   neutral   I like landscapes and still life. You prefer abstract paintings, don ’ t you?     neutral   Yes, I do. I like painters who use rather than watercolors. The colors appear richer. What do you think?  
    neutral   I agree. I prefer oils too. I collect landscapes, but I only have a small collection. You have a small collection of abstract art, don ’ t you?     neutral   Yes. Good artwork is very expensive nowadays. When I was in china, I bought some calligraphy by famous artists. You should come and see it sometime.  
    happiness   That would be nice. Can you read the characters?     neutral   
 Of course. Chinese arts are quite distinctable because they often use different writing methods to achieve different results
 Of course!    surprise   Wow! How did you learn to speak Chinese? 