Water / Near Water Activities

Do you think the government should invest money in developing facilities for water sports?
How important is water in people’s everyday lives?
1. What kinds of leisure activities are based around water?
2. Why do many people enjoy water sports?
3. Should governments spend money on providing public facilities for water sports?
Should the government pay for this or should individuals who use the facilities pay?
4. How important is travelling by water now compared to the past?
5. What are the advantages and disadvantages of travelling by water?
6. Do you think travelling by water will be popular in the future?
7. How valuable is water in your country?
8. Compare the importance of water and oil in your country.
Most countries need huge quantities of both for their development needs.
9. How might technology help to solve problems of water supply?
Desalination plants can turn seawater into fresh water, for example.
1. What kinds of leisure activities are based around water?
2. Why do many people enjoy water sports?
3. Should governments spend money on providing public facilities for water sports?
4. Why do some people like places with a lot of water?
5. Why do children in particular often like places with water?
6. What are the advantages of learning to swim at an early age?
7. Should children be taught to swim by their parents?
8. How important is travelling by water now compared to the past?
9. What are the advantages and disadvantages of travelling by water?
10. Do you think travelling by water will be popular in the future?
11. How valuable is water in your country?
12. Compare the importance of water and oil in your country.
13. How might technology help to solve problems of water supply?
14. Why do so many people live and work close to water?
15. What do people use water for in the home?
16. Do people use water in the home differently to how people used it in the past?
17. Why are there sometimes water shortages?
18. What can be done to solve water shortages?
19. How could climate change affect water supplies?
20. Why do people use so much more water than in the past?
21. In what ways do people waste water?
22. Should there be limits on the amount of water people can use?
23. Should the problem of water shortages be dealt with nationally or internationally?
24. Compare the ways in which water is used in cities and in rural areas.
25. How can people be made aware of the need to save water?
Why do some people like water sports?
What activities would you do if you were spending some leisure time at a beach or near the ocean?
Why do some people like water sports?
Do, you think the government should invest money in developing facilities for water sports?
Do you think that human activity is posing a threat to the oceans of the world?
What do you think are the advantages and disadvantages of travelling on the ocean?
Do you think it’s important for children to learn how to swim?
Do you think it’s best for a child to be taught to swim by a parent or by someone else?
Why do so many people like going to places with water such as lakes, rivers or the ocean?
Have you ever been boating?
Do you like boating?
Do Chinese people travel by boat a lot?
What are the differences between land transportation and ocean transportation?
In your country do people use boats?
What do they use boats for?
Would you like to own a boat?
What would you do with a boat?
Would you shop online or in a store for a boat?
Can you swim?
Why do many people like swimming?
Do you like swimming?
Do you think everyone should learn how to swim?
What do you think are the benefits of swimming (or, the benefits of knowing how to swim)?
Do you learn to swim when you were in school?
Is swimming very popular in your country?