第一组
1. 如果可以在世界上所有人中任意选择,你想邀请谁共进晚餐?
2. 你想成名吗?想以什么方式成名?
3. 打电话之前你会先排练一下要说什么吗,为什么?
4. 对你来说,“完美”的一天是什么样的?
5. 你上次自己唱起歌来是在什么时候,给别人唱呢?
6. 如果你能活到90岁,同时可以一直保持30岁时的心智或身体,你会选择保持哪一种呢,心智还是身体?
7. 你是否曾经秘密地预感到自己会以怎样的方式死去?
8. 说出三件你和你的伴侣看上去相同的特征。
9. 人生中的什么东西最令你感激?
10. 如果你能改变被抚养成人过程中的一件事,会是哪一件。
11. 花四分钟时间,尽可能详细告诉伴侣你的人生经历。
12.如果你明天一觉醒来就能拥有某种才能或能力,你希望那会是什么能力呢?
第二组
13. 如果有一个水晶球可以告诉你关于自己、人生,未来乃至任何事情的真相,你会想知道吗?
14. 有没有什么事是你一直梦想去做而没有去做的,为什么没有做?
15. 你人生中最大的成就是什么?
16. 在一段友谊之中你最珍视的是什么?
17. 你最宝贵的记忆是什么?
18. 你最糟糕的记忆是什么?
19. 假如你知道自己在一年内就会突然死去,你会改变现在的生活方式吗?为什么?
20. 友谊对于你来说意味着什么?
21. 爱与情感在你生活中扮演着什么样的角色?
22. 和你的伴侣轮流说出心目中对方的一个好品质,每人说五条。
23. 你的家人之间关系是否亲密而温暖,你觉得自己的童年比其他人更快乐吗?
24. 你和母亲之间的关系是怎样的?
第三组
25. 每人用“我们”造三个句子,并含有实际情况,比如“我们俩在屋子里,感觉……”
26. 补完这个句子:“我希望和某人在一起,分享……”
27. 如果你想和对方成为亲近的朋友,请告诉对方有什么重要的事情是他或她需要知道的。
28. 告诉对方你喜欢他或她身上的什么东西,要非常诚实,说些你不会对萍水之交说的东西。
29. 和对方分享生命中那些尴尬的时刻。
30. 你上次在别人面前哭是什么时候?自己哭呢?
31. 告诉对方,你已经喜欢上了他或她身上的什么品质。
32. 你觉得什么东西是严肃到不能开玩笑的,假如有的话。
33. 如果你今晚就将死去,而且没有机会同任何人联络,你会因为之前没有对别人说什么话而感到遗憾,你为什么到现在都没有对他们说这些话呢?
34. 假设你拥有的全部东西都在你的房子里,现在房子着了火,救出家人和宠物之后,你还有机会安全地冲进去最后一次,取出最后一件东西,你会拿什么,为什么?
35. 你的家人中,谁去世了会令你最难过,为什么?
36. 说出一件你的个人问题,问对方如果遇到此事要如何解决。另外,也要让对方如实告诉你,在他或她眼中,你对于这个问题的感受是怎样的。
1. Given the choice of anyone in the world, whom would you want as a dinner guest?
2. Would you like to be famous? In what way?
3. Before making a telephone call, do you ever rehearse what you are going to say? Why?
4. What would constitute a “perfect” day for you?
5. When did you last sing to yourself? To someone else?
6. If you were able to live to the age of 90 and retain either the mind or body of a 30-year-old for the last 60 years of your life, which would you want?
7. Do you have a secret hunch about how you will die?
8. Name three things you and your partner appear to have in common.
9. For what in your life do you feel most grateful?
10. If you could change anything about the way you were raised, what would it be?
11. Take four minutes and tell your partner your life story in as much detail as possible.
12. If you could wake up tomorrow having gained any one quality or ability, what would it be?
13. If a crystal ball could tell you the truth about yourself, your life, the future or anything else, what would you want to know?
14. Is there something that you’ve dreamed of doing for a long time? Why haven’t you done it?
15. What is the greatest accomplishment of your life?
Set II
16. What do you value most in a friendship?
17. What is your most treasured memory?
18. What is your most terrible memory?
19. If you knew that in one year you would die suddenly, would you change anything about the way you are now living? Why?
20. What does friendship mean to you?
21. What roles do love and affection play in your life?
22. Alternate sharing something you consider a positive characteristic of your partner. Share a total of five items.
23. How close and warm is your family? Do you feel your childhood was happier than most other people’s?
24. How do you feel about your relationship with your mother?
Set III
25. Make three true “we” statements each. For instance, “We are both in this room feeling ... “
26. Complete this sentence: “I wish I had someone with whom I could share ... “
27. If you were going to become a close friend with your partner, please share what would be important for him or her to know.
28. Tell your partner what you like about them; be very honest this time, saying things that you might not say to someone you’ve just met.
29. Share with your partner an embarrassing moment in your life.
30. When did you last cry in front of another person? By yourself?
31. Tell your partner something that you like about them already.
32. What, if anything, is too serious to be joked about?
33. If you were to die this evening with no opportunity to communicate with anyone, what would you most regret not having told someone? Why haven’t you told them yet?
34. Your house, containing everything you own, catches fire. After saving your loved ones and pets, you have time to safely make a final dash to save any one item. What would it be? Why?
35. Of all the people in your family, whose death would you find most disturbing? Why?
36. Share a personal problem and ask your partner’s advice on how he or she might handle it. Also, ask your partner to reflect back to you how you seem to be feeling about the problem you have chosen.