TOPIC 1. PART 3 EXTENSION – ROAD TO 8.
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PART 3.A. TRAINING PART 3 WITH POPULAR TOPICS AND HOW TO
ANSWER THEM – SELF REFLECTION
KEY WORDS & METHOD
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> Use redundant words
> Paraphrase question by using synonyms
> Take 1 to 2 examples, then explain and conclude
> Personal point of view (if any)
> Learn by heart collocation, key words for specific topics
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MINDMAP 1 - ENVIRONMENT
HIGHLIGHT VOCABULARY
1. Substitute = Replace = Alternate: Thay thế
2. Conventional shopping = Traditional shopping: Mua sắm truyền thống
3. Cutting-edge technology: Công nghệ tối tân/hiện đại
4. Meet the demand: Thỏa mãn nhu cầu
5. Flourishing economy: Nền kinh tế thịnh vượng
6. Lucrative income: Thu nhập sinh lợi
7. A sheer volume of [s.th]: Một lượng lớn …
> Will online shopping replace traditional > Will online museums replace traditional
shops in towns and cities? ones in the future?
I don’t think online shopping will I think online museums will substitute
substitute physical stores. I have two physical ones. In the future, there is a high
reasons for that. First, people still go with possibility that objects on display at
conventional shopping simply because traditional museums will be illustrated
they want to have physical touch on items with 3D technology in the future. I think
or goods they want to buy. Doing this kind this is a positive trend because people will
of thing can prevent people from buying become busy and don't have enough time
fake or low-quality goods on the internet, to go to the traditional museums, and they
and people can get a sense of relaxation will choose the electronic museums
from making shopping trips in reality. because it saves them time in the search
Second, shopping is deemed as an activity for historical information. Next, the use of
which can generate revenue for people in cutting-edge technology in the museum
many countries that depend on tourism will make these places more attractive,
like Hong Kong, and Thailand, Vietnam, so obviously, now very few locals go to these
traditional shopping this time still plays an places. But things will be different in the
important role in promoting tourist to buy future, who knows.
goods.
> What do you think about Consumerism? > Companies and Environment
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As a matter of fact, consumerism has Factories, companies nowadays have been
gained in popularity and experienced an mushrooming everywhere, especially in
unstoppable rise. For good sides, it metropolitan areas or bustling and hustling
bolsters the economy and helps with the cities. In their process of manufacturing,
market. People tend to buy more to meet they release a sheer volume of carbon into
the demands and this will make the the air, making the environment seriously
general economy thrive. From that job contaminated, and thus our health will be
opportunities are also created, and the affected as well. Not to mention, some
majority of people can earn lucrative factories have extremely poor water
income from flourishing economy. For filtration and waste treatment systems,
bad sides, consumerism can generate a which also directly pollutes the land and
sheer volume of waste, and this will water resources of local people. In my
directly affect our environment. Soil will be point of view, this is deemed as a negative
polluted by plastic bags and other toxic trend for all people.
packaged items. In my point of view, the
government should have feasible solutions
to ease the growth of consumerism.
> Green Lifestyle
Green lifestyle and zero-waste lifestyle are becoming ubiquitous for all people. It basically
promotes people to use eco-friendly products and save the environment by planting
more. I think it is kind amazing if we share hands to protect our green shelter. From that
we could live in a friendlier environment and stay healthy. Ya, that’s it.
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MINDMAP 2 - EDUCATION
HIGHLIGHT VOCABULARY
1. Burn the midnight oil: (idiom): Thức khuya để làm việc hoặc học tập
2. Impoverished families: Gia đình có hoàn cảnh khó khăn/Cực kỳ nghèo khó
3. National entrance exam: Kỳ thi đầu vào
4. Prohibitively expensive: Siêu đắt khổng lồ
5. Tertiary education: Giáo dục Đại Học
6. Salient example: Ví dụ nổi bật
> Do you think that student should study > Is education free in Vietnam?
harder?
I am not certain for all students around the In Vietnam, education is not free for
world, but in Vietnam, most students often everyone, except for aspiring students
burn the midnight oil to study because from impoverished families. Most of the
they want to pass the exams with flying Vietnamese students have to share this
colors. For Vietnamese students, a good responsibility with the government, we still
diploma is deemed as a passport to access pay an amount of money for schooling
to all job opportunities and earn lucrative fees.
income later.
> What are the differences between private schools and public schools?
In Vietnam, most students who come from public schools often have good academic
performance, but they come from different social classes. However, in private schools, we
can see 2 main groups of students. The first one is students failed from the national
entrance exams, and the other is students were born with silver spoon in their mouth
because the schooling fees of private schools in recent years have been prohibitively
expensive.
> Is thriving to the university the one way to succeed?
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As a matter of fact, pursing tertiary education is not the best way to achieve success but
deemed as the easy way to gain success to some extent. It is obvious that you cannot
become a doctor or a teacher without relevant qualifications or if you are not well-trained
and well-educated. Going to the university is the good way for you to gain a wealth of
specialized knowledge and practical skills, which are often required by most employers
nowadays. However, the history also shows us some salient examples about people with
resounding success without completing 4 years of college like Steve Jobs or Bill Gates.
They decided to quit the university simply because they don’t want to waste time on too
many subjects which are irrelevant with their careers. However, I must repeat my
perspective that going the university is till necessary if you want to be successful.
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MINDMAP 3 - TECHNOLOGY
HIGHLIGHT VOCABULARY
1. Technology advancement: Sự tiến bộ của khoa học công nghệ
2. Autonomous driving: Xe lái tự động
3. Unprecedented problems: Những vấn đề chưa từng có
4. Fatal situations: Tình huống chết người
5. Over-exploitation: Khai thác quá mức
6. The proliferation of technology: Sự phát triển không ngừng của công nghệ
> Is high-tech communication substitute > What do you think about the
human relationship? development of AI and its trend?
From my point of view, to some extent, if AI has gained in popularity and experienced
people overuse the technology an unstoppable rise. It allows people to
advancements in communication, they boost their productivity, even take over
will reduce the quality of their social human duties in dangerous tasks such as
relationships. For example, if a person mining. Not to mention, autonomous
just depends on computers and phones driving has also become extremely
to have a chatter with their friends and ubiquitous thanks to AI. However, we are
relatives or even with other people also facing with many unprecedented
rather than to have real interactions , he problems that AI brings humans.
will become socially isolated and has Malfunction is not uncommon when AI or
tendency to lose some important robots take a wheel is a salient example,
contacts in his life. However, if we which can endanger humans or even put
harness technology in communication people in fatal situations. In addition, it is
properly, we are able to keep in touch apparent that the over-exploitation of AI
with people at ease regardless of can trigger some other problems such as
geographical distances. In this way, unemployment. In Japan, vending machines
technology actually contributes to that replace street vendors are a good
expanding our social circles. example.
> Will people be lazier because of the technology advancement support?
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In some ways, I gotta admit that the proliferation of technology actually makes people
become lazier. For example, with portable devices, like phones, they can order foods
online instead of preparing meals at home or place items online instead of going out and
doing shopping for relaxation, all of which make people become inactive and lead a
sedentary lifestyle. Because the schooling fees of private schools in recent years have been
prohibitively expensive.
> What will you do when your item is broken? Will you fix it or alter it with a new one?
When it comes to broken items, I will consider which one I could repair and which one I
would like to replace. Because there are some kinds of electronic devices like phones,
computers, when it was broken or seriously damaged, I find it hard to make it recovery
completely. But I am also a deliberate customer, I always consider about items I would
buy to avoid wasting a great deal of unnecessary money.
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MINDMAP 4 - HEALTH
HIGHLIGHT VOCABULARY
1. Meagre income: Thu nhập ít ỏi
2. National budget deficits: Thâm hụt ngân sách quốc gia
3. Public amenities: Tiện nghi công cộng
4. Respiratory diseases: Bệnh liên quan đến đường hô hấp
5. Deterioration of people's health: Suy giảm sức khỏe của mọi người
6. Sedentary lifestyle: Lối sống ít vận động
> Should government provide citizens > Should government invest in health
with free healthcare system? prevention or health treatment?
I am very happy if the government can It is a short-term plan if the government
provide all citizens with free healthcare invest money in treatments for its citizens.
system, simply because this will help all It is agreed that this solution will save
people, especially ones from impoverished human lives immediately and help
families or having very meagre income, sufferers have access to healthcare
can have access to healthcare services and systems and get themselves cured. But, for
get themselves cured. But I will be happier, a long-term step, it is very imperative when
and this will be fairer if citizens should be the government can allocate money to
responsible for the healthcare fees. This prevention. (yea, prevention is better than
will save the government from national cure). Obviously, if people’s health is
budget deficits, and saved money could be significantly improved, there would be
invested in other fields, such as education fewer cases of treatments required in the
or public amenities. One more compelling future, and the government at that time
reason is that paid health system will help save a great deal of money, saved money,
avoid the situation of over-exploitation of of course can be invested in other fields.
healthcare of some people who often take More importantly, investing in prevention
it for granted and whose health is is the best to for help people live healthier
attributed to by bad living habits like and longer.
smoking or using substances.
> Will people live longer nowadays?
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It is hard to tell because what I see is people’s health is getting bad nowadays due to
serious pollution and unhealthy foods and the pressure of work. I am living in Ho Chi Minh
city right now, and it is listed as one of the polluted cities around the world due to the
sheer volume of carbon released into the air by a ton of factories and companies
mushrooming every year. From that, people will face with many respiratory diseases such
as lung or skin cancer. Unidentified foods or foods containing excessive amounts of
pesticides also directly lead to the deterioration of people's health. Not to mention that,
people are getting busy with their work, many keep ignoring doing exercises or getting
enough sleep, which also makes their health worse.
> How to encourage people to live healthier?
To galvanize people towards a healthy lifestyle, it is very imperative for the government
to build more public amenities and facilities, such as parks, swimming pools, stadiums,
which will encourage people to stay away from the sedentary lifestyle or can find a place
to do exercises nearby their house. Besides, officials from the safety and food department
must regularly check the safety of food, the origin of the food, which will ensure everyone
consumes green and clean food.
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MINDMAP 5 - ADVERTISING
HIGHLIGHT VOCABULARY
1. Bombarded with [s.th]: Bị làm phiền bởi …
2. Get exposure to [s.th]: Tiếp xúc với …
3. Everything has its own perks: Mọi thứ đều có đặc tính của nó
> Do you see various of commercials > Should children watch advertisement?
nowadays?
Without doubt, today’s people are I don’t know for sure but I can consider
bombarded with a barrage of commercials myself as a strict person, so, if I had kids, I
which somehow drives people crazy. For never let them get exposure to advertising
example, people often have an excessive too much, simply because there are many
exposure to commercials on TV and the kinds of ads inducing kids to buy toys or
internet, which can ruin their flow if they sweets, which somehow develops the
are watching their favorite programs or habit of pestering in kids.
can induce them to buy unnecessary items.
> What is the good point about advertisement that recall in your memory?
Everything has its own perks, although advertisings always trigger our curiosity to buy
more, but they provide us with the products’ information, and we can keep themselves
updated with a wide range of goods and buy them when needed. There are other ads
conveying meaningful messages about life and promoting beautiful landscapes of nations.
I think I love those ideas much. Ads somehow inspire people.
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PART 3.B. TRAINING PART 3 WITH RARE TOPICS
MINDMAP 1 - LEADERSHIP
HIGHLIGHT VOCABULARY
1. Natural selection: Chọn lọc tự nhiên
2. Counterproductive: Phản tác dụng
> What do you think about the > Which characteristics should a leader have?
role of a leader in a group?
I think the role of leader is crucial in Well I suppose a leader should firstly be able to
every aspect of life. Each of us is a understand everybody, he needs to know people
unique individual with different very well, I mean he needs to know how each and
ways to think and do. When put in every person is like, what they want, what they are
a group, we might experience some good at and most importantly what motivates
difficulty in cooperating with each them to do what they are good at. And then, a
other or we might face problems in good leader should be knowledgeable and
terms of setting the goal for experienced so that he can teach or show other
everybody to follow. So, I think members of the group how to do things. Other
leaders are there to unite people than that, I think that the leader should also be
and to lead them to success sympathetic so that people are emotionally
together. touched and motivated.
> Should we encourage a competitive working environment?
I agree with this to some degree. To me competition is always a good thing. It is similar to
the concept of “natural selection” if you ask me, basically we will be encouraged to strive
for excellence and therefore promote the efficiency or effectiveness of what we do. But
of course, we should not overdo it and make the competition become too fierce. And in
that case, it might become counterproductive and demotivate people instead of
encouraging them.
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MINDMAP 2 - WEDDING
HIGHLIGHT VOCABULARY
1. Tie the knot = Get marriage: Kết hôn
2. Be cited for [s.th]: Được đưa ra để …
> What are differences between the
> What is the ideal age to get marriage? role of both genders nowadays
and in the past?
This is kind of a hard one for me, but I always I am certain that the roles of both
think the perfect age for marriage is when genders have changed significantly. It
you’re mentally, physically and also financially is obvious that the world today has
ready to live with another person. And this is become more balanced in terms of
really an individual thing. It varies between gender equality. We can clearly see
people. Some people might think that 22 many of the great contributions of
years old is a perfect age to get married. It’s women to the society in terms of
time when they just graduate from university science and politics whereas men can
and they want to settle down. But for others, be seen taking care of domestic
they might want to tie the knot in their early problems such as cooking and
30s because that’s when they think that they cleaning. Personally, I think this is a
have enough responsibility or financial beneficial trend as we have the
resources in order to take good care of their freedom to do what we are good at,
family and also their kids and themselves. regardless of the gender.
> Why many couples decide to give birth late?
Some reasons can be cited for this emergence of this problem. Many young couples today
decide to give birth late simple because they want to focus on their career, and of course
they will have much more time to devote themselves to their career instead of taking care
of their children all day long. Some opt for having babies late as they would like to have
more freedom to travel or take up a course they like, which can increase their level of
happiness.
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MINDMAP 3 - CREATIVITY
HIGHLIGHT VOCABULARY
1. Think outside the box: (idiom): Suy nghĩ sáng tạo, vượt ra khỏi khuôn khổ
2. Innately creative: Sáng tạo bẩm sinh
> Which creative activities that you participated in when you were a kid?
When I was young, I like drawing, especially drawing landscape, or nature and animals.
I was particularly interested in art classes because that was when I was most relaxed
after stressful lessons in school.
> How to enhance children’ creativity? > Is creativity natural born or practice?
I reckon the best way to cultivate children’s While I believe that some people are
creativity is to integrate a lot of art lessons innately creative, they are destined to
into school curriculum. Children should be become great composers, artists, or
able to learn a lot of music and drawing and singers, I think creativity can be learnt and
art at school. And also, I believe the learning it can be taught through a lot of lessons
environment should be open and it should like art classes at school. And also,
encourage children to think outside the box children should be encouraged to think
and to express their ideas freely. outside the box.
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MINDMAP 4 - COMPANY
HIGHLIGHT VOCABULARY
1. Small-scaled company: Công ty nhỏ
2. Multi-task: Đa nhiệm, làm nhiều việc cùng một lúc
> What are differences between big companies and small companies?
There might be a few differences between a big company and a small company. But I think
the most noticeable one is the number of employees working for each type of companies.
In big company, there are hundreds if not thousands of people whereas the number is
only about 10 or 20 people in a small-scaled company. And this leads to another difference
which is the relationship that you develop with your colleagues. When you work for a big
company, you cannot know everybody but if you work for a small-scaled company, you
can develop an intimate and close relationship with the people that you work with.
> Advantages working in a big company? > How a small company become a big one?
For a big company, usually it has operated Small companies can focus on providing
for a long period of time, so all of the high-quality services and products. And
procedures are standardized and also, they need to focus on improving their
professional. And you know exactly what professionalism. By doing that, they can
your tasks are and also your become bigger and call for more
responsibilities. However, if you work for a investments from different investors.
small company, you usually have to multi-
task and take on responsibilities that
sometimes are not yours.
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