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Ý tưởng 'chất' và Từ vựng 'hay' theo chủ đề cho bài thi IELTS Speaking
MỤC LỤC
LỜI MỞ ĐẦU 6

HOMETOWN 9
1. Location 9
2. People 10
3. Landscape 12
4. Transportation 13
5. Tourist Attraction 16
6. Changes in recent years 17

WORK/ JOBS 20
1. What you do 20
2. What you like & dislike 22
3. Reasons for choosing the job 24
4. Other favourite jobs 25
5. Activities after work 27

STUDY 29
1. School & Major 29
2. What you like & dislike 31
3. Reasons for choosing the school/ major 33
4. Extracurricular activities 35
5. Opinions of the Vietnamese education system 37

FAMILY AND FRIENDS 39


1. Your family 39
2. Family members 40
3. Activities with your family 43
4. Your friends 45
5. Activities with your friends
Đây là danh sách các chủ 47
6. Family or friends 49
đề được đề cập trong
HOUSE/ ACCOMMODATION cuốn ebook. 51
1. Where you live 51
2. Who you live with 53
Mỗi chủ đề được chia
3. What you like & dislike 54
4. Your ideal house
thành các khía cạnh nhỏ, 56
5. Current trend in choosing where to live tương ứng với các thông 58
tin thường được hỏi trong
HISTORY 61
1. Interest in history
mỗi chủ đề 61
2. Learning history 62
3. Going to museums 64
4. Benefits of learning history 66
5. Local and international history 67
NEIGHBOURS 70
1. Where you live 70
2. What you like 71
3. What you dislike/ recommendations for improvement 73
4. Recent changes 75
5. Relationships with your neighbours 76

NEWSPAPERS AND MAGAZINES 79


1. Habits of reading newspapers and magazines 79
2. Methods of reading newspapers and magazines 81
3. Reasons for reading newspapers and magazines 83
4. Changes in newspapers and magazines 85
5. Press censorship 87

SPORTS 89
1. Favourite sports 89
2. Playing sports 90
3. Watching sports 92
4. Changes in doing physical activities 93
5. Extreme sports 95

PARKS 97
1. The park where you live 97
2. Going to parks 98
3. Benefits of parks 100
4. How to encourage people to go to parks 102
5. Parks of the future 103

FOODS AND DRINKS 105


1. Favourite foods and drinks 105
2. Foods and drinks you dislike 107
3. Diets 108
4. Cooking skills 110
5. Doing the cooking in a family 111

ANIMALS/ PETS 113


1. Wild animals 113
2. Going to zoos 115
3. Pets 116
4. Reasons for keeping pets 118
5. Humans’ effects on wild animals 119

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LANGUAGES 122
1. Languages you can speak 122
2. Reasons for learning foreign languages 123
3. Methods of learning foreign languages 125
4. Using dictionaries 126
5. Criteria for a good dictionary 128
6. A common language of the whole world 129

MUSIC 132
1. Favourite genre 132
2. Favourite song 133
3. Favourite singer 135
4. Habit of listening to music 136
5. Changes in musical taste over time 138
6. Paying for music 140

FILMS 142
1. Favourite Genres & Films 142
2. Who to watch films with 144
3. Where to watch films 145
4. Purposes for watching films 146
5. Technologies’ effects on films 148

TRAVELLING/ HOLIDAY
Cuốn sách có 36 chủ đề lớn 150
1. Frequency 150
2. Travelling companion
thường được hỏi trong 151
3. Favourite types of holiday IELTS Speaking, và gồm gần 152
4. Activities 200 chủ đề nhỏ. 153
5. Benefits 156
6. Advantages and disadvantages of travelling alone and in a group 158

FASHION AND CLOTHING 159


1. Favourite types of clothes/ fashion 160
2. Types of clothes/ fashion don’t like 162
3. Places to buy clothes 163
4. Brand of clothing is important 165
5. Wearing a uniform at work 166

SHOPPING 169
1. Frequency 169
2. Companion 170

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3. Benefits 172
4. Advantages and disadvantages of online shopping 174

TOYS 176
1. Favourite toys 176
2. Keeping childhood toys 177
3. Advantages of playing with toys 179
4. Disadvantages of playing with toys 181

WEATHER AND SEASONS 183


1. Description of weather 183
2. Each season and activities 185
3. Effect of weather on mood 188
4. Effect of weather on playing sports 190
5. Climate change 192

MARRIAGE 195
1. Ideal age to get married 195
2. Arranged marriage 197
3. Couples living with parents or own their own 200
4. Responsibilities of husband and wife 203

CITIES AND THE COUNTRYSIDE 205


1. Living in the city or the countryside 205
2. Activities 207
3. Problems in big cities and solutions 210
4. Problems in the countryside 211

TECHNOLOGY 213
1. Frequency of using the Internet 213
2. Technological device 214
3. Positive and negative impacts of technology 217
4. Advantages of robots in the workplace 220
5. Disadvantages of robots in the workplace 221

TREES/ PLANTS 224


1. Favourite trees/ flowers 224
2. A place that has many trees 227
3. Benefits of growing trees 229

SWEET/ DESSERTS 231


1. Favourite desserts 231

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2. Frequency of eating desserts
Rất nhiều chủ đề khó, 234
3. Places to buy a dessert nhưng personalities hay 237
4. Negative impacts of eating too much sweet food emotions cũng được nhắc 238

CHARACTERS/ PERSONALITIES
đến trong cuốn sách này 241
1. Your personality 241
2. A person you admire 243
3. Personality traits of a good friend 247
4. Personality traits of successful people 249

FEELINGS / EMOTIONS 252


1. Things make you happy 252
2. Things make you sad 255
3. Show your emotion when you are anger 257

ADVERTISING 259
1. Places to see advertisements 259
2. Feelings about advertisements 262
3. Positive and negative impacts of advertisements 264
4. Ways to advertise a product 269

ENVIRONMENT 272
1. Environmental problems in your country 272
2. Actions to be taken to protect the environment 275
3. Bad habits harming the environment 278
4. Responsibilities of governments and businesses for environment protection 280

HEALTH 285
1. Frequency of a medical check-up 285
2. An activity good for health 286
3. Benefits of playing a sport 289
4. Ways to promote a healthy lifestyle 291
5. Impacts of technology on people’s health 293

TRANSPORTATION 298
1. Means of transport 298
2. Frequency of using public transport 300
3. Public transport vs private transport 301
4. Ways to improve the transportation system 304

BIRTHDAYS 307
1. Birthday gifts 307

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2. Frequency of celebrating your birthday 309
3. A birthday party you took part in 311
4. Why to need to hold a birthday party 313
5. Holding a party is a waste 315

DAILY ROUTINES 319


1. A morning person or a night person 319
2. All days are the same 321
3. Benefits of having a daily routine 323
4. How to get the work-life balance 326

READING 328
1. Favourite types of books 328
2. How to read books 329
3. Where to read books 331
4. Benefits of reading 332
5. Changes in reading habits in the future 334

FAMOUS PEOPLE 336


1. Celebrities you like and dislike 336
2. Advantages and disadvantages of being famous 338
3. High incomes of celebrities 340
4. Kinds of people who are likely to become famous 342

COLORS 345
1. Favourite colours 345
2. Colours that you dislike 347
3. Popular/ special colours in your country 348
4. Colours and personality 350

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LỜI MỞ ĐẦU
Để phục vụ cho việc luyện thi kỹ năng Nói trong kỳ thi IELTS của các học viên tại
IELTS Thanh Loan và các sĩ tử khác, đội ngũ IELTS Thanh Loan đã cho ra đời cuốn
sách “Từ vựng chất và ý tưởng hay theo chủ đề cho bài thi IELTS Speaking”. Đúng như
tên gọi của nó, cuốn sách là tổng hợp các ý tưởng kèm theo các từ vựng thuộc 36 chủ
đề có độ phủ sóng cao nhất trong các đề thi IELTS của những năm gần đây.

Cuốn sách này đưa ra nhiều cách tiếp cận khác nhau cho cùng một vấn đề để từ đó bạn
đọc có thể linh hoạt hơn trong các câu trả lời của mình. Ví dụ, với một câu hỏi về tần
suất của một hoạt động, cuốn sách đưa ra đa dạng các sự lựa chọn như là “thường
xuyên”, “thỉnh thoảng”, “hiếm khi” và “không bao giờ” với các lối diễn đạt tự nhiên.
Từ đó người đọc có thể tự do lựa chọn cách tiếp cận phù hợp với bản thân mình và áp
dụng trong bài thi của mình. Điểm hay của cuốn sách này là: Dựa trên những gợi ý từ
cuốn sách, bạn học cách truyền tải ý tưởng của riêng mình với những từ vựng hay, chứ
không phải ‘học thuộc lòng’ ý tưởng của người khác.

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- Bước 1: Đi theo từng chủ đề, đọc bài mẫu, chọn lọc ý tưởng phù hợp với bản
thân và áp dụng những từ vựng “ăn điểm” trong bài mẫu để tạo ra một câu trả
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ôn thi kỹ năng Nói của mình.

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Bản đọc thử cung cấp nội dung chi tiết của 1/36 chủ đề xuất hiện trong cuốn sách

HOMETOWN
Hometown được nhắc đến đầu tiên vì nó là 1 trong
1. Location 5 chủ đề cơ bản nhất trong IELTS Speaking Part 1

I’m from a small village on the outskirts of Hanoi. It’s quite far from the university I
go to. That’s why I rent a mini flat in the city centre to facilitate my study.

My hometown is located in the suburbs of Saigon. Actually, it’s just a small town with
around 500 residents.

I was born and bred in Hanoi, the capital of Vietnam, so I would say it’s my hometown
although my grandparents are actually from Nam Định province. They joined the mass
rural exodus last century to the capital and have settled here since then.

Well, actually I am not really a city dweller. My hometown is situated in Central


Vietnam where small towns run along the coastline and my town is one of them. I’ve
just moved here recently to attend college.

Giải thích từ vựng:

- on the outskirts of something (prepositional phrase): ở ngoại ô


ENG: in the parts of a town or city that are furthest from the centre

- facilitate something (verb): tạo điều kiện thuận lợi


ENG: to make an action or a process possible or easier

- located + adv./prep. (adj): tọa lạc, ở


ENG: if something is located in a particular place, it exists there or has been
put there
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Các từ vựng được giải thích bằng
tiếng Việt + tiếng Anh rất chi tiết

- born and bred (idiom): sinh ra và lớn lên


ENG: born and having grown up in a particular place with a particular
background and education

- rural exodus (noun phrase): di cư từ vùng nông thôn lên thành thị
ENG: the migratory pattern of peoples from rural areas into urban areas

- settle + adv./prep. (verb): định cư


ENG: to make a place your permanent home

- city dweller (noun phrase): cư dân thành phố


ENG: a person that lives in the city

- situated + adv./prep. (adj): tọa lạc, ở


ENG: if something is located in a particular place, it exists there or has been
put there

Câu hỏi luyện tập: Where are you from?

2. People

The residents in my hometown are generally amiable and outgoing. We live so close
together and are willing to lend each other a helping hand when needed. When I get
back to my hometown, I really feel a sense of community.

Actually I don’t know jack about the people in my hometown in general. The hustle
and bustle of the city makes it hard for us to socialize with one another. I don’t even
communicate with my neighbours. We act like we’re strangers.

The people in my hometown are really supportive. Even though we are constantly up
to our ears in work and study, we are willing to give each other a hand when needed.
Phần thứ 2 của chủ đề Hometown là nhận xét về con người nơi đây, với rất nhiều tính từ/
động từ về tính cách con người. Các từ vựng này hoàn toàn có thể tái sử dụng khi bạn mô
tả về một người nào đó trong IELTS Speaking Part 2
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Giải thích từ vựng:

- amiable (adj): thân thiện


ENG: pleasant; friendly and easy to like

- outgoing (adj): hòa đồng


ENG: liking to meet other people, enjoying their company and being friendly
towards them

- lend somebody a helping hand (idiom): giúp đỡ


ENG: to help somebody

- feel a sense of community (verb phrase): cảm thấy thuộc về một cộng đồng
ENG: to feel that you belong to a community

- not know jack about somebody/ something (idiom): chẳng biết gì


ENG: not to understand somebody/ something

- the hustle and bustle of the city (noun phrase): sự xô bồ, hối hả ở thành phố
ENG: busy and noisy activities

- socialize with somebody (verb): giao du, kết bạn


ENG: to meet and spend time with people in a friendly way, in order to enjoy
yourself

- supportive (adj): có ích, hay giúp đỡ


ENG: helpful

- constantly up to one’s ears in something (idiom): suốt ngày bận rộn


ENG: busy at all times

Câu hỏi luyện tập: What are the people in your hometown like?

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3. Landscape

Well, there is nothing special about the landscapes in my hometown. It’s just a typical
village in the countryside with vast paddy fields, long winding rivers and majestic
mountains.

I’m living in the centre of Hanoi where there are tons of town-house complexes and
high-rises. These housing units are built to accommodate a tidal wave of people
gravitating towards the city in search of work.

Well, my hometown, Danang, is a coastal city. Coming there, you can feel a burst of
energy between its fast modernization and the charm of the old towns. Mỹ Khê beach
has a long stretch of white sand and the water is crystal clear.

Giải thích từ vựng:

- vast paddy fields (noun phrase): đồng lúa mênh mông bát ngát
ENG: extremely large paddy fields

- long winding rivers (noun phrase): những con sông dài uốn lượn
ENG: long, curving and twisting rivers

- majestic mountains (noun phrase): những ngọn núi hùng vĩ


ENG: impressive mountains because of their size or beauty

- tons of somebody/ something (noun phrase): rất nhiều


ENG: a lot of somebody/ something

- town-house complex (noun phrase): khu phức hợp nhà phố


ENG: rows of houses that are joined together as a complex

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- high-rise (noun): tòa nhà cao tầng
ENG: a building that is very tall and has a lot of floors

- accommodate somebody (verb): cung cấp chỗ ở


ENG: to provide somebody with a room or place to sleep, live or sit

- a tidal wave of somebody/ something (noun phrase): số lượng lớn đột ngột
ENG: a sudden large amount/ number of somebody/ something

- gravitate towards something (phrasal verb): đổ về, hướng về


ENG: to move towards somebody/something that you are attracted to

- in search of somebody/ something (prepositional phrase): tìm kiếm


ENG: to search for somebody/ something

- coastal city (noun phrase): thành phố ven biển


ENG: city near a coast

- stretch of white sand (noun phrase): dải cát trắng


ENG: an area of white sand, especially a long one

- crystal clear (adj): trong vắt


ENG: (of glass, water, etc.) completely clear and bright

Câu hỏi luyện tập: How does your hometown look?

4. Transportation

Well, motorcycles are among the most prevalent means of transportation in my


hometown. Even an economically underprivileged family would try to purchase one
to commute every day.

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I find that more and more people in my city can afford to buy a car. Now, we can easily
notice the ubiquity of cars in every nook and cranny of the city. It proves that city
dwellers are getting richer and richer.

The people in my hometown are really environmentally aware. We rely largely on


bicycles and public transport to get around. That’s why air pollution and traffic
congestion have never been considered big problems there.

My hometown is highly accessible by any means of transport from motorcycles to cars.


Moreover, the public transport system really comes in handy, so it’s convenient for the
residents to get around there.

Well, my hometown is located in remote areas so getting there from here is really
problematic. There are no direct flight routes so motorcycles are the only means that
can take us there. The roads are seriously degraded, which has caused a lot of accidents.

Giải thích từ vựng:

- prevalent (adj): thịnh hành, phổ biến


ENG: that exists or is very common at a particular time or in a particular place

- economically underprivileged (adjective phrase): gặp khó khăn về kinh tế


ENG: having less money than most people in society

- commute (verb): đi lại (để đi làm)


ENG: to travel regularly by bus, train, car, etc. between your place of work and
your home

- ubiquity (noun): sự hiện hữu ở mọi nơi


ENG: the fact that something seems to be everywhere or in several places at the
same time; the fact that something is very common

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- in every nook and cranny of something (idiom): ở mọi ngóc ngách
ENG: in every part or aspect of something.

- city dweller (noun): cư dân thành phố


ENG: a person that lives in the city

- environmentally aware (adjective phrase): quan tâm đến môi trường


ENG: interested in and knowing about the environment, and thinking it is
important

- largely (adv): phần lớn


ENG: mainly

- get around (phrasal verb): đi lại


ENG: (informal) to go to a lot of different places

- traffic congestion (noun phrase): tắc nghẽn giao thông


ENG: the state of being crowded and full of traffic

- highly accessible (adjective phrase): dễ dàng đến, tiếp cận


ENG: that can be easily reached, entered, used, seen, etc.

- come in handy (idiom): thuận tiện


ENG: to be useful

- problematic (adj): khó khăn, nan giải


ENG: difficult to deal with or to understand; full of problems; not certain to be
successful

Câu hỏi luyện tập:

- What is the most popular means of transport in your hometown?


- Is it easy to get to your hometown?

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5. Tourist Attraction

Definitely yes, not only a busy and vibrant city, Hanoi has a lot of tourist attractions
that are really worth coming to. The city has its own uniqueness and is synonymous
with many museums and other historical sites.

I would consider the whole city as a tourist attraction. Coming to Danang, tourists can
experience vibrant coastal city life as well as the relaxing countryside at the same time.
They can enjoy both local foods at food stalls overrunning the streets and international
foods in gourmet restaurants.

Well, my village is just ordinary as compared to others. There are no tourist attractions
or whatever. I actually don’t like the idea of my hometown being overrun by a tidal
wave of tourists. They would definitely ruin tranquility there.

Giải thích từ vựng:

- vibrant (adj): sôi động


ENG: full of life and energy

- tourist attraction (noun): điểm hút khách du lịch


ENG: an interesting or lively place for tourists to go

- uniqueness (noun): sự độc đáo


ENG: the quality of being very special or unusual

- synonymous with something (adj): nổi tiếng với, đi liền với


ENG: so closely connected with something that the two things appear to be the
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- overrun something (verb): tràn ngập, chạy ầm ầm
ENG: (especially of something bad or not wanted) to fill or spread over an area
quickly, especially in large numbers

- gourmet restaurant (noun phrase): nhà hàng sang chảnh


ENG: a restaurant of high quality and often expensive

- ordinary (adj): bình thường, không có gì đặc biệt


ENG: not unusual or different in any way

- or whatever (idiom): hay bất kỳ thứ nào tương tự


ENG: (informal) or something of a similar type

- a tidal wave of somebody/ something (noun phrase): nhiều đột ngột


ENG: a sudden large amount/ number of somebody/ something

- tranquility (noun): sự yên bình


ENG: a peaceful, calm state, without noise, violence, worry, etc.

Câu hỏi luyện tập:

- Are there any tourist attractions in your hometown?


- Does your hometown have a lot of tourists?

6. Changes in recent years

Well, in former days, people in my hometown relied largely on agriculture, I mean


crops, to earn a living. But recently we’ve been gravitating towards manufacturing as
many industrial parks have sprung up in the area.

Well, in the past, my hometown just had long winding alleys and narrow streets. But
it’s the gateway to the capital. Traffic congestion used to be really problematic.

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That’s why many new large roads have been constructed in recent years to tackle the
problem.

The most significant betterment in my hometown recently is public transport. Most of


the residents in my place can’t afford private vehicles like motorcycles or cars. So, for
the most part, we got around on foot. But with the advent of the bus system, it’s much
easier for us to move from place to place.

Giải thích từ vựng:

- in former days (prepositional phrase): ngày trước


ENG: in the past

- earn a living (idiom): kiếm sống


ENG: to be paid enough money to live on

- gravitate towards somebody/ something (phrasal verb): thiên về, hướng về, đổ
về
ENG: to move towards somebody/ something that you are attracted to

- industrial park (noun phrase): khu công nghiệp


ENG: an area especially for factories, on the edge of a town

- spring up (phrasal verb): mọc lên


ENG: to appear or develop quickly and/or suddenly

- gateway to the capital (noun phrase): cửa ngõ thủ đô


ENG: a place through which you can go to the capital

- traffic congestion (noun phrase): tắc nghẽn giao thông


ENG: the state of being crowded and full of traffic

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- problematic (adj): nan giải, khó giải quyết
ENG: difficult to deal with or to understand; full of problems; not certain to be
successful

- construct something (verb): xây dựng


ENG: to build something

- tackle a problem (verb phrase): giải quyết vấn đề


ENG: to solve a problem

- betterment (noun): sự cải thiện


ENG: the process of becoming or making something/somebody better

- get around on foot (phrasal verb): đi bộ


ENG: to go from place to place on foot

- with the advent of something (prepositional phrase): với sự ra đời, xuất hiện
của …
ENG: with the coming of an important event, person, invention, etc.

Câu hỏi luyện tập: How has your hometown changed in recent years?

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