Round 3: Pnh Questions

Outlook Round 3 Primary School Questions I’ve tried to select open-ended questions which students could answer without having any prior knowledge of the topics. This rewards students familiar with the peace, nature, and hope topics without unfairly penalizing those who are not. Choose one or two questions to ask each student.

1. What’s the first thing we should do to help the environment? 2. How can we help animals? 3. Is it bad to have a pet at home? 4. Why is there so much pollution today? 5. What can we do to clean the Yellow River? 6. Does studying English in school make the world more peaceful? 7. Is the Yellow River clean? Why or why not? 8. What do you hope for? 9. Is English useful in China? Why or why not? 10. Is China a peaceful country? Why or why not? 11. Is France a peaceful country? Why or why not? 12. Are you a peaceful person? 13. Where do you see harmony in your life? 14. How do you help protect the environment? 15. Why do some people fight? 16. Is it more important to build safe homes or protect trees and forests? 17. What do you think people can learn from animals? 18. Are animals peaceful? Some animals eat each other. 19. People don’t eat each other. Are we more peaceful than animals? 20. How would you use one million dollars for peace? 21. Do the Olympics help promote peace on Earth? 22. How can you use one dollar for peace? 23. How can you use one dollar for hope? 24. How can you help the environment with one dollar? 25. What do pandas hope for? Renato Ganoza for EF Zhengzhou, 2009

Outlook Round 3 Middle School Questions Students at the middle and high school levels are expected to give longer answers to questions. The topics themselves remain open-ended and require no prior knowledge from contestants.

1. Would a 200 RMB fine stop most people from spitting or littering on the street? 2. Why don’t more people drive electric cars? They’re better for the environment. 3. Why do people choose to drive private cars rather than take public transportation? 4. Do you believe people need to eat meat to survive? 5. Should disposable chopsticks be illegal? Why or why not? 6. Do violent movies make people violent? 7. How could you use one million dollars to help further world peace? 8. Did the 2008 Beijing Olympics help promote harmony between China and other countries? 9. Would the world be more peaceful if every country had a female president? 10. Would you ever consider owning a gun? 11. Do you think society today is too competitive? 12. Do you believe some people are naturally violent? Outlook Round 3 High School Questions Students at the High School level may be asked questions from the Middle School level. The questions are open-ended and interchangeable.

1. Do you believe a poor environmental condition affects the performance of star athletes? 2. How can people find hope in natural disasters? 3. How do you face challenges in your life? 4. Do you believe high school students have a responsibility to do volunteer work? 5. Is it more important to protect the environment or develop our economy? 6. Why do some people choose to live in very polluted environments? 7. Would you support a 200 RMB fine for littering or spitting on the street? 8. Why do some world leaders choose to wage wars when most people clearly prefer peace? 9. How would you feel about joining the military – the army, the navy or the air force? 10. How much responsibility do you believe individual people have for keeping a city clean? 11. What do you know about global warming? Do you believe in it? 12. How can we make sure everyone has enough food to eat? Renato Ganoza for EF Zhengzhou, 2009