SPEAKING SPEAKING – PART INTRODUCTION • My name is … • I am a … at …… • I’m now living in Hanoi • I like reading because I can get a lot of knowledge from books • I also play badminton with my daughters to keep fit • I have two daughters, the older is …years old and the younger is … They are both studying at … secondary school • In my free time, I love going picnic with my family SPEAKING – PART Topic 1: The place I would like to visit The place I would like to visit is Dalat Dalat is being the flower city There have many flowers and the weather is cool Dalat is famous for many beauty spots and fog When you visit to Dalat you will feel comfortable You should get up early at o’clock in the morning and can go for a walk along Xuan Huong lake, and enjoy fresh air You can go to the market buy some special foods such as strawberry, tea, coffee, go shopping If you are interested in sightseeing you can visit to valley of love, Mong Mo hill, Tuyen Lam lake, Than Tho lake, Datanla waterfall, etc At night, you can drink coffee in the center of city On Saturday and Sunday nights, you can come to Hoa Binh street where you can enjoy the foods in the night market like bean milks, egg rice-paper, baked snails or buy souvenirs Topic 2: Describe a well-known person you like or admire Uncle Ho is my idol I have seen a lot of films about uncle Ho, read a lot of books and studied his ideology Moreover, I knew that Uncle Ho was very good at foreign languages, he could speak fluently fifteen languages In fact, I have been studying English for ages but I haven't been satisfied with my English He is always my greatest idol to study and follow Finally, all Vietnamese people know that Ho Chi Minh devoted his life to our nation If he wasn't born in Vietnam, our country could still be invaded by other countries I would like to show the respect to Uncle Ho, and I would say that, all Vietnamese people should study and follow his ideology Vietnam has become a developed country and got an important role in the world I believe that Ho Chi Minh will exist forever in hearts of all Vietnamese people Topic 8: Describe a memorable event in your life The most important day in my life was the day when my parents decided to send me to school I was then about seven years old I had been playing with the children living around my house for some years I had no thought of ever going to school I enjoyed playing to catch fish from the shallow streams near by Sometimes we went to the forest to catch birds and squirrels, and I had always thought that life would continue to be the same for me But, one day, to my great sorrow, my parents suddenly announced that I was no longer to play about and that I was to go to a school Words can hardly describe how sad I felt at the thought of having to go to a school I had often heard that school teachers were very strict and cruel