Friday, October 7, 2011

ESL Discussion Question about Gifts

Gifts


What are they?

What other names do we have for them?

What was the best gift you ever received?

What do you wish you were given as a gift?

Is it better to give gifts or receive them?

What is the best gift you ever gave to someone?


Have you ever received gifts you didn't like?

What was the worst gift you ever received?

What do you do when you received an inappropriate gift? Can you get angry at the gift-giver?

Is it okay to pass on your gift to someone else?

Is giving gifts an easy thing to do? How can we go wrong when we give gifts?

Is gift-giving an art or science?

Do you sometimes wish people didn't give you gifts?

Can gifts be traps? That is, can gifts put you in a situation where you are obliged to do something?


In what situations do we give gifts?

At what times of the year do we give gifts?

When do you like to give gifts?

Do the Chinese love to give gifts?

What gifts would you like to get from a foreigner?

Is bribery a form of gift-giving?

Have you ever received a gift from an anonymous person? Have you ever given a gift anonymously? Why give anonymous gifts?

Do you like to surprise people with gifts?

Have you ever given a gift to a stranger?


Santa Claus is a famous gift-giver in the West? Are there famous or legendary Chinese gift-givers?


What gifts are given to: teachers, beautiful woman, old people, mothers, fathers, children, graduates, newly-weds, new parents, and foreigners?



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