ielts with ms. Helen.

SPEAKING PART 1

TOPIC: Tea or Coffee

BENEFITS OF COFFEE
Coffee boost your physical performance
Coffee may help you lose weight and burn fat/ focus / stay alert/ awake
dot quy
Coffee lowers the risk of death/ stroke/ type II diabetes
Coffee brightens your mood, helps fight depression and lowers the risk of suicide
DRAWBACKS OF COFFEE
If you have high cholesterol, /kəˈles.tər.ɒl/ please choose filtered coffee
Coffee for kids might increase bedwetting
Bad coffee can be toxic bon chon
mat ngu
Coffee can cause insomnia /ɪnˈsɒm.ni.ə/anxiety and restlessness
Don’t drink more than one cup a day if you’re pregnant. mang thai
Q&A
1. Is a café a good place to meet I assume that coffee shops are perfect places for both
people business meeting and regular hanging out to enjoy
the coffee, a refreshing beverage, atmosphere and free
Wi-fi
Furthermore, people at coffee shop are generally more
approachable and relaxed. It’s easy to start a
delicate paintings conversation in a cozy ambiance and melodious
music. khong khi

2. Do people in your country Let me see, actually, it depends on different people.

like to drink tea or coffee?
On the one hand, ….
Is a more preferable choice
Vietnamese senior citizens:
người già /ˈpref.ər.ə.bəl/
have been keeping a habit of
sipping a cup of tea: nhâm nhi
just as a morning ritual.: thủ
tục sáng
On the other hand,
youngsters in Vietnam
On the one hand, tea is a more preferable choice for
Vietnamese senior citizens. Take my grandpa as an
example, he has been keeping a habit of sipping a cup of
tea after having breakfast or while reading a newspaper,
just as a morning ritual. On the other hand,
youngsters in Vietnam would go for coffee. They often
thich
drink coffee while waiting for some friends simply to kill
time, have a coffee as a way to keep awake and stay
focused or simply to chill out after a long day.
These are the ways those kinds of drink penetrate into
tham nhap
Vietnamese ways of life.
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would go for : chọn

to kill time: giết thời gian
to keep awake and stay focused
: giữ tỉnh táo và tập trung
to chill out after a long day: xõa
penetrate into Vietnamese ways
of life: thâm nhập

3. Do you prepare tea or coffee When it comes to the way I treat my guests, frankly
for the guests at home? speaking, I frequently opt for a cup of tea when I have
frequently opt for a cup of some friends over partly because I'm a real sucker for
when I have some friends over : all kinds of drink related to tea. You know, tea and some
mời bạn đến nhà cookies would be a great combination to entertain your
I'm a real sucker for all kinds of guests. And the reason I never serve my guests with coffee
drink related to is that this drink can somehow contribute to their sleep
….and …. would be a great – deprivation (insomnia).
combination : sự kết hợp tuyệt
vời
to entertain your guests: đãi
khách
make them toss and turn at
night: trằn trọc

4. When was the last time you If I'm not mistaken, I last had some coffee a week ago. I
drank tea or coffee? had to work flat out, so, for the sake of my hectic
If I'm not mistaken, I last had schedule, I drank some to keep myself awake and
some …. ….. ago. focused to work all day long. During a break in the
I had to work flat out: làm sấp morning, I also met up with some friends of mine. We
mặt really had a blast while sipping a coffee at that time.
For the sake of my hectic
schedule: vì lợi ích công việc
to keep myself awake and
focused
to work all day long: làm việc
cả ngày dài
I also met up with some friends
of mine: hẹn gặp bạn
We really had a blast: có nhiều
niềm vui
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5. How often do you drink tea/ As I was saying, I’m very keen on drinking tea. So I have
coffee? it day in day out, especially after my breakfast or while
các trạng từ miêu tả frequency I’m reading a newspaper. It is actually my morning
thường xuyên như “On a daily ritual.
basis/ Every now and then/
Day in day out/ Week in week
out/ On a frequent basis/ On
a regular basis/ Frequently/
Regularly”.
Những trạng từ chỉ frequency ít
khi như “Once in a while/
hardly ever/ seldom/ rarely/
not very often”