一、Questions
How many meals do you usually have a day?
I usually have three meals a day. They are breakfast, lunch and supper.
Which is your most important meal of the day?
What kind of food do you like? What is your favorite food?
I like.... / My favorite food is ....
What kind of food do you dislike? / What kind of food don’t you like? Why not?
I dislike.... / I don’t like....
Because it tastes/smells/looks bad. / Because it’s not delicious.
About Chinese Food
How many styles of Chinese food do you know?
Chinese food can be roughly divided into the Northern and the Southern. And the four major styles are Lu Style
(Shandong cuisine), Sichuan Style, Jiangsu Style (Jiangsu and Zhejiang cuisine) and the Cantonese or Guangdong
Style.
Do you know any Chinese food? / Can you tell me three kinds of Chinese food?
Steamed food: stuffed buns, steamed bread, steamed rice flour pork...
Saute food: Kung Pao Chicken, MapoTofu...
Boiled food: Seafood Soup...
Fried food: Soft-Fried Pork Filet, Deep-Fried Meat Balls...
Do you like Chinese food? How do you like Chinese food? Why do you like Chinese food?
Yes, I do. I like Chinese food very much.
Because it has many ways to cook. And it not only looks good, but also tastes good. / Because it’s yummy/
delicious.
What do you like about Chinese food? / What’s your favorite Chinese food? / What kind of Chinese food do you like?
Why?
I like ... best. Because...
考生可问一问考官:What about you? / What’s your favorite Chinese food?
What does your mother/father like about Chinese food? / What’s your mother’s / father’s favorite Chinese food? /
What kind of Chinese food does your mother/father like? Why?
What kind of Chinese food do you dislike? / What kind of Chinese food don’t you like? Why not?
Some people think that Chinese food is too greasy or oil. What do you think?
I think some of them are oil, especially fried food. But for the most of Chinese food, they are very healthy, such
as steamed food and boiled food. They are of little oil.
About Western Food
Do you know any western food? / Can you tell me some kinds of western food?
Hamburger, pizza, spaghetti, sandwich, hot dog...
(Cream of Mushroom Soup, Tuna Salad, Seafood Pizza...)
Do you like western food? / How do you like western food? / Why do you like western food?
What do you like about western food? What’s your favorite western food? / What kind of western food do you like?
Why?
What kind of western food do you dislike? / What kind of western food don’t you like? Why not?
What kind of food do you like better, Chinese food or western food?
I like Chinese food better.
What do you think are the differences between Chinese food and western food?
The old Chinese saying goes, "people take food as heaven." It expresses the importance of food in the eyes
of Chinese. So Chinese food is often very attractive in all sides, including the color, the smell and the taste.
Besides, there also are many ways to cook the food.
As for western food, it has less ways to cook. It may taste delicious, but it always contains too much fat.
So some of them are not good for our health.
Healthy Food & Diet
What taste do you like most, sweet(甜的), spicy(辣的), salty(咸的) or bland(清淡的)? (考生也可问问考官What
about you?)
What kind of food do you think is healthy? / What kind of food do you think can do good to your health?
“Green food”, steamed food and boiled food are healthy.
What kind of food do you think is not healthy? / What kind of food do you think is unhealthy? / What kind of food
do you think do no good to your health?
What kind of diet do you think we should have? / What kind of diet do you think is healthy?
I think we should take a regular diet. That means we should have every meals on time, and we’d better not to have
snacks between meals.
What do you think of your diet?
How often do you have meat/vegetables/fruit?
I usually have vegetables and fruit every day, and have meat every other day.
What do you think of convenience food/tinned food/frozen food?
This kind of food is convenient but not good for our health.
Do you often have snacks? / What do you think of having snacks? / Do you often have snacks between meals?
What do you usually have for breakfast?
What did you have for breakfast this morning? / What did you have this morning? / Did you have a big breakfast?
I had an egg and a cup of milk this morning.
What do you usually have for your supper/lunch/dinner?
What did you have for last lunch/supper/dinner? / Did you have a big lunch/supper/dinner?
What do you think of seafood?
What meat is your favorite? / What meat do you like?
What meat do you dislike? / What meat don’t you like?
About the Eating Places
What is your favorite restaurant?
How often do you eat out in a restaurant?
How often do you have food at McDonald’s or KFC or Kentucky? / How often do you go to McDonald’s or KFC or
Kentucky for food?
I usually go to KFC twice a week.
When did you eat out in a restaurant last time?
When did you go to have food at Macdonald’s or KFC or Kentucky last time?
I went to KFC the day before yesterday.
Where do you usually have your lunch? How do you like your school dinning hall?
How many students have lunch at your school dinning hall?
The food you can cook
What do you like to cook? Why? / Do you like cooking? Why or why not?
How do you cook noodles?
Who cooks food in your home/family? Who does the cooking in your home/family? / Does your mother cook at home? Why
or why not?
Does your father cook at home? Why or why not?
Who cooks better in your family, your mother or your father?
Do you cook at home for your parents?
What food can you cook? / What food do you like to cook?
Fast food
Do you often have fast food? / Do you often eat fast food? Why or why not?/How often do you go to eat/have fast
food?
Do you like fast food? Why or why not?
Why do we call fast food junk food? / Why do people call fast food junk food?
Which fast food do you like best? / Which food do you like best in a fast food restaurant? / Which fast food do you
eat most?
Which is your favorite fast food restaurant?
How much do you often spend on fast food?
Drinks
What drink do you like best?
What drink do you dislike?
Fruit
Do you like fruit? / Why do you like fruit? / How do you like fruit?
What kind of fruit do you like best? Why? / What is your favorite fruit?
What kind of fruit do you dislike? Why not?
Vegetables
What vegetables do you like?
What vegetables do you dislike?