English Conversation Questions

Cars

Questions

1. Are you into cars?
2. Do you own a car? Which type?
3. What is your perfect car? Why?
4. How do you feel about electric cars?
5. Why do so many people care so much about their cars?
6. What are the most popular cars in your country?
7. What kind of cars are used as taxis in your city?
8. How often do you use cars these days?
9. Are some cars associated with types of people in your culture?
10. Would you like to have a self-driving car?
11. What do you think cars will look like in the future?

Videos

Stunts, pyrotechnics, and superstars in sunglasses: that’s what comes to mind when you think of the world behind the scenes of a big-budget action movie, right? Well here’s one more for you: automotive modification.

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Matt McEntegart wasn’t a great artist and didn’t know much about computers, but he knew he was good at tricking out average sedans and morphing them into mobile masterpieces. A regular dude with an auto body shop in Tampa, Florida, he never imagined that one of his designs would be used in Warner Brothers and DC Comics’ upcoming film, “Suicide Squad.”

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Category:  Art | Geography & Travel
Keywords: Cars | Design
Vox

Modern cities are designed for cars. But the city of Barcelona is testing out an urban design trick that can give cities back to pedestrians.

Category:  Geography & Travel | Science
Keywords: Cars | Cities

The way we can make traffic disappear.

Category:  Geography & Travel
Keywords: Cars | Transport
Vox

Can we all agree that the left lane is for passing, please?

Category:  Geography & Travel | Science
Keywords: Cars | Driving | Speed

Vocabulary:
cove
secluded
float
shore
anchor
lighthouse
greenhouse
handsaw
hammer
power tool
nail
board (noun)
ton
land sick
biomass
canoe
paddle
real estate
prosper
fulfilled

Expressions:
subsistence living
hon

Vocabulary:
word
word
word
word
word
word
word
word
word

Expressions:
expression
expression
expression
expression

Vocabulary:
prestigious
involuntary
swindler
fraudulence
unwarranted
concern
unfounded
impostor
syndrome
faculty
pervasive
prevalent
disproportionately
underrepresented
downplay
abnormality
self-esteem
spiral
accolade
threshold
susceptible
voice (verb)
peer
dismiss
excel
ease
mentor
competence
banish
frank

Expressions:
nagging doubt
shake a feeling
put something to rest
surefire way

Vocabulary:
filmmaker
principle
handcuff
clown
distill
underdog
aspect
familiar
unfamiliar
chopsticks
keyboard
organic
grounded
clarity
stuntman
steady
gag
perfectionist
rhythm
distinct
continuity
elbow
bunch
flail around
unlike
invincible
impressive
humanize
asset
payoff
relentlessness
finale

Expressions:
kick ass
going above and beyond
get smacked in the face
sell a joke

Vocabulary:
explosion
smoke (noun)
engine
unique
pilot
route
unemotional
terror
instant
reach out (to someone)
postpone
urgency
purpose
regret
humanity
ego
reflect
eliminate
frame (verb)
artistic
talent
bawl
miracle

Expressions:
bucket list
brace for impact
mend fences
make sense
connecting dots