Round 1. Events & Celebrations - What are highlights (лучшие моменты) from your life?
- Do you remember any parties or social gatherings that you enjoyed?
- In your opinion, what are the main ingredients of the memorable and enjoyable social gathering? (tasty food, an appropriate venue (место), people, music, activities) Can you give some examples?
- Have you ever been a host (принимающая сторона) who organized an event? What do you feel about this role in general?
- What is the best way to celebrate the following life events?
a birthday engagement (помолвка) / a
wedding (свадьба)
a bachelorette party(девишник)/
a stag night (мальчишник)
a baby shower (вечеринка в честь рождения ребенка)
a graduation party (выпускной)
a get-together with friends honors (награды за достижения)
housewarming (новоселье) 6. Do you think celebrations in our country reflect our history,
identity (индивидуальность) and culture?
7. Which of the public holidays do you think are
worth (стоит) celebrating? Are their any holidays that are too
commercialized (стали источником прибыли)?
For example: St Valentine's Day, The Women's Day, The Defender of the Fatherland Day (February 23), The Victory Day, The Labour Day (May 1st), The Day of Russia (June 12th), the Day of Knowledge (September 1st), New Year.
Round 2. Entertainment - What kinds of entertainment give you pleasure and delight (восторг)?
- Do you prefer to play a passive role in entertainment (as a viewer of a play, a movie) or an active one (e.g. in games)? Why?
- Do you think the role of entertainment is just amusement (развлечение)? Or should there be any other take-aways (выводы)? Educating people, giving food for thought, healing, keeping fit, etc.
- Are you addicted to (увлечённый) any kind of entertainment? What is so addictive about it?
- Having such a wide choice of modern entertainment, do people still need such traditional kinds as poetry and fiction (художественная литература)?
- What kind of the games do you find the most appealing to you? What is you experience of playing them? Can you explain the rules of any game you like?
- Why do sport competitions attract crowds of spectators (зрителей)? Have you attended any?
- Do you enjoy life performances such as street music concerts, stage magic (сценическое волшебство), stunt performances (исполнение трюков), parades, fireworks (фейерверки) any street performance? Can you describe a memorable one?
Round 3: Media stories - What kind of stories get more airtime on TV or radio? (broadcasting time) or receive more coverage? (media attention)
- What common topics for news reports do you follow: war, government, politics, education, health, the environment, economy, business, fashion, and entertainment, athletic events, unusual events?
- What events have caused a storm of protest recently? (strong feelings against a situation) What was you viewpoint of it?
- Is online advertising good or evil?
- Can every pressure group (группа активистов) or a person air their views in public? (express their opinions)?
- Why does gutter press (бульварная пресса) choose sex, crimes and gossips as their main content? Why do people eat it?
- Are the media to blame for influencing adversely people's minds? (negatively)
- What topics is media hype surrounding at the moment? For example, politics, culture, sport, business. (something is discussed a lot in order to attract everyone's interest.
Round 4: Delights of travel - What was your holiday of a lifetime (one you will always remember)?
- Where could you get way from it all? (escape your daily life and routines)
- What are the pleasure of being a holiday-maker? (a person on vacation)
- Would you prefer an all-inclusive (flight + accommodation + meals), package holiday (accommodation + transfers) or a holiday when you book everything on you own?
- Do you like the idea of sea travel? Have you ever taken a ferry (a boat or ship for conveying passengers and goods) or been on a cruise? Would you like to? Where?
- Do you find traveling by trains romantic? What were your reasons to go on a train?
- What is you favorite way of getting around in another city or country? (traveling to different places).
- Have you ever hired a car? Is the the freedom to come and go as you please important for you? (to go where you want and when you want)
- Camping or hotels? Why? (sleeping in a tent or a caravan)
