REVISION (Unit 6-8)

TOPIC: HEALTH AND FITNESS

1. What do you understand by ‘a healthy diet’?
There are so many ways to understand what is a healthy diet. But with me, a healthy diet
maybe can be one that is human health-promoting and disease-preventing and
safeguarding of planetary health.
2. Do you do anything to keep fit? If yes, what?
To keep fit, I have a balanced diet. For example, I drink a lot of water. I don’t eat fat,
meat, junk food and fast food. Especially, I don't smoke, drink beer, wine or whiskey
because that will make me more the pressure.
3. What advice would you give to someone who wants to live to be 100 years old?
Living to be 100 years old is a dream for many people. To live to be 100 years old, you
should try to exercise about one to two hours a week, which keeps your body fit and
strong as you age. You should also try your best to limit illegal drugs, alcohol, and smoking,
which will reduce your chance of developing fatal illnesses.

4. How do you think different lifestyles can affect our health?

Lifestyle plays a huge role in health, wellness and fitness.For example, lack of healthy
eating options has contributed to obesity in many individuals of all age groups today.
5. What are the best ways to keep fit?
The best way to keep fit is to do exercise that raises your heart rate. The heart is a muscle
and has to be worked like any other muscle. So golf, in my opinion, is not the best form of
exercise. Something like jogging or swimming or surfing is much more beneficial.
6. What is the most popular form of exercise in your country?
I would say the most popular form of exercise is going to the gym. I’m in two minds
about the gym as a way to keep fit. On the one hand , it is convenient. But on the other
hand, a gym is a very controlled environment, somewhat lacking in imagination and
spontaneity.
7.  Do you think that our genes can affect our health?
Many conditions and diseases are related to genes in some way. Some mutations may be
in a single gene, although most disorders are more complex. Many diseases, such as heart
disease and diabetes, are caused by issues with multiple genes in combination with
lifestyle and environmental factors.
8. Do you think people take enough responsibility for their health?
No, I don’t think so.Nowadays, most people are leading a sedentary lifestyle where they
don’t have enough time to look after themselves. They don’t pay attention to their diet
and hardly workout. But there are a few self-conscious people who are aware of their
health and prefer eating a healthy diet and doing some physical activities in their life to
ensure they’re healthy.
9. How have Vietnamese eating habits changed in the last 20 years?
The eating habits of Vietnamese have changed recently due to economic growth and
availability of more and more processed food, loaded with added sugar, sodium, and fat.
This is the reason why the number of Vietnamese people with cardiovascular diseases and
metabolic disorders, obesity, cancers, has considerably increased.
10. Should children eat more healthily?
I think children should eat more heathily. Healthy eating is essential for your
child's good health, growth and development. Healthy eating in childhood means they
will have less chance of developing chronic diseases like heart disease, type 2
diabetes, obesity and some cancers. It will also mean they feel better, look better and
enjoy life more
11. Do you think a country’s government should help people to be heathily ?
Yes, definitely. In my opinion, I think the government should teach people about healthy
lifestyles. For example, give people information about healthy diets so people can eat well.
They should describe different activities that are good for your mind and for your body.
Then people in the country can be fit and happy and healthy.

12. Do you think people should get vaccinated against Covid- 19?
I think people should get vaccinated against Covid-19 because there are so many
reasons.Firstly, The COVID-19 vaccination will help to keep you from getting COVID-19.
Secondly, COVID-19 vaccination is a safer way to help build protection. Finally, it will be an
important tool to help stop the pandemic
13. Is child obesity a problem in your country?
In VietNam, the number of children are being obesity in a high rate, especially in the big
city.
By 2020, for every 100 children between the ages of five and 19, 19 are either overweight
or obese, a sharp increase compared to the figure of 8.5 in 2010.
14. How important is it to have a balanced diet?
Yes, it is absolutely important that we have a balanced diet because “health is wealth”.
Eating nutritious and healthy food, together with enough physical activities, can help us
reach and maintain an optimum weight while also reducing the risks of developing life-
threatening diseases like cancer and heart disease. I have a balanced diet to lead a healthy
life.
15. How can we encourage people to lead a healthy lifestyle?
The best way we can encourage people to stay healthy is by talk and promotion using
advertisements. So, if there are few who get motivated by it, then there are others who
start following. Also, one can motivate others to be healthy by adopting a healthy lifestyle
for themselves.
TOPIC CUE CARD:
Describe something healthy you enjoy doing Topic: Describe a restaurant that you enjoyed
You should say: going to. You should say:
- Where the restaurant was;
– What you do
 – How often you do it - Why you chose this restaurant;
– Where you do it - What type of food you ate in this
restaurant;
And explain
and explain why you enjoyed eating in this
– how you think this activity helps you stay restaurant.
healthy or fit
– and why you enjoy it
Topic: Describe your favorite sport/physical Topic: Describe a time when you were ill. You
exercise. You should say: should say:
- What sport/physical exercise you like; - When this was
- How often you do it;
- How you felt
- What benefits there are;
- How long the illness lasted
and explain why you like it best.
- And say how it affected your life at that
time.

Describe something healthy you enjoy doing

Well, I didn’t really have a healthy habit until recently when I start to cook myself a healthy
diet. I believe this activity can benefit both my mental and physical health. I usually try to
cook as often as possible for all of my meals including breakfast, lunch and dinner.

What I mean by healthy diet is a meal with a variety of foods that give me the required
nutrients I need to feel good, to have energy and to be healthy. These nutrients include
protein, carbohydrates, fat, water, vitamins, and minerals. I used to only hit the gym and
did not care about what I eat. Consequently, there wasn’t any progress and I could not get
fit.

I try my best to make healthy meals as often as possible. You can buy healthy meals here
in Ha Noi but they are very expensive. That’s why I usually cook for 2-3 days, so 6-7 meals
per time. It saves me a lot of time and a lot of money. However, I get fed up with it
sometimes.

The reason why I enjoy eating healthy is that when combined with being physically active
and maintaining a healthy weight, eating well is an excellent way to help my body stay
strong and healthy. In addition, seeing myself looking fit and healthy makes me happy
which is good for my mental health too.

Describe a restaurant that you enjoyed going to.

- I would like to talk about a fast food restaurant that I really enjoy going to. The
restaurant is called McDonald’s, and it is located in a road called Burgess Road in
Southampton, which is quite close to where I’m living at the moment. Normally it takes me
only 5 minutes to walk to the restaurant.
– I go to McDonald’s quite often actually, because I’m very lazy to cook, and I’m really bad
at cooking to be honest. I would say that I come to McDonald’s around 3 to 4 times a
week, and most of the times I go there for lunch after finishing my morning lessons.
– The main type of food that is served in McDonald’s is burgers, and it has a very famous
product which is a burger called the “Big Mac”. There are several different types of
burgers, from cheese burgers to beef burgers and also those that have chicken. Beef
burgers are my favourite type. Also, the restaurant offers very nice ice creams.
TOPIC: INVENTION
1. Do you want to become an inventor in the future?
2. What should government do to encourage inventors? 
3. Do you enjoy using technological devices? 
4. What do you think are the drawbacks of technological inventions?
5. Which invention do you think is the most useful at home?
6. How can technology make our life easier?
7. There is a saying that ‘necessity is the mother of invention’. What do you think this means?
8.  What famous inventions or discoveries come from your country?
9.  What do you think is the most important invention or discovery in the last 20 years? Why is it
important?
10. Based on the pros and cons modern inventions bring, what do you think of modern inventions?
11. What do you think about the statement “scientists interfere too much with nature?”
12. Do you agree with the idea that we are too dependent on technology today?
TOPIC CUE CARD:

1. Describe an invention that you believe 2. Describe a famous scientist or inventor

has changed how people live. you know about.
You should say: You should say:
what invention it is who he/she is
whether it is more important for older or what he/she has worked on or invented
younger people what are some interesting facts about
what benefits it has brought him/her
and explain how it has changed people's and say whether his/her work or
lives. invention is still important
3. Describe an occasion when you were 4. Describe an item of technology that has had a
not allowed to use your mobile phone. big impact on your life. You should say:
You should say: - What type of item it is and when you
- When it was got it;
- Where it was - What you use the item for;
- Why you were not allowed to use
- How often you use it;
your phone
-
- And explain how you feel about it.
 - And what impact it has made to your
life.

5. Describe a useful website you have visited.

You should say:

- what the website was ;

- how you found the address for this website;

- what the website contained;

and explain why it was useful to you.

Describe an invention that you believe has changed how people live.
I would like to talk about telephone which, in my opinion, is one of the most revolutionary
creations that have greatly changed our life. As far as I know, Graham Bell was the father
of this terrific device and he invented it in the last century after countless numbers of trials
and errors.
It is no exaggeration to say that human’s life has been totally changed since the first
telephones were devised. Few centuries ago, it took us ages to deliver letters. In case of
emergency or confidential cases, people could hardly contact with each other because no
such instantly communicative means as telephones were available back then. You know,
communication enhancement is widely believed to act as the central core of the social
development. As the most obvious example, telephones made it much easier for people to
express their urgent messages to distant recipients. Moreover, when we want to find
someone without any ideas where he is, we just need to call him via telephones and
problems may be solved in no time. So, that’s why the advent of telephones has
considerably improved our society by the way we contact with our family, acquaintances
or even strangers.

Describe a famous scientist or inventor you know about

Thanks to give me such an interesting cue card topic. There are a lot of inventions made by
various scientist in the past century. But if we talk about the most popular scientist then
only one name is come and that is Albert Einstein. I would like to share my words briefly
about Albert Einstein.
Albert Einstein was most popular scientist who gave us plenty of inventions and made our
life way so easier. He has dedicated his all life working on various technologies. In 1937, he
revealed that universe is not constant, it is continuously expanding. Moreover, he invented
light bulb and did so many improvements in other inventions such as Grahm’s telephone.
At childhood, he got failed many times in the primary standards and got out from his
school hearing that he is so dull. But actually, he did everything after understanding its
concept and he continued his study at his home. He then regarded by all top awards of the
world. Now, every person who has a bit knowledge about the world, knows about Albert
Einstein. Today, if we can see at night with the help of bulb, become able to start space
research, it just happen only because of Albert Einstein.
Albert Einstein’s thought is still popular in all over the world which is ‘a person who never
makes mistake, will never learn anything new.’ without him, the world would be worse
beyond our thinking.
DESCRIBE AN OCCASION WHEN YOU WERE NOT ALLOWED TO USE YOUR MOBILE PHONE
Well, several weeks ago, I happened to have a free Friday afternoon. My friend Lisa invited
me to listen to a lecture about novels at her college.
When we were at the gate of the auditorium, the teacher there required us to seal our
cellphone in a bag. Lisa told me smartphones are banned at her college. You know, I
wouldn’t have gone there if I’d known that. To make matters worse, the theme of the
lecture was sci-fi novels. I’m not that into sci-fi, so I wasn’t interested in the talk right from
the start. But Lisa is crazy about sci-fi novels, so she was practically bouncing off the walls
with excitement. I thought it would make her embarrassed if I left right away. So I said
nothing but kept listening to it.
During the whole lecture, the teacher’s words just went in one ear and out the other. I was
so bored out of my mind without my cellphone, I yawned and almost fell asleep.
Honestly, if I my cellphone, I might have read some interesting online novels secretly. I
know that, but it was at least better than closing my eyes.
Since then, whenever I go to listen to a lecture, I make sure I’m really interested in the
topic, otherwise it’ll be a waste of time. Plus, I’ve never gone to Lisa’s college for a lecture
again because I really don’t like their no-cellphone rule in class.
Describe an item of technology that has had a big impact on your life
My favorite electronic device is a laptop. I am not exaggerating by saying that I cannot live
without it. When I did not have it I never thought it would become such an important
thing in my life, but when I started using it I realized that I could not live without it. I use a
Dell laptop and it is very beautiful, apart from being beautiful it is has a lot of functions
and features which have made my life easier.
I use my laptop all the time and I carry it with me at all times. The main reason I use the
laptop is that I am running my own website and for that reason I have look at the website
statistics at all times. If I do not use my laptop, I would not be able to operate my website.
I also use the laptop when I have to talk to my friends or when I have to check e-mail. I
have some friends who live in other cities so when I feel that I am missing them, or I feel
that I should keep in touch with them then I talk to them on skype.
Laptop is an electronic device which has not only made my life better, but also the life of
many people has become better. People have been able to communicate in a much better
and faster way and the communication done via the laptop or internet is mostly free. At
first it was considered to be a luxury, but thanks to the modern technology it has now
become affordable to everyone.
Describe a useful website you have visited
Google is the most popular website, and it helps to reduce our thinking and mental strain.
Google has lots of features that make our everyday life comfortable. We can watch lots of
videos, images, read various articles, newspapers, and learn about various things. By
searching one link for information, it gives information about various other websites
related to it. The information and sources are very relevant and upto the mark. There is no
copyright issue on these websites. We can find every kind of information just by one
search. It helps people to live smartly. Google has lots of new features that are very
interesting to learn . This website is used by people worldwide. The whole world is using
this website as it provides us accurate data with easy readability and perfection. It fetches
correct information with links and sublinks. This website is more organized with new
functionality, security and privacy. We can store our data with full trust in this website.
When I was in class 8, I started using Google, which helped me research different topics
that were not present in the book. Now also,  I need google as support at every moment in
my life.
This website is the best website for storybooks, magazines, academic books, and comics,
etc.  

TOPIC: FASHION
1. Is fashion important in your life?
2. What do young people like to wear in your country at the moment?
3. Has fashion changed a lot in your country in the last 50 years?
4. Which is more important when you buy clothes: that they are practical, or that they are
stylish?
5.  Are jeans, running shoes and tracksuits popular?
6.  Why are jeans so popular around the world?
7. What do you think the fashion of the future will be like?
8.  Do you always buy the latest fashions? Why/Why not?
9.  Why is it important for some people to be fashionable
10. Do you think it’s possible to combine fashion with tradition?
11. What are the traditional clothes in your country? Do people often wear them?
12. What are the current fashion trends in your country?
13. Which is more important: to dress in an individual way, or to dress in the same way as
everyone else? Why?
14. What is the difference between weekday clothes and weekend clothes?
15. What kind of clothes will we be wearing in the future?
16. Which colors do you think will be fashionable in the future?
17. Why do some companies have uniforms or a dress code?

18. What are the disadvantages of having uniforms at work?

19. Do you agree with the idea that “You are what you wear

TOPIC CUE CARD:

1. Describe clothes you wear on special 2. Describe a piece of clothing that you
occasions like wearing.
You should say: You should say:
What they are what the item of clothing is
Where you buy them where and when you bought it
Why you wear them when you wear it
And what people think about them and explain why you like wearing it.

3. Describe someone you know who 4. Describe a clothing item you bought
dresses well. and disliked.
You should say:
You should say:
 What it was
who they are
 Where you bought it
how you know them  What made you decide to buy it; and
explain why you dislike it.
what kind of clothes they wear
and say why you like the way they dress.

Describe clothes you wear on special occasions

 Special occasions are there in everyone‟s life
 When the special occasion is a birthday party or a get-together with friends
then
we all wear jeans, t-shirts and or anything in which we feel comfortable
 When the special occasion is a wedding or an anniversary or a formal diner,
then
I wear formal clothes
 The dress I am going to talk about here is a traditional Punjabi suit which I
wore
on my sister‟s wedding
 I bought it from Frontier Cloth house
 It is a bottle green suit with magenta and golden embroidery
 It also has a multicoloured stole to go with it which has a golden lace on all
sides
 It is studded with golden beads
 It has a very traditional ethnic touch to it
 It is a very beautiful suit
 The stole is in crinkled silk
 I bought matching accessories also
 I bought a golden beaded purse and traditional Punjabi shoes to go with it
 Everyone complimented me
 They said that I looked very beautiful
 I was on cloud nine
Describe a piece of clothing that you like wearing
I’ll start by saying that they’re nothing special, just a regular pair of blue denim
jeans. I picked them up at a levis store in an airport a couple of years back. I
was traveling back to Ireland to visit my family and had a long layover so I
decided to do some shopping to pass the time. I don’t remember exactly which
airport it was. 

Anyway, I wandered into the store, intending only on browsing, but I came
across a pair of jeans in my size, which is unusual, so I tried them on. They
fitted like a glove so I bought em! 

Since then, I’ve worn them to death! I mean, I probably wear them almost
every day. I used to pair them with a shirt and blazer when going to parties or
smart-casual but nowadays I mostly wear them around my house as they are
well-worn. My girlfriend keeps saying that I should throw ‘em out but I can’t
bring myself to do it. 
Describe someone you know who dresses well
I’d like to talk about my mother, who is considered as a fashion icon by a lot of
her friends. My Mom is famous for her sense of style. She loves the classic
style, which means, her fashion is simple, but it turns out to be stylish all the
time. Her motto is “Simple is the best” but the way she mixes colors makes
people admire. She usually keeps up with the latest fashion and each season,
she seems to have a new appearance .

Everyone believes that my mother has an eye for fashion; therefore, they often
ask her for some advice. She said to me that:” Dressing well is a good form of
art”, so, let’s do well, live well and dress really well.
4. Describe a clothing item you bought and disliked
I’m not very beauty conscious and don’t care much about the clothing item I
choose to wear. I wear whatever I like. So, here, I’d like to talk about a piece of
clothing which I purchased with much excitement and ended up hating during
my last visit to the National Capital of India, New Delhi. My friend and I went to
the cheap-yet-stylish merch at Sarojini Nagar Market, where I was amazed to
find almost everything, from cute tops to all-out dresses, suede bags, hipster
shades, cool belts, satin stoles & scarves, and my favourite cartoon and anime
printed tees at a one-stop-shop. Surprisingly, everything we liked was available
at reasonable prices, so I purchased the cartoon-printed Donald Duck Crew-
neck-t-shirt, which looked trendy, while my friend bought a lot of other stuff.
Made entirely with cotton fabric, the t-shirt was best for casual wear. After
using it for a day, I gave it away for a wash, and to my surprise, all the Donald
duck prints in the t-shirt faded away with one detergent wash, leaving away
only the fabric spots. I was highly disappointed with the quality of the fabric
used in the t-shirt and with the tactics used by the seller, who brainwashed me
to buy cheap clothes at low prices. After this incident, I refrained from buying
anything from the street as it made me understand that some items may save
money because they’re cheap, but their quality will always be poor.