Foods

What kind of food is popular in your country?
Do people in different places like different kinds of food?
What kind of food do you think is healthy?
Do you think Chinese people’s diet is healthy?
Will you change your diet habit?
Do you like tasting new food?
Do you like lunch or dinner?
Would you say that eating a healthy diet is important?
Describe what you think is a healthy diet.
Are there many vegetarians in China?
The frequency of your having special meals.
What do Chinese prefer to eat?
Is meal in north China and south China the same?
The food children like and dislike.
Why don’t adults eat junk food?
Do you think it’s better to have meal at home or at restaurant?
Which is more important, the price or quality of food?
How to control the quality of food?/ What should government do to control the food safety?
What do you think are the good points and the not-so-good points about eating a picnic lunch?
On what occasions (or in what circumstances) do people choose to eat outdoors and on what occasions do people choose to eat in a restaurant?
What are some differences between eating in an open-air environment and eating indoors?
When do people prefer to eat out (rather than eating at home)?
Have there been any changes over the past 30 years in where Chinese people eat their meals?
In what ways is eating at home different to eating in a restaurant?
What do you think are the pros and cons of inviting a guest( or a friend) to eat at your home as opposed to inviting the guest( or friend) to eat at a restaurant?
Do you think people today are eating a healthier diet than before (i.e. a few decades ago)?
What are the effects on people who (habitually) eat an unhealthy diet?
What is traditional food in China like?
What food did you like to eat when you were a child?
Do you think it’s good to (often or sometimes) take children to restaurants?
What do you think of fast food?
Do you think fast food is popular in your country? Why?
What do you think of the Western food?
What do you think of fast food restaurants in your country?
Describe what you think is a healthy diet
Are there many vegetarians in China?
Why do, you think some people choose to be vegetarians?
Is the food that people eat today in China different to the food that people used to eat in the past? (If yes, in what ways has it changed?)
How do you think the way we eat will change in the future?
Is American-style fast food’ popular in China? (Why? Popular with whom?)
What do you think of this popularity- is it as good thing?
More and more people are becoming overweight nowadays. What do you think might be the causes of this?
Do you like to try new food?
What kinds of foreign food are popular in your country?
Do you like to cook at home?
Is it expensive to eat out in your country?
What’s the difference between Chinese food and western food?
Would you ever share your food with someone else?
What are some of your favourite foods?
What are some famous dishes in your country?
1. What’s your favourite food?
2. When do you usually eat that food?
3. What was your favorite food when you were a child?
4. Did that change when you became an adult?
5. Is food important to you? (Why?)
6. What foods do you usually eat?
7. What kind(s) of food do you particularly like? (Why?)
8. How often do you eat that?
9. When was the last time you ate that?
10. If you had children, what foods would you recommend they eat?
11. Do you usually make that yourself or do you usually buy it?
12. Do you always (or, usually) eat the same food every day?

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Chocolate
How often do you eat chocolate?
What’s your favourite flavour?
Is chocolate expensive in China?
When was the first time you ate chocolate?
Is chocolate popular in China?

+Fruits & Vegetables
What’s your favourite vegetable and fruit?
How can parents encourage their children to eat more vegetables?
Do you usually eat fruit and vegetables every day?
Do you prefer to eat fruit or vegetables?
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)
How many vegetables and fruits do you buy at the supermarket?

Benefits
It is important to eat fruit?
Do you think it is important to eat vegetables?
Should we eat vegetables every day?
Do you think eating fruits is healthy for the body?
What the means the saying: “An apple a day keeps the doctor away?”
Can fruits and vegetables help you cure diseases?
Can fruits and vegetables help you lose weight if you are on a diet?

Vegetables
Do you like vegetables?
Are there any vegetables you dislike?
Did you like vegetables when you were a child?
Are vegetables popular in your country?
Do most people eat vegetables with their meal in your country?
Should we eat vegetables every day?
Vegetarian
Are there many vegetarians in your country?
Are you or would you like to be vegetarian?

Fruits
How often do you eat fruits?
Are there any special fruits in your hometown?
What kind of fruit do you enjoy the most?
Did you enjoy the same type of fruit when you were a child?
How much fruit do you usually eat?
What was one of the last fruits that you ate?
What is the next fruit you may want to eat?
What is a popular fruit in your country?
What kinds of fruits do you use for cooking?
When do you eat it?
In your opinion, what’s the most delicious fruit?
Do you like to eat fruit salad?

Cons
Is fruit always healthy?
Does some fruit have too much sugar in it?