TOPIC

1. Describe your favourite style of dress: (Mô tả kiểu quần áo bạn thích):- What kind of clothes you like to wear (Bạn thích mặc loại quần áo nào?)

+ I like to wear T-shirt and jeans

- What colours you prefer (Bạn thích màu sắc nào?)

+ I prefer white, yellow, blue

- What (or who) influences you in your choice of clothes (Cái gì hay ai ảnh

hưởng đến việc lựa chọn quần áo của bạn?)

+ There are two factors that influence me in my choice of clothes. They are the fashion and the price. First, the fashion. I want to wear beautiful and fashionable clothes, because that will make me look better and more stylish. Of course, many people will admire me when I’m wearing a fashionable clothes such as those by Gucci, Louis Vuition or Valentino. Second, the price. I think clothes often cost a lot of money. So it depends on how much I have when I choose to buy new clothes. Sometimes, I feel like crazy when I like a new patterned shirt in the shop in a supermarket. So I save money to buy it. But in general, I often save for other purposes, not clothes.

2. Describe your favourite season: (Mô tả mùa bạn thích)

- Name of the season (Nói tên mùa)+ I like spring

- Weather in that season (Thời tiết mùa đó)+ It is warm, humid and rainy in spring

- Activities you like doing in that season (Các hoạt động bạn thích làm trong mùa đó)+ In spring, I often go out with my friends. It is warm, a bit cold. So we often go to eat grilled meat, grilled corn or grilled sweet potatoes. It is very interesting to sit together, have some tea and grilled food, and chat with your friends. Sometimes, I go to the outskirt to take photographs. There are a lot of beautiful flowers and scenes for you to take photographs

- Reasons why you like that season (Lý do bạn thích mùa đó)

+ I like spring because it is the first season in a year, when new things begin. The weather is pleasant and there are a lot of beautiful flowers

3. Describe a memorable travel experience you have had: (Mô tả kỷ niệm về 1 chuyến du lịch đáng nhớ)

- Where you went and how you got there (Bạn đi đâu và đến đó bằng phương tiện gì)+ My memorable travel experience is the journey to Yen Tu last spring. I went there by car, then I climbed to the top of Yen Tu mountain

- Why you went to this place (Tại sao bạn lại đến đó)

+ I often go out for fun with my colleagues. Last spring, my colleagues chose

to go to Yen Tu for the spring. So I went there and had a memorable

experience there. I also wanted to try to climb the mountain.

- What you liked and disliked about this place. Why/why not? (Bạn thích gì và

không thích gì ở đó? Tại sao?)

+ This was an interesting place. The thing that I liked best was the beautiful scene. When I was on the way to the top of Yen Tu mountain, I saw a lot of colourful flowers. I could hear the songs of the birds. The atmosphere made me feel very pleasant. But I didn’t like the service there. It lacked of many things. Almost all are manual and expensive.

4. Describe a social problem in your community: (Mô tả 1 vấn đề xã hội tại khu vực của bạn)

- What this problem is (Vấn đề đó là gì)+ In my community, there are no serious social problem. But there is some little vandalism. Sometimes, there are people destroy the natural scene, paint on the walls or cut down trees near the pagodas or temples.

- What causes this problem (Nguyên nhân gây ra vấn đề)+ I don’t know the exact reason why they do such things like that. But in my opinion, they do that because of money or the fact that they don’t really know what they are doing. They cut down trees for money, paint advertisements on the walls or build high buildings for themselves. But sometimes, they don’t realize that what they do will destroy the natural scene.

- How many people in your community are affected by this problem (Bao nhiêu người trong khu vực của bạn bị ảnh hưởng bởi vấn đề này)

+ Luckily, not so many people in my community are affected by vandalism. Because my community is a modern one. People here live in flats, there are just a few temples and pagodas in my area. So this is the

reason why there is less vandalism in my community than other ones in Hanoi

5. Talk about the typical characteristics of people from your country (Nói về các tính cách đặc trưng của con người đất nước bạn)Well, I think there are advantages and disadvantages in the typical characteristics of Vietnamese people. Let’s begin with the advantages first. Vietnamese people are very sociable. It’s true, when foreigners come to Vietnam, he or she will always be welcome heartedly. Vietnamese people also love peace. Because of having war for a long time, we love and regard peace. As you see, Vietnam is a peaceful country. That’s the reason why many foreign companies now invest into Vietnam. On the other hand, Vietnamese people have two disadvantages. First, Vietnamese people lack of ability to work in a group. People often say: “One Vietnamese is better than a Japanese, but three Japaneses are better than three Vietnameses”. Vietnamese people are often late for school or work, especially for appointments or meetings. Just fancy, it is unpleasant to wait for some people in a forthcoming meeting when most people are already there.I think I’m quite typical. I’m sociable and love peace. But I think I’m stronger and more cooperative.

6. Do you agree or disagree with this statement? Give reasons.“Nature doesn’t have bad weather. It’s because of human’s activities that make the weather bad.” (Bạn đồng ý hay không đồng ý với quan điểm sau? Giải thích. “Tự nhiên không có thời tiết xấu. Do các hoạt động của con người gây ra thời tiết xấu”)

Bad weather is a problem of nature. We don’t create rain, snow, flood or drought. A long time ago, people found ways to confront with bad weather. As you see, in cruel areas, cold as Artic or hot as deserts, there are very few people to live. And residents there must adapt to bad weather. Eskimos have to wear warm coats and reserve food to be against the cold climate. People, who go through deserts, must wear thick clothes and save water to survive. So in my opinion, nature has bad weather but human’s activities make the weather become worse. Cutting down trees for wood results in floods and droughts because there is no forest to protect us from heavy rains from highlands. Polluted air which is caused by industrial smoke is the reason for greenhouse effect. Greenhouse effect leads to the fact that the earth becomes warmer, the the ice from the Artics melts down and affects to our life.

Destroying nature will destroy our natural guards and make the weather be hard to forecast.

7. Do you agree or disagree with this statement? Give reasons.

“Capital punishment is not humane.” (Bạn đồng ý hay không đồng ý với quan điểm sau? Giải thích. “Án tử hình là không nhân đạo”)

In fact, I disagree with this statement. Punishment is a method to punish criminals and warn everybody not to do bad things. So it helps our society be better, more peaceful by adjusting people’s behaviours and actions. Capital punishment is the result for extremely dangerous crimes such as murdering, arson, embezzlement … At first, dangerous criminals deserves capital punishment for what they did, we often say it is for justice. In different countries, law is also different but we have to admit that everybody wants dangerous criminals to be punished in a suitable way. Besides, capital punishment is the warning to all the criminals who want to or have idea to have dangerous crime. If they think of capital punishment that they may suffer, for murdering, arson … , they may think twice and give up. That’s the way we can assure of a peaceful society.

8. Do you agree or disagree with this statement? Give reasons.

“There is some truth in national stereotypes.” (Bạn đồng ý hay không đồng ý với quan điểm sau? Giải thích. “Một số điều về hình mẫu quốc gia là đúng”)

9. Discuss some of the advantages and disadvantages of wearing uniforms at school/work (Thảo luận về các ưu điểm và nhược điểm khi mặc đồng phục ở trưởng/công sở)In my opinion, there are advantages and disadvantages of wearing uniforms at school or work. You see, pupils have to wear white shirts and black trousers, sometimes they have red scarves. In offices, men usually wear vests, colars, black leather shoes while women have uniform skirts. It’s clear that wearing uniforms has some advantages. Uniforms are for all the people in a school or an office, so it makes no difference among these people. Pupils will look like the same, no matter their families are poor or rich. Uniforms also bring us a professional feeling. If you ever travel by air, Vietnam Airline, you’ll be impressed by a team of beautiful Vietnamese airhostesses. They all wear red “ao dai” with small logoes on them. So you’ll feel comfortable and safety about your flight.

However, wearing uniforms have some disadvantages. Some suits make us feel not very comfortable and difficult to move. Especially in summer, thick vest or red scarves make us feel even more uncomfortable.

10. Discuss some of the advantages and disadvantages of travelling by plane (Thảo luận về các ưu điểm và nhược điểm khi đi lại bằng máy bay)According to me, travelling by plane has some advantages and disadvantages. There are two reasons wht