, what kinds of spontaneous things do you like to do for fun?

百六、If you had to read a book about something not related to your major, what would you like to read about? If it were a nonfiction book, what topic would you choose? If it were a fiction book, what genre of fiction would you read?

百七、Do you think that internet and tv have killed hobbi es in China? Do you have any friends who don 't like to use the internet or watch tv? If you couldn ' t use a computer or tv for a year, how do you think you would spend your time differently?

百八、Health

1. On a scale of one to ten (1 being the most healthy, 10 being the least healthy) how healthy do you think

百九、

you are? In what areas of health do you think you are the healthiest? Least healthy?

百十、 2. What do you think are your ‘healthy habits '?Do you drink enough water? What are some of your unhealthy habits? Do you ever smoke or drink alcohol?

百十一、 3. How often do you exercise? What kinds of exercise do you like? What kinds do you not like?

百十二、 4. How is your diet? What thing do you think are important to a healthy, balanced diet? What is one thing you think you could do to improve your diet?

百十三、Meeting People

百十四、 1. About how many new people do you meet a week? Do you like meeting new people? If so, why? If not, why not?

百十五、 2. In China, how do you know if you can trust a person you just met? Do you think it varies in different

co untries? Are there signs to tell you that you shouldn 't trust someone? What are they signs that tell you not to trust someone?

百十六、 3. Do you remember how you met your best friend/boyfriend/girlfriend/spouse? What did you think of that person the first time you met him/her?

百十七、 4. How important are first impressions to you? Do you think you are a good judge of character the first time you meet a person? Have you ever had a first impression of someone that later proved very wrong?

百十八、Fear

百十九、 1. What things/circumstances are you most afraid of? Do you think there is a reason you fear those things?

百二十、 2. Are your fears now the same as those you had as a child? Which ones have changed? Which are the same?

百二十一、 3. Do you think a person can overcome something they deeply fear? How? Would you ever choose to face one of your deepest fears for money, like on the tv shows?

百二十二、 4. Do you fear death? Why or why not? Do you think being afraid of death is a good thing or a bad thing?

百二十三、The Weather

百二十四、 1. What is your favorite kind of weather? Why d o you like that kind of weather? What 's your least favorite kind of weather?

百二十五、 2. Do you have a specific memory associated with a certain kind of weather? Maybe a time you were afraid during a thunderstorm or a happy day in the sun.

百二十六、 3. If the winter is very dark and rainy, does it affect your mood? What are some things you do to help yourself cope if the weather is bad? How do different types of weather affect your mood?

百二十七、 4. What do you think about weather manipulation using rockets? Do you think it 's orkpefoople to change the weather by using technology or do you think we should let weather be whatever it naturally is?