Clothing

1. Do you prefer to wear comfortable and casual clothes or smart clothes?

+ It depends.
+ Wearing casual /ˈkæʒuəl/ clothes allows me to easily engage in physical activities. For
ex, you can’t play football in a suit.
2. Do you spend a lot of time choosing clothes?
I am a simple man and I don’t want to spend much time on clothes. Fashion is not my priority.
3. Do you like wearing T-shirts?
T-shirt is my favorite clothing item = T-shirt is my go-to clothing item
T-shirts are suitable for various occasions.
Flexible (a.)
E.g. T-shirts are flexible because I can wear them on many occasions.
4. What kind of clothes do you like to wear?
It depends.
As a lecturer, I have to wear formal clothes when giving lectures to my students. But when I take
my daughter outside to engage in some outdoor activities, I like to put on casual clothes.
Advertisement
1. Do you often remember advertisements /ˌædvərˈtaɪzmənt//commercials that you’ve
seen? (Why/Why not?)
I almost never remember any ads I have seen. But there are some exceptions.
Leave impression on sb
Hilarious /hɪˈleriəs/
Exception
2. What do you usually do when an advertisement/a commercial comes on TV or the internet?
(Why/Why not?)
To be a waste of time
Ads are a waste of time so I always try to avoid them.
Switch TV channels
Install Ad blocker
Turn off the tab

3. Have you ever seen advertisements/commercials that you really didn’t like? (Why?)
VTV (more explanation)
Ads that I don’t like are often ads that aim at children. /eɪm/
E.g: fast food, sweets, sugary drinks
Children put pressure on parents to buy them the things they see on advertisements.
4. Would you like to be in advertisements/commercials one day? (What kind/Why/Why
not?)
Watch - see - look (xem - thấy - nhìn)
In the future when I start up a company, I will need to inform my potential customers about my
products.
Advertise (v.)
Social media
1. Do you think you spend too much time on social media?
I have deleted all of my social network accounts.
To be addicted to sth: nghiện cái gì đó
I am not addicted to social networks.
I am not a smartphone addict.
No, I am occupied with work

2. Do your friends use social media?

Yes, statistics show that …
It’s difficult to keep in touch/ keep in contact/ catch up with your peers (=friends) if you don’t use
social networks.
(social media attracts many people.)
3. What do people often do on social media?
Make friend
Find out about what’s going on in their friend circle/ in the world
4. When did you start using social media?
Student
Initially, it was an interesting place where users could
Lot of ad nowadays
Crowded place
1. Is the city where you live crowded?
2. Is there a crowded place near where you live?
3. Do you like crowded places?
4. When was the last time you were in a crowded place?
Spending money
1. Do you spend a lot of money?
2. What do you usually spend money for?
3. Do you use a credit card?
4. How do Vietnamese people generally make payments?
Geography
1. How do you feel about geography?
2. Do you think learning geographic knowledge is useful for you?
3. Have you ever studied geography at school?
4. Are you good at reading maps?