- How are you? - Fine, Thanks. And you? -Fine, Thanhks. - What’ s your name ? - My name’s An - What’ s your full name ? - My full name’s Nguyen Thi Bich An First name ? - My first name’s Bich An - How do you spell “your name”? - N_G_U_Y_E_N_T_H_I_B – I _ C_H _A_N Sur name ? - My sur name’s Nguyen. - How old are you ? - I’m 44 years old. - When your birthday? - My birthday is on the second of September nineteen sixty - five(September 2 nd , 1965) (Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday; the firt(1 st ), the second(2 nd ), the third(3 rd ), the fourth(4 th ), the fifth(5 th ), the sixth(6 th ), the seventh, the eightth, the nineth, the tenth(10 th ), twelfth(12 th ), fifteenth (15 th ), twenty- first(21 st ), thirtieth(30 th ); January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December) - Are you Vietnamese? - Yes, I am. - Are you English ? - No. I’m not - Are you from England? - No. I’m not, I’m from Can tho city in Vietnam. - Where are you from ? - I’m from Can tho. - What’s your job ? - I’m a manager. - Where do you work? - I work in a tourits company - How do you go to work? - I go to work by motorcycle. - Where are you living? - My living is near the park. It is on the right of lưu hưu phuoc park. - What’s your address ? - It’s number 19 Mau Than street, Hưng Lợi ward , Ninh kiều district, Cần Thơ city . - What’s your telephone number ? My number is 0909225577. FOOD AND DRINK - What do you like to eat ? - I like steak, pasta, fish, salad, burger, chiken and chips. - What’s your favourite food ? - My favourite food are (I likes) cheese, steak, bread, vegetable and sandwich. - What do you like to drink ? - I likes coffee, tea, fruit juice and beer. - What’s your favourite drink? – My favourite drink are coffee, tea, lemonade and beer. IN A RESTAURANT. - Waiter ! Can I have the menu ? - Yes ! Here you are - Yes ! - Are you ready to order? - I, d like some potates, a burger and chips please. – potates, a burger and chips? Sure anything else ? (Cheese omlette) - A steak and a sandwich, please. – a steak, a sandwich ? - yes ! - Anything else ? - That’s all / No! Thanhks - Any drinks? - a bottle of coke - Wait for me, please ! - Thanks ! - Here you are . - Thanks ! - Enjoy your meal - How much are they ? - seventy six (Dollar). - Here you are - Thanhks. - See you. – See you late. AROUND TOWN - Where’s your house ? - My house is in Mau than Street, near the Xuan khanh Market. - Can you show me the way from this school to your house ? - From this school, you turn left, go straight, meet traffic lights, continue turn left, go straight, until meet traffic light, there is (you see) the market in front, my house is on the right of the market, beside a café . - Do want go to your living . Can you tell me where it is? - My living is in Ly Tu Trong Street, opposite Lưu Hưu Phước Park . From this school, you turn right go straight meet traffic light, turn right, go straight, until see Lưu Hưu Phước park, My living is on the left of the street, opposite the Park - Do you want go to Ninh kieu quay . Can you tell me where it is ? - Well, From VATC, turn right, go traight meet first traffic light, turn right, go straight, turn left after pass second traffic light go straight, until meet a round a bout, turn right, go straight, Ninhkieu Quay is at the end of the street . - Do you want go to Coach station. Can you tell me where it is ? - Turn left, go traight then turn right at the second corner, go along the street for about one hundred metres, it is on right, opposite the supermarket. - Where’s Coopmark supermarket? - It’s near here, in Hoa Binh street. - Can you show me the way to go to the Coopmark supermarket . - Well! Turn left, go straight, meet traffic lights, turn left, go straight, it’s on right, at the third corner. - Do you want go to Citimax supermarket. Can you tell me where it is ? - It’s very far, from VATC Turn right go straight, then turn right at the second corner, go along the street for about one hundred metres, it is on right. - Can you tell me the way to the post office - Turn right, go straight, meet traffic lights, turn right, go straight, meet the second corner, turn left, go straight, pass a traffic light, it is on left. - Can you tell me the way to the restaurant . - It’s near here. Turn left, go straight meet traffic lights, turn right, go along the street for about fifty metres, it is on right. - Can you tell me the way to the Luu Huu Phuoc Park . - It’s near here. Turn left, go straight meet traffic lights, turn right, go along the street for about two hundred metres, Luu Huu Phuoc park at the end of this street. - Do you want go to Television Station. Can you tell me where it is? - It,s over there, near here, turn right, go along this street for about 50 metres, it is on right. - Do you want go to a nearest market . Can you tell me where it is ? - It’s on Mau than street, turn left, go straight, meet traffic lights, go straight, to second traffic lights, it’s at a corner . FAMILY/ HOME/ WORK - How many people are there in your family ? - My family there are four people . father, mother, sister, brother, my husband, my son, and me. - Where are they ? How old are they ? Where do they live ? What’s their favourite food/drinks? On their birsthday? What do you do for them? What do you buy for them? - What are they’ job? – My parents are old, My mother is a excellent cook, My father is 70 years old, my mother is 68 years old. They live with my sister and my brother in the centre of Can tho city, they have a big house, with a small garden, there are some trees in the garden. There are three bedrooms and there is a living rooms in the house . In the living rooms, there are ten chairs and two tables. There is a bed, a lamp and shelf. There are some books on the shelf. My parents are very happy. My father like watch television, my mother likes cook. Their sometimes go out, go to the supermarket, their always buy food and fruit. Their favourite foods are pasta, chicken and vegetables. Their favourite drink are tea, fruit juice and cocktails . My sister is an accoutant, she is thirty – nine years old, she isn’t married, she’s working in a supermarket. My sister like go to shopping a lot, she always go to shopping in your free times, she buys a lot, clothes, hat, face cream, food, fruit. Her favourite foods are steak and chips, vegetable. Her favourite drink is fruit juice. My brother is forty six years old, he is single too, he’s a doctor for Cantho hospital. He is very busy, but he sometimes watch T.V, read newspapers in your free times. He likes music, he is a good singer, but he doesn’t like football. He never plays football. - Does he like cooking? - No, He doesn’t. - Hoes he like shopping? - No, He doesn’t. - Does he like computer games? - Yes, he does - I don’t live with my parents. I live with my husband and our son, in the centre city. We have a nice flat, near market and supermarket, in here, food is very good, but very expensive. My husband is fifty years old, he’s a teacher. My son is sixteen years old, he’s a student, he’s a very intelligent child. HOBBY. - Do you like music? - Yes! I do - Do you like dancing? - No, I Don’t. - What do you do at the weekends? - I go to the supermarket and to cook every weekend. - What do you do like to do in your free time? - I likes watch television, I always watch TV and read newspapers, magazines, I sometimes go out. - What do you like to do when you’re free? - what are your hobbies? - I likes cook, go shopping. I loves music, I don’t like rock music. I love dog, but I hates cats. My favourite food are chicken, steak, vegetable. My favourite drink are fruit juice, tea and coffee, I don’t kike wine, beer, but I sometimes drinks some beer . I love my family. I likes go to Ninhkieu Quay at the weekend, I dislike go to pub. - My Husband likes football a lot, he usually plays football in the afternoon. He often watch T.V in the evening . His favourite food are meat, chips and fish, he likes drink coffee, he usually drinks coffee in the morning, he doesn’t like wine, he never drink wine. He sometimes with me go to the supermarket . WRITING. 19 Tam vu st, Can tho city April 20 th , 2009. Dear Michael, Hi, My name’s Bich An, I am from Can tho city, I live with my parents and my husband. Can tho is a really nice city, It isn’t very big, but Its the weather’s beautiful, the people are very friendly. I like it very much. There is a big university with students from all over place – There is a beautiful Ninh kieu Quay and there are a lot of river, after River is one of the greates rivers in the Viet Nam. Can Tho is famous in Viet Nam for its fruit orcharchs, Phong dien Floating Market buy fruit a lot. Its fruits very good, but very cheap. There are a lot of nice hotel and restaurant, the food is very good, but is expensive. In Cantho City, there are some market and some supermarket. There is an old market square, in here, there are everything, there are a lot of shops and cars. But Can tho city there aren’t a lot of park, there’s only a small park and a water park, there are a lot of children, but they haven’t got a lot of playground, but there are a lot of school. Cantho city is a fantastic place, I am really happy here. See you soon! Bichan. HO CHI MINH CITY Ho Chi Minh city is a big city, it’s very busy, but it’s very nice and interesting. There are a lot of people, lots of shops and cars. There are some big University with students from all over place. There are some old market square, Ben thanh market, Saigon market and big Market. There are a lot of supermarket, They are buying everything. There are some beautiful park, thera are a lot of big hotel and restaurant for the tourists, there are lots of tourists, they are from all over the world. Food is very good, but very expensive. There is a airport and a old train station here too. There are some famous hopitals, the dotor very good. The people in here are very busy, but they are very friendly. It’s a fantastic city. MY HOUSE My House in the ouside of the city. It’s in really beatiful and quiet place. There is a big river, it runs the way. It’s very nice. There is a small market beside river. My house is near the centre of the city too, From here to centre city for about two kilomette, go a long river for about 100 metres, turn left, go straight about 50 metres, then- turn right . There are a lot shops, a lot pub and café on the street. There are some restaurant and hotel. On the way go to the centre of the city, meet a mini supermarket, a market square.