Describe a time when you missed or were late for an important meeting/event

You should say:

When it happened
What happened
Why you missed/were late for it
And explain how you felt about this experience

+ Introduction: Paraphrase the topic question

=> I want to describe a moment when I come to meeting lately
=> A moment when I lost the punctuality (sự đúng giờ = to be on time) of an essential
appointment.
+ 2 factors-
Internal - Eg: Oversleep, forget turning on the clock alarm, disease,..... - have to
emerge in a tons of deadline for a long time
External - Eg: Stuck in a traffic congestion, vehicle problems/roads,.....
+ Arrived to the meeting:
Environment: Other people's emotions, facial expressions,...
Solution: give an apologize, posture (dáng) - bow, give the reasons
+ The meeting emotions + feeling of yourself
+ The feeling when I late for an appointment
Solution

Part 3
Are you a punctual person?
+ Direct
+ Statement
+ Explanation
+ Example

+ => Yes/No.
+ There are many reasons that answer why I am a punctual person.
+ I am always on time for the meeting: early (3-4 hours before the meeting start), check
the time frequently, check the confirmation of the meeting
+ I have a time table: Set online and offline, set time alarm 3-4 times per meeting, note
location,....
+ Before the meeting, I set time on the Google calendar which helps me to realize the
time and the location for appointment

Do you think it is important to be on time? Do you always avoid being late?

(Là gì -vì sao - như thế nào)
+ There are many reasons,....
+ (Long) Don’t annoy people: They don’t need to wait for U, starts the … on time and
finishes
+ Reliability (N/Phrase): demonstrates the respect to the others people that show us to
be discipline to the work and it also brings a sense of responsible
 + (Quách Dũng) Satisfaction: People would start work with the captivating emotions
that would make people be patient/ able to generate more ideas without a sense of
furious when someone late
+ Example:
Why are some people often late for meetings or
appointments?
+ There are several reasons why many people…..
+ Procrastination (Delay = trì hoãn): laziness
Vietnamese people are typically late for the
appointment because they normally have a sense of
deep-rooted laziness which means the other people
might be late so that they will be late too for not
waiting.
+ External: The poor quality of the transportation
including the roads, traffic managers,...... might
causes a wide range of problems which might
prevent us from to be on time for the meeting
+ According to research from a HR company, 50% of
the fired employees because of the lateness from the
meeting which has the reasons for the traffic
congestion, especially in the big city.
Are people in your country often late for meetings?
Do you think people are born with time management skills or they develop them?

Describe your first day at school that you remember

You should say:
Where the school was
How you went there
What happened that day
And how you felt on that day

+ Introduction:
=> the first time I went to school
=> the earlies memory I have had of the first school day
+ Preparation:
Bought school items including …..
Feeling: Scare, hopeful….
+ The day
Time:
Who bring us to the school
Feeling: 1. Environment (quang cảnh của trường học) 2. Teacher and the student (thái
độ)
Activities
+ Before and after the first day went to school:
Hope in

Part 3
What would parents prepare when their kids go to school on the first
day? (Là gì - vì sao - như thế nào)
 + Items => => made them fully -equipped and not miss any
important lessons in the class
+ Emotions => with the beautiful anticipation in a harmony
environment, give them some first solution for the
communication with the others when both of them have
conflicts => build up a strong emotions and a set of proper
(phù hợp) behavior in our society.
+ The parents would teach the children to be patient: before
fighting with the other people, they will be calm and told the
teacher to help them solve the problem
How do children socialize with each other?
Is socialization important for
children? What are the reasons
for job change?
Are big companies better than small companies? Why
What are the advantages and disadvantages coming along with changing jobs?