1 What qualities help you to have good relationships with others? 2 Do you often have problems with family members? 3 Do you think conflicts among family members are unavoidable? 4 What behaviour of o.
• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • What qualities help you to have good relationships with others? Do you often have problems with family members? Do you think conflicts among family members are unavoidable? What behaviour of others hurts you most? When you have upset someone with your actions, what you try to do? Do you think arguments are important? Are relationships among people better or worse than a few years ago? Why? Is getting along with others a natural ability from birth or does it have to be learnt? Respect (n): tơn trọng Characteristic (n): tính cách A healthy relationship: mối quan hệ lành mạnh To empathize (v): đồng cảm To maintain (v): giữ cho điều tiếp tục A social connection (n): kết nối, quan hệ xã hội The generation gap (n): khoảng cách hệ A fierce argument (n): tranh cãi gay gắt Conservative (adj): bảo thủ To be not a fan of something: khơng ưa thích việc To be under one’s control: chịu kiểm sốt To be in harmony: hòa hợp Individual (n): cá nhân Belief (n): lý tưởng, tín ngưỡng To clash (v): xung đột Inevitable (adj): không tránh = unavoidable To acknowledge (v): công nhận, thừa nhận To impact (v): ảnh hưởng An apology (n): lời xin lỗi • Compulsory (adj): bắt buộc • To be bound to happen: dĩ nhiên xảy • Vividly (adv): rõ ràng • To assign (v): giao cho • Presentation (n): thuyết trình What kinds of jobs require people to be confident? On what occasions should children be encouraged? How? How you help children stay focused? What challenges young people face today? Why people involve in difficult work? Do you think parents allow their children to difficult things? What kind of difficult things that children do? Describe a difficult thing you did You should say What it was? How did you complete it? Why it was difficult? And how you felt about doing it? When you approach the question like this – you can talk about many things, such as: • Passing your driving test: requires studying, preparation, you might feel nervous or uncomfortable, and not many young people pass first time – so a degree of difficulty • Graduating from university: requires effort, dedication, discipline, there is a possibility of failure – so a degree of difficulty • Saving money for a car: requires determination, discipline, selfcontrol and patience • Buying an apartment/house requires saving money, navigating the legal process, searching for the right property and making some difficult decisions • Quitting a bad habit: requires will power, determination, selfcontrol, usually quitting a habit is not easy – so a degree of difficulty • Telling someone some bad news: this is normally an uncomfortable situation, it’s not an easy thing to do, you might feel nervous about how you tell the person • Improving your fitness: requires discipline, patience, selfcontrol, it’s not easy - because many people try but fail To occur (v): xảy Miscommunication (n): hiểu lầm giao tiếp A very heated argument (n): tranh cãi nảy lửa • To track (v): theo dõi, theo dấu, lần lại • To demonstrate (v): giải thích, minh họa • To deviate (v):đi chệch hướng • Frustrated (adj): bực bội • Fortunately (adv): may mắn thay • To put all one’s mind: đem hết tâm trí đặt vào • To hand in (v): nộp (bài) • To be implemented (v): thực To evaluate (v): đánh giá To judge (v): phán đoán Evidence (n): chứng, dẫn chứng Methods (v): phương pháp Investigation (n): điều tra, dò xét Settle (v): ổn định, giải Dispute (n): tranh chấp To take a back seat: trở nên yếu dần, dần Due to the fact that: dựa thật To pursue (v): theo đuổi To lengthen (v): kéo dài Innateness (adj): bẩm sinh To make an effort (v): nỗ lực • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Losing weight: same as above – again many people find it difficult to this – so if you gained immense weight and lost it, you can say weight loss was difficult but you succeeded Moving to another country: this can be emotionally difficult, being alone, nervous, away from family for the first time, making new friends, dealing with a new culture, everything being strange, etc • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Từ vựng topic CHALLENGE IELTS SPEAKING preparing the college entrance examination This exam has been considered as the biggest and most essential exam for most senior high students in Vietnam My challenge was to get ready for the exam and score high as much as possible because the better score I got, the higherranked university I will enter I met this challenge it’s getting tougher it’s basically an examination of memorization We were supposed to memorize a lot of knowledge from the subjects including English, Geography, Science, and History I still couldn’t comprehend all the knowledge from the textbooks the reason why I think it’s a challenge for me was that the preparation was intensive, which took me a lot of time and painstaking effort to get fully prepared I always felt the time was never enough for me Another reason why it’s challenging was that, in this exam, I was not competing against myself only, I was actually fighting for an offer against thousands of candidates in our area, which was extremely stressful for me parents should create positive challenges for kids, they should encourage children to face things outside of their comfort zone a parent should challenge them to read harder books or learn new skills This will prepare them for unexpected things that may happen later in life The first challenges that children normally have to face up to is making friends and being independent • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • many children find it a challenge to make friends and be part of a community However, these are challenges which all children overcome, and it is important for their development I think the most challenging thing for kids is probably school A lot of kids find school very difficult and struggle to concentrate in classes Therefore, it is important that parents offer love and support for their children and are willing to help them with the challenges that they face all a child needs is the attention and support of their parents and then they can overcome the challenges that they face Climbing is both a physical and mental challenge a burdensome task The new manager says he relishes the challenge of (thích thử thách) rebuilding the club and winning titles again After his unsuccessful challenge for the leadership of the party, the Minister announced his retirement from politics parachuting (n): nhảy dù unforeseeable dangers (n): Những nguy hiểm khơng nhìn thấy deprive their lives (v phrase): lấy mạng sống ruin their life (v phrase): phá đi/ hủy hoại đời a desire for thrill and adventure ( n phrase): khát khao/ ham muốn phiêu lưu deter him from pursuing (v phrase): Ngăn cản ….theo đuổi problem-solving skills (n): Kỹ xử lý tình huống/ vấn đề hone decision-making skills (v phrase): Phát triển kỹ đưa định risk-takers (n): người ưa mạo hiểm achieve their personal fulfilment (v) Có cảm giác thỏa mãn courageous (adj): Dũng cảm ...To occur (v): xảy Miscommunication (n): hiểu lầm giao tiếp A very heated argument (n): tranh cãi nảy lửa • To track (v): theo dõi, theo dấu, lần lại • To demonstrate... Methods (v): phương pháp Investigation (n): điều tra, dò xét Settle (v): ổn định, giải Dispute (n): tranh chấp To take a back seat: trở nên yếu dần, dần Due to the fact that: dựa thật To pursue (v):... pursuing (v phrase): Ngăn cản ….theo đuổi problem-solving skills (n): Kỹ xử lý tình huống/ vấn đề hone decision-making skills (v phrase): Phát triển kỹ đưa định risk-takers (n): người ưa mạo