雅思口语话题
雅思口语话题总结
 雅思口语话题总结

PART 1
<1> JOB or MAJOR>>Are you working or studying now?
>>What is your major？Do you like it？why？plan after graduate？
>>Can you describe your daily work(study)?
>>Are you satisfied with your current job?
>>Do you want to change your job?
>>What do you think of your future job?

<2> SHOPPING
>>What places do you often go shopping?
>>What things do you often buy?
>>Do the Chinese like to buy something through the internet?
>>Who are more tend to do shopping? Man or Woman? Why?
>>Describe a shopping center where you often go.
>>What kind shop is popular among the young people in China?

<3> HOUSEWORK>>Who do major housework in your family?
>>Do you do housework in your home? What housework do you like to do?
>>What are the changes of status of family members in Chinese families?
>>What kind of housework do you think it is the most important?
>>What benefits can we get from the improvement of technology?

<4> FOOD>>What foods do you like or dislike?
>>What food can you cook?
>> What do you think about eating habits? How to change your eating habits?
>> Compare the people’s food habit in modern time and in the past?
>>What are the differences between having meals at home and going to restaurant?
>>What is your favorite restaurant? Why?
>>what kind of food do you like? Why? Do you find any problem in food nowadays?
>>fast food, why choose ;why Chinese people prefer western fast food to Chinese one? Which brand of production is as famous as coke cola & McDonald’s and so on in China?

<5> INDUSTRY>>Can you outline the industries in China?
>>What is major industry of China?
>>What technologies is China lack off?

<6> ANIMAL>>Do Chinese like or dislike animal? Why?
>>How to preserve the animals?
>>What animals can people see in China?
>>What is the most famous animal in China?
>>What is the role of animal in China? What should animal be use as?
<7> SPARE TIME
>>Which period of whole day you like most? why?
>>What do people do in their spare time? What do you like to do?
>>Do you think the spare time you have currently is enough? Do you think spare time is important to you? Why?
>>How to balance the time for working and entertainment?

<8> TRANSPORT & TRAVELLING & CAR
>> Have you ever been any other cities in china before?
>>do you like to travel? why?
>>do you like traveling alone or with other people? who &why?
>>What's your favorite transport?
>>What kind of new transport will appear in the near future？
>>What are advantages and disadvantages of the different transports?
>>Do transports cause pollution?
>>How to improve the traffic of cities?
>>What kind of people have private car?
>>What kind of technological improvement should be put to the cars?
>>Advantages and disadvantages of private car.
>>What did the government do to improve the China’s transport?
>>What is your opinion of traveling？What can one learn from it?
>>Tourism industry, what tourists get from traveling?
>>Give some solution to benefit tourist industry.
>>How to develop China’s tourism?

<9> CHILDHOOD>>Can you describe your childhood briefly?
>>Where do you play? Play what?
>>What is the most memorable thing in your childhood?
>>What is your favorite story in your childhood?

<10> HOMETOWN*>>Where is your hometown? What do you like/dislike your hometown?
>>Where do you live now? Why you choice that?
>>Do you want to make a move?
>>If there is a very nice flat, but no air-conditioner, Would you live in?

<11> HOBBY*>>What's your hobby? Why?

<12> HOLIDAY*>>What kinds of legal holidays are there in China?
>>How do you arrange your holidays?
>>What activities do you do to relax in your spare time?
>> What do you do at the weekend? What would you like to do at the weekend?
>> What is the most important thing at your weekend?
>> Are two days enough for your weekend?
>>How do you/your friend your time?
>>The importance of making a time arrangement beforehand.
>>How do modern people arrange their time? Is there any problem? How to improve the arrangement and keep balance?
>>What is different between you and your parents’ holiday?

<13> FESTIVAL*>>Which festival is important for the Chinese people?
>>How do Chinese celebrate the festivals?

<14> FAMILY**>>What do you think of the increase of divorce rate and single-parent household?

<15> Population Distribution
>>Which part of china has most large number of population?

<16>China’s Industry
>>How many kinds of industry in China? Please List some.

<17>Music
>> Like or dislike music?
>> Which song do you like? Why?
>> Which kind of music do you like? Why?
>>Can music affect emotion of human?
>> Should the kids learn to play a musical instrument?
>>Have you ever played any musical instrument?
>> When do you listen to the music?
>>What difference between china music and western music?

<18>Season
>> The most like season? Why?
>>What do you do in that season? Give a brief introduction to the climate of where you live

<19> Photograph
>>do you like photograph?
>>What kind of photograph you are taking?
>>What kind of photograph on your home wall?

<20>Reading
>>Do you like reading?
>>When to read?
>>How often?

PART 2 & PART 3
<1> TV PROGRAMDescribe your favorite TV program. .What is it? Which channel?. .When and where do you watch it?. .What kind of it? What's it talk about?. .And explain why you like it?
>>What are the differences between day programs and evening programs?
>>What are the TV program’s effect on the children and the elderly?
>>What are the differences of TV programs between now and past?
>>What are the improvements on TV program in China?
>>What is the situation of cinemas in China?
>>How do you think that many people buy DVD and watch at home instead of going to the cinema?

<2> SPORTS STARDescribe a sports star.Who she/he is .What sports he/she play .Why you like this star
>>Do your friends like him?
>>What are the benefits from sports?
>>Do people around you like sports?
>>What sport do they like?
>>Do you think it is rational that sportsmen get high salary?
>>Can sports star earn money through commercial advertising?
>>What are differences of view on sport between men and women?
>>Can you have a talk about the advantages and disadvantages of Beijing’s holding 2008 Olympic Games?

<3> SUCCESSDescribe an important/recent success in your life.When /where/what about it .How do you make it .Why it is important for you
>>How can you get to success?
>> What are the essential conditions /qualifications of success?
>>Why people must have a future goal?
>>What is the effect of goal?
>>What is people’s goal nowadays?
>>What is your aim of life?

<4> CHILDDescribe a child you are familiar with .His or her name, age, appearance, hobby and explain why you like him/her
>>Which are happier, children nowadays or the ones 20 years ago?
>>What do you think of adolescent education in China?
>>What are the effects of pressures exerted by teachers and parents?
>>How do think of educational mode of elementary school in China? Are there any problems?
>>What is the proper educational mode?
>>What are the improvements in educational mode in China?
>>What do you like to play when you were young, for example, when you were 10?
>>What are the differences between Chinese children and foreign children?
>>What are the differences between children nowadays and the ones in the past?
>>What do you think of the problem the problem the parents overindulge their children?

<5> FRIENDDescribe your best friend..How you knew each other .How you became friends .How you spend time together .Explain why he/she is your best friend
>> What is the difference in requirements for making friends between now and in your childhood?
>>What’s the most important thing between friends?
>>Is it more difficult to make a bosom friend when one is grown up than before?
>>What kind of friend did you like to make in childhood？

<6> FAVORITE SONGDescribe your favorite music/song .Name,  What it is about    Why you like it
>> How about the music's development of China？>>What is the difference between native music and foreign music?
>>what do you think about the property right of MP3?

<7> TOYDescribe a toy for children.What it is .Who gave you?.Why you like it
>>What are the differences in toys between now and past?
>>What are the differences of toys between boys like and girls like?
>>What role do toys play in the process of children’s growth?
>>What are the factors that influence adolescent?
>>What are parent’s attitudes toward too early love affairs of their child?
>>What are the differences between children nowadays and the ones in the past?
>>Is there any relation between toy and education?

<8> PARKDescribe your favorite park or garden .Where           How often .What kind of people like it .Why you like it
>>What are the effect of parks on people’s life?
>>What are advantages and disadvantages of private garden?
>>To what the purpose people want to possess a private garden?
>>Do you think we need much more parks?
>>Is it convenient to go outing?

<9> HOUSEDescribe your ideal house or department .Where it is .Outside/inside? surrounding? .Why you like it
>>Where do you live? Where do you want to live?
>>Do you live in city or countryside? Tell about advantages and disadvantages from both areas.
>>Do private space become smaller? How to solve/settle it?
>>Are there many people live in high buildings and large mansions?
>>What is the difference between old house and modern house? Which one do you prefer? Why? What is the advantage of the one that you exclude?
>>How do government settle the problem of houses in danger? What’s your opinion?
>>What kind of house is popular?
>>What are the good houses that majority believe?
>>Why people like big house?
>>Why should we preserve the old building?

<10> EXCITING PERIODDescribe an exciting period in your life .When is it .What did you do during that time .Who are the friends you made in that time .Why it is exciting
>>What is the legal age of Chinese people?
>>What is the purpose of legal age? Why?
>>May the legal age change?
>>What can people do when they reach legal age?
>>What do you do when you were at university?
>>What do old people concern about?
>>Who would look after them when people get old?
>>When does the early education usually begin in your country? What is the advantage and disadvantage of beginning education at this age? Why?

<11> FOUR SEASONSDescribe the features of four seasons in you country .What the seasons are.Features .What people do in each season?.Which season you like best?
>> With the alternation of seasons, are there any changes in wearing clothes?
>> What differences are there in architectural style between north and south considering the differences in season and climate?
>> What differences are there in life style between people from south and the ones from north, For instance, Beijing and Nanjing.?
>> Is there any change of climate in the past 20 years?
>> What do you think of the environment in the future?
>>What is the cause of disasters? What are effects of disasters? Can we solve it?
>>What should government do to prevent disasters? Such as flood.
>>What do you think of the climate of China?
>>Can you describe the bad weather you met?
>>What is your favorite season? Why?
>>Which season do Chinese like best?
>>What is green house effect?

<12> EQUIPMENTDescribe a piece of equipment you think it is useful .What it is .How it is used .Advantages and disadvantages
>>Will today’s technology/electric apparatus still be in use (popular) 50 years later?
>> What differences in purposes of use are there between the young and the old?
>> Are there any differences in attitudes about technology between men and women? What are those?
>> Do the young people nowadays rely/depend too much on technology?
>>How does technology influence people? Does it make life better?
>>Do you think the development of science and technology would bring people much more convenience? In what aspects does it show? Can you imagine what aspect it is?
>>What are the advantages and disadvantages of new technologiy?
>>Are there any people around you who don’t accept new technology?

<13> TRIPDescribe a exciting trip you made .When did you take it?.How did you get there? By what transport?.Introduce that trip. What did you see there?.Who do you with?.Explain why you liked it.
>>What transports are available for Chinese people’s trip?
>>What is the difference between traveling by single and traveling in a group?
>>What are defects of tourism?
>>Why many people come to China? Are there any advantages and disadvantages?
>>Why many people go abroad for a trip? What are advantages and disadvantages?
>>What your opinion about the prospect of tourism in China?
>>What kind of people go to China for trips? Why?

<14> BOOK / STORYDescribe a book/story you read before .Name .When .What influence it brings to you
>>What kind of libraries do you often go to?
>>What facilities are there in the library?
>>What improvement do you think that we should make?
>>Where do you like to read, in the library or at home?
>>Do every village and city have libraries
>>Do majority of people read for study or entertainment?
>>Do you like reading novels?
>>Some writings can be handed down as classics. What requirements do they must fulfill to make these achievements? / What are the preconditions to be classic?
>>What is your ideal library?

<15> NORMAL COMMODITYDescribe a normal commodity in Chinese family? .What it is          .How it is used .Advantages and disadvantagesNote: This topic is similar to the “EQUIPMENT” topic
>>What are advantages and disadvantages of high technology?

<16> HOLIDAYNote: For this topic, you can combine the “HOLIDAY” of PART 1 and the “TRIP” topic to answer it.describe your best or favorite holiday
What            Where             With whom?
Why do you think it is the best ?

<17> senior citizen problemDescribe a older person who had great influence on you.personality.what influences.elder people’s social status in China
>>Is it easy for them to find a new job? Why?
>>What is the legal age in china？
>>What can people do when they reach their legal age？What do you do?
>>What do you think about the legal age in China？Too early or too late?
>>Why do the Chinese parents indulge their children so much？
>>What is the attitude of Chinese government toward senior citizen? Is there any problem？
>>What is the difference between the way of thinking of the young and the old?
>>what is the elders’ influence on the family and society as well?

<18>Famous PersonDescribe a famous Person..Who?               Profession?             .Why famous
>>Why do people want to be famous？Advantages & Disadvantages
>>Name some of the celebrities you know
>>How to be famous?
>>What if you become famous one day？
>>Which celebrity you want to see most? Why?
>>What do the public press report about the celebrities’ privacy？
>>Why the common people want to know the celebrities’ privacy？
>>What is the celebrities’ influence on common people’s life？

<19>GIFTDescribe a gift.what gift you received make you feel special?         who give you？          what is it?
. Why you think it is special for you ?
>>When do Chinese send gift？
>>What gift did you send in children？And now? What’s the difference?
>>What will people send as gifts in the future？
>>Will you send TV, PC or Microwave oven and so on as a gift？

<20> FAVORITE ROOMdescribe your favorite room in your homewhat it likes ?        what is it?           why you like it?what you do in the room normally?
>>What kind of accommodation do most of Chinese prefer？ What is your idea of that kind of accommondation?
>>Difference between the accommodation in city and countryside？
>>What kind of accommodation do you live in？
>>Do you know your neighbor？
>>What improvement should be done to the accommodation？
>>Do the young live with their parent in China？
>>Different styles in life and architecture in the south and north part of China.

<21>CLOTHING &JEWELLERYtalk about the clothing (jewellery) in your special occasionsDescribe what type of clothing will you chose in special timeDescribe a kind of traditional clothes/jewellery in China.
>>what will you look like when you wear them? how do you feel when you wearing them?
>>Traditional cloth in china, why people like to dress traditional clothes?
>>Any special meaning? Men’s fashion and women’s fashion,
>>A & D of wearing uniform
>>do you think the clothing are more important than before? why?
>> what type of clothing do you wear in different occasions?(for example)
>> what information can you find in another person's clothing?

<22>FOOD
Describe your favorite food
.What & When & Where           How to make it             Why you like it
>>What is the healthy food you like most.?
>>Do people pay more attention to the health food?
>>What is healthy food and junk food?
>>Do you think people’s physical condition is improved now?

<23>CITY OR TOWN OR VILLAGEDescribe a city
>>The difference between big and small cities
>>The future development of China’s cities
>>What you can do to help to the development of your hometown ？
>>Compare the life of people living in city and countryside
>>Government’s role in city development. Why it is important

<24>HANDICRAFT
describe a thing you made of yourself.What? When? Why? Where?why you particularly prefer it ?
>>If you are a teacher, what kind of creative new things you will teach?
>>Is it creative mind is important. Why?
>>Traditional China handicraft

<25>SCHOOLdescribe a school you have studied in
.How large        A & D         study          .Happy memories
>>Different schools in China
>>What kind of school will you send your child in?
>>How to be a teacher? Difficulties of being a teacher

<26>ADVERTISMENT
describe a advertisement impressed you most
.about what?     Where/when did you see it?         Why it is so special
>>What kinds of advertisement do you have in Chna?
>>Do you think the advertisements sometimes annoyed people? Why?
>>People’s view toward advertisement
>>Problems, how to solve
>>brand

<27>CHANGE
describe a positive change in your life
.What   When   How   Why

<28>SOCIALl WELFARE
talk about the social welfare you know, such as the senior citizen pensions, the disable people funds, etc.

<29>FRIEND
Describe your best friend.
.how you knew each other
.how you became friends
.how you spend time together
.explain why he/she is your best friend
>>what is the difference in the requirements you had for making friends when in childhood and now
>>what’s the most important thing between friends?
>>Is it more difficult to make a bosom friend when one is grown up than before?

<30> MOVIE>>Describe your favorite movie.
. What is the movie about?
. When and where and with whom did you watch it?
. what is the end? Happy or sad?
. Why you like that movie?
>>Do you like watching films?
>>What kind of movies do like?
>>What are the difference between watching films on TV and going to cinema?
>>Do you like to see a film alone or with your friends? Why?
>>How do think of the future of movie?
>>What kind of movie is now popular in China?
>>Please compare the movie now and 20 years ago.
>>What are the differences between the movies loved by children and adults?
>>Who is the most popular/famous foreign film actor or actress in China? Why?
>>What are the differences between Chinese and Western movie actors? Which one is more popular?
>>Why are there too much violence in movie?
>>Are the cinemas important in China?
>>What are the qualities one actor should have to be successful?

<O> OTHER >>With competition between countries, how to reinforce the cooperation between countries?
>>Can you describe one of your country’s success? What are the native effects and international effects of your country’s success?
>>What is your goal of life?
>>What country do you want to go to?
>>What is your opinion of donation? Who or what will you donate for? What is your plan of call on people to donate for that?