ài 7 - Typical day (Một ngày bình thường)Typical day Pre-listening1. Vocabularywake up /weɪk ʌp/ (v) thức giấcautomatically /ˌɔː.təˈmæt.ɪ.kli/ (adv) tự độngturn on /tɝːn ɒn/ (v) bậtnews /njuːz/ (n) thời sựhappen /ˈhæp. ə n/ (v) xảy rago upstairs /gəʊ ʌpˈsteəz/ (v) lên gác go downstairs /gəʊ daʊnˈsteəz/ (v) xuống lầucomputer/kəmˈpjuː.təʳ/ (n) máy tính start /stɑːt/ (v) bắt đầujournal /ˈdʒɜː.nəl/ (n) tạp chípay /peɪ/ (v) trảbill /bɪl/ (n) háo đơnsweep /swiːp/ (v) quét floor/flɔːʳ/ (n) sàn nhà clean up /kliːn ʌp/ (v) lau take a shower/teɪkə ʃaʊəʳ/ (v) tắm vòi hoa senget dressed /get drest/ (v) th ay qu n á ocook/kʊk/ (v) nấuleftover/ˈleftˌəʊ.vəʳ/ (n) đồ còn thừapublishing company /ˈpʌb.lɪ.ʃɪŋ ˈkʌm.pə.ni/ (n) công ty xuất bảncheck/tʃek/ (v) kiểm traemergency /ɪˈmɜː.dʒ ə nt.si/ (n) việc khẩn cấpcouple /ˈkʌp.ļ/ (n) đôi, 2
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Describe a village you know well
I was born and have grown up in the country in a small village beside a beautiful river. My
village is surrounded in a hedge of green bamboos. Most of the houses in the village are built of
brick and have red tiled roofs.
In the middle of the village there is an old pagoda with high trees around it. On the first and
fifteenth days of the lunar month, the villagers often go to the pagoda to give offerings to The
God of Agriculture.
On the right of the village flows quietly a clear and blue river. When I was young, I used to swimin the river with my friends. How can I forget the wonderful time on this river fishing or rowing
a boat with my boyhood friends!
On the left of the village lies the village green where village meetings are often held by village
officials. On this ground covered with soft grass we used to fly kites on windy autumnal
evenings.
The majority of villages live on agriculture. They get rich thanks to their fertile rice-fields and
their diligence. Harvest time is certainly the busiest and the merriest time of the year. During the
harvest, the villagers often get up very early in the morning. They cheerfully go to their rice-
fields to harvest the bumper crop – the fruit of many months of hard work.
My villagers are very friendly and helpful. They are willing to offer mutual help in any case and
always get on with one another harmoniously.
My village is rather small indeed but I like it very much because I was born and have grown up
there and spent my happiest childhood among the simple and hard-working villagers who always
feel attached to their native land.
Describe a visit you have made to a factory
Describe a visit you have made to a factory and show what benefits you have derived from
the visit.
Last week, under our form-teacher’s guidance we visited the Bicycle Factory.
On our arrival at the factory, we were warmly greeted by the director who gave us some
It is a long, low building with different workshops. There are 500 workers in the factory. Many
of them live in the factory grounds but many others live in the nearby towns or villages and go to
work by bus everyday.
When we entered the first workshop, the workers, in their overalls, were cutting steel tubes with
hacksaws. It was very noisy here but the workers had got used to the noise.
The newly-cut steel tubes were brought to the next workshop where they were joined together
into frames by soldering irons. Flashes of red and blue light sent out from soldering irons dazzled
our eyes. The workers were absorbed in their work. Drops of sweat were rolling on their cheeks
and their overalls were soaked with sweat. We went to the next workshop. The newly joined
frames were brought there to be polished before they were painted. The final process of
production was to assemble accessories together before the bicycles were put on the market.
The visit of the Bicycle Factory gave us a precious lesson: the existence of a society depends
largely on the working class. The workers themselves create properly and material comforts for
society with the sweat of their brow. And on impulse, we thought: “If our government hadn’timported such a large number of motorbikes and if all people had used bicycles as their means of
transport, the envir onment wouldn’t have been so seriously polluted”.
Describe the house you are living in. Why do you love it?
The house we are living in is situated in the suburb of HCM city, within thirty minutes’ drive off the central city. We have lived there for more than twenty years. This is a fairly large house
surrounded with a luxuriant garden.
My house consists of four bed-rooms, a living-room, a bathroom with a shower, a dinning-room,
a kitchen and a toilet. It is air-conditioned and well-furnished. The living-room is decorated
beautifully. Paintings by famous artists are hung on the walls. At night, the color neon lights
increase the beauty and coziness of the room. There, on Sundays and holidays my father usuallyspends his time playing chess or drinking tea with his friends. My mother and my two sisters are
diligent and hard-working women. They often keep the house clean and tidy.
On suffocating days of summer, we usually take meals in the garden. It is fairly cool and quiet
here. We enjoy our meals amid the melodious twitters of birds. On stormy and rainy nights all
whole family members gather in the living-room, watching television or telling each other about
their daily activities.
I love my house very much because it is the place where I was born and have grown up in theeducation of my father and in the tender loving care of my mother. I have spent my whole
childhood in the love and affection of my dear ones with so many sweet memories.
Fruits I like to eat
I like to eat fruits. They are sweet, juicy and r ich in vitamin C. I believe in the saying, “An applea day keeps the doctor away”. Therefore, I always have a slice of fruit after every meal.
I love to eat honey-dew melon. As the name suggests, the fruit tastes honey sweet. It comes in
two types; the green melon and the orange melon. Both taste just as good but usually only the
former is used or making dessert. I can’t help but long for a bowl of icy cold honey-dew sago on
a hot day.
I also like eating papaya. My mother says it helps digestion because it is a natural mild laxative. I
love to drink papaya milk too. It is easy to prepare and it tastes so good when it is chilled. Each
time my uncle visits us, he will bring us lots of papayas and other fruits form his orchard.
Mango is also one of my favorite fruits. It has a very sweet smell. Mangoes can be made into
very tasty mango puddings or cakes. However, too much mango can cause constipation.
These fruits that I like can be bought from fruit stalls in wet-markets or at the supermarkets.Luckily, they do not cost as much as fruits like durians or strawberries.
Water is important to all living things
“Water is important to all living things”. Do you agree or disagree? Give reasons for your opinion
Without water no living thing on the earth could survive. We need water to quench our thirst,
water our lands to grow crops or to keep the animals and fowls in our homes alive. Even the
plants and insects in all parts of the world need water to live.