TOPIC 1:

1. Are you a student or do you work?

-Well as you probably guess,
-I'm currently a freshman majoring in Marketing at the University of finance
Marketing,
-one of the prestigious universities educating and training Marketing in HCMC.
-But HCMC is having a covid outbreak so I can't come there to study. I just study
by the Microsoft team.
-I hope the pandemic will get better and I can come there soon.
2. What’s your major at university? Why did you choose this major?
-I am ‘passionate (nợt) about selling.
-Because it generates high ‘profits.
-When I study Marketing, I can make pp know my product and buy it more.
-In my opinion, Marketing plays an incredible role in buying and selling products.
3. Which do you prefer? Study in groups or study alone?
-In my point of view, I have a great interest in studying in groups.
-Because when I study in groups, it will give me big knowledge.
-I can learn knowledge of members in groups and we can help each other.
-The assignment will be completed sooner and better.
4. What would you like to do in the future?
(1) I specialize in Marketing. so I want to become a marketer. (2)
5. What is your favorite subject?
-When I come to the University of finance-marketing.
-The first subject is communication skills and this is a subject I like best.
-The teacher taught me many ways to communicate with people.
-The teacher of the subject is very friendly and knowledgeable.
So that made me interested in it.
+ We can see the opponent’s mentality and create a comfortable space. We
can easier persuade somebody. If we understand them, the conservation will
succeed.
+ in the future, I want to become a marketer. It's a useful skill to talk or
persuade my customers.
+ Besides, in daily life, we can use it when talking with my friends or
teacher, or classmates.
We can understand their opinion and solve problems easier. I think it’s a
useful and important skill in our life.
Cause anywhere we must communicate with somebody. In my opinion, So
all people should know and learn communication skills.
6. What do you dislike about your study?
-there is one thing I can't stand.
-These are exams.
-I must study around the clock and it makes me overwhelmed.
-Besides, I must do assignments so I have no time for leisure (li trờ) activities.
-I hope someday we will not have assignments.
7. What do you hope to do after your graduation?
I hope I will get a suitable job and a handsome ‘income.
-Besides, my shop will have a stable (steibl) income and I can increase market
share and turnover.
8. What are your ambitions for the future?
-Maybe my ambition is having a big shop in shopee. (1), (2)
9. Do you hope to gain any qualifications?
-Of course, yes. I really hope to get an IELTS cer’tificate (sờ tí fi cợt).
-It is a ‘mandatory English requirement at my university.
-Furthermore, I want to improve my English competency (cơm pi tần si) and the
ability to learn language more effectively in general,
- along the journey of getting that qualification.
10. What are the advantages of studying instead of working?
-In my point of view, when I study instead of work,
-I can prepare a big knowledge and be taught many things and experiences by the
teacher.
-when I want to work, it is easier.
-Besides, it is maybe less failure because we study many things.
11,12,13. Do you prefer to study alone or with others? Why?
Where do you prefer to go when you need to study? Why?
How do you feel if someone disturbs you when you are studying?

-I usually study in a quiet space like the library because people are studying or
reading books.
-It makes me focus on this exercise and be distracted by anything around me.
-When I see many people study hard, I will be motivated to study.
-I hate this. Because when I study, I always highly concentrate on this.
-If someone dis’turbs me, it will break my mind and then I can't remember this.
-I am quite upset about it.

TOPIC 2:
1,3. What kinds of food do you like to eat?
Do you prefer home-cooked food or food from restaurants?
-There are many kinds of food such as street food, fast food but I mostly like
homemade foods.
-Because they are hygienic, made with fresh ingredients, and have no chemicals.
-Another reason I like homemade food is that I also love to cook.
-when I was a kid, I had a great interest in cooking.
-I was standing in the kitchen when my mother was preparing food for us.
-I remember that day when I made an omelet the first time and it failed.
-my mother has good cooking skills and she taught me all those skills slowly.
-I had acquired ( er ' quai đờ ) some basic culinary ( 'kó le nei ri ) skills and
traditional food recipes ( 'ré sơ pi sss ) from my mother.
-I was able to cook many dishes like fried chicken, dumplings, or beef noodle
soup.
-Moreover, I also learned some baking skills by watching youtube.
-With this skill, I can become a chef working in a restaurant and I can earn money.
-In addition, when I cook by myself, I can spend time with my family to feel
relaxed after a hard-working day.
-In short, homemade food has a lot of advantages for me and I love it.
2. Do you like cooking? Why (or not)?
-well, I believe that learning something is always useful.
-I also have learned so many skills in my life such as painting, dancing, driving but I
love cooking most.
-when I was a kid, I had a great interest in cooking.
-I was standing in the kitchen when my mother was preparing food for us.
-my mother has good cooking skills and she taught me all those skills slowly.
-I had acquired ( ờ quai đờ ) some basic culinary ( 'kó le nei ri ) skills and
traditional food recipes ( 'ré sơ pi sss ) from my mother.
-but I wanted to become a professional in it so that I joined an extra cooking
course in my city.
-I was able to cook many dishes like fried chicken, dumplings, or beef noodles
through this course.
- I was able to cook many dishes like fried chicken, dumplings, or beef noodle
soup through this course.
-Moreover, I also learned some baking skills by watching youtube.
-There are many reasons why I like cooking…
-First, I like to cook because I want to let others eat my cooking products.
-I want to see their face with a smile when they feel my foods are tasty and good
and that makes me feel happy.
-Second, cooking skills also me become a chef working in a restaurant and I can
earn money.
- in addition, Cooking also helps me feel relaxed after a hard-working day.
-In short, cooking is an indispensable skill in my life and I want to get better at
cooking in the future.
3. Do you prefer home-cooked food or food from restaurants?

4. What kind of healthy food are you eating now?

5. What is your favorite food?
-Everyone will have their own way to relax and relieve stress.
-For me, the most interesting thing is to enjoy the food that I love.
-My favorite food is fried chicken. The chicken brand that I like to eat is KFC.
-Fried chicken is almost impossible to become familiar with in a busy life.
-It is often the main dish at fast-food restaurants and is also something that not
only adults ( əˈdəlt ss) but also children love.
-The chicken pieces will be coated ( kau tịt) with a layer of flour ( ‘phờ lau ờ), then
fried.
-When you eat, you will see the crispness ( cờ ríp ness) of the fried dough ( đau )
and the tenderness (ten đờ nes) of the chicken.
-The delicious taste with a little French fries or salad will give you a great meal.
- I really love this dish.
7,9.
- In my country, we have many beaches so it is the reason, we have many
mouthwatering kinds of seafood.
- when tourists visit my country, they must eat food which is a specialty dish is
kinds of fish sauce like fermented shrimp paste, shrimp paste, Vietnamese
fermented anchovy dipping sauce, so on.
- Although it is a familiar food of citizens, it might seem strange to other people.
- If you haven’t eaten, you will feel it has a fishy odor because it is pickled fish for
a long time.
But it’s yummy food, you can eat them with rice paper, rice noodles, tofu, so on.
When you can eat them many times, you will maybe be addicted to it.
- I think it is a rare food in over the world so people should eat them once in a
lifetime

TOPIC 3:
1. Do you like listening to music? And what types of music do you like to listen
to?
-In today's modern life, music is an indispensable thing for every person.
-And I also like listening to music a lot.
-I listen to a lot of music such as pop, rap, EDM and so on.
-my favorite singer is Ariana grande - an American singer.
-she has many famous songs like thank u, next; 7 rings; side to side, and so on.
-When I listen to her music it helps me feel relaxed after a hard-working day,
sleep better.
-moreover, when I listen to English songs I can also improve my English skills a lot
by reading the subtitles of the lyrics.
-Understanding English is one of the important things for my future.
- in short, if you want this life to be more interesting then I think you should listen
to music.
2. Would you like to play a musical instrument? Why or why not?
3. Do you like watching movies? What kinds of movies do you like to watch?
I'm a movie freak ( PHỜ RI).
-Watching movies is an excellent way to unwind. Moreover, my friends are really
into films, so it's so fun to spend time together.
-I love a lot of movies such as romantic, comedy, action movies and so on.
-my favorite movie is iron man. it's about a hero who revolves around Tony Stark -
a genius engineer, who after experiencing a life-threatening accident, then he
created super-powered armor and became Iron Man.
-I accidentally saw a trailer of the movie on youtube, it was only a short clip but it
attracted me a lot.
-I have watched all 4 seasons of the series and I am looking forward to the next
seasons.
-Besides, watching films has a lot of advantages: I can improve my English skills by
reading subtitles.
-Moreover, it also helps me relax after a hard-working day.
-If you feel this life is too boring, then watching movies is the best solution.
4. Which do you prefer? Watching movies at home or watching movies at the
cinema?
-Since childhood, I have been very crazy about movies.
-However, I hardly go to the theater to watch them.
-I think watching movies at home is always a wonderful experience because of the
following reasons.
-FIRST, if I go to the cinema you will have to spend time and money buying tickets.
so watching movies at home will save me time and money.
-second, watching a movie at home can make me feel more comfortable because
there are too many people in the cinema and it's so noisy that I can't concentrate
on watching the movie.
-In addition, by watching a movie, I can also spend time with my family because
most of my time is spent studying.
-Watching movies with my family helps me relax after a hard-working day.
-I am also a lazy person, so watching movies at home is the best choice for me.

TOPIC 4:
1,2. Where do you live and what kind of place is it?
Is that a good place to live or do you want to move to another place?
-I’ve spent my whole life living in Binh Thuan province.
-To be honest, when I was 18 years old, I move to HCMC for my tertiary
education, but HCMC is having a Covid outbreak, so I can't move there.
-However, I love my hometown. It has gained an enormous reputation for
seafood.
-If you come there, you will eat the fish sauce and grill chopped fish. It's so
mouthwatering. It's a rustic place with many beautiful beaches.
-So there have a lot of resorts. And it's a beautiful destination tourist.
-Sometimes, when I am tired or stressed, I wander along a beach. It makes me lay
back.
-Besides, local people are warm-hearted and have a great sense of humor.
-In my opinion, this is a good place to live.
-Because it is so tranquil and when I live there, I feel comfortable and relaxed.
3,4. What would your house in the future be like?
Do you prefer living in the house or living in a flat? And why?
-my house in the future, I think it's a beautiful house with many flowers.
-Because I like flowers so I think I will plant a flower garden with many kinds of
plants.
-when I stress, I will see this and it makes me feel laid back.
-Besides, It has a small pool. I like swimming. It is so good for my health and it
helps me let my hair down.
-Maybe it has a big yard, there are outdoor activities like playing badminton.
-It is a space for my children.
-This is a reason, I like living in a house instead of living in a flat.
-When living in a flat, we must live with many people.
-It's the effect on my life.
-For Eg when the neighborhood’s flat sings or fix their flat, it's so noisy and I can't
suffer this.
-So in my opinion, when we live in a house, I have more freedom.
TOPIC 5 – TECHNOLOGY
1. Can you live without computers or the Internet?
-Of course, no. Unlike my peers who like going out to play with their friends.
-I’m a mouse potato.
-So for the most part, I spend on the Internet.
-Especially, my country is having a covid outbreak, so we can’t live without the
Internet.
-At this time we can’t go out to meet everyone so we just connect them on the
Internet.
-I usually study on Ipad and be tough by teachers.
2. What kind(s) of “smart” devices are you using these days? How are you using
them?
-In my opinion, the iPad is the best practical electronic device because it
integrated a laptop, a smartphone, and a book.
-it’s a compact which has many beneficial things.
-Besides, a small electronic device makes its cheap price
-The iPad has an enormous app selection like a laptop comes with apps that can
handle a variety of common tasks.
-It includes phone-specific apps such as a camera, call, so on. Finally, it’s used as a
book.
-On iPad, users can search a variety of books.
-In addition, it makes reduces forest exploitation. Those are the reason I like it
and I hope it can be set many beneficial things in the future.
3. Do you think it is a good idea for young children to use smartphones and
computers?
-Internet has many benefits for children.
-They can learn many necessary skills like English, cooking, so on in videos on
Youtube or other social networking sites.
-Besides, they can lay back when they are stressed with their studies.
-despite their benefits, there are still some negative sides that we need t take into
consideration.
-Especially, children use it.
-It has a lot of fake news, bad imagines, and bad videos make manipulate
children’s thinking.
-They can’t aware of the disadvantages or advantages of the Internet.
-They can learn it unconsciously and create bad habits in the future.
-So people should be careful about imagines and videos which give children see.
4. How do you feel about Artificial Intelligence? Does it make you worried or
optimistic? Explain.
-In my point of view, Artificial Intelligence is a great invention of the human race.
-It can compute faster and more accurately than humans.
-Thanks for that maybe children will don’t study difficult Math in the future.
-Under human control, Artificial Intelligence replaces humans to do activities like
cleaning, sweeping the house, washing machines, cooking so on.
-If it is always under human control, we will not worry about it.
-I think we are not scared about Artificial Intelligence, we should be scared about
people who have bad thinking.
-Because AI don’t have bad thinking, humans have it and setting for it
-This is the reason, I quite feel optimistic about this.
-In addition, I think we should use it for other benefits to improve our life.

TOPIC 6 – HEALTH
1,3. What habits do you think can help you live a long, healthy life
-Living a long and healthy life is a human dream.
-To do that I need to have some healthy habits.
-The first is to exercise regularly. It can also help you maintain a healthy weight
and lower cholesterol and blood pressure and avoid diseases like obesity.
-Second, I should eat more vegetables and fruits because those foods add
vitamins to my body to help me stay healthy.
-moreover, I shouldn't smoke, drink beer, or use stimulants like heroin.
-Using them too much will lead to cardiovascular ( ca đi ô ‘vác sờ cu lơ) diseases,
cancer, and sometimes death.
-In short, money can't buy health, but yourself is the key to living a long and
healthy life.
2. What are some ways that people can prevent health problems such as heart
disease and cancer?
-Currently, the rate of people dying from health problems such as heart disease
and cancer is increasing.
-Therefore, we need to take measures to prevent it.
--First, We should exercise regularly.
-It can help us maintain a healthy weight and lower cholesterol and blood
pressure and have a healthy heart.
-Second, Make sure you get enough sleep.
-If you don't get enough sleep, you raise your risk of high blood pressure, obesity,
and diabetes.
-Those three things can raise your risk for heart disease.
-moreover, We shouldn't smoke, drink beer, or use stimulants like heroin.
-Using them too much will lead to cardiovascular diseases, cancer.
-In short, money can't buy health, but yourself is the key to living a long and
healthy life.
4. What activities can you use to exercise your brain?
-Research has shown that there are many ways I can help my brain stay healthy.
-First, I learn a new skill. Learning a new skill is not only fun and interesting, but it
may also help strengthen the connections in my brain.
-For example, learning to cook or learning a new language will all challenge my
brain and give me something to think about.
-Second, I often listen to music.
-According to a 2017 study, turning on some soothing songs can help boost
creative thinking and brainpower.
- In addition, when I feel stressed and my brain can't work, I like to play games to
relax after a hard-working day.
-In short, Focusing on my brain health is one of the best things I can do to improve
my concentration, focus, memory, and mental agility, no matter what age I am.
TOPIC 7 – TRAVEL & HOLIDAYS  
1. Do you enjoy traveling? Why/Why not?
-In my daily life, I do a lot of activities such as playing games, eating, sleeping,
studying, and so on.
-But I like to enjoy traveling most.
-There are many reasons why I love to travel.
-First, I can know different places, different people or, learn about different
cultures and different kinds of lifestyles.
-For example, on the Tet holiday in Vietnam, adults give lucky money to children.
In America, they just celebrate the new year and eat together, not give lucky
money.
-Second, I can see a lot of beautiful scenery and travel helps me feel relaxed after
a hard-working day.
-in addition, I can also try a lot of new food I have never tried.
-In short, travel is indispensable in my life and if I have a chance I wouldn't pass it
up
2. When / where do you prefer to take your holidays? Why? 
-Summer vacation was the holiday I liked most every year.
-Nha Trang is the place where I go with my family to take my holiday.
-There are many reasons why I chose Nha Trang.
-First, I have relatives there and if I go to Nha Trang I can visit them after a long
time.
-second, Nha Trang beach is one of the most beautiful beaches in Vietnam. I can
see a lot of beautiful scenery and take a lot of photos to share with my friend.
-In addition, The food here is delicious.
-The seafood is fresh and I can try a lot of different dishes like sea fish, shrimp,
crab and so on.
-I have also been to many places but Nha Trang is still the best choice for me.
-I can't wait to go to Nha Trang next time.
3. What form of transport do you prefer to use when traveling? Why? 
-Without any doubt, I would say motorbikes. You can see people driving a
motorbike all over the place in my country.
-Almost everyone travels by motorbike.
-There are many reasons why a motorbike is so popular.
-The first, is a reasonable price. Instead of spending hundreds of millions to buy a
car, you only need to pay over 20 tides to be able to have a motorbike to travel.
-Second, when I take the train or the plane, some too many people make me feel
claustrophobic so I choose motorbike so that I can enjoy the fresh air during the
travel and it makes me feel relaxed and exciting.
-In addition, I can have the most realistic experience, seeing the scenery with all
my senses.
-And that's what I like most about traveling by motorbike.
-Many people say that traveling by motorbike is dangerous but it is always the
best choice for me.
4. Do you prefer to travel or stay at home during holiday periods? Why?
I- am an explorer so on holidays I prefer to travel than stay at home.
-Traveling brings me a lot of benefits.
-First, I can know different places, different people or, learn about different
cultures and different kinds of lifestyles.
-For example, on the Tet holiday in Vietnam, adults give lucky money to children.
In America, they just celebrated the new year and eat together, not give lucky
money.
-Second, I can see a lot of beautiful scenery and travel helps me feel relaxed after
a hard-working day.
-in addition, I can also try a lot of new food I have never tried.
-In short, travel is indispensable in my life and if I have a chance I wouldn't pass it
up.
TOPIC 8 – SHOPPING 
1. What are your favorite kinds of clothes?

-well, as you know, I’m currently a student so I usually wear a shirt and a trouser.
-And it’s my favorite clothes.
-Maybe it is unlike my girl peers who like a dress or a skirt.
-It’s can be combined with many styles.
-It’s many patterns in a shirt like caro, big flowers, small flowers, stripe lines,
animal, plant so on with simple trouser.
-It’s so fashionable.
-Besides, it’s so comfortable and formal.
-We can wear it when I go to school, go out with friends, go to work.
-It’s so convenient.
2. Do you like shopping? Why/Why not?
-of course, yes, I believe the woman in the world likes shopping.
-It’s including me.
-In my opinion, when I go shopping or buy something, I feel so glad.
-because it always gives me novelty (‘no vờ ti) and excitement.
-I can have new clothes, fresh food when going shopping.
-When going out and doing something which we like, it’s so laid back
-Besides, I think it’s a bad habit.
-We should reduce buying unnecessary things.
-Because it’s costly and reduces nature resources.
-So we should carefully think when going shopping and buying necessary things
3,4. Where is your favorite place to shop?
-My favorite place is the shopee. It’s so hot.
- As you know, I’m a student so I quite worry about buying some things but when I
know shopee, I don’t care about it because it’s so cheap.
-Youth tend to buy everything in this because it has many vouchers for product
discounts.
-If you are a hardworking person, you will find out a lot of big vouchers
-In each month, it has big sales to attract the attention of customers.
-The product will be sold at a slow price.
-On shopee, it has many retailers so they compete about price.
-It creates a condition for buying of customers with low price.
-The product in shopee is cheaper than the outside market.
-Besides, it contains a variety of goods like color, pattern, size, so on.
-We can choose easier.
-Especially, Viet Nam has a covid outbreak so we avoid go out to buy.
-Shopee is a convenient shop with home delivery.
-So I think people should buy in this to limit the covid epidemic.
TOPIC 9 – SPORTS
1. What types of sports do you like? And why?
-Sport is an activity that can be recreational, professional, or a way to improve
health. my favorite type of sport is E-sport short for electronic sports.
- I like a lot of games like racing, shooting but I love PUBG the most.
PUBG game is really like my lover. There are many reasons why I like E-sport.
First, because of covid 19, I can go out with my friends, so the play game helps me
connect with my friends.
-Furthermore, Play Games can inspire (in ‘touch pad ờ) me to persevere (‘touch
‘via’).
-When I have a difficult problem, instead of giving up, I will try to complete it. It
also helps me feel relaxed after a hard-working day.
-In addition, E-sport is convenient, I just need a phone, I can play anywhere I
want.
-That's one of the features that I like.
-Many people say it is not good but playing E-sport is an indispensable activity in
my life.
2. Why do people play sports?
-In today's fast-changing world we can't deny sports as the 'Universal Language.
---The statistic shows more than eighty percent of the world’s population plays
sport.
-There are many reasons why people play sport. First, playing sports can make us
healthier.
- It helps us maintain a healthy weight and lower cholesterol, blood pressure and
avoid diseases like obesity.
-Second, it is also a form of entertainment for people, helping us relax after a
hard-working day by playing E-sport.
-In addition, playing sports can help us make money.
-For example, playing soccer, if we win the contest then we can get money.
- In short, the benefits of playing sports are quite many and practical for
everyone's health so I think we should play sport more to have a good life.
3. What is the most popular sport in your country? Why?
-Football is the most popular sport in my country.
-A football match is played between two teams, each of which has 11 players.
-Both teams will compete for a ball and whoever kicks it to the goal wins.
-It is widely played around the year and young people mostly like to play this
game.
-There are many reasons for the popularity of this game.
-First, in football, size is not as important as in basketball so anyone with skill can
play it.
- You just need to have good technique ( tekˈnēk) is enough.
-Second, the poor can play soccer because it needs little equipment.
-That is why many people choose to play football as their favorite pass time.
-In short, there are different sports like swimming, badminton and so on but
People prefer football to any kind of sport because of the animating atmosphere
it brings back.
4. Who is your favorite sports star? Why?
-My favorite sports player is Leo Messi.
-He was born on June 24, 1987, in Rosario, Argentina.
-He is my source of inspiration since I was just a small kid.
-Even though his body is not suitable for any sports, The doctors diagnosed ( đài
nâu đờ) him with growth hormone deficiency ( đi ‘phí sensi) but he still tries his
best and as you see now, the result is so fantastic.
-That made me realize that no matter how difficult it is, just trying will overcome
them all.
-Imagine if he didn't try to get over his inner self, the king's sports world would
lose a very great player and some iconic matches.
-I'm sure there are so many more sports players who are devoted, but I think that
no one will have a big impact on me as Messi.