Tài liệu học từ vựng dành cho Ielts

Question 1: How do you like your personality?Postive person: attentive, considerate, courageous, friendly, generous, optimistic, organized, responsible, sincere, understandingNegative personality: aggressive, arrogant, bossy, cowardly, dishonest, irresponsible, pessimistic.Question 2: How have your parents influenced you in term of personality?mainly determined by how parents treat their children, have a great impact on, form one’s personality, feel lovedsecure and valuedfrightened.Question 3: Do you contact people whose personality is totally different from yours?DIfferent personality, respect the difference, have something in common, have personalities opposite from mine.Questions 4: What are the main factors that contribute to shaping one’s personality?happyunhappy childhood, home environment, teachers and friends, general physical and mental health, timely corrective measures taken by parents and teachers.Question 5: When you hire someone for a job, will you care to look at his personality?Specific insight into an individual’s personality, employees’ strengths potentialmotivation, understanding the job requirements, fitsuitable for the jobthe teamthe organization, cooperate with colleagues.CHAPTER 2: FAMILYQuestion 1: What are the disadvantages of living in an extended family? no privacy, a lot of conflicts, the older generation doesn’t agree with the younger generation, too much noiseQuestion 2: What do you think is the best way to keep with friends and family when you’re away from home? Why? phone calls, using the internet, emails and instant messenger services, social media networks like facebook, Twitter, ect.Question 3: Is family an oldfashioned idea? a place to return to, the place where one can find joy and happiness, feel safe and warm, a parent is a child’s first teacher.Question 4: Has women’s role in family changed greatly? traditional concept of “ women as homemakers”, traditional roles: men retain as family decision makers, women do housework and take care of the children, status of women has changed, men no longer the sole breadwinners, both husbands and wives jointly share family financial burden.Question 5: What responsibilities do children have toward their parents? Obey parents, respect or honor them, love them, follow their instructions, take care of them, provide them in sickness and old age, do not speak evil of them.CHAPTER 3: Hometown Neighborhood AccommodationQ1: What kind of neighbors do you wish to have? respectful, concerned about others’comfort, respect others, not disturb others with loud noise.Q3: When you buy a house, what is the most important thing to consider? location, size, price, convenience, surrounding area, neighbourhood.Q4: In the future, what kind of accommodation would you like to live in? an apartment in a highrise building, a house in the city centre suburbs, near city centre close to city facilities.Q5: What are the advantages and disadvantages of living with friends? advantages: share bills and the rent, share responsibility for chores, enrich social life.Disadvantages: nonstop parties, hisher friends stay overnight, tension may occur when they go clubbing a lot, put up with their bad habits.CHAPTER 4: Travel Vacation TourismQ1: What dangers can you perceive when you travel? robbery, street crimes, traffic accidents, insect and mosquito bites, diseases (malaria) Q2: Do you think travel broadens the mind? useful information, opportunities for adventure and discovery, enrich our lives: see different social norms and different parts of the world, refreshing and revitalizing.Q3: What are the benefits and negative effects of tourism?Positive effects: creates jobs, infrastructure, encourages the preservation of traditional custorms handicrafts festivals, helps promote conservation of wildlife and natural resourcesNegative effects: pollution through traffic emissions littering, noiseQ4: Do you prefer to travel alone or with friends? What are some advantages of it?Travelling with friends:opportunities to share the moment happiness travel costs like accommodation and food, food and transportation are a lot cheaper, help each other out in tough situations.Travelling alone: complete freedom, have more flexibility, plenty of time for quiet thinking and selfreflection, easier to meet new people and make friends with the locals.Q5: What do you need to do before you go abroad on holiday? passport and visa, do some research, familiarize ourselves with local conditions and laws, enough cash to cover emergencies and any unexpected delays, prepare some medicine camera and guidebooksmaps.CHAPTER 5: PLACESQ1: What makes a place attractive: people, food, weather, or scenery? a wide range of activities, localnative culture, friendlyhelpful, tasty food, nice weather, beautiful scenery (mountainous cities, rice fields, long coasts)Q2: What is your feeling when you see old architecture and historical buildings disappearing rapidly? sad, historical heritage, losing a piece of historyQ4: What sort of places will be of interest to people in the future? beauty of nature, countryside, close to nature, full of fresh air.Q5: What do you think could be done to make museums more enjoyable? changing the interior, appropriate colour of the walls, arrangement of exhibits.CHAPTER 6: TRANSPORTQ1: Tell me about the advantages and disadvantages of public transportation. Advantages: good for the environment, low cost much cheaper than private transportation, better accessibility, not to worry about parking, more comfortable (relax, read something while riding)Disadvantages: walk some distance to our home or office, no privacy, crowded, noisy, no personal space.Q2: Do you think getting to work is easier or more difficult than it used to be? easier, more public transportation, not transfer much, more bus lines.