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18/05/2017 08:30:37 AM

Một số cụm từ thông dụng theo chủ đề và cách xây dựng bài nói trong bài thi IELTS speaking

Books and Films

Part 1-style questions

Examiner: Do you like to read books?
Marie: Yes … I love reading … I like nothing more than to be engrossed in a good book … I regularly take out books from the library and usually read them from cover to cover in no time … and I can’t go to sleep at night without some good bedtime reading …

  • to be engrossed in: to be completely focused on one thing
  • bedtime reading: something to read in bed before you go to sleep
  • to take out (a book from the library): to borrow a book from the library
  • to read something from cover to cover: read a book from the first page to the last

Examiner: How often do you go to the cinema?
Jemma: Unfortunately we don’t have a cinema near us so we have to go into the nearest town to catch the latest movie … I usually avoid seeing popular box-office hits which I’m not always keen on seeing … I prefer low-budget films … sci-fi especially … and there’s a great cinema I go to that has frequent showings of films like these …

  • showings: performances of a film
  • a low budget film: a film made with a small amount of money
  • a box office hit: a financially successful film
  • sci-fi: science fiction

·         to catch the latest movie: to see a film that has just come out

Examiner: Do you prefer reading books or watching films?
Louisa: I’m not really a big reader … I find books quite heavy-going … so I much prefer to see a film … perhaps it’s the special effects or the soundtrack … I don’t know … I just prefer a film …

  • to be a big reader: someone who reads a lot
  • to be heavy-going: difficult to read
  • special effects: the visuals or sounds that are added to a film which are difficult to produce naturally
  • soundtrack: the music that accompanies a film
  • Part 2-style task
  • Describe a book you have read or a film you have seen. You should say:
    • what this book or film was
    • when you read or saw it
    • why you decided to see the film or read the book

    and say if you enjoyed it and why.

    Pauline  I like reading … especially English novels … it’s a great way to improve your vocabulary and there are so many fantastic authors to choose from … one book that came highly recommended by my teacher was The Mayor of Casterbridge … I was studying at a school in The UK at the time and she said it would give me a picture of what life was like years ago in the area I was living … well I have to say I absolutely loved it  … it was a real page-turner … it’s a historical novel and the setting was a fictional town called Casterbridge … but actually it was based on a town near where I was studying called Dorchester … it had such a great plot … to cut a long story short it tells the story of the downfall of a man called Henchard the central character who lives during a period of great social change around the time of the industrial revolution … the reason I enjoyed it so much … apart from the great story … it gave me a picture of what life had been like in the place I was studying at the time … I really couldn’t put it down … a fantastic story …

    • a historical novel: a story set in the past
    • a page turner: a book that you want to keep reading

    ·         to come highly recommended: to be praised by another person

    ·         to be based on: to use as a modal

    ·         plot: the main events in a film or book

    ·         the setting: where the action takes place

    ·         couldn’t put it down: wasn’t able to stop reading a book

    ·         the central character: the main person in a film or book

    ·         to tell the story of: to outline the details of someone’s life or an event

  • Part 3-style questions

    Examiner: Is reading as pleasurable in digital format?
    Alise: Personally I prefer reading a paperback or hardback … especially if I’m reading a classic which I don’t think feels right as an e-book … but I can see it can be good for others … my grandmother has an e-reader and she loves the way you can enlarge the text …

    • an e-book: a digital book
    • an e-reader: a device for reading e-books
    • paperback: a book with a flexible cover (see ‘hardback’ above)
    • hardback: a book with a rigid cover (see ‘paperback’ below)

    Examiner: Do you think bookshops will survive the digital revolution?
    Thomas: I think so … at least I hope so … I love flicking through books in a bookshop … online shopping is useful … finding out on Amazon if a book you want has got a good review … maybe getting one that is difficult to find … but I still love the experience of being in a bookshop  …

    • to flick through: to look quickly through a book
    • to get a good/bad review: to receive positive or negative feedback

    Examiner: Statistics show that visits to the cinema are up despite the availability of DVDs and online downloads. Why do you think this might be?
    Jamie: I think it’s the whole experience that the cinema offers … going out to see a film when it goes on general release … and seeing it on the big screen is more exciting than watching the film at home on TV … especially if it’s an action movie … and watching it with others makes it even more special …

    • to go on general release: when a film can be seen by the general public
    • on the big screen: at the cinema
    • an action movie: a film with fast moving scenes, often containing violence

    ·         to see a film: to see a film at the cinema (see ‘watch a film’ below)

    ·         to watch a film: to watch a film on TV (see ‘to see a film’ above)

     

    Addition:

    ·         a blockbuster: a film that is a big commercial success

    ·         a classic: of the highest quality