English Speaking Practice Sentences for Daily Use - Questions and Answers in English

film one do you like films yes i enjoy watching films when i want to relax or have some fun i like to watch a movie two what kinds of films do you like best my favorite kinds of films are comedies i like movies that make me laugh three how often do you watch films if there is an interesting movie playing at the cinema i'll go to see it it's nice to go out to see a movie with my friend sometimes and get to see it on a big screen four do you like to watch films alone or with your friends i'd rather watch films with my friends we always have a good time together and afterwards we talk about the movie whether we enjoyed it or not 5. do you prefer to watch films in the cinema or at home i prefer to watch movies at the cinema because then you get to see the movie on a big screen with a better sound system i think it makes the movie more impressive you know dance one do you like to dance yes i like to dance because i really enjoy moving to the music two what kind of dancing do chinese people like chinese people like to do ballroom dancing but outside on the street young people like to go to discos and dance techno and hip hop three does china have any traditional dances china has a lot of traditional dances there are as many traditional dances in china as there are ethnic minorities four is traditional dance still popular today in china yes i think so many chinese young people go to school in order to learn it it's part of our culture no i don't think so nowadays more people prefer modern music and dancing styles 5. what kinds of dancing are popular with young people in china young people are interested in many forms of dancing here in china we like to go to clubs and dance to hip-hop and techno music music one do you like to listen to music yes i do i'll often listen to music on my mp4 when i'm traveling from place to place or when i'm at home relaxing two what kinds of music do you like i like to listen to love songs pop music rock music traditional chinese music jazz hip-hop latin music three what kinds of music are popular in china everybody has different tastes but i think love songs and pop music are the most popular kinds of music in china older classics from america and europe are pretty popular here too rap is also getting to be very popular as well four have you ever learned to play a musical instrument yes when i was in school i learned to play the violin but i don't play it anymore and i think i've forgotten how five is music an important subject at school in china unfortunately music is not such a popular subject at school in china math and science are much more important in china although maybe not so popular six what benefits do children gain by studying music or learning to play a musical instrument by learning how to play a musical instrument children can learn many things they can learn self-discipline determination and how to appreciate music better drawing and painting one have you ever learned to draw to tell you the truth i never really had the time to learn to draw i also really don't have the talent to spend my time drawing two do you draw now yes i sometimes like to draw not only is it a good form of relaxation but i enjoy creating beautiful things and using my imagination even if i can't draw very well i still enjoy it three what do you think are some of the benefits of drawing for both children and adults both children and adults need to use their creativity drawing teaches people to look at the world differently more carefully and thoroughly it helps people relax and have fun and it gives you a chance to use your imagination photography one do you like to take photographs yes i like to take photographs it's great fun and then afterwards you can always have the photos and remember the good times you've had two when equals on what occasions do you take photos well usually i take photos when i go out somewhere to a park or to the beach or to a party when it's somebody's birthday spring festival at graduations or any other important occasion i take photos three what kind of photos do you like to take mostly i like to take pictures of nature or of beautiful scenery also i like to take silly pictures with my friends we always laugh a lot and have a good time four is photography a popular hobby in china i think so when chinese people go out together they often take photos of each other or of the places they visit five do chinese people like to visit photographic exhibitions you know that i don't really visit photographic exhibitions because they're a little hard to find here in china there are some but the content is really not so interesting collecting one do you collect anything sure i have a collection of postcards from different countries two why do you collect that those things i collect those things because they are interesting and rare i like to go over my collection and see all the cool things i've got stored away three is collecting a popular pastime in china it used to be but not anymore actually it is a little hard to find things to collect except for maybe pictures of chairman mao on flags or coffee mugs four do a lot of people in china collect things and what do they collect people in china really don't collect too many things they are pretty busy with the daily run of things and don't have the time all the resources to collect things five what are the benefits of collecting equals why do people like collecting well people like to collect things mostly as a hobby and hobbies are good to have because they help people to relax and get their minds off the jobs or problems they may have one do you work or are you a student presently i am a student i have been studying at beijing university for three years i will graduate in one year two what subject are you studying i'm studying accounting along with accounting i'm also majoring in business finance three why did you choose to study that my father has a business and i want to work with him i plan to take over company finances four do you like your university it's okay i'm not thrilled with it but i am getting the education that i wanted five is there anything you don't like about your studies basically studying just joking some of my studies i just have to take for the credits and that gets a little tedious sometimes six which subject do you like the most i like math for some reason math comes easy to me it could be because my father was a math teacher seven which subject do you think will be most useful to you after you leave university i suppose my english class will be the most useful since i am planning on studying further in australia probably 90 percent of what i've learned i will never use though eight do you often get together with your classmates after classes i get together with my classmates as much as i can after class getting together with them really helps to relieve the pressure for me nine what was your favorite subject in high school well i think my favorite subject in high school was art one reason was i sat next to the prettiest girl in the class ten which school subject do you think is most useful for people in adult life any subject having to do with communication would be the most useful when you graduate from school geography is also a subject that is nice to know if you are going to travel you would want to know what country you are in and which country is north and which is south 1. whereabouts did you grow up i grew up in tianjin a city that is southeast of beijing it is closer to the sea than beijing and is also a municipal city like beijing two do you still live there no i haven't lived there for many years i went to school here in beijing and have simply settled here and made it my hometown i still go back to tianjin every once in a while three what's the most famous place in your hometown well there isn't much in tianjin that is famous not like beijing where there are so many famous places but the tv tower is where most people want to go when they come to change in four how has your hometown changed in recent years i hardly even recognize it it has changed so much just like most of china tianjin is changing rapidly at an alarming rate five where do you live now i live in beijing now i am happy to be here because the city is really on the move and there is a lot of excitement here because of the next olympics six what part of the city do you like best i like the cbd the most because there are a lot of clubs there and also a lot of hustle and bustle and that is what i am into i like to be where the crowds are the same as most young people seven is there anything you don't like about this city the springtime when the winds from the gobi desert blow in and the sky turns a hazy orange is one thing i don't like about beijing another one of my least favorite things is having to fight rush hour traffic on the subway eight do you want to live in a big city or a small town i just couldn't go back to living in a small town i've gotten accustomed to life in the big city and it would be hard to get me back to those country roads one could you tell me what you do for a living i work in the foreign trade department i'm in sales it is my job to bring foreign investors to the city to open up a business here two what are your responsibilities at work i have to develop a strategy for bringing foreign investment to beijing i work together with other departments to basically sell and promote beijing as a good place to start a business three what is the most interesting part of your work the most interesting part of my work is meeting people from other countries to me people are very interesting and i am keen on learning the customs and cultures of other countries four is there anything you don't like about your job the pay is one thing that i don't like about my job my boss is another thing that i don't like about my job the distance to the office is the last thing that i don't like about my job five is your job very important to you my job is very important to me if i didn't have my job i wouldn't be sitting here in front of you applying for a chance to go overseas six would you like to change your job i don't want to get stuck at this job that i am working at now i am still young so i want to learn as much as i can and then i plan on starting my own business seven do you often get together with your colleagues workmates after work i do get together with my colleagues after work as much as i can when i get together with them we can shoot the breeze and have a few beers i really look forward to getting together with them and count on it to make my week daily routine one what part of your day do you like best my favorite part of the day is late afternoon because the day's work is coming to an end i can go home and i have the evening to look forward to and the weather is generally pleasant and cool 2. what is the busiest part of the day for you from about 10 o'clock to noon that is when i have to take care of my work and things are a bit hectic three when do you have free time i have free time during the evenings and on the weekends i guess you could say that i have it pretty good because a lot of people here in china don't have so much free time four what's your favorite way to relax i take a long hot shower and then i jump in bed with a good book and something to snack on it's a little hard on my figure but then it just means that i have to do a few more exercises the next morning five do you do things in your leisure time with friends or family mostly with my friends i often go out to eat or go shopping with my friends and sometimes we stay in and watch a movie or play games sometimes we just talk together six do you have any hobbies or interests i love to read novels go go-karting hiking watch movies and write i have lots of different interests weekends seven how do you usually spend the weekend i sleep late and watch movies i go out with my friends or i work on different projects i haven't had time for during the week sometimes if i'm really tired or stressed from the week i will just stay in bed all weekend eight which do you prefer saturday or sunday saturday because i can go out in the evening and stay out late and i don't have to worry about waking up early for work the next morning nine are weekends important to you very it's some of the only time i can use for my hobbies or spend with my family on the weekends i feel free to do exactly what i want 10. should people be paid overtime for working at the weekend definitely working overtime is extra and it takes away the relaxation time so many people need so people should be compensated for it shopping 11. do you like shopping no i actually don't like shopping i hate making decisions and it irritates me to spend all that time looking for what i want it irritates me even more if it's too expensive on top of that 12. are there many shops near where you live yes but only small shops which sell all kinds of curious things no big shopping malls i think there is going to be a shopping center opening up soon near where i live and that should be nice 13. who usually does the shopping in your home my mom does the shopping and sometimes i go along too sometimes i have to go out and do the shopping and i enjoy haggling with the vendors i look forward to it 14. do you have a regular time to go shopping for some things yes for example my mum goes food shopping twice a week but i only go shopping for clothes when i feel like it fifteen what things do you usually buy when you go shopping i buy way too much jewelry and peculiar hats that i will never wear and lots of scarves it's hard for me to make decisions on what to buy when it's anything real big or costly 16. do you prefer shopping in small shops or big supermarkets and department stores i prefer shopping in small shops because you can find more unusual things and they come cheaper too i like to get to know the owners and sometimes they will cater to me a bit 1. what do you do in your holidays for most holidays i just stay home and rest and enjoy myself but if it's a particularly long holiday i like to travel if i stay home i can read and play computer games and do what i like to do i can spend time with my friends although often my relatives want me to visit them as well so there is a lot to do two do you think holidays are becoming more and more important not necessarily holidays have always been important to people but of course the harder your work the more important your holiday becomes to you because you need that relaxation more three do you like to travel in your holidays or free time if it's a long holiday i love to travel especially to places i have never been to before it's an adventure and you see so many great and beautiful and strange things i really enjoy traveling because when you have a change of scenery and a change of environment for a while it helps you to relax and is good for your house four what kind of places do you like to travel to i like to travel to exotic places different countries and places with beautiful natural scenery however i don't often have the opportunity to go to places like that so instead i like to go to places where i can enjoy myself with my friends and where there are fun things to do together five have you ever been to the seaside yes i've had several vacations at the seaside there is a beach not too far from where my family lives so every time i go to visit my family we spend a lot of time on the beach six why do some people take their holidays at the seaside i guess they like to swim lie on the sand tan and goes sailing on the sea plus there are usually a lot of nice restaurants near the seaside and it is a good opportunity to enjoy fresh seafood seven do you want to live near the sea no i don't like the sea it's so salty and deep and there are all kinds of fish and other creatures swimming about in it on the other hand the air is often quite clean near the sea and the weather very pleasant compared to father and land so if i was concerned about my health i would probably choose to live near the sea one what kind of housing accommodation do you live in i live in an apartment building my family owns two apartments right next to each other and i live in the smaller apartment with my sister my mother and father and my father's parents live in the other two how do you like it oh i like it very much i live quite high up and i have a wonderful view of the city and it is very convenient to live near my parents as my mum often cooks for us when we are very busy three what kind of decorations do the rooms have the apartment is very nicely furnished though simple we have a brand new living room set a couch and two chairs which my parents picked out my sister and i picked out the curtains and lamps and knickknacks so that it has some kind of a middle eastern style we decorated our own rooms with all the things we saved from growing up four what kind of house or apartment do you want to live in i want to live in a little house in the country with two floors and a big attic and basement and wide gardens and orchards around it i would probably have to live in an apartment in town most of the time and i would like my apartment to also have two floors five which is your favorite room in your home my favorite room is my room because it has my bed and things in it and a little window seat where you can sit in the sunshine and look outside when i want to get away from everything for a while i can escape to my room surrounded by the things i love that remind me of happy memories and if i want to chill i can play computer games whenever i want six which room does your family spend most of the time in my family spends most of their time in the living room we often watch dvds together or we just talk about our day and if we have friends or relatives over we will all go into the living room to sit and talk and eat some snacks seven what would you say is the best thing about your home my favorite thing about my home is the big terrace we have it's a very pleasant place to sit in the warm weather there is a secret door inside a closet that leads out onto the terrace and we have a picnic table and chairs out there so you can just go out there under the sky and read a book or look up into the clear blue sky eight would you like to move to another place not now but eventually yes because i think i would be bored to live in the same place for too long i would miss my parents so it would be hard to move away from home but at the same time i am anxious to have a life of my own plus i think that living in a big city is very impersonal and i would like to live in a different place one [Music] what is your favorite sport my favorite sport is definitely soccer i love the feeling of being out there on the field and just running with the wind two why do you like it so much in soccer the rules are not too complicated but it's very competitive and takes a lot of skill and talent to play well i always have fun when i'm playing or watching it on tv three what is the most popular sport in your country i think it's basketball football also has always been the most popular sport in china badminton and ping pong are close behind four do you like to exercise daily no i don't i'm awfully lazy i know that i need to change this habit or i'm afraid it is going to come back and bite me in the butt five how much time do you spend exercising probably five or six hours a week i know that i will not make the olympics at that rate but then again sports is not my field six what are the advantages of regular exercise there's the obvious advantage that if you regularly exercise you will stay stronger more fit and healthier but you also get better sleep and it helps calm your busy mind seven where do people in china usually exercise young people go to the gym or go to a playground and play basketball older people will just go outside their apartments and do tai chi eight what forms of exercise are most popular in china badminton or ping pong are very popular here in china basketball and football are also very popular nine do you think primary school children should have sports classes at school i certainly think so because primary school children have a lot of energy and if they must remain cooped up at a desk all day they will not be able to concentrate because they will want to go out and play flowers one do you like flowers yes i like flowers they're so beautiful and varied and some have a wonderful scent too the world would be a little more boring without their cute faces and lovely scents two what is your favorite flower my favorite flowers change with the kind of mood that i am in if i am happy i like carnations if i feel romantic i like roses three what are the occasions when people send or receive flowers usually people send flowers when it's a special occasion such as when a friend has a birthday or graduates from school or has a new baby or opens up the new business or gets promoted or married four what flowers have special meaning in china you know if you asked my mum she could answer that question she is a florist i never really was that interested in which flower goes on which day i think roses go to someone who is in love penny is kind of the national flower and it represents prosperity and fortune birds one are there many birds near your home yes there are but you usually can only hear them sing in the early morning there are also a lot of sparrows flying around and pigeons on the roof on my apartment building two how do you feel about birds i think some birds can be beautiful and i enjoy listening to their singing they're so small and sweet they really help me to leave this world a while as i look at them flying about so gracefully three how do chinese people feel about birds just go to a park and you will see that chinese people really like birds they love to keep them as pets and fill their houses with them four do any birds have any particular significance in china the phoenix which although is mythological is a bird that has particular significance in china it is a sign of good fortune and blessing five do you think birds should be protected well i think birds like any other animal need to be protected if they become an endangered species they really have a hard time protecting themselves and if they were gone something special would be missing from life six how can they be protected we can protect birds by raising awareness about their situation and by not buying endangered species or destroying their habitats we also need to keep an eye on the environment which is their habitat seven do chinese people like raising keeping pet birds yes many people like to keep birds as pets they like listening to the birds sing and some birds can even be taught how to talk birds are great pets they are so cute and sweet eight is bird watching popular in china if people have the time and the money and can get to a location that has a lot of birds then people will do it but unfortunately that is not the case here in china weather 1. what is the climate like in your hometown i live in chongqing and the weather there is very wet in winter and extremely hot in summer the climate in my hometown is generally hot and sunny hot and rainy especially during the noon very dry and dusty cold and cloudy two does it rain much here in beijing no it doesn't and that is getting to be a problem here with the threat of drought conditions appearing on the horizon we really need the rain and sometimes i spend days just hoping the sky will pour down what we so desperately need three do you like rainy days or sunny days i like sunny days better than rainy days rainy days make me feel sad and make me feel like not going outside for when in what month season does it rain most in your hometown my hometown is chongqing and it rains mostly in summer buckets of rain at a time it is really refreshing when it comes down and the sound of the rain is magical five do you think rain is good of course rain is good crops couldn't grow without it and then we would all starve to death 6. does rain ever affect transportation in your hometown if it rains very heavily then there are often traffic jams because nobody wants to walk or ride bicycles they all take taxis or cars and this causes traffic jams seasons one which season do you like best why my favorite season is spring because flowers begin to bloom and the weather starts to warm up two what do people do in this season in spring because people have holidays they often like to visit their hometowns or other beautiful places three do you think the seasons have changed in recent years compared to the past nowadays there are many changes in the seasons sometimes the summers are unusually hot or the winter's unusually warm or the rains come too early or too late one what kind of entertainment do you prefer tv or radio i definitely prefer to watch tv because then you not only get to hear but to see and you remember the story better when there's a picture to go with it two what programs do you like to watch listen to i like to watch different soap operas and if it's a series i never miss one three how do you think tv radio broadcasts in china could be improved it would be nice to have more variety in both tv and radio here in china it is getting a lot better now and looks to get even better four do you prefer tv news or news on the radio i prefer news on the radio because then i am not distracted by the announcer and his or her presence i like news on the radio also because of the fact that you can get it more often on tv it is limited to certain hours of the day five do you read newspapers yes i like to read them very much they are a source of information for me and i can keep up with my favorite sports team through them six which section of the newspaper do you like to read why my favorite sections of the newspaper are the sports section and the entertainment section i like to keep up with personalities and what they are doing seven do you think the internet will replace newspapers one day yes i definitely think so i think that as more people have access to the internet and computers paper will eventually become a thing of the past it's quicker and easier to update web pages on the internet than to print a whole newspaper

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