ADVANCED COURSE

SPEAKING
LESSON 6
• Speaking part 1: Personality-related topics (Patience,
Tidy, Concentration, Discussion)
• Speaking part 2 & 3: Describe a person

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Tổng quan
Các thông tin để miêu tả người Ấn tượng chung
- looks gorgeous/fine/lovely/lovable...
- a beautiful young woman/a handsome
young man ...
an average-looking/good-looking person
(not) a very good-looking person

Độ tuổi
- in one’s twenties/thirties ...
Ngoại hình
- be about ... years of age/years old
- in one’s teenage/middle-age years
- an old man/ old lady

Thông tin khác

- ... with + body feature(s)

Tính cách
- be considered a nice/kind/ ... person
- be pretty/rather + tính cách

Mối quan hệ
Miêu tả Tính cách, mối - establish a close connection with
người quan hệ somebody
- be the person for somebody to turn to
for advice/ to confide in
- be popular amongst ...

The special thing about ... is his/her/their ...

Điểm đặc biệt/

ảnh hưởng đến What impressed me was ....
bản thân

The way he/she/they ... is remarkable

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Từ vựng miêu tả người

Word and expression Example

gregarious She’s very outgoing and gregarious.

Cô ấy rất hướng ngoại và quảng giao.
bubbly John is a really bubbly and outgoing boy who loves acting.
John là một cậu bé tươi sáng, hướng ngoại và rất thích đóng phim.
down-to-earth Far different from my imagination, he is a down-to-earth person.
Khác xa so với tưởng tượng của tôi, anh ta là một người rất xuề
xòa.
go-getter Mary is a real go-getter, who always gives whatever she does the
best shot.
Mary quả thực là một người quyết tâm, cô luôn nỗ lực hết sức dù
làm gì đi nữa.
a natural-born leader Jack is a natural-born leader. He is my role model.
Jack là một người có tài lãnh đạo bẩm sinh. Anh ấy là hình mẫu
cho tôi noi theo.
to have a heart of My mother has a heart of gold. She is more than willing to give
gold others a helping hand.
Mẹ của tôi có một tấm lòng nhân hậu. Bà luôn sẵn lòng dang tay
giúp đỡ người khác.
be composed My brother remains perfectly composed, even in urgent situations.
Em trai của tôi luôn giữ bình tĩnh, ngay cả trong những trường
hợp nước sôi lửa bỏng.
volatile Edwards was a highly volatile character.
Edwards là một người thất thường, sớm nắng chiều mưa.
receptive My sister is a good listener. She is always receptive to new ideas.
Chị gái tôi là một người lắng nghe giỏi. Chị ấy luôn cởi mở trước
những ý tưởng mới.
like night and day Frank and I will never get along. We’re like night and day.
Frank và tôi sẽ không bao giờ hòa hợp với nhau được. Chúng tôi
khác nhau một trời một vực.
run in the family We’re all ambitious - it seems to run in the family.
Tất cả chúng tôi đều rất tham vọng - đó là một phẩm chất di
truyền trong gia đình.

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Part 1
Patience
• Were you patient when you were young?
• How do you feel when other people are not patient?
• Were you less or more patient when you were angry?

Tidy
• Are you a tidy person?
• Are all of your family members tidy?
• Do you think you are tidier at school than at home?

Discussion
• What do you like to talk about?
• Do you discuss in a different manner from the way you did when you were a child?
• Do you change your opinions frequently?

Concentration
• When do you need to be focused?
• What may distract you when you are trying to stay focused?
• What do you do to help you concentrate?
• Is it difficult for you to stay focused on something?

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Part 2
Cấu trúc bài miêu tả người

• The relationship between you and that person or how you

met him/her
Introduction
• Apprearance
• Age, occupation

• Remarkable traits that impressed you

Personality
• Memories that you shared with him/her

Feeling and • How you feel about this person

impact • What you learnt from him/her

Đối tượng chính Thông tin phụ

Describe a person who helps protect the environment

• Who is person is
• How this person protects the environment
• What difficulty this person has faced
• And how you feel about this person

Bài mẫu

Well, today I am going to tell you about my next-door

neighbour, Mrs Minh, who is a perfect example of an Từ vựng cần lưu ý

environmentally friendly(1) person. 1. environmentally friendly:

thân thiện với môi trường

Mrs Minh has been my neighbour for at least 4 years now.

She is in her 50s and is actually a retired university lecturer.
As a neighbour, Mrs Minh is really kind and helpful as she
never refuses to help me when I’m in need. From lending
me some cooking spices to taking care of my little sister

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2. environmentally conscious:
có ý thức về môi trường
But what I find most impressive about her is how
3. detrimental effects: tác
environmentally conscious(2) she is, as she has been
động tiêu cực
doing a lot of activities to help protect the environment.
4. bio-degrade: phân hủy
To be more specific, Mrs Minh knows so much about the
5. join hands: chung tay, làm
detrimental effects(3) of plastic bags on our planet. She
việc cùng nhau
told me about how it would take these bags million of
6. inspiring and admirable:
years to completely biodegrade(4) and how they can cause
truyền cảm hứng và đáng
severe harm to sea animals. That’s why ever since she
ngưỡng mộ
moved here, I have never seen her use them once; instead,
whenever she needs to get the groceries, she brings her
own cloth bag... you know, the type that you can bring
home to wash and re-use the next day. Other than that,
she also participated in a lot of voluntary work to clean
up garbage or join hands(5) in other campaigns involving
raising awareness about global warming.

The effort she puts into protecting the environment is really

inspiring and admirable(6). In fact, now I am also replacing
plastic bags with my cloth bags as often as I can. I always
think that good actions give us strength and inspire good
actions in others, so I know what she does will continue to
make bigger changes.

Luyện tập

1. Describe a friend who is a good leader

You should say:
• Who this person is
• How you knew this person
• How this person behaves
• And explain why you think this person is a good leader.

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2. Describe a person on the news that you’d like to meet
You should say:
• Who this person is
• What he/she is like
• What he/she taught you
• And how you felt about him/her.

Dàn ý
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Part 3

1. What kind of people do you usually see in the news?

2. Are stories about celebrities in the news always true?
3. ls news often about famous people? Why?
4. Could a superstar bring positive influence to the public?
5. Who is the head of the family in your culture?
6. Are men better at decision making in a family?
7. Should a leader discuss with team members when making decisions?
8. Do you think this (more men than women are leaders) will change in the future?