Chủ đề ôn thi nói môn tiếng anh cao học 1. Describe the educational system in Vietnam. Answer Describe education system in your country (120 words) In my coutry ,the education system is divided into four levels .It consist of :Elementary,Secondary high school,Junior high school and university.It takes you 12 years to graduate .Among the changes of each level ,the students will have the exam which is organize in all the country .So you have to get enough marks to enter good schools .There are 12 grades and a school year is divided into 2 semesters . The students will be taught 12 subjects in each semester .They are usually mathematics,physics,chemistry,etc.Furthermore,each semester have 2 exams :mid-term and final exam . The final exam is very difficult to complete.If you want to move on,you should study hard to get good marks because those marks will play an important role in your promotions. 2. Your favourite hobby/ hobbies and why you enjoy it/ them. Travelling is a good thing in my life Firstly I'd like to say that life without a hobby is a very boring life. To my mind hobby makes living interesting. There are many hobbies like painting, gardening, travelling, collecting, photography, reading, crafts, knitting, cooking, pet care, dancing. My favorite hobby is travelling. Travelling is a fascinating way to discover and know the new things. I started to travel with a family from 8 years. My travel must be interesting because visiting a new place makes me know something new, a new natural environment, new people with which I can talk. The best countries where I was - Spain, Belgium, Germany, Denmark. In these countries there are a lot of places for visit and to learn a lot of new to itself. Whenever I travel round a new place, I take my camera and shot interesting pictures of building, monuments. All in all I love my hobby! I like to travel. I think travelling is useful and instructive. Well when the person has the hobby 3. Why are good books considered as good teachers and friends? It is often said: “Tell me what you are reading and I will tell you who you are”. 1 For me, a good book is always a good teacher guiding me through life as well as a true companion encouraging me and consulting me in my desperate straits. In fact, interesting books are a source of invaluable knowledge to those who want to master everything they haven’t known before. Through masterpieces all over the world we can realize the whole outstanding culture and civilization of mankind in every aspect: literature, science, sociology, anthropology, technology and economics. Nobody denies the important role of good books in developing man’s knowledge. The more we read valuable books the more we become wise and experienced. By reading books, we can get rid of all prejudices and narrow-mindedness. We can no longer live in The Ivory Tower like a recluse and therefore we can get along with other people around us easily. Next, good books are true companions who always share our joys and sorrows in our daily activities. Are you in low spirits and disappointed in your affairs? Read wise advice through books by profound scholars and authors. Are you sad? Read subtle humorous stories of well-known humorists in the world. All your sorrows and disappointments will vanish at once. In summary, good books help us train our personality. They help us distinguish the Good from the Bad and they lead us to the True, the Good and the Beautiful. 4. Describe New Year celebrations in your country. Bài 1: Tet Holiday is the biggest annual celebration of Vietnam which is hold on the first 3 days of lunar New Year. During these days, people are welcome a new coming year with good health, lucks and success. Tet holiday is very special for Vietnamese families to reunite and celebrate together. The preparation for Tet holiday is taken place very soon because it requires many steps(this sentence has no grammar mistake; however i think the idea is not really good), . All members of families clean and redecorate their houses together. Then, they also buy food, drink such as cookies, sweets, candied fruit, melon seeds and then store them in refrige to offer their guests and to store because inon this occasion, many all shops are closed. A branch of peach flower or a kumquat tree cannot be absent from every home during these special days. Children are the most eagerest, as their parents will buy them new clothes because, they will have new clothes and are given lucky money for their relatives. In addition to buying things, manyall Vietnamese families make Chung cake, 2 pickled onion, frozen meat, which are our country's traditional foods on Tet holiday. We decorate ancestral altars with a five-fruit tray, vegetables, sweets, and flowers. Bài 2: Lunar New Year in Vietnam Tet Holiday is the biggest annual celebration of Vietnam in the first days of lunar New Year. During these days, people welcome a new coming year with good health, lucks and success. Tet holiday is very special for Vietnamese families to reunite and celebrate together. The preparation for Tet holiday is taken place very soon because it requires many steps. All members of families clean and redecorate their houses together. Then, they buy food, drink such as cookies, sweets, candied fruit, melon seeds to offer their guests and to store because in this occasion, many shops are closed. A branch of peach flower or a kumquat tree cannot be absent from every home during these special days. Children are the most eager, as their parents will buy them new clothes. In addition to buying things, many Vietnamese families make Chung cake, pickled onion, frozen meat, which are our country's traditional food on Tet holiday. We decorate ancestral altars with a five-fruit tray, vegetables, sweets, and flowers. In the last day of the previous year, people become more excited as they feel that the New Year is very near to them. Everybody all waits for the sacred moment when the clock points 0 am and fireworks light up everywhere to wish for health, lucks and happiness in the next year. Streets are extremely crowded. On contrary, in the first morning of the year, everything seems peaceful and quiet as people want to sleep longer to enjoy the moment with their cozy family. However, there are some families getting up early to come back to their hometown to visit their ancestors' graves and relatives. From noon on, everybody go to their neighbors' houses to wish them a happy new year. Children in new clothes are very excited, as they will get lucky money from adults. There are many activities to welcome new coming spring in this occasion. Children usually take up pens to write their first essay, hoping for good results in school. In spring festivals, everyone especially the young takes part in the traditional games such as rollercoaster, tug of war, cooking rice, cock fighting etc. to express their happiness while farmers wish for bumper crops. Women often go to pagodas to show Buddha their hearts and wish their families good things and power to avoid bad lucks. During the first days of New Year, Vietnamese people do things that are supposed to be good for themselves and their loved ones such as wearing red clothes, buying salt, taking chance or praying and avoid saying taboos(related to death, breaking ). Each region in Vietnam has it own customs to celebrate Tet, which are very special and unique. 3 "Tet" is the word that is very familiar to Vietnamese people whenever we think about our country. This is the time for family reunion, for festivals, and for people to give love to their loved one. As for me, I enjoy the warm and cozy Tet's atmosphere when all members of my family stay and talk together. 5. Describe the career you have chosen, and the reasons for your choice. The choice of a career is of the utmost importance. It determines one's whole life. As for me, after careful consideration, I want to become a construction engineer. In our country, after long years of atrocious war, many houses, villages, bridges and roads were destroyed by bombing They all need to be repaired or rebuilt. After graduation, I'll contribute my part to the reconstruction of my war torn country into one of the most modern and powerful countries in the world. How happy I feel when I am able to turn slum areas into blocks of high buildings, to bring happiness and joys to my poor compatriots! How proud and delighted I am to build high-ways, bridges and factories for my city dwellers by the sweat of my brow' 6. Which season of the year do you like best? Why? Answer Today, I talk about the season I like best in year and activities I can take part in the season A year has 4 seasons in Viêt Nam: spring, summer, autumn and winter. Maybe, summer is a special season with me. It would bring me exciting feeling and happyness. Summer is good weather in year, althought it’s hight temperature, but I like it, I’m not suiable for cold. Because in the summer I feel good health, I can work better, more confortable, more efficently With my job, I can go everywhere, everytime to do work, I don’t mind working under the sunlight, hot weather,…. Summer is really a traveling season, especially when I’m on the beach. The sea also looks best in the summer with the sand so white under sunlight, I like swimming in the sea and playing football, volleyball on the beach, and taking photographs of every things, it’s Colorfull and attractive. And sea food is one of the best food I love. I hope I have much free time, much money to visit around Vietnam in the sumer, I realize that Viet Nam-our country has many beautiful places and I love my country. 7. Why is it necessary to learn English? Answer: There are many reasons to learn English: Firstly, English is the most commonly used language in the world. As we can see, people in different countries use English to communicate. If you speak English well, you can 4 travel to many countries without a translator. You are able to communicate and make friends with everybody. You can also learn about their life and culture. Another reason why it’s necessary to learn English is that it is the language of science. Most of science documents and events are written in English. Most of the web pages and the famous books are written in English or they were translated into English. Almost all international conferences and competitions are conducted in English. For example, the Olympic and Miss World Contest This also means that just one language help you access to almost all knowledge in the world. Thirdly, English is also the language of the Film Industry. You can watch many famous films of Hollywood which are produced by English and American. Fourthly, it’s easier for us to learn English than other languages. Moreover, the applications of most computers and of other equipment are in English. So you will use them more easily. Nowadays, most of jobs require English skill. If you learn English well, you can get a good job. Learning English will open your job prospects and increase your standard of living. 8. Tell a foreigner about Vietnam, your beloved homeland. Vietnam is a long, narrow strip of land in the shape of a letter "S". We, Vietnamese, compare our country to the shape of a dragon with the long narrow regions of theCentre forming the slender body, and the regions of the North forming the head, maneand front legs. Vietnam has a total territory of 332.000 square kilometers, and acoastline which meanders along the immense Pacific Ocean.Being of a peace-loving nature the Vietnamese people nevertheless know how toreact vigorously against adversities to defend their homeland. Fiercely protective of their independence and sovereignty for 2.000 years, they are also welcomingforeigners who come as their guests.Most visitors who come to Vietnam are overwhelmed by the sublime beauty of thecountry's natural setting. The Red River Delta in the North, the Mekong River Deltain the South and almost the entire coastal strip are a patchwork of green rice fields(paddy-fields) tended from draw to dusk by peasants in conical hats. Visitors will alsohave the opportunity to experience the energetic and purposeful performance inrevitalizing the Vietnamese economy by the Vietnamese. They will have their sensesthrilled by all the sights, tastes 5 and smells of a society born of over a century betweenan ancient civilization and the ways of the West.Despite the ravages of war in the past, the Vietnamese people are now determined torebuild their homeland, making it many times as rich and magnificent as it used to befollowing Uncle Ho's teaching. 9. Talk about an important city in your Vietnam. Ha Noi is my country's capital: Vietnam Ha Noi is one thousand year old, it long history, culture traditional is the rich and diversity If you want to Ha Noi, you will go to: The First, Van Mieu Quoc Tu Giam - the first university in Vietnam The Second, Mot Cot pagoda is buddhist center in Vietnam. The third, Quang Truong Ba Dinh is political center in Vietnam. Special, Ha Noi has many lakes in the city as Hoan Kiem lake, Tay lake, To Ha Noi, you do not forget visit Bat Trang ceramic village is repository of traditional ethnic culture. Ha Noi is famous with festival as: Thang Long - Ha Noi festival, Thanh Giong festival, Chua Huong festiaval, So, Ha Noi attract a lot of visitors inside and outside. To make mention of Viet Nam is Ha Noi capital. The capital of country has many famous tourist area and historical significance. Visitors to the Ha Noi capital can not be no feel lovely people and landscape here. To visit the capital, visitors spend many days, weeks and months and even years to go end and feel the lives of people here. Visitors to Ha noi will certainly visit Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum, a great leader of the whole nation, besides the Ho Chi Minh Museum where stored memorabilia and video about the war.Some places have very beautiful landscape as: sword lake, west lake, Quoc Tu Giam Temple. Early morning in Ha Noi, the air is fresh, cool and comfortable. All everyone get up early with different exercises, seems to be able to mix with the air sessions. The night in Ha Noi is very beautiful, visitors can walk and eat simple foods but very famous and delicious with the salutation with a smile and enthusiasm of these people here. Visitors would have been to Hanoi, it is likely to the second here. Come on Hanoi Vietnam! 10. Activities that people often take up when they go on holiday. The holidays are a great time for families to gather together and cherish quality time. Do you often get caught up with the bustle of the holiday season? Busy work can lead to being excluded from festive celebrations and quality family time you don't want to miss. Don't get caught up in the stress of holiday busy work; plan ahead, organize your time and enjoy your family this holiday season. 6 It's a yearly family reunion at my home during the holidays. We all get excited about the festive activities we will be participating in prior to Christmas. With the all the activity it's difficult to find time for shopping, wrapping, cooking, cleaning and squeezing in quality family time. I have learned some simple steps in relieving holiday stress by preparing holiday activities in advance. Prepare baked goods, meals, preserves and candies in advance. Freeze preparations until needed. This is a great opportunity to create special gifts for your family by preparing their favorite meals and treats. Coordinate a schedule and write upcoming events on your calendar. Organize reservations for restaurants, purchase tickets for shows and make proper arrangements for other activities in advance. Take up the offer when family asks to help. They wouldn't ask if they didn't want to be included. Sometimes the help received during the holidays will become a cherished memory. I have many fond memories of time spent in the kitchen, decorating or wrapping presents. Children love to participate in decorating. Allow them to have free expression by designating an area where they can contribute to the holiday decorating. This is something they can look forward to every year with a sense of holiday tradition. Keep hand-made decorations to use again next year. I love keeping my children's seasonal artwork. I smile each year as the keepsakes bring memories of my children's first Christmas, tiny hands or a first snow experience. Consider using paper plates for some of the meals. A lot of time is spent washing dishes in my home. It's a great treat to myself to receive a break from dish duty every once in awhile. I would much rather sip hot cocoa and listen to holiday music among my family. Try to get all your shopping and wrapping done early, you have all year! In this case, I still have much room for improvement, but I know it's doable! Cut corners to relieve holiday stress anyway you can. Make this holiday simple and enjoyable for everyone. Resist the urge to take on big loads to impress. You won't regret spending joyful time with your family. 7 11. The means of transport that most people prefer. Why? People prefer to use their own transport nowadays Topic:-People prefer to use their own transport nowadays. What could society do to encourage people to use public transport? Utilization of private transportation is one of the major problems that the world is facing today. If immediate and consequences and measures are not taken to tackle this problem, the consequences would be unimaginable. However, in order to find right remedies firstly, the real reasons must be unearthed. There are several factors responsible for great usage of private transportation. The most important reason for this problem is, it is becoming like a passion. Mostly youngsters use their own vehicles to showoff. In the same vein, travel on private transportation is largely attributed to avoid the environmental effects. To escape from the sun powerful rays and the acid rains, People are using their own transportation to reach their exact destination. Daily, lacks of vehicles are bought by the people in the world. But how can this problem be countered? Firstly, I firmly believe that, government should increase the public transportation. Why because people may not have time to wait for the government vehicles. And also, People can travel by having a seat. On the same lines, it is strongly recommended that government should hike the petrol and diesel prices, and also reduce the prices of public transportation. By this, utilization of private vehicles will decrease and prefer public transportation. Unless concerted and war-footed efforts are made to address the malady of surge in private vehicles use, there will be more traffic jams and burgeon of global warming. Vietnam’s Railways The railway system in Vietnam is operated by the state-owned Vietnam Railways (Đường sắt Việt Nam). The principal route is the thousand-mile single track North- South Railway line, running between Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City. This was built at the metre gauge in the 1880s during the French colonial rule. There are also standard gauge lines running from Hanoi to the People’s Republic of China, eventually leading to Beijing, and some mixed gauge in and around Hanoi. 8 12. What are the possible effects of climate change on Vietnam? What can we do to reduce the negative effects of climate change? Planning for climate change in Viet Nam Planning for climate change in Viet Nam The IPCC has predicted that the Mekong Delta, including Tra Vinh Province, will be among the regions affected earliest and most severely by rising sea levels and saltwater invasion of agricultural land, and by an increasing number of extreme weather events such as flooding after heavy rains. The consequences of global climate change will not only undermine efforts to reduce poverty, but are likely to exacerbate poverty by destabilizing agricultural activities in the region. An IFAD-supported multisectoral programme includes work with national and local government bodies to integrate climate change issues into local agricultural and rural development planning and poverty reduction strategies, and increase adaptive capacity in the region. In this regard, a climate-proofing tool is being integrated into the market- oriented commune planning process. During the upgrading of agriculture value chains, measures are being promoted that show a high potential for climate change adaptation and possible mitigation. They include “climate-smart” cultivation methods, such as the system of rice intensification and introduction of new salt-resistant varieties, and also post- harvest measures such as using airtight seed storage bags. 13. Give brief description of someone who has the most influence on you in your family. My Dad - A Person That Has Influenced My Life Hi everyone. This is first time i post my essay in this forum. I hope everyone can read my essay and please give me comments. I appreciate your helps. A Person That Has Influenced My Life The person that has influenced my life is my dad because he is the one that get to know me best and is also the one that I see the most and have known for a long time. He always stands by my side, and whenever I fall down, he encourages me to stand up by myself and on my own feet. My family is not a wealthy family. Therefore, my dad tries to save single penny he earns from work to buy anything that I need, and he always encourages me go to school because he knows that the value of education will determine the future of the person. As a result, I admire him as a great person and have thought that my dad is really superman. My dad has a huge impact on the way I become a person today. He has influenced my life by teaching me the lessons and showing me the right behaviors and wrong behaviors. 9 My dad taught me the most important lesson: how to be a man. I still remembered the day that my father sat next to me and said that "Hey son, the most important think to help you become the successful person and the helpful person is your honesty. Never lie to anyone and never lie to yourself". After saying that, he slowly explained the value of honesty. He showed me that every bad situation in the world began with a lie. When a person steals something, he lies to the law, or when a husband cheats on his wife, he lies to his wife. My father often tells me that being a man means facing the truth. I always think back on those words when I get into trouble. My dad's teachings were a cure for my selfishness. He taught me to consider everyone as a part of my family and taught me how love people by sharing and giving. I believe that the biggest fantasy in live is to buy someone something he really needs and watch his facial expression. When I was a kid, my dad and I used to go to Chuck E. Cheese to play games. He always bought me some food after leaving that place. One day, on the way home, we saw a homeless man who said that he had not eaten anything for three days, and asked me for the food that my father bought for me. I immediately refused to give him the good that I had and kept going with my dad. Unexpectedly, my dad held my hand and stopped walking. He asked me why I did not give the food to the homeless man. Of course, I answered that I was so hungry after playing the games, but I saw that my dad did not feel good when he heard this answer. He looked straight to my eyes and said if I gave my food to homeless man, I still had the food at home. The homeless man had not eaten for days, and he was so hungry. After hearing the explanation from my dad, he gave me the chance to decide if I would give my food to the homeless man. I gave the food to the homeless man reluctantly. The homeless man expressed thanks to me. However, when I saw him receiving the food, I did not why that I have feeling that I pleasure in doing this and realized that I had done something good for society. When we got home, my dad told me that he was happy when I give the food to that homeless person. Furthermore, sometimes I took money from my own savings and buy McDonalds food for a less fortunate person and watched him enjoying his meal from a place where he could not see me. I could see more the impact of his teaching during the camp when we ran out of resources, and I shared my personal food with all my campmates. After listening the teaching of my dad, I realized that receiving is good, but giving is better. From my place I am thankful for everything he taught me. He taught me things that I need or was going to in life. I am what I am because of him and whatever I will achieve in my life will be credited to him. I believe that my dad will always be with me even after his soul leaves his body; he will be there through his teachings that I believe are my duty 10 [...]... live chiefly on agriculture All year round they cling to their soil, thinking of the best ways to force their soil to produce more food and vegetables to their families They get rich owing to their creative work and industriousness The harvest time is the merriest and busiest season of the year How I love my native village! It's in this nice and lovely place that I was born and have grown up and spent... biggest the longest / most important holiday in a year in Vietnam Tet holiday begins at topthe end of spring season and lasts finishes 7 days after And there is an important day in spring, do you know, i thingI think that you know, it is velentine day 11 In autumn it is wet and the sky is clear The trees are beginning to shed their leaves 16 Describe your hometown Bài 1: where is your hometown? do you love... atmosphere is seriously polluted Second, we can live a safe and peace full life in the country while townsfolk are often obsessed with sudden deaths caused by careless drivers and fool hardy motorcyclists Third, nothing can be compared with beautiful sceneries at dusk and at dawn in the country side They help us relax wonderfully after a hard day's work while the debaucheries in prostitute houses in beer shops... and disadvantages of travelling by airplane? Nowadays, people have many means of transport to travelling such as bus, train, cars This means have much improvement and advantages But, the number of travelers chooses travelling by air is increasing about quantity In fact, this choice brings us both advantages and disadvantages Travelling by air has many advantages First, the plane is fastest means of... Travelling by air also has many disadvantages First of all, this is the most expensive form of transport A minority of people can afford a trip by plane while a journey on land or by sea is much cheaper 13 Second, if accidents happen, death rate will be quite high It is easy influent by weather, terrorism, hijacking and technical problems Third, the plane is also elective passengers Unless passengers... How I love my native village! It's in this nice and lovely place that I was born and have grown up and spent wonderful days of my childhood It's the cradle, the paradise of my whole life! 15 What do you think of the weather in Viet Nam? There are 3 regions in Viet Nam: north VietNam, south VietNam and middle Vietnam The weather in each region is different betwen each region In North Vietnam, there are... interests My favourite TV program is VN’s got Talent It contains a lot of exciting and funny talent performances (màn trình diễn tài năng) The three humourous examiners are Thành Lộc, thúy Hạnh and Huy Tuấn Thanh Bạch is the MC The program is at 8p.m every Friday evening on VTV3 channel I particularly (đặc biệt) like it because it’s very interesting and I always laugh a lot when I watch it So I don’t miss (bỏ... cold ,so there isn't snow in the winter in vietnam In winter we get to usually wear warm clothes and have comfortable sleeps on mattress bet bed with quilted blankets In summer, it is hot There are many things to play in the Summer: swimming, foodball football , camping there are many colours in summer especially the colour of clothes, we will get have to wear many model clothes And spring season it... also served food, drinks Steward and stewardess are extremely friendly, enthusiastic and polite When passengers sick, they are given thoughtful care by professional nurse staff Space is clean and quiet Third, we will enjoy beautiful scenery below The island located mid vast expanse of oceans Big city becomes very small Air travels give us a bird’s eye view of the world Next, when the plane take on or...to pass on to my children He will be there through me; when the people see my remarkable success one day, they will know the value of his teachings He taught me everything about life; hope, faith, and the long journey ahead To me he is the greatest hero 14 Describe your native village and state your reasons why you love it Although my village is small, it's very beautiful . Chủ đề ôn thi nói môn tiếng anh cao học 1. Describe the educational system in Vietnam. Answer Describe education. to discover and know the new things. I started to travel with a family from 8 years. My travel must be interesting because visiting a new place makes me know something new, a new natural environment,. for Tet holiday is taken place very soon because it requires many steps(this sentence has no grammar mistake; however i think the idea is not really good), . All members of families clean and