US LANGUAGE SCHOOL OUTLINE LEVEL 3

LEVEL 3
01 WHAT DO YOU DO TO KEEP FIT?
Main ideas = 1. Exercising + 2. Foods and Drinks + 3. Habits
Details
1. Exercising
- Start walking / jogging / cycling / …
- Do push-ups / sit-ups / chin-ups / yoga
+ How often ? How long ? where ? Who …. With?
 Why?
+ keep your muscles active
+ control weight – combat diseases
2. Foods and Drinks
- Foods to eat are:
+ fresh fruits and vegetables: Melons, bananas, apples, oranges, carrots,
+ meat, fish, egg, …
- Drinks to drink are:
+ water, milk, fruit juice, vegetable juice, …
 Why?
+ provide vitamins, protein, nutrients, fiber, energy, … for your day
- Foods to avoid are:
+ cakes, cookies, snack, fast-food, junk food, …
- Drinks to avoid are:
+ alcohol, beer, wine, coffee,
 Why?
+ make your body obese and uglier
+ cause cirrhosis / diabetes / hypertension / heart attacks
3. Habits
- Habits to set up are:
+ get up early to exercise
+ have meals on time
+ sleep enough 8 hours a night
 Why?
+ stay awake
+ have enough energy to work/study
- Habits to give up are:
+ stay up late
+ sleep in
+ skip meals
 Why?
+ feel tired
+ can't focus on work/study
- combat / ˈkɑːmbæt / chong lai - diabetes / ˌdaɪəˈbiːtiːz / tieu duong
- hypertension / ˌhaɪpərˈtenʃn / benh tang huyet ap
- carrot / ˈkærət / ca rot
- vitamin / ˈvaɪtəmɪn / - nutrient / ˈnuːtriənt / chat dinh duong
- protein / ˈproʊtiːn / chat dam - fiber / ˈfaɪbər / chat xo
- cirrhosis / səˈroʊsɪs / benh xo gan
- obese / oʊˈbiːs / beo phi alcohol / ˈælkəhɔːl / ˈælkəhɑːl / do uong co con

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02 WHAT ARE YOUR PLANS FOR THE REST OF THE YEAR? (like #3)
03 WHAT ARE YOUR NEW YEAR RESOLUTIONS? (ke hoach/quyet tam)
Popular New Year’s Resolutions:
- Spend More Time with Family & Friends
- Stay Fit and Healthy / Lose Weight
- Quit Smoking / Quit Drinking
- Spend Less, Save More
- Learn Something New
- Get a Better Job
- Take a Trip
- Fall in Love
Main ideas = Plan 1 + Plan 2 + Plan 3 + …
Details = 1. What are you going to do?
2. Why are you going to do it?
3. How are you going to get it?
Requirement = BE GOING TO + WILL
1. - What? Spend More Time with Family & Friends
- Why? work too much / don’t have time for family or friends
- How? take a month off for a vacation with family / spend time painting the town red with friends
2. - What? Stay Fit and Healthy / Lose Weight
- Why? Get a little fat in the stomach / a little skinny
- How? do sit-ups / go jogging / go to the gym / go on a diet / …
3. - What? Quit Smoking / Quit Drinking
- Why? A heavy smoker / a winebibber / not good for health / annoy people around
- How? chew gum / say no to cigarettes / wine or beer
4. - What? Spend Less, Save More
- Why? save about 10 million / need $ for school and daily expenses
- How? don’t spend $ on games/shopping/drinking – take a part-time job as a waiter/…
5. - What? Learn Something New
- Why? Want a better job in the future / get a promotion / go overseas / …
- How? enroll in an English class in US Language School / take soft-skill classes / …
6. - What? Get a Better Job
- Why? Want higher salary / work in a foreign company / become a manager/director / …
- How? apply to an international company / work harder / …
7. - What? Take a Trip
- Why? Rest after hard working days / spend time with family/friends
- How? go on a trip to Dalat/NhaTrang/VungTau to relax / enjoy fresh air and specialties
8. - What? Fall in Love
- Why? Feel lonely / need sb to share everything in life
- How? go to US Language School to look for a hot girl/boy to make friends.
Specialty / ˌspeʃiˈæləti / dac san

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04 WHAT ARE SOME WAYS TO IMPROVE ENGLISH SKILLS?
Main ideas = Speaking + Listening + Reading + Writing
There are 4 E skills including speaking , listening , reading , and writing.
To be a good English speaker  practice these skills as much as possible
1. For listening skill
- Watch E movies with English subtitles + Use a dictionary while you are watching them
- Download E songs with on-screen lyrics on the internet then listen and practice at home
- Download E stories for kids as animations and watch them over and over again
(websites: youtube.com / bookbox.com / …)
- Practice listening skill regularly with some listening materials.
(materials: Listen Carefully / Crazy English / Effortless English / …)
- Listen to E News on radio or on BBC/CNN if you are advanced students
2. For speaking skill
- Master Pronunciation / Intonation / Liaison
- Go to US Language School to have a good environment to practice speaking English
- Practice with your friends every second, every minute in your English class
- Join an English club and chat with English speakers there
- Talk to foreigners every time you have a chance to meet them
- Money  Travel to English–speaking countries and use English there
- Record yourself to know what you need to improve
- Sing karaoke in English
3. For writing skill
- Study E grammar and structures and do English grammar exercise
- Learn how to write from sentence  paragraph  passage  essay
- Write anything in E: notes, a diary, Facebook captions, email, …
4. For reading
- Enlarge your English vocabulary by reading short story, comics, newspapers , magazines, novels,…
- Read children's magazines and books
- Read a book with lots of dialogue
- Switch operating systems to English
5. For Vocab
- Learn Phrases, not individual words
- Label things in your house
My RECOMMENDATION: There are so many English Channels on YouTube.com, like EngVid,
Letstalk, … that teach free English lessons about Grammar, Vocab, Speaking, Cultures, … by foreign
teachers. You should go there and download the lessons, then watch them for practice. It’s just like
you are studying English with a free foreign teacher, and your skills will improve in no time.

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05 HOW ARE YOU GOING TO CELEBRATE YOUR BIRTHDAY?
Main ideas = introduce your party + Before the party + At the party + After the party
Requirement = BE GOING TO + WILL
1. introduce your party
- I’m going to do something special on my birthday.
- I’m going to throw a birthday party at my home this Sat.
2. Before the party
- invite my relatives and friends
- order a birthday cake
- cook lots of good dishes
- decorate the house with balloons and streamers
3. At the party
- start at 6 pm
- sing HPBD to me
- make a wish (your wish won't come true if you tell anyone what it was.)
- blow out the candles
- cut the birthday cake into small pieces for everyone
- sing and dance
- play some interesting games
- enjoy the dishes and drinks
- receive the gifts and open them
- send thank-you cards
4. After the party
- say thanks and goodbye to everyone
- it’s going to be a very happy birthday for me.
06 HOW WAS YOUR VACATION? DID YOU DO ANYTHING SPECIAL?
Main ideas = introduce your vacation + days
Details = tell what you did + how you felt
Requirement = Past Simple
1. Introduce your vacation
- great/fabulous
- in Dalat/VungTau/Singapore/… with friends/family in a beautiful hotel for 3 days
2. Days (a beach vacation)
- On the first day
+ admire the sunrise  warm and beautiful
+ swim in the sea  clean and cool water  comfortable
+ eat seafood  shrimp/squid/crab/octopus with mustard  delicious
- On the second day
+ go around for sightseeing  famous sights  amazing
+ take photos  1k photos  happy
+ enjoy the sunset  peaceful and pleasant
- On the last day
+ buy souvenirs for relatives/friends  handicrafts  nice and inexpensive
+ say goodbye + get home
 Feeling = happy/comfortable/excited + get back again in the future
Octopus / ˈɑːktəpəs / mustard / ˈmʌstərd / mu tat
Shrimp / ʃrɪmp / = Prawn / prɔːn / tom Crab / kræb / cua
Squid / skwɪd / ( plural squid or squids ) muc ong
Handicraft / ˈhændikræft / = Handcraft / ˈhændkræft / hang thu cong my nghe

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07 WHAT’S YOUR FAVORITE CHILDHOOD MEMORY?
Main ideas = Memory 1 + Memory 2 + Memory 3 (at least 3)
Details = a memory + a story
Requirement = USED TO + Past Simple
When I was a kid/child, I had so many unforgettable memories.
1. Memory = Sleep with the lights on
 Sample Story = a little kid / timid / scared of many things / ghost / never go out alone at night /
think ghosts in house / go to bed / never turn the lights off / think ghosts come and catch / now /
silly
2. Memory = Keep a pet
 Sample Story = the only child / 3 years old / parents go to work / stay home alone / sad / father
buy a puppy / cute and lovely / play together / happy time / like 2 best friends / one day / sb steal
him when we away / depressed / never keep a pet again
3. Memory = Play blind man's bluff
 Sample Story = one of the most interesting games / with the kids in the neighborhood / rule
simple / a player / cover his eyes with a piece of cloth / try to catch and identify the other players /
play over and over again / a beautiful memory in my life
08 WHAT’S YOUR IDEA OF FUN?
Main idea = introduce yourself + your job  idea of fun
Detail
Yourself + your job
- I'm a college student / an accountant/office staff/ clerk
- I have to study/work long hours
- I have a lot of schoolwork/homework/work to do
- I feel so stressed at school/work
- After work/school, I also have a part-time job to earn more $ for school/daily expenses
- I'm exhausted most of the time
 My idea of fun in my free time/on weekend is/are:
1. listening to music
+ What kind
+ When/Where
+ Favorite singer
+ Favorite song
+ Reason = de-stress / relax / feel more comfortable / forget the fatigue after studying or working
2. Reading books
+What kind
+ When/Where
+ Favorite book
+ Reason = get more knowledge / experience / improve my writing skill
3. Play sport
+ What kind
+ When/Where/ with Whom
+ Reason = exercise / make my body stronger / feel more energetic

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09 HOW DO YOU LIKE YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD?
Main ideas = introduction + sight + people + traffic + environment + prices + entertainment +
weather + security + …
Details = SP1
1. Introduction
- live in a rented house/dormitory/… in Thu Duc district
- a great/bad place to live
 Sight
- How? great/beautiful / go sightseeing / relax on weekend
- What? (list some places you know)
 People
- How? friendly / outgoing / hospitable
- What? Willing to help you if you get lost/have problems/have accidents/
 Traffic
- How? terrible / heavy
- What? Too many people/cars/ too much noise / not enough buses/traffic police officers
 fewer people/cars/less noise/more buses/traffic police officers/widen the street/build more
roads/overflies/footbridges/…
 Environment
- How? fresh/clean/
- What? A lot of parks with verdant trees right in the center of the town/ no factory  no air
pollution/…
 Prices
- How? inexpensive
- What? Can buy food/drinks/clothes/… at reasonable prices/ never overcharge
 Entertainment
- How? convenient
- What? A lot of coffee shops to relax/stores for shopping/pub+bar for painting the town the red
 Weather
- How? a little unpleasant
- What? Very hot in summer / cold in winter / wet in rainy season / …
 Security
- How? a little unsafe
- What? A lot of crime / gangsters / thieves / should never go out late at night
 Conclusion: Although problems in my neighborhood, a great place to live.
10 HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE THE CITY WHERE YOU ARE LIVING?
(like HOW DO YOU LIKE YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD?)

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11 HOW HAS YOUR LIFE CHANGED IN THE PAST FEW YEARS?
Main idea = yourself in the past + yourself now  changes
Detail = life + job/school + appearance + personality + habits
1. 5 year ago = a high school student
+ life = comfortable / live with family / …
+ job/school = a high school student / just focus on studies / do homework / …
+ appearance = handsome/nice / wear school uniform
+ personality = carefree / nothing to worry about
+ habits = read comics / play video games / go on FB / …
Requirement = Past Simple
2. Now = a college student
+ life = a little more difficult / live on my own / far from my family / take care of myself
+ job/school = a college student / just focus on schoolwork / take a part-time job to earn $ for school
/ more new friends / more experience
+ appearance = free to dress / jeans + T-shirt /
+ personality = earn some $  more independent / more mature / more responsible for my life
+ habits = go for a drink/coffee / take part in some school activities and volunteering work
Requirement = Present Simple
12 WHAT ARE SOME INTERRESTING EXPERIENCES YOU HAVE HAD?
Main ideas = Experience 1 + Experience 2 + Experience 3
Details = an experience + a story
Requirement = Past Simple + Present Perfect
1. Taking a part-time job – one of the most interesting experiences
 Sample Story = Last summer / waitress / at a fast food restaurant / a tiring job / serve food and
drinks / run around / smile and be polite to customers / really tired / rude customers / not mind it /
teach me / be patient and keep calm / met some celebrities / money good for a student / earning
money is tough / more independent / mature and responsible.
2. Cheat during the exam – one of the most embarrassing experiences
 Sample Story = 2 years ago / a sophomore / program difficult / a lot of lessons to learn + a lot of
schoolwork to finish / not enough time to review / decide to cheat / by writing with very tiny letters
on a small piece of paper / one of major subjects / in the exam room / proctor turn around / look at
the paper in my palm / suddenly / a hand clap me on the shoulder / stand right behind my back /
ask me to sign on Discipline Report and go out of the room / the whole room stare at me / keep my
head down and run away / what a terrible shame / promise myself never cheat again.
3. Be on a blind date
 Sample Story = one of the faithful of FB / have many friends there / one day / a friend of my
sister’s boyfriend send me a message / want to have a date / silly / look handsome / agree / actually
know nothing about him / just see the wallpaper photo / in a very romantic coffee shop / surprise /
more handsome than he is in the photo / have a great time / talk like close friends for a long time /
you know what / now my boyfriend.

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