SPEAKING PART 1 (PAGE 25)

Hometown
1. Where do you come from?
I was born in a beautiful country- Vietnam, which has wonderful natural view and
historic places. My country also has uncounted delightful site, visitors can enjoy
Vietnamese culture, our usual life and how Vietnamese people are friendly.

2. What is the weather like in your hometown?

My country has 2 different season that is dry and wet. The wet season will happen from
May to October because of the southwest wind, at that time, it will have lots of rain.
However the dry season will occur from November to April, in this season, it won’t have
so much rain because of the northeaster wind.

3. When is the best time of year to visit your hometown?

Visitors can come to my hometown from November to April because in this time, it
doesn’t have rain, so you can visit lots of historic sites or some wonderful natural view
and attend many interesting ethnic games, visitors also can try Vietnamese clothes.
Moreover, you in this time you should go to the beach and you will have many beautiful
photos.

4. Why do you do like/not like your hometown?

I actually love my hometown a lot, it has my family, my friends and my neighborhood.
Moreover, I also have many great memories here, although it is noisy city but it also lively
city, both morning and evening, human in here seems really busy with their work or study,
also their entertainment too.

5. Would you like recommend your house/apartment to another person?

Absolutely, I am living in a small house with my family, it has a ground floor and first
floor. In the ground floor, my family often relax together, we watch TV and talk about
what happen during a day. Besides that, we also cook daily meal in the kitchen. The first
floor has 2 bedrooms, each members have their own works to do in there and then we
have a night in there.

6. Would you move your house if you had the chance?

If I have an apportunity, I wanna change my house to another place, that also can be in
countryside, I really want to try the life in there, I keen on exploring a new place, in can
know what is the weather like in countryside, it is peaceful or not, how human in there live
and work or is it as lively as city.
7. Would you like to buy a house in your home town one day?
If I have enough economic condition, I would like to purchase my own house, I love
living alone, I also can do lots of things, no one can prevent me from what I love. When I
have my own house, I also can cook for myself, so I do not need to thinks what another
person want to eat.

8. Would you like to live by yourself or with family/friends?

Although owning a house is great, but I am a person who afraid living alone, so living
with friends is my choice. When I live with my friends, I can share with them my story in
a day, I can tell them my secret or my sadness, they can give some useful advice and that
is my dream life.

9. Where are you living now?

At the moment, I am living in a city near Ho Chi Minh city in the south of Vietnam, which
has some historic museums or travel areas, life in my city is really noisy, everyone is busy
with their own work or their study, so you can hear lots of transportation sounds in
morning or in evening.

10. Who else do you live with?

Now, I actually live with my family in a small house, my family has my parents, my 2
younger sisters and me, but in the future, I am going to move to Ho Chi Minh city to study
in university and complete my dreams.

11. Why do you like/not like the place where you live?
Because of the noise of transportation, it leads me to a headache and I cannot focus on my
study, so much transportation also causes air pollution due to its fume. Moreover, weather
in my hometown in this time is really hot and I feel really uncomfortable.

12. What is your favourite room in your home?

I would say I fall in love with my bedroom a lot, in that room I can do my homework from
school, I can relax after a long day studying. Besides that, when I’m in the bedrooms, I
feel that I become my real character, I can sing, I can dance, I can do silly things and not
afraid someone will look at me.