ESL Discussion Questions about Farming

What is it?

What are some synonyms for "farming?"

What are some synonyms for "farmers?"

What do farmers do? What task or duties do they perform?

Do you have farming experience? Are there farmers in your family?

Have you visited a farm? What did you think?

Would you like to own a farm or live on a farm?

If you had a farm, what would you grow or raise? Crops, livestock.

How is farming in China?

Can a farmer become wealthy in China?

Is farming a good career choice?

What do city people think of farmers? Do they think they are bumpkins or hayseeds?

What did Chairman Mao think of farmers?

If you were a farmer, what kind of woman would you marry?

If you were a woman, what kind of farmer would you marry?

A smaller percentage of the population works in the farming sector. Is this a good thing?

What things do you think farmers worry about?

What kind of problems does the modern Chinese farmer have?

What is it like to farm in the West?

What's a farmer's daily life like?

Are there farmers markets in Wuxi?

Do you think bio-fuels are a good idea?

What do these farming terms mean:

Rotate crops

Barn

Fence

Hoe

Shovel

Rake

Tractor

Combine Harvester

Hay

Haystack (needle in a haystack)

subsistence farming

dairy farming

arable land (Is there lots of arable land in China? Jiangsu? Wuxi?

Idioms

Buy the farm

sell the farm

Bet the farm

funny farm

Were you born in a barn?

He couldn't hit the side of a barn.

A Week in the Life of Wuxi English Teacher: February 11 to February 17, 2013

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ESL Discussion Questions about Elevators (Revised)

What is an elevator?

What are words that are related to elevator? Elevation, Elevating,

What verbs can we use with elevator? Use, ride, take,

When you do use the elevator? Can you recall the last time you used one?

Is there an elevator in Wuxi that you like taking?

Can you remember the first time you took an elevator?

What is the most interesting elevator you have ever been on? What is the highest floor you have ever been on? Do you like the elevators with the clear glass walls?

What are alternatives to using an elevator? Escalators, Stairs, Ladders, Ropes, Climbing, Jumping and Flying.

Do you sometimes take the stairs for exercise? Have you ever had to go up 20 flights of stairs because the elevator wasn't working?

What games can you play on elevators? What do you think of people who bet on elevators going up and down? What do you think of people who ride elevators for fun?

How do you use an elevator?

Are there still elevator operators in China? Would you like that job?

How does an elevator work?

Have you used a freight elevator?

How to behave on an elevator? Do you hold the door open for other people?

What are some rude actions that people do on the elevator?

What do you do if there are people leaving the elevator that you will get on?

How close can you stand against others on an elevator?

Have you ever gone on an elevator that was going in the wrong direction?

Have you ever been on an elevator with a strange person?

Is it okay to take you e-bike on the elevator?

What do you do if the elevator is crowded? How many people can be on an elevator at one time?

Have you ever walked on an elevator and all the floor buttons had been pressed?

Have you ever had an argument with a stranger on an elevator?

Have you ever not gotten on an elevator because there was a strange person on it?

Is it okay to take your pet on the elevator?

What do you think of people who throw litter on the elevator?

Do you read the advertising on the elevator?

What is the strangest thing that ever happened to you on an elevator? What is your best elevator memory?

Have you ever been stuck on an elevator? For how long? How was the situation resolved?

Have you ever kissed a girl on the elevator?

Have you ever met someone on an elevator? i.e. Made a friend? Fell in love?

How to behave on an escalator? What are some actions you hate seeing done on the escalator?

Should you move or stand still on an escalator? What should you do when you get off the escalator?

Should you leave room for people to pass you? Have you ever had an escalator accident?

Elevation. What is the highest elevation you have ever been at? Do you like high elevations? Do you like to go to elevated places and look down?

A Wuxi English Teacher's Blog Entry for January 28 to February 3, 2013.

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