Unit 1 Different lives 1 1 Your hometown Where do you live? What kind of place is it? What’s the most interesting part of your town/village? What kind of jobs do the people in your town/village do? Wo[.]
Unit 1: Different lives 1.1 Your hometown Where you live? What kind of place is it? What’s the most interesting part of your town/village? What kind of jobs the people in your town/village do? Would you say it’s a good place to live? [Why/why not?] What are the differences between the lifestyle of people living in the city and people living in the countryside? What is the main difference between big cities and small cities? How people in your country generally choose a place to live in? 1.2 School What did you like the most about your school? Do you stay in contact with old school friends? What was your best subject in school? What most students in your country after school? What makes a good student? Do you think the traditional classroom will disappear in the future? Do you think students should choose subjects they like? What courses/subjects will be helpful in future work? Unit 2: Your family 2.1 Your family Can you describe your family? How much time you spend with your family? What you like to together as a family? Are there many different types of family in your country? Who are you closest to in your family? Which are more important to you: your family or your friends? Were your parents strict when you were a child? In what way is your family important to you? Would you take a friend on a family holiday? 2.2 Talk about your dream job What would you like to be in the future? Why would you like to be a … ? Did someone in this career inspire you? What you hope to accomplish in this career? How you make your dreams? What qualification you need for this job? Most difficult thing about the job? Is there another type of job you would like to do? Would you recommend your current job to other people? Unit : Getting together 3.1 Metting people Where are your favorite places to meet with your friends or other people? Are you nervous about meeting new people? What are some ways to overcome being nervous about meeting new people? Do you enjoy meeting new people? Is it easy for you to meet new people? Do you often meet new people? Do you usually be an “icebreaker” in the first meeting with someone? What you like to talk about with new people? What are some good things to ask someone you just met or what are some bad things that you shouldn’t ask people you just met? Which one you prefer, talk or listen to? What things will impress you on the first meeting? Do you care about people’s thoughts about you? Where you find new people? 3.2 Party How often you go to a party? Which is your favorite kind of party? Have you ever been to a party in another city? If yes, where? Which types of parties are popular in your country? Do you prefer receiving emails or birthday cards on your birthday? Is music important to a party? For those who dislike parties, what should they do? Unit 4: My things 4.1 Describe a website you have bought something from You should say: What the website is What you bought from this website How satisfied you were with what you bought And explain what you liked and disliked about using this website What kinds of things people in your country often buy from online shops? Why has online shopping become so popular in many countries? What are some possible disadvantages of buying things from online shops? Will large shopping malls continue to be popular, despite the growth of internet shopping? 4.2 Your house Where are you living now? How long have you been living there? What room does your family spend most of the time in? Do you think it is important to live in a comfortable environment? What kind of apartment is the most popular in your country? What is the difference between the houses that young people and old people live in? What are the differences between houses and apartments? Unit : Food and drink 5.1 : Let’s talk about food What’s your favorite food? Are there any food you dislike? What are some traditional food in your country? Do you think different regions have different food? Have you ever tried foreign food?Do you like to try new food? Do you think that food plays an important part in festivals? Do you think people cook too much for celebrations? How to reduce food wastage? 5.2: Talk about your favorite restaurant - What is the name of your favorite restaurant? - What is the address/location? - How far is it from your house to that restaurant?How you go there? - What you think about the decoration? Why people like to eat in a restaurant? What you think are the advantages and disadvantages of eating at home compared to eating out? Do you think bigger restaurants tend to be better than small ones? Unit 6: Entertainment 6.1: Your favorite actor Who he/she is? What type of actor/actress or dancer he/she is? What are some programs/movies he/she acted in?Why you like her/ him? Is it interesting to be an actor/actress? What forms of entertainment are most popular in your country? Do you think children (or young people) can learn anything from entertainment? What are the differences between acting in a theater and in a film? What are the differences between actors/actresses who earn much and those who earn little? 6.2 Music Do you like music? What kinds of music you like? Why are many music competitions popular in Vietnam? What kinds of music young people like? What kinds of people like traditional music? What are the differences between live concert and online concert? What kind of music people like at different ages? What kind of music is popular in your country now and what kind will be in the future? Do parents in your country require their children to learn and to play musical instruments? Why some people like to listen to live music while others prefer CDs? Unit 7: Looking good 7.1 Fashion What type of clothes you enjoy wearing? Do you enjoy buying clothes? Has your style of clothing changed compared to 10 years ago? What types of clothes people in your local area enjoy wearing? Can we learn about someone’s personality based on the clothes they wear? What is the difference between clothes that young people and old people like to wear? Do you agree that expensive clothes are always better quality than cheap clothes? Are there any traditional clothes that people wear in your country? 7.2 Festival Do you like festival? What’s your favorite festival of the year? How you celebrate festivals in your country? What special food and activities you have for these festivals? How you celebrate spring Festivals? What’s the difference between the ways festivals are celebrated now and in the past? Do you think it is wrong for young people to not celebrate traditional festivals? Unit : Look after yourself Your health Do you have any unhealthy habits? In what ways you try to stay healthy? Do you any sports? What are the health benefits of playing a sport? What you think is more important, eating healthy or doing exercise? Do you think more about your health now than when you were younger? What are the most popular ways of keeping healthy in your country? Why you think some people continue bad habits when they know that they are damaging to their health? How can people be encouraged to stay healthy? 8.2 Sports Do you like sport? What kinds of sports can you play? Do you think children get enough exercise these days? Do you agree that sports stars earn too much money? Why you think sport is important? Do you think the types of sport that are popular will change in the future? What types of sports are popular in your country? What are the advantages and disadvantages of playing games/sports? Unit 9: Planet Earth 9.1 Animals Do you like animals? What’s your favorite animal? Why? Are people in your country fond of animals? What kinds of animals as pets people have in your country? Do you think cities are suitable places for keeping a pet? Do you think people treat wild animals well in your country? Do you think it is important to spend money on protecting rare or endangered What measures might be taken to protect endangered species from extinction? 9.2 The weather What’s the weather like in your country? Which season you like best? Do you different things in different weather? Would you prefer to live in a place that has the same weather all year, or a place that has four seasons? Does weather affect your mood? Where can people get weather reports? Why are people interested in the weather? What people on rainy days and sunny days? Unit 10: Going on holiday 10.1 Holiday Do you like holidays? Why? Where did you go on your last holiday? 3.Which public holiday you like best? Why you think people go on holiday? How important is it for families to go on holiday together? Why some people go on holiday alone? What kind of holidays will be popular in the future? Is it better to take a holiday in your own country or in a foreign country? Why? 10.2 Transport What form of transport you prefer to use? Why? How often you take buses? Can you compare the advantages of planes and trains? How much time you spend traveling on a normal day? Would you ride bikes to work in the future? What will become the most popular means of transport in your country? Do you prefer public transport or private transport? Has travel become safer in recent years than that was in the past? What are the pros and cons of low-cost air travel? 10 How you think people will travel in the future? 11 Should the government in a country focus more on rail transports or road transports? Why? Unit 11: Around town 11.1 Describe a tourist attraction that you have visited You should say: What the attraction was When you visited it Why you went there You enjoyed the visit or not Do you people in your country like to travel? How has traveling changed compared to several decades ago? When people often travel and whom they usually go with? Do you think travel can change people’s way of thinking? 11.2 City life What kind of city you like? Do you like the city you are living now? Do you prefer the city or the countryside? Which city have you been to recently? Where people like to live in your country? Why many people move to the city? What are the advantages of living close to the workplace? What kind of place older people prefer to live in? Unit 12: The media 12.1 Modern Technology How often you use Internet? Do you think that there are any disadvantages to modern technology? In what ways you think people will benefit from technologies in the future? In your opinion what are the basic computer skills that every person should have today? Do you think online shopping is a good trend? .What you think of people who are addicted to playing online games? Do you think computers make our life simpler or more complex? Do you think imagination is essential for scientists? 12.2 Reading book Do you like reading? 2.Where you like to read? Do others in your family read books too? Have you ever given other books as gifts? Do you think it’s important that children read regularly? Are there any jobs where people need to read a lot? Do you think that reading novels is more interesting than reading factual books? Do you think people now read less as compared to those in the past?