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ĐỀ THI IELTS WRITING NGÀY 17/8/2019
Task 1: Table (Bạn nào thi hôm nay thì update giúp Ad đề Task 1 với ạ)
Task 2: Some people feel that manufacturers and supermarkets have the responsibility to reduce the amount of packaging of goods. While others argue that customers should avoid buying goods with a lot of packaging.. Discuss both the views and give your opinion
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Review speaking 16/08 BC Hà Nội
* Part 1
- Area where you live
+ How long have you lived there?
+ What do you like about your area?
+ What change would you like to see?
- Tea and coffee
+ Is it popular to drink tea and coffee in your country?
+ When you go out do you most often drink tea or coffee?
+ Do you remember the last time you drank tea or coffee?
- The sky
+ Do you often look at the sky?
+ Do you prefer to look at the sky in the daytime or at night?
+ Is there a good place to look at the sky where you live?
+ Did you learn anything about the planets and stars at school?
* Part 2: Describe an intelligent person
Còn một câu hỏi phụ ngắn nhưng em không nhớ ạ, sorry mọi người
* Part 3
- Intelligent people
+ Do you think intelligent people are happy?/Do you think intelligent people are happier than others? (câu này em không nhớ rõ lắm nhưng đại ý là như vậy)
+ Why do you think intelligent people do not have to care about their payment?
Câu này hỏi do ở câu trên em trả lời là những người thông minh thì vui vì họ không bận tâm nhiều về tiền họ kiếm ra được nên thầy bám vào đó để hỏi tiếp.
+ Are intelligent people often self-centered?
+ Parents usually want their children to be well graduated and be gifted. Do you think they want too much?
- Technology
+ Can people lose something when using too much smart phone?
Hình như về technology em bị hết thời gian nên thầy cũng không hỏi được nữa, thành ra topic này em chỉ có mỗi một câu thôi.
* Một chút ngoài lề ạ
- Em nhận mail báo lịch thi speaking từ ngày 14/8, trong mail ghi 5h chiều. Đến 15/8 thì bên BC gọi điện báo lịch thi của em đổi lên 1h15 chiều, chị ý nói cũng nhẹ nhàng lịch sự nên em khá thoải mái. Nhưng chiều nay em checkin xong từ 1h nhưng mãi 1h50 mới vào thi. Bên BC có giải thích là giám khảo chưa đến vì giờ đó HN tắc đường. Vì mọi thứ đều rất lịch sự nên em cũng tạm ok, chỉ có điều bị thất vọng chút vì như thế khá mệt và ảnh hưởng giờ giấc của em. Lúc ngồi chờ cũng có bạn lịch từ 5h20 đổi sang 1h rồi ngồi đợi 1h30 mới vào thi được :<
- Giám khảo của em là thầy David, nay mặc áo trắng, đầu hơi hói, cũng thân thiện thoải mái. Part 1,2 thì thầy không biểu cảm nhiều lắm nhưng sang part 3 thì nói với em như đang trao đổi bình thường vậy chứ không phải thi nên em đỡ run hơn xíu. Nhưng hình như em nghe là thầy nào càng thoải mái thì chấm càng khó ạ? :<
Cre: Quỳnh Chi

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Report đề speaking BC HN chiều 16/8
Part 1
Pets
Thích con gì? Ghét con gì?
Đất nước có nhiều ng nuôi pets trong nhà không

Hometown (trúng tủ nhưng lại e trả lời lúng túng nhất vì idea sắp xếp lung tung)
Sống bao lâu rồi
Thích gì nhất ở đó
Muốn thay đổi gì không

Còn nữa mà e quên rồi :p

Part 2
Describe an interesting old man you met
Trả lời lan man quá thành ra hết luôn giờ 😭 e sợ nói lạc đề quá

Câu hỏi thêm: Có quen nhiều người già không?
Em vừa bảo không thì thầy ngắt luôn :<

Part 3
Đang hội nhập quốc tế, các nền văn hoá và ngôn ngữ khác đang chết dần. Nghĩ thế nào?
Em chưa nghe rõ mà dám trả lời bừa ._. xong thầy nhắc lại câu hỏi nên nói lại.

Người thú vị trong mắt ng khác thì có rất nhiều lợi ích, đúng không

Người thú vị có vui vẻ với cuộc sống họ không?
Em bảo còn tùy, có thể họ chỉ đang muốn lấy chú ý của ng khác thôi. Nói xong thì thầy có vẻ hào hứng với chủ đề =)) add thêm "vì social media nên xu hướng này càng tăng"

Làm thế nào để thú vị trong mắt ng khác? Có phải càng thú vị thì càng có nhiều mối quan hệ tốt?

Giám khảo nam, tuổi trung niên, thầy thân hình khá to ._. nhìn hơi sợ vì thầy đầu trọc và để râu. Lúc em ngồi chờ bên ngoài thì thầy ra bảo đợi tí, thầy đi lấy cốc cafe, xong lúc thi part 2 thì thầy ngồi nhắm mắt, nhâm nhi cafe ._. em hơi bối rối
Cre: Nguyễn Đức Hải
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Report Speaking IDP Triệu Việt Vương 15/8 9h10
Em vừa đi thi về xong phải review ngay với mọi người cho nóng ạ, tích đức cho ngày thi viết thứ 7 này ^^

Part 1
Home/Accommodation
Tell me about the house or the apartment where you live?
How long have you been there?
Which room do you like most?

Weather
Does weather in your hometown change a lot?
Have you ever thought that you will live in another area that has different weather from that of your hometown?
Do you work better in hot or cold weather?

Reading?
What do you like reading? Why?
Do you read for pleasure or education?

Part 2. Describe a person who encouraged you to achieve a goal
-> Do you like to encourage other people to achieve their goals?

Part 3.
What do you think will encourage children to achieve a goal?
Between teachers and parents, who do you think will help the children achieve their goals?
*Achievement at workplace:
Do you think that workers are motivated only by money?
Do you think people will work better if being competed by others like their colleagues or other companies?
Cre: Lê Phương Thảo

[ MY JOURNEY OF MASTERING METAPHYSICS II ]

If you have been thinking of learning Chinese Metaphysics 玄學, I need to be honest with you.

Training to be a competent Metaphysics practitioner is not for the weak-minded, or those in for a quick buck.

Sorry for bursting your bubble of fallacies.

You can choose to specialize in one or a few genres. If you have a very brilliant and dedicated Shifu as your teacher, you are expected to be competent in many areas. And I mean, M-A-N-Y.

When I was about 13 years old, I came up with this game of adding up the numbers in a car plate. So in the many car rides I had with my younger sister, we would be competing to see who got the answer first, of any car that passed us by.

I always have an edge over her, being five years older. It takes me only two seconds or less to get the total sum of four random numbers.

I now think that was Divine Intervention preparing me for my inevitable future.

During my painful training as a Metaphysics practitioner, my mental dexterity was stretched wider than capabilities of the Elastic Girl. The homework was endless. The pressure was forever mounting.

In my bookshelves, I have easily 200 or more books on Metaphysics and Buddhism, mainly from Taiwan and Hong Kong. 90% are read. 70% of them are read more than once. Or even thrice.

Shifu believes that an able practitioner is one who has many real-life experiences, not just from reading books.

For starters, he wanted us to go out there and with whatever knowledge we have at that time, consult people for free and solve their problems. Master that ability to read people as if they are naked, so that they don't need to tell you their Bazi or Chinese names, and you would know their past, present and future.

When you can read a person very well, you can already read their living environments, without being physically there. Hence the saying, 人如其屋，屋如其人.

I now take about 10 seconds to read a person completely inside out. But Shifu does it in a split second. #姜還是老的辣 #oldgingeristhespiciest

My early years of training were very harsh.

When I go for my flight, during those long lull periods, I have to talk to a colleague, be it my junior or senior, about Metaphysics. It usually starts off with me analyzing my colleague's Chinese name and the conversation will flow from there. Love life problems, career choices, children issues, etc. Sure there were many awkward starts, embarrassing pauses but these interactions sure honed my skills and confidence fast.

When we dine at a restaurant, right after the waitress takes our order and leaves Shifu would turn round and ask us, so what is the most distinguishable feature on the waitress' face? What problem is she facing now? What does that mole on her face signify?

Insert *Blank looks all round the table.*

Got mole meh?

One of our most memorable impromptu training comes from cab rides. Taxi drivers are notorious for being opinionated, especially the older ones. Learning how to talk to them about Metaphysics and Buddhism was a nerve-zapping challenge for many of us.

If we shun away, we get scolded by Shifu. And gentle isn't exactly an adjective you would use to describe his chiding.

If we have the courage of a lion, as novices at that time, we fall short in the confidence and knowledge department, and the conversation usually ends with the taxi driver having the final (wrong) say.

Insert *bang head against wall*.

Once, we were at Uniqlo Suntec. Shifu wanted us to go up and advised the mother of a young male teenager, about a particular facial feature he has.

The mother was none other than Pan Lingling. She was at the store together with Rebecca Lim, Belinda Lin, Chew Chor Meng, Chen Han Wei, her husband and her son. Intimidated by their celebritity status, my Dharma Brother shook his head and did not dare to approach them.

I took a deep breath, walked up to the group and said what I should, pretending that I did not know who they were. Turned out that another practitioner had once told Pan Lingling about her son's feature too. #gladItried

It wasn't lead conversion that Shifu wanted us to learn. It was the willingness to help people and the guts to stand by the ancient knowledge of our sages, that Shifu hopes for us to master. A good doctor will never back away from treating a patient, just because the patient is very famous, right?

I used to write many lengthy Bazi reports, using the Bazi of famous people and people around me as case studies. I wrote countless reports analyzing Chinese names of people I know and people I don't know.

None of my reports passed Shifu's scrutiny on the first round. So there were often many, many, many rounds of correction...

I used to spend many late nights poring through the modern Chinese dictionary and the Kang Xi Chinese dictionary, coming up with suitable Chinese names for a fictitious Bazi. I figured it is that kind of nightmare that will wake me up if one day I slip into a coma.

I had to learn to write in traditional Chinese, as the art of 姓名學 Name Analysis is built on the foundation of traditional Chinese characters, not the simplified form that we are writing now.

The first time I wrote a 2-pager in traditional Chinese, it took me four hours.

I have sat in for hundreds and hundreds of Bazi consultations and Feng Shui audits.

Every time Shifu finished a Feng Shui audit or any consultation, we have to tell him what we had learn from the audit and explain why he did what he did. Without looking at our notes. Eloquence, memory power and solution suitability are the key points he is looking for. If any one of us screws up, never mind, just go home and write a report, detailing everything. 😱😱😱

Formulas for Bazi and Feng Shui (Yin House and Yang House) to memorize run as long, if not longer, as the Oxford Dictionary.

What I have shared is probably only 30% of what I had gone through as a Metaphysics apprentice.

Is it easy to learn to be a Chinese Metaphysics practitioner?

That depends on what caliber you aim to be.

To be continued.