PART II
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còn quá khó như bạn vẫn tưởng.
- Describe a person that you like to spend time with. You should say:
- Who this person is
- How you know this person
- What you like to do together
- And explain why you like to spend time with this person
1. Một phút chuẩn bị
- Wendy – best friend – most influential
- First day in uni – when we waiting for teacher – I was shy – she broke the ice -> best friend + flatmate for 4 years
- Share common interest of eating, shopping, travelling – lying in the park and condide -> on the same page
- 1st: positive vibes (how?: positive attitude towards the life, jubilant mood even troublesome -> change the way I look at life, help me broad minded, tolerant)
- 2sd: extends her helping hands when I’m in need, sounding board when I’m under the weather…
- Grammar: Past + Present
2. Sample answer
“Now I’d like to talk about a friend that I really like to spend my time with, whose name is Windy, one of my best friends who had great influence on me during my university years.
Well, first of all I think I should start my mentioning the situation how I know Wendy. I met her the very first day of my university period when we was waiting for our mentor to come. I was very shy coz that was the first time I’d been in the city and Wendy was the one who broke the ice to talk to me in such an incredibly friendly way that made me killed to be her best mate and it turned out not only did we become soul mates but we also ended up being flatmates for more than 4 years.
As we have many common interests so when we get together, we often do things that we both enjoy like eating, shopping and travelling. Or sometime just simple happiness of lying next to each other in the Central Park and confide about daily stuff, which makes us realize how much we were on the same page.
Finally, if I still have time, I want to talk about the reason why I like spending time with her. Firstly because of the positive vibes that I feel out of her. She is one of the persons, rather the first person in my life whom I have met having a very positive attitude towards the life, I mean, I always found her in jubilant mood in spite of the fact that she had a very troublesome incident in her life, which has contributed a lot in the way I have started looking at life. I believe that I’ll become more broad minded and tolerant thanks to her. Secondly, Wendy is the good friend who always extends her helping hands when I’m in need, I mean she is the sounding board when I have problems, when I feel under the weather.
All in all, good friendship, understanding and common interests makes us close friends and those are the major factors for what I like to spend time with her.”
3. Phân tích
Các bạn có thể thấy, bài nói được chia ra thành từng đoạn rất rõ ràng như trong video mình giới thiệu cho các bạn.
- Đoạn start :
- Bắt đầu bằng I’d like to talk about + đề bài hoặc paraphrase lại đề bài
- (Now I’d like to talk about a friend that I really like to spend my time with)
- Dùng đại từ quan hệ (who, which) đề giới thiệu đối tượng được nói đến
- (whose name is Windy)
- Kết thúc bằng một câu miểu tả chung về quan điếm, cảm xúc, mối quan hệ…
- (one of my best friends who had great influence on me during my university years)
- Bắt đầu bằng I’d like to talk about + đề bài hoặc paraphrase lại đề bài
- Trả lời gợi ý 2 : (gợi ý 1 đã được làm rõ ở phần start luôn, không cần quá máy móc phải trả lời hết tất cả các gợi ý)
- Bắt đầu bằng cụm liking câu giờ: Well, first of all I think I should start my mentioning the situation how I know Wendy.
- Miêu tả tình huống đó như thế nào (cố gắng liên tưởng miêu tả càng detail càng tốt, chèn được từ vựng hay. Liên tưởng đến thời tiết, mọi người xung quanh, cô ấy làm gì, bạn làm gì, cảm xúc…)
- Trả lời gợi ý 3 : Các bạn nên tách câu trả lời của mình ra như vậy sẽ dề dàng và có tổ chức trong bài nói hơn. Phần này trả lời bằng việc nêu ra một vài việc mà hai người thường làm cùng nhau.
- Trả lời ý cuối cùng : Thông thường mình luôn bắt đầu bằng cụm: “Finally, if I still have time, I want to talk about the reason why” để câu giờ và cũng là để kết thúc. Sau đó đưa ra lý do một cách logic bằng cách bắt đầu bằng “Firstly, Secondly…”
- Nếu nói hết mà chưa bị ngắt lời thì làm thêm đoạn kết thúc nữa như mình ở trên.
Câu trả lời được tách ra thành các ý nhỏ rất dễ theo dõi và logic phải không nào.
4. Từ vựng
| influence (n) | ảnh hưởng | mentor (n) | người hướng dẫn, cố vấn |
| break the ice (v) | phá vỡ không khí im lặng | killed to be (a) | rất muốn, khao khát |
| confide about (v) | kể/tiết lộ bí mật | on the same page (a) | giống nhau, nhiều điểm chung |
| vibe (n) | rung động, cảm xúc | jubilant (a) | vui sướng, hân hoang |
| troublesome (n) | rắc rối, phiền hà | tolerant (a) | khoan dung, độ lượng |
| broad minded (a) | mở mang đầu óc | extends her helping hands (n) | dang rộng vòng tay giúp đỡ |
| sounding board (n) | điểm tựa vững chắc | under the weather (a) | khó ở, khó chịu, không thoải mái |
PART III
1. Do most people have just a small number of friends, or many friends?
It is difficult to speak for the
majority, but I’ll say that most people have a small, tightknit group of
friends. No matter how many friendly acquaintances a person makes,
there will always be a special group of people that one will have the
deepest connection and bond with. From what I’ve been observing, this
special circle tends to be small but unbreakable.
2. How do most people make new friends in your country?
By taking a chance. By putting others
first. By caring about strangers. By helping people randomly. By lending
a hand where it is required, or offering to lend a hand if you think it
is required. By going out to social gatherings. By listening to other
people’s stories. By sharing your own stories. By being nice to everyone
and being thankful for whatever anyone does to you.
3. Do you think people’s abilities or intelligence is a factor when people become friends?
In my opinion, there are two kinds of
friendships, those that occur due to some sort of emotional bond, such
as during depression, sickness, pity, empathy. And those that occur due
to similar personality or characteristics, such as sense of humour,
intelligence, interests. Personally, I think that people are more likely
to remain friends with someone who doesn’t deviate that far from their
own level, not only are those friendships more refreshing and fun, but
also more challenging and valuable as you mutually benefit from each
other so yeah I’m convinced that it might be one of the factors when
people become friends
4. What qualities do you think a good friend should have (or, has)?
Maybe the most important things too be
good friends are that friends need to share common interests and be
honest with each other. Friends are people we spend a lot of time with,
so it definitely helps if they enjoy doing the same activities or
talking about the same topics as we do, and of course we need to be able
to trust our friends, so honesty is vital for a good friendship. I
think I would struggle to become friends with someone who didn’t have
anything in common with me, or who wasn’t reliable or trustworthy.
5. Do you think it’s possible to determine how sincere a person is the first time they meet them?
Yes, it’s possible. Look at their body
language which is mostly subconscious. An insincere person can control
the type of words to use when talking to you. But it’s difficult to
control his/her own body language. You can totally tell about someone by
looking at their eyes, smile and head movement. Besides, there is a
whole science of judging people’s fate through their own outside
appearance, so it is not too hard to determine how sincere a person is
the first time