Standard topics for discussion at pre-intermediate level
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Favorite subject at school
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The visit card of the district where you live
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Your favorite cartoon or movie
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The most interesting places of your country
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Your most favorite dish
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Your daily time schedule
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Try to think of a business plan for your own business
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Credits & banks
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Having a car what it means
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Some people poison homeless dogs..
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What do you like most a cat or a dog?
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What would you tell your former classmate you have not seen for 10 years?
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What education do you want your kids to get?
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Describe a modern woman
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Describe a modern teenager
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Who is your best friend?
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An ideal life style for you
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What is perfect holidays for you?
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If you were a president what changes would you bring to the country?
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Would you like to be a special agent and work for FSB?
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Why do you think people start wars?
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If you were a gifted scientist what fields of science would you explore?
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What do you think about human population growth?
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What is going to be the food of the future?
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What has changed in your life understanding during the last 10 years?
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What countries would you like to visit the most?
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Would you like to live in a tropical climate?
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Would you like to learn dancing?What style?
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Can you call the main Russian rivers?
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Could you name the best cities or places in Russia?
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What do you know about England? America? Australia? Canada?
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Where do people speak English?
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Why is English so popular?
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Why is it important for people who work in multinational corporations to know English?
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What other languages would you like to know? Why?
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What new subjects should we study in schools?What would you change in school program?
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What are the most powerful countries in the world?
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What are the most dangerous places on the planet?
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What planet will people inhabit next?
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Would you like to travel in space?
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Do you believe in parallel worlds and after life?
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Do you like watching science fiction movies?
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Do you believe in UFOs, aliens or cosmic life?
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What killed the dinosaurs?
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Why did the Soviet Union collapse?
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How do you think is life better now than it was in the USSR?
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What programs do you watch on TV?
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What are your most favorite web sites?
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Who is going to be the next president in Russia?
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What are the most important skills a person should know today?
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Would you like to do business with your friends, family or employ strangers?
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Would you like to have a big family?
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Do you believe that through hard work you can get everything you want?
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Are you a lazy person?
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Do you plan your day in advance?
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Do you like going to see a doctor?
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How can we improve our life?
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What things do you think you absolutely must try in this life?
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Have you ever worked with a difficult person? What was it like?
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Would you like to work from home? Why?
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How do you usually get to your work/school?
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What would you like your kids do to make you feel proud?
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Would you like to be a politician?
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Do you have a good sense of humor?
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Do you understand your children/parents well?
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Is it a sacrifice to be married?
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Is it important to keep some money in a bank?
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Is it important to have useful connections?
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How do you usually celebrate holidays?
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Could you live in a small city or a village?
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What are the best things of our civilization?
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Would you like to try your chances as an actor/actress or a singer?
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Do you often get bored?
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Do you have enemies?
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If you had more free time how would you spend it?
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Would you like to go far away on a long ocean cruse?
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What things would you like to change in your life?
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What would you change in your appearance?
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Would you like to have a twin sister/brother?
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Would you like to be immortal or at least live three hundred years? What would you do if you had this opportunity?
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If not Moscow what city would you choose for living: London, Paris, New York, Sydney, Los Angeles, Miami, St. Petersburg?
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Are you afraid of insects or any particular animals?
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Would you like to get a career promotion, have a higher salary but more responsibility and work longer hours?
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Did you like chemistry when you were at school?
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Do you believe life in Moscow is dangerous?
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What things can't we buy?
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Does comfort mean a lot for you?
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Do you walk a lot or you prefer going by car?
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What is the best sea in the world to your opinion?
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Would you like to live at the seaside?
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Are you afraid of immigrants from other countries?
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Are you ready to go to the North of our country and work there for a few years for a high salary?
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Would you like to live in a foreign country for some time?
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Would you like to work for a big western company?
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Do you listen to the radio? Where? How often?
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How often do you travel? Where to?
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Would you like to do anything creative? Are you a creative person? In which way?
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Did you have any problems in University?
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Do you have any bad habits?
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Do you have many friends?
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Are you a born leader? Are you the heart of a company?
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Do you play any musical instruments? What instruments would you like to play?