1. Teenagers are dropping out of school to find a job.

What problems and how can we

help them to continue their education?

- Problems:

+ Individual:

·  Inadequate in basic knowledge -> get into trouble in applying for a job or using advanced
devices

·  Physical exhaustion: having no degree or qualification -> having no chance to work in

companies or well-paid jobs

+ Family: low income -> meet with financial problems -> bad-quality life

+ Society: educated inhabitants help to promote the country’s development -> lots of
dropped-out people -> struggling in developing economy, politics,….

- Solution:

+ government: supply students who have a complex condition with scholarships or donation

+ School: improve their infrastructure and facilities to create a convenient environment

+ Parents: motivate students to attempt their studying

2. Keeping the air quality at healthy levels for their residents is a concern for many
places. What problems and how can we solve the problem of pollution in city centers?

-Problems:

+ Cause diseases: asthma, lung cancer, respiratory diseases

+ Increase sea level, global warming -> causing disasters-> obstacles for people -> effect
their working and earnings

-Solution:

+ Governments:

·  encourage residents to be aware of the importance of nature

·  punish ones who have an intention of destroy nature

+ Individual: give a hand in protecting the environment

3. Learning a foreign language helps students develop a set of important skills. Why
should foreign languages be taught in schools?

- Enhance their skills: listening skills, memorizing,

- Helps students keep in contact with friends overseas: reduce the distances between people
and people, no more obstacles when traveling or studying abroad
 - Expand their horizons: provides them with diversity in cultures, and traditions -> motivate
pupils to respect their diversity

4. Has technology made a positive contribution to sports today? The use of technology
to improve performance. The use of technology in refereeing decisions.

- Technology plays an integral part in sports these days:

+ Technology improves performance:

·  Technology provides sports players with ultra-modern facilities: lighter boots, better quality
soccer balls or bats, and rackets,……… -> support for participants to break the records and
show all their abilities

·  Apart from this, trainers nowadays have a kind of gadget to monitor body activity as well as
consider which sort of sport fits themselves

+ Technology helps in refereeing decisions:

·  Ensure a fair game: for ex: all sports competitions will have cameras to capture all moments
of sports players -> easier for referees or umpires to decide whether to do a penalty or any
punishment

5. It is better to work at home than in an office. Do you agree? Contact with people
Working hours

-  Somewhat agree

+ Working at home:

·  Completely concentrate on your work: as fewer disruption from colleges, noise -> facilitate
more focused work

·  Save time and money: there’s no need to commute to work every day- > lessen fuels used.

·  Lower sickness: no spreading virus from others ( ex: covid 19); no suffering from pollution
or emission from factories or roads.

+ Working in an office:

·  Have a connection, and solidarity with colleagues or accompanies

·  Home distraction: have no particular schedule -> be attracted by social media ( Facebook,
TikTok)

·  Negative effects on mental health: being isolated in houses for a long time -> Feeling
lonely; sitting in front of the screen for a long time -> headache or disorder.

6. In many parts of Africa, people are dying of starvation and lack of fresh
water. What are the reasons for this issue and how can these problems be
solved?
- Reasons:
 + Poor frustration: unable to build up the water filtration system  -> use of
contaminated water in the cooking and daily demands -> diseases: diarrheal or
waterborne
+ Pollution: cause natural disasters (especially drought) -> no pasture or farmland
to grow crops
+ Consequences of wars: dramatically demolished and emigrate causes their
instability of life -> effect on harvest and earnings or maintain breed
- Solution:
+ in Africa
·  Exploiting water from the ground
·  Creating a new kind of seeds which suitable for dry land
+ Global:
·  Reduce pollution as much as possible: planting trees, no littering, no
deforestation -> decline the frequency of disasters happening
7. Many forests around the world are being destroyed for agricultural, commercial,
or housing use without allowing time for the forests to regenerate themselves. What
problems and how can these problems be solved?

- Problems:

+ Imbalance in the ecosystem

+ Pollution: trees provide us with Oxygen and reduce carbon dioxide -> refresh the
atmosphere

+ Disaster: trees are considered to be a barrier when water flows down to the delta ->
flood

- Solution: 

+ Government:

·  Improve the efficiency of managing and protecting the forest

·  Hold campaigns, and forums to increase the awareness of residents of protecting

jungles

·  Have an appropriate punishment for those who break the rules

+ Individuals:

·  Be responsible for giving a hand in protecting the environment

·  Propagate everyone to do so
  8. More and more young people spend most of their time playing computer games.
What problems may happen and how can we help children to overcome this
addiction?

- Problems:

+ Cause kinds of illness:

·  eye strain -> color blindness, amblyopia,….

·  Prolongedly sitting In front of a screen -> brain disorder -> no longer care about the outside
life

·  Sitting for a long time -> arthritis, muscle cramp,…….

+ Be affected by social media and depression

- Solution:

+ motivate children to have an appropriate amount of time in a day to use the computer

+ register for some extra classes: to enhance their skills and give them a chance to make
friends

9. Smoking is responsible for many health problems throughout the world. Do you
think it should be made illegal?

-  Absolutely :

+ Smoking causes lung cancer -> takes a long time to treat -> death

+ a waste of money: cigarettes are considered to be addictive substances ->  drugs -> this
leads to many kinds of crimes: robbing, stealing, lying,……….

+ Affect others: the smoke from cigarettes can spread to others ( especially in the public:
buses, parties,…….)

10. Life is harder for young people now than in the past. Do you agree? Education
Work -> Somewhat agree:

- With the development of modern technology :

+ gives human job opportunities

+ Many ways of entertainment were created ( films, online books,…)

+ Allow people to meet human needs ( do everything online)

- However, this also leads to an increase in competition among companies or rivalry among
students -> ones who bring home the bacon: get caught up in the hectic pace of life

11. Is it better to go shopping in small local businesses or large out-of-town shopping

/centers? Where things are cheaper? Where service is better?
 -> Small local businesses.

- Cheaper:

+ The goods are almost handicrafts -> use available materials

+ Don’t have to pay tax or parking fee

- Save time:

+ Don’t have to get stuck up in the congestion like the large out-of-town shopping centers

+ The distances between shops and shops are closed

- Friendly local people:

+ people are hospitable and able to introduce tourists to all the products they made as well
as their experience

12. Is it better to spend a summer holiday in the countryside or on the coast? Leisure
options Climate

-> On the coast:

- Suitable for experiencing everything in one day >< in the countryside: more appropriate to
have a long vacation to explore everything

- With the high degree of the summer: having a cruise helps to relax and enjoy cuisines
(seafood or ice cream); swim; play sports; ……….

13. Is it better to use the car or public transport in your town or area? Journey times
Cost

- Depends on the journey times:

+ A short holiday -> public transport

·  There is a line for buses or taxis -> get away with traffic jams -> save time

·  There is no need to look for directions to reach our destination

·  Cheaper price: no payment for fuel or tax

·  Protect the environment and have a habit of being punctual

+ A long vacation -> car

·  Flexibility: use it every time to go everywhere without waiting for the bus top,…….

·  Comfort and relax: have our own space, avoid getting stuck in the crowd

·  Convenience: able to carry lots of luggage and with ones who have babies  

14. There is little that individuals can do to help the environment. Do you agree?
Pollution Household waste
-> Disagree: pollution is caused by all the bad habits of humans -> by some simple
activities -> change the world for the better

- Household waste: garbage sorting -> reduce, recycle, and reuse

- Pollution:

+ Air pollution: stop using private transport all the time. Instead, turning to use public
transport -> decline the smoke from vehicles and avoid traffic jams

+ Water pollution: say no to throwing garbage into the rivers or beaches -> preserve the
marine creatures.

+ Soil pollution: no chemicals (herbicides, pesticides) in farming

15. Some people think that school does not prepare students adequately for real life.
Do you agree? The content of lessons Social relationships

-> agree

- The content of lessons: too many theories and homework without any practical practice

( ex: IT: having little chances to get access to computers; being a mechanic,..)

- Lack of social skills: do basic house chores, budget management, do taxes, ……..

-social relationships: very few chances to work on projects with our classmates or
communicate with other school students or with foreign friends

16. Do you agree that modern domestic appliances have improved the quality of our
lives? Effect on household chores. Time saved for other activities

-> Agree

- Household chores: with the help of modern appliances (washing machines, dishwashers,
robots) -> not only effective but also productive -> save time for other works

- Serve human demands:

+ Fridge: store food, fruits, and vegetables, keep fruit, meet fresh for a long period

+ Domestic cosmetics: using for make-up, lotion especially women

+ Cooking: with microwave, oil-free frying pan -> heat the food without oil -> good for
health but also saves time

17. Is it better to go on holiday with family or friends?

-> Friends:

- Enhance confidence, expand horizons about new explore

- Improve your skills:

+ Budget management
+ Using a new kind of transport or solving problems

- more comfortable: you can go everywhere, have a list of activities you want to do, things
you want to buy without any dependence on parents

18. Is it better to be famous or unknown?

-> Unknown

- Have an outside life:

+don’t have to be in the public eye all the time; do what you like without any distractions or
monitory

+ Avoid stalkers or paparazzi

+ Spend time gathering with families or friends