LUYEN THI B

Topic 1: Talk about some changes that you like in this city and some changes that you don’t like. Why?
Managed by the governments, local authorities of our country, we are proud of the developments of our city. We are glad that there are a lot of tall buildings, big companies, modern houses, good services, wide streets, parks,… Our living condition is improving a lot.
On the other hand, there are also some changes that affect badly to us such as there are a lot of factories, they cause water pollution, air pollution. There are a lot of Internet services, so students rush into there, they ignore their study. Moreover people become rich, they buy their children modern motorcycles. Days after days, there are so many motorcycles, they easily cause fatal accidents. The best way is that we should use public transportation.
Topic 2: People often say life is getting faster every year. Does faster mean better?
I think nowadays our life is becoming faster. For example: There are many kinds of modern machines, computers,…our work becomes better, faster. They can produce more products. Nowadays, we have a lot of labor saving devices for the home such as: vacuum cleaners, washing machines, refrigerators,… they help the housewives have more free time. Modern means of transportations help people travel faster. Modern means of communication such as: mobile phones, emails,… can bring people closer together. We also have good conditions in our life.
Thanks to telephones, fax, mobile phones, … we can get information quickly. However, there are much pollution from cars, factories, … The air, land, ocean … are seriously polluted. There are more accidents, more disasters … Our work becomes busier, we have no time to relax, we don’t have enough time to take care of our family.
In general speaking, I think faster means better and busier.
Topic 3: The generation gap in the modern Vietnamese family?
I live in a small family. There are two generations: my parents and me. There are some advantages living in a small family. My parents love me very much. So, they share me their experience in their life. And I have a lot of good conditions in my life. My family isn’t so noisy as big families but the atmosphere is always cozy. We are very happy together.
However, there are some disadvantages such as their thoughts and their ideas are different from me. They don’t accept the modern life style, examples: music, customs, fashion,…I’m interested in modern music, I like travel here and there with my friends but they don’t like that. Sometimes, they look after me so carefully, I am not free at all. My mother thinks the girls shouldn’t wear jeans. There are so many generations gaps that I can’t tell you all. I hope our modern society can gradually change their own ideas.
Topic 4: Teenager drug addiction in Ho Chi Minh city?
As you know, Ho Chi Minh city is one of the most modern city in our country but I think it is a complicated city with full of drug addiction. However, most of teenagers are interested in their study but some of them don’t care. They rush into drug addiction, there are a lot of bad results caused by drug addiction such as fatal races, robbing, aids, … Those affect quite badly to their families, our society and our country.
To prevent the problems, the local authority should manage their areas well, the media agencies should work better and the parents should take care of their children better.
Topic 5: Describe what can be done to prevent pollution in our country?
As you know, the earth is becoming hotter everyday because of bad habits of people around the world. There are a lot of factories in our country ,so there are a lot of smoke, wastes … Our environment is being destroyed by many factors.
We should have measures to minimize the pollution. Perhaps, the governments should ban cars, motorcycles from the city centre, develop public transportations like buses, trains to limit smoke in cities. We should use the solar energy instead of burning coal or oil. We should prevent people from deforestation. Besides, we should plant more trees in big cities. We can use banana leaves to wrap food because plastic bags are very hard to dissolve. We shouldn’t throw trash or garbage into the rivers. Especially, we should diminish (làm giảm bớt) the increase of population.
Topic 6: What is your “lucky” number / colour / charm? Do you think you are superstitious (mê tín)?
My lucky colour is blue. I think blue is the hopeful colour. I usually have good things with blue. I feel self-confident with blue shirt when I go out with my friends. Blue symbolizes the sky, it’s very wide and I think it’s freedom. With a blue pen, I feel seft-confident in the exam and I will do the test better than usual.