PHƯƠNG LINH

FLOWERS
PART 1
1. Do you like to have flowers in your home? [Why/ Why not?]
As you could know, flowers are pretty and many people use them to
decorate their house. And, so do I. flowers make our houses become lively
and more beautiful because of their colorful color and their perfume. If we
had some flowers in our houses, we would spend more time on gardening
them, taking care of them and it could be a good way for us to release
stresses of working or studying.

2. Where would you go to buy flowers? [Why?]

It is not too hard to buy flowers in which I live. I can buy flowers in some
flower shops near my house where having a lot of types of flowers with
colorful color. But flowers which bought in these shops could use only to
arrange in the vase and live freshly about a week. And about the flowers can
stay alive longer, I mean the flowers need to gardening in soil, I can buy it in
some agriculture shops. They have many flower seeds for customers to
choose. This type of flowers need you to be patient during the time you take
care of them it growing healthily.

3. On what occasion would you give someone flowers?

In my point of view, men do not like flowers as women. So that, I would
give flowers to my mom, my teachers in some special days as birthday,
Women’s day or Teachers’ day. It is a way to show my feeling, my
admiration and my respect to my beloved people.

4. Are flowers important in your culture? [Why/Why not?]

According to my knowledge, each countries have each flowers as a symbol
of them. For example, cherry blossoms are Japan national flower, and so do
as Vietnam. Lotus is a national flowers of Vietnam. It present for
Vietnamese characters and culture like simple, pure soul, charming, patient
and hope. Each flowers have their meanings. So that,
PART 2. Describe a meeting you remember going to at work, college or
school.

Last summer, I had a chance to meet my friend from Japan. She is Ai

Imamura and she is younger than me. We being friends when we joined in a
student exchange programme between Vietnam and Japan. Despite the far
distance, we are still keeping contact and we met again last summer when
she visited Vietnam on summer vacation. At first, before flied to Vietnam,
she had messaged me that they were going to spend her holiday in Vietnam.
I was so surprised and feel excited when received the information. I arranged
an appointment to meet as soon as they coming. After a week, she arrived to
Noi Bai International Airport. I came to pick her up to their hotel and told
her to take a rest after a long flight. It was in the early afternoon, I took Ai to
the restaurants to have a late lunch. She told that she love Vietnamese
cuisines a lot, especially bun cha and spring roll. She said she tried to make
them at home but the taste did not like when she had eaten in Vietnam
because of the lack of spices and different sauces. Then we went shopping.
Because the hotel she had booked was near the centre of the city, so that we
just walked to the shops. She bought a lot of clothes and souvenirs because
of their cheap prices and good quality. Next, after had gone shopping, we
went to a coffee shop. It was a vintage one with a band played music for
people who came to enjoy. We felt cozy and relax when stayed there. We
talked about our studying at home, about our families and our feelings after
that programme. I told them that I missed them so much. I missed the food
their mom cooked for me, especially tokoyaki, a type of cake of Japan made
from flour with octopus and vegetables baked in an unique baker. We also
talked about our future plans. Ai told me she would go to a law university in
Japan because she wants to be a lawer and the salary of Japanese lawer is
high. I said that she could do it due to her intelligence. We were chatting
together while enjoying the coffee. In the evening, we had beef steak in a
family restaurant. We took her to the hotel by my motorbike and did not
forget to say goodbye to her and showed my happiness because of her
present.
 PART 3
 Going to meetings
1. What are the different types of meeting that people often go
to?
There are a lot of meetings for people to join in. For example,
people often go to the class meeting, friends meeting or family
meeting. They often join in the meetings which they have a close
relationship to the members in that meeting.

2. Some people say that no-one likes to go to meetings – what do

you think?
In my opinion, I do not agree with this view. There are many
people want to go to meetings, because this may a chance for them
to make new friends, expand their relationships. But a few others
don’t like joining meetings as their internal personality or they feel
shy to go to these meetings.

3. Why can it sometimes be important to go to meetings?

In my point of view, going to meetings it quietly important. For
instance, family meeting is a vital meeting. Joining this meeting
meaning you’re showing you respect to your family, to show how
important of the family to you.