SPEAKING
SPEAKING
1. I often eat white rice, beef or pork, and some kind of vegetables for lunch
and dinner.
2. I think vegetables, beans, nuts, and whole grains are healthy for your health
because it’s high in vitamins and nutrients.
3. In my opinion, my diet is quite healthy because it’s rich in protein and
carbohydrates, but sometimes I eat some processed food like sausage or
ham which is unhealthy for your health.
4. Instead of eating white rice, I think we should switch to brown rice and
organic food. Adding nuts to your diet, eating less meat and more
vegetables, especially not to skip breakfast.
TOPIC 2: PLANS FOR HEALTHY LIFESTYLE
1. I have an unhealthy lifestyle because I stay up late at midnight, skip
breakfast, do less exercise and I don’t know how to manage stress.
2. Yes, it’s very important to improve both physical health and mental health.
3. Yes. I have a lot of homework and sometimes I have peer pressure because
my friends and my classmates are so good at all of the subjects.
4. I deal with stress by listening to music or podcasts, reading a book, chilling
out with my friends or just eating a bar of chocolate or some candies. You
should try it, I promise you will be better.
TOPIC 3: FASHION PREFERENCES
1. I like wearing jeans match blazer. In winter, I often wear a sweater or
hoodie.
2. I like brown curly hair.
3. It’s not fashionable and outdated.
4. My parents don’t like me wearing a miniskirt and having colorful hair.
TOPIC 4: FAMILY PROBLEMS AND SOLUTIONS
1. I live in a nuclear family with my parents.
2. Not to greet elder when you go out and come back home and not to
respect people are not accepted in my family.
3. The differences in attitude /ˈætɪtʃuːd/, thoughts, behavior, experiences,
opinions, habits cause the gap between parents and teenagers.
4. Bridging the generation gap by spending more time together. Parents and
their children should have a frank and sincere /sɪnˈsɪər/ discussion. Parents
should keep up with the latest trends, technology, fashion and respect their
children’s privacy. For children’s part, they should listen and respect their
parent's opinions.
TOPIC 5: CHANGES TO A TOWN
2. Nowadays, infrastructures are more different than in the past. There are
more new schools to improve education. It has become a modern city
because it has more skyscrapers, highways, and shopping malls for
shopping and entertainment. The government has constructed more
industry zones to promote economic. Because of more factories, the
environment is also more polluted.
3. More limestone factories have been built in my city, resulting in air
pollution. Burning fossil fuels from these factories releases CO2, which
causes global warming. These plants also discharge so much fine dust into
the atmosphere. In addition, it leads to noise pollution.
4. I think we should switch to renewable sources such as solar energy, wind,
and hydrogen. Using public transport like buses or subways instead of
driving private vehicles to decrease the amount of carbon footprint or we
can improve our health by riding a bike to school or work. The government
should construct more parks to have more green space so the dweller city
can relax.
TOPIC 6: SOLVE SOME SOCIAL ISSUES
1. - Social media addiction -> stay away from smartphone, spend more time
hanging out with friends and communicating with family.
- Unhealthy lifestyle -> have a balanced diet with a lot of fruits and
vegetables, do more exercise, manage stress.
- Substance abuse -> stay away from bad people, raise of awareness.
2. The lack of awareness, parental concern, and hanging out with bad people.
TOPIC 7: HUMAN IMPACTS ON THE ENVIRONMENT
1. - Global warming:
+ Causes: Deforestation: trees remove greenhouse gases from the air. Fossil
fuel combustion in power plants, vehicles releases greenhouse gases.
Industrial development, agriculture, overpopulation.
+ Effects: Global warming has led to an incredible increase in earth’s
temperature. Global warming has led to a change in climatic conditions. Sea
level rise, frequent natural disasters.
- Deforestation:
+ Causes: The cutting down of trees in a large area, or the destruction of
forests by people.
+ Effects: Soil erosion
- Air pollution:
+ Causes: harmful substances in the air, often consisting of waste from
vehicles or industry.
+ Effects: human’s health like lung cancer
3. I think we should switch to renewable sources such as solar energy, wind,
and hydrogen. Using public transport like buses or subways instead of
driving private vehicles to decrease the amount of carbon footprint or we
can improve our health by riding a bike to school or work. Planting more
trees.
TOPIC 8: SOLUTIONS TO GLOBAL WARMING
1. It’s caused by the increase of greenhouse gases, which keep the heat from
the sun in the air.
2. Global warming has led to an incredible increase in earth’s temperature.
Global warming has led to a change in climatic conditions. Sea level rise,
frequent natural disasters.
3. I think we should switch to renewable sources such as solar energy, wind,
and hydrogen. Using public transport like buses or subways instead of
driving private vehicles to decrease the amount of carbon footprint or we
can improve our health by riding a bike to school or work. Planting more
trees.
4. Planting more trees.
TOPIC 9: ASEAN
1. Association of Southeast Asian Nations.
2. Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines,
Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam.
3. An organization of ten countries in Southeast Asia, started in 1967 to
encourage economic growth and a good relationship between countries in
the area. The Founders of ASEAN were Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines,
Singapore, and Thailand.
4. Accelerating economic growth, social progress, cultural development, and
promoting peace.
TOPIC 10: STUDYING ABROAD IN ASEAN COUNTRIES
1. I want to study in Singapore because it is the most educationally developed
country in Southeast Asia.
2. We can benefit from cultural exchange and promoting good relationship
between 2 countries.
3. Of course. Vietnam has so many high-quality international universities with
modern infrastructure. In addition, Vietnam’s culture is so interesting and
the food is so delicious. Vietnam is such a peaceful country that people are
so friendly and kind. Everything in Vietnam is so cheap that you have a low
cost of living.
4. The government should provide more scholarships for international
students and hold more student summer camps to exchange programs with
other ASEAN countries.