advantages - disadvantages

Transport

advantages: be safer -> have less acident

 never think about wether -> rain/ storm, dark at night/ avoid getting wet/ dust

feel comfortable and relax listen to music/ read a book/ take a nap

be convenient and fast travel when i want and where i want

disadvantage: be inconvenient - run slowly - transport infrastructure is in bad condition

 wait such a long time for the bus

have a higher chance of getting diseases

be pretty crowded at rush hour

public transport systems are quite bad.

city

place: cinemas, shopping malls. restaurant..

disadvantages: 

the city environment is heavily polluted 

  have polluted air -  have fewer trees, mountains, rivers

  the traffic is always heavy

  the road are in bad conditions

the cost of living is expensive - spend more money

city life is more dangerous

  have more crimes

  city people are easily attracted by social evlis - drug. drinking

  advantages:

city life is interesting - have many entertainment

 city life is more convenient - live near hospital, school

 have higher imcomes - save more money, but what i like

have more career opportunities

countryside

place rice fields, riverm mountains

benefits

bring me a clean environment

  have fresher air - enjoy the clean and fresh air

  have many trees..

the cost of living is cheap - save a lot of money

people are more friendly, opener - live near each other, meet and talk each other everyday

disadvantages

have lower incomes

life is boring - not have many places of conveniences and pleasures

Health

good habits

eat heathy food - eat more fruit, fish,vegetable. drink more water everyday

eat less meat, junk food, fast food

exercise everyday

have a regular  medical check-up - visit a doctor regularly to find out any diseases soon

benefits

stay health

keep fit

have a better immune system

make us strong and relax

bad habits

eat too  unhealthy food much meat, junk food, fast food, less water, eat fish.

    benefits - be fast and convenient

• have affordable meals

• have various choices of drinks and food

• enjoy comfortable and formal atmosphere

don’t exercise regularly

don’t have a regular medical check-up

problems

increase the risk of health problem

increase the cholesterol level in blood

can’t focus on work or study

it easy to get tired and ill

diseases obesity, diabites. heart disease, high blood pressure

Enviroment

good habits

reuse and recycle products

consume less energy/ save energy

sort trash

use more reusable products

benefits

protect the environment in the long term

conserve natural resources

reduce levels of pollution

tackle some cause of global warming

drawbacks

cause global warming/climate change

pollute the environment

exploit natural resources

increase greenhouse gas emissions

Hobbies - 1

hobbies - free time activities/ leisure activities

listen to music, reading book, watching films

play sports, go shopping, go jogging

advantages

bring happiness to me and my family - make me relaxed/ feel much happier

talk and share the joy with others

reduce the stress of everyday hard work and study

develop imagination and creativity

broaden the knowledge

develop the creative skills

advantages

bring happiness to me and my family - make me relaxed/ feel much happier

talk and share the joy with others

reduce the stress of everyday hard work and study

develop imagination and creativity

broaden the knowledge

develop the creative skills

disadvantages

games contain a great deal of violence

increase aggressive feelings, thoughts and behavious

not focus on their duties and study - perform worse and worse at school

solutions 

choose suitable computer game

be not allowed to play violent game

set limits on the lenght of time for playing games

job/study 1

introduction I am a third-year student at the university

                    I work as an accountant for abc company

Duties

study

do homework

make presentation

join clubs

do part-time jobs at the weekends

work

i am in charge in working with clients/ solving clients’problem/ contacting partners

collaborate with other departments to run the business smoothly

opinion

like 

apply the knowledge and skills of field i studied in my work

have an environment to develop skills

have opportunities for promotion

co-workers are friendly and supportive

dislike

sometimes, i have to work overtime - have less time for family friends

the company is far from home

the workload is huge - feel tired/ overload

crime

crime

causes

not be nurtured with love, care and support - parents are too busy with work

get access to many violent games - copy bad things on the internet

poverty (n) - not have enough means to secure a libing in the night ways 

-> commit crimes

-> the easiest way to get what they want

-> not require any skills or talents

solutions

parents should spend more time with children

• control their activities and behaviours

• give advice to children

• prevent children from making mistakes

punish those who commit a crime - send criminals to rehablitation center 

• learn how to behave well

• get vocational training -? find a job later

House/flat

adj

large, big, quiet, peaceful, beautiful

stuffy (ngot ngat) 

drafty gio lua

cramped 

activities

grow plants and flowers in the garden

read books, watch tv, welcome guests in the living room

Technology

advantages

perform faster and more efficiently

disadvantages

have less social interactions

make people lazier -> depend too much or machines -> refuse to do tasks by hand

increase the unemployment rate

solutions

join social activities: team building, picnic, party

raise the sense of responsibility

take some programs or training courses to control morden machines

update themselves with the development of science and technology

learning foreign language 1

learning foreign language

benefits

helps us learn and get information in the world -> many books are written in English

helps us feel more confident when travelling abroad

• talk easily with foreigners

• work and do business without an interpreter

learn more about that country - culture, people, society, customs and traditions

become friends with many people around the world

open a new door to the world

machine

be good way of learning and getting information

• read newspapers online

• download lots of information

• learn online

be convenient for work, study 

• work faster and more efficiently

-> typing, printing, documents, sorting data

be a good way to entertain

• play games

• listen to music, watch movies

• join forums, facebook groups to share ideas and information

describe a person

appearance

tall short high

beautiful have short black hair

characters

good

honest

helpful, kind, nice

generous

bad

talkative

awful, terrible, selfish

relationship

we known each other for 10 years

we first met at high school/ at the company

common activities

often meet at the coffee shop

go shopping together

talk and share with each other life, study, work..

holiday1

holiday

likes

the scenery is magnificent

• there are breathtaking views of the mountains and rivers

• enjoy fresh air and pure air

the local cuisine is fresh and delicious but not expensive 

• have a variety of food

people are friendly, sociable, polite

enjoy activities

• swim in the blue and clear sweawater

• do sunbathing on the soft sand and beach under the yellow warm sunshine

• play football on the beach

• build sandcastle on the beach

• watch the sunrise/sunset