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Chapter 1: Personality: Be The Best. Live The Best. Believe in The Best
Chapter 1: Personality: Be The Best. Live The Best. Believe in The Best
CHAPTER 1: PERSONALITY
- mainly determined by how parents treat their children, have a great impact
on, form ones personality, feel loved/secure and valued/frightened.
Questions 4: What are the main factors that contribute to shaping ones
personality?
Question 5: When you hire someone for a job, will you care to look at his
personality?
CHAPTER 2: FAMILY
Question 1: What are the disadvantages of living in an extended family?
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no privacy, a lot of conflicts, the older generation doesnt agree with the
younger generation, too much noise
Question 2: What do you think is the best way to keep with friends and
family when youre away from home? Why?
phone calls, using the internet, e-mails and instant messenger services,
social media networks like facebook, Twitter, ect.
Q3: When you buy a house, what is the most important thing to consider?
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Q4: In the future, what kind of accommodation would you like to live in?
an apartment in a high-rise 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: non-stop parties, his/her friends stay overnight, tension may
occur when they go clubbing a lot, put up with their bad habits.
Q4: 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 self-reflection, easier to meet new people and make friends with the
locals.
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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 guidebooks/maps.
CHAPTER 5: PLACES
Q1: What makes a place attractive: people, food, weather, or scenery?
a wide range of activities, local/native culture, friendly/helpful, 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 history
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: TRANSPORT
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.
Q4: Do you think cars are safer than they used to be?
safety features, air bags, rear camera
Q5: How has transportation in your town changed over the last twenty-five
years?
air transport, low-cost airlines with online booking facilities, motorcycles are
presently the primary mode of transport,
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Q1: What things do you like most about your own culture?
taught to be respectful, coexist, Vietnamese New Year customs, wedding
customs, traditional festivals.
Q3: What are the benefits that people returning home from abroad bring to
your country?
useful knowledge, educate next generation, contribute to the national
development
Q4: What is the best way to make sure that children grow up knowing about
their cultural past?
recommend children to read books, take them to cultural and historical places,
tell them traditional stories.
CHAPTER 8: COMMUNICATION
Q1: What is the most remarkable advantages of mobile phones?
contact friends and family anywhere and any time, not miss important calls, use
for emergencies or in need of help, take photos to capture memories, connect to the
internet and check emails.
Q2: How did people contact each other before the telephone was invented?
letters, telgrams, urgent messages, invention of telephones
Q5: What difficulties may arise when people communicate without being able
to see each other, by telephone or e-mail for example?
Misunderstand, unreliable messages/ phone calls, lack of facial expression/
personal touch
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CHAPTER 9: PEOPLE
Q1: How do old people enjoy their lives these days?
the elderly, look after grandchildren, exercise outdoors with friends, take a walk
in the park, browse photo albums for treasured memories.
Q3: What kind of people do young in your country generally admire now?
celebrities, set a good example, have a positive influence on
Q2: What are some reasons that rainforests are being destroyed?
wood for making fires, agriculture for both small and large farms, pulp for
making paper, road construction.
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Q3: What do you think the consequenes of global warming will be?
global warming affects:
- Weather: warmer temperatures could increase the probability of drought.
lead to heavier rainfall in some areas.
- Health: Global warming could increase smog pollution in some areas.
- Ecosystem: disrupt ecosystens, pushing species that cannot adapt to
extinction.
- Sea level rising: Rising global temperatures will speed the melting of
flaciers and ice caps.
Q4: What are the advantages and disadvantages of having nuclear power
stations?
Advantages:
- Not require expensive fuel (a large amount of energy is generated from a
very small amount of fuel)
- Not produce hazardous gases (Nuclear power does not produce carbon
dioxide or sulfur dioxide)
- Not be a threat to ecosystem (Nuclear power stations do not contribute to
global warming or acid rain)
Disadvantages:
- Disposing the waste (poisonous waste is produced, highly radioactive;
careless disposal of waste => pollution of land, rivers and the ocean)
- Very expensive to build power stations
Q5: What can we do to stop people from wasting useful sources such as water,
electricity, or gas?
public advertisements, campaigns, natural resources, different types of media.
Q2: Can you name a few endangered wild animals in your country?
tigers, elephants, whales, disappear rapidly
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Animals should not be exploited by people and they should have the same rights as
humans.
Vietnam currently lacks effective laws punishing wildlife crimes:
Just as we oppose the explotation of hamans, I oppose the exploitation of other
animals.
Q4: What do you think are the benefits of keeping animals in a zoo?
Protect endangered species
Receive firsthand knowledge of how animals behave and act
Help animal populations (After raising sufficient number of the populations, the
animaks can then be released into the wild in an attempt to encourage population
growth)
Q5: Do you think pets play in important role in a family? Why or Why not?
important roles, pet owners regard their companion animals as family members,
loyal and affectionate.
Q3: Do you think more about nutrition than taste when you buy food?
nutrition is the most important influence/ a top consideration on food choices,
health of family, healthy diet => happy life.
Q4: Do you thimk traditional foods will retain popularity in your country?
- traditional foods, in their original form, not modernized, not processed, not
packaged, simple, basic, nutritious, consume more
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Q5: How has the way people spent their free time changed over the years?
in the past, not many forms of entertainment, visit friends/relatives, now:
shopping, playing sports, watching television, playing video/computer games.
Q5: Do you think healthcare facilities in your country, such as hospitals, need
to be improved?
inadequate healthcare facilities, public hospital overload, expensive medicine
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Q1: Do you think there is too much violence in films? Do you think such
portrayals are harmful to anyone?
violent movies, viewers may behave more aggressively, more prone to hold
attitudes that favour violence and aggression, harmful to youngsters.
Q2: Do you think there should be a limit on the time that children spend
watching television? Why, or Why not?
excessive TV watching, compromise early childhood development, hinder
learning, adversely affect health, stimulate aggressive behavior overweight, reduce
physical activity.
Q5: Why has television become one of the most powerful media today?
most powerful media, visual, prefer TV
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