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How do people in your country feel about protecting historic buildings?

Do you think an area can benefit from having an interesting historic place locally?

What do you think will happen to the historic places or buildings in the future?

How were you taught history when you were at school?

Are there other ways people can learn about history, apart from at school? How?

Do you think history will still be a school subject in the future why?

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Do you think having a hobby is good for people’s social life? In what ways.

Are there any negative effects of person spending too much time on their hobby? What are they?

Why do you think people need to have an interest or hobby?

In you country, how much time do people spend on work and how much time on leisure?

Would you say the amount of free time has changed much in the last fifty years?

Do you think people will have more or less free time in the future? Why?

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What sort of books do you borrow from the library?

Have you ever forgotten to bring a book back to the library?

As well as lending books to borrows, what other services are provided by a good library?

Does a library serve any other function to the community?

How has access to information changed over the last hundred years or so?

What are the advantages of using the internet over visiting a library?

Are there any advantages of using a library in preference to searching on the internet?

Do you think that the internet disadvantages some people over others?

Many people cannot read or write well own their own language. How can this be solved?

People are reading less and less these days why do you think this is?

How can people be encouraged to read more?

What about electronic books do they have a future?

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How do you think people’s attitudes to life have changed over the last hundred years or so?

How is your behavior different to your parent’s behavior?

What do you think caused these changes- why people changed so much?

How is modern life better than in the past?

Describe the main problems that people face living in the modern world?

Are there any solutions to these problems?

Do you think the way we live will continue to change in the future? In what way

What do you think the greatest influence on young people in the future?

And what are the greatest dangers that young people face?

Who are the best role models for young people these days?

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 What kind of people become famous people these days?

Is this different from the kind of achievement that made people famous in the past?

How do you think people will become famous in the future?

What are the good things about being famous? Are there any disadvantages?

How do the media in your country treat famous people?

Why do you think ordinary people are interested in the lives of famous people?
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What kind of music is popular with young people in your culture?

What do you think influences a young person’s taste in music?

How has technology affected the kinds of music popular with young people?

Tell me about any traditional music in your culture.

How important is it for a culture to have musical traditions?

Why do you think countries have national anthems or songs?

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What do you think are the important qualities for friends to have?

Which are more important to people, their family or their friends?

What do you think causes friendships to break up?

What other types of relationship, apart from friends or family, are important in peoples lives today?

Have relationships with neighbors where you live changed in recent years? How?

How important do you think it is for a person to spend some time alone?

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Why do you think festivals are important events in the working year?

Would you agree that the original significance of festivals is often lost today? Is it good ort bad, do you think?

Do you think that new festivals will be introduced in the future? What kind?

What role do the media play in festivals, do you think?

Do you think it’s good or bad to watch festivals on T V? Why?

How may globalization affect different festivals around the world?

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In what ways can people in a family be similar to each other?

Do you think that daughters are always more similar to mothers than to male relatives?

In terms of personality, are people more influenced by their family or by their friends? In what ways

Where can people in your country get information about genetic research?

How do people in your country feel about genetic research?

Should this research be funded by government or private companies? Why?

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What do most people do to keep fit in your country?

How important is it for people to do some regular physical exercise?

Why do some people choose to lead unhealthy life style?

Why do some people think that modern life styles are not healthy?

Should individuals or governments be responsible for making people’s life style healthy?

What could be done to encourage people to live in a healthy way?