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Trang 110 VNU-EPT SPEAKING TOPICS 2016 (2)
Topic 1 False idolization - regarding somebody as a hero with blind
adoration or devotion – can cause embarrassment or even anger when
an idolized person turns out not to be a real idol
What are some reasons for false idolization and how to stop it? Give reasons and examples from your reading, experience or observations to support your point of view
Topic 2 A report by UNEP (United Nations Environment Programme)
states that human populations have been over-exploiting the Earth’s natural resources by unsustainable development As a developing
country, Vietnam has also been undergoing unsustainable development
Discuss some major causes and effects of this social issue in the context of Vietnam Give reasons and examples from your reading, experience or observations to support your point of view
Topic 3 In Ho Chi Minh City, a recent ban on after-school tutoring which
leads to job dismissals for violations has caused a lot of discussion
nationwide
Are you for or against this ban? Why? Give reasons and examples from your reading, experience or observations to support your point of view
Topic 4 With the development of technology, Internet fraud is increasingly popular all over the world
Discuss some major cases in Vietnam recently and some solutions to prevent it Give reasons and examples from your reading, experience or observations to support your point of view
Topic 5 Some countries apply humane punishments for prisoners by
giving them certain facilities in prison Other countries insist that
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during their time there
Do you think prisons should be a decent enough or a harsh environment? Why? Give reasons and examples from your reading, experience or observations to support your point of view
Topic 6 In Vietnam, a new traffic law taking effect on August 1st, 2016
imposes the same fine on people who go through the red light and the yellow light Do you agree or disagree with this new rule? Why? Give your opinion and support it with reasons and examples taken from your
reading, experience, or observations
Topic 7 In Vietnam, a number of reality shows for children, especially
music contests, appear to have adult content: children singing adult songs, wearing too much makeup, etc Do you think it is normal or inappropriate? Why? Give your opinion and support it with reasons and
examples taken from your reading, experience, or observations
Topic 8 Should Vietnam have more public holidays or longer holidays?
Why? Give your opinion and support it with reasons and examples taken
from your reading, experience, or observations
Topic 9: Should the time for Vietnamese university education be
shortened to 3-4 years instead of 4-6 years like before? Why? Give your opinion and support it with reasons and examples taken from your reading, experience, or observations
Topic 10: More and more Vietnamese parents send their children
abroad for high school education as early as 15 years of age Do you agree or disagree with this decision? Give your opinion and support it with reasons and examples taken from your reading, experience, or observations
Trang 3False idolization - regarding somebody as a hero with blind adoration or
person turns out not to be a real idol
What are some reasons for false idolization and how to stop it? Give reasons and examples from your reading, experience or observations to support your point of view
Introduction: Nowadays, many people, especially teenagers, are regarding
their favorite singers or actors as perfect idols And when their idols turn out
to be not perfect, they become angry and do bad things
Reasons: I think there are some reasons for this problem:
- Firstly, teenagers nowadays are strongly affected by TV and movies
When the actor plays a good character in the movie, teenagers believe that
he is also a perfect person in real life like his character So, when the actor turns out not to be as perfect as his character in the movie, teenagers tend
to become angry and even attack their idol
- Secondly, the media companies always build up perfect appearances and personalities for their singers and actors They are
always fashionable and very well behaved when they appear in front of their fans even though it is not their real personalities
- Finally, over compliments on newspapers, magazines or social media make some people think that idols are perfect Teenagers
strongly believe that and become crazy when bad news is released
Solution: To stop this problem, I think the best way is educating our
children how to admire somebody in right way We shouldn’t prevent our
nobody in this world is perfect and admiring somebody is learning only the good things from them We should also introduce to our children some famous people that we think it is good to learn from them
Conclusion: I think that will help your children admire somebody smartly with
awareness
Trang 4A report by UNEP (United Nations Environment Programme) states that human populations have been over-exploiting the Earth’s natural resources by unsustainable development As a developing country, Vietnam has also been undergoing unsustainable development
Discuss some major causes and effects of this social issue in the context of Vietnam Give reasons and examples from your reading, experience or observations to support your point of view
Introduction: In my opinion, Vietnamese people have been doing many things
which lead to this social issue
Causes:
- The first thing is that we are keeping exploiting the natural resources too fast for the nature to recover Thousands of trees are cut down every year without re-planting Even when we plant new forests, it takes years for them to grow Besides, we take minerals and nutrition
from the land for crops but don’t provide them back by fertilizers or give the land time for self-recovery
- The second thing is that people are wasting the resources The amount of clean water is reduced day by day The natural land is
reduced, too Large area of farming land or forest turns to be roads or buildings There will be no more space for the nature
- One more thing is that people are destroying the environment by leaving rubbish everywhere Smoke or wastewater from companies,
factories and daily rubbish are discharging into the environment every day
Effects: Unsustainable development has been badly affected the
environment, people’s heath and the social development
- For the environment: it is badly polluted and not safe for animals, plants or even people to live For example, thousands of fish in our
Central area were killed due to the sea is polluted
- For people’s health: the fast we develop, the more diseases we catch
because of the unsafe environment we are living in
- For social development: unsustainable development also makes the distance between cities and the countryside is much further
Development brings more jobs for people in big cities but also create more
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Trang 6In Ho Chi Minh City, a recent ban on after-school tutoring which leads to job dismissals for violations has caused a lot of discussion nationwide Are you for or against this ban? Why? Give reasons and examples from your reading, experience or observations to support your point of view
Introduction: In recent years, more and more parents have let their children
go to tutor classes In my opinion, I agree with the ban on after-school tutoring in Ho Chi Minh City because of some reasons
Reasons:
- Firstly, children need time to grow, not just to learn There are many
other things in our lives for children to explore and grow in a perfect way, not just learning in classes or schools Children nowadays seem to spend most of their time on learning: 8 hours at school, then they come home for about 1 hour to take a shower, eat and then continue tutor classes until night They even have classes on the weekends Children need time to
force them to learn too much
- Moreover, to stop tutoring is to stop the problems it brings Some
teachers force their students to go to their tutor classes to get high mark; some show their tutoring students answers before the test; some treat students badly if they don’t attend the tutor classes, etc The ban on tutoring helps stop these problems
Conclusion: Although the purpose of giving weak students extra classes is
good, there are many problems occurring Therefore, I agree with the current ban on after-school tutoring Extra classes should be under control of The Department of Education and Training
Trang 7With the development of technology, Internet fraud is increasingly popular all over the world
Discuss some major cases in Vietnam recently and some solutions to prevent it Give reasons and examples from your reading, experience or observations to support your point of view
Introduction: With the development of technology, many people using it to do
bad things to others, especially fraud
Some major cases: This kind of crime is very various Here are some
common cases that have happened recently:
- One of the most common cases is fake notification about something
we can get for free They ask us to click on a link to receive the free prizes
or lucky present Many people believe that the information is true and click
on the link, but it is virus The viruses may destroy our data or steal our personal information
- Another case is that they send us fake promotion notice from the banks or phone networks They ask us to provide our account
information or even ask us to so some money transfer For example, a guy stole millions VND just by spreading fake promotion notice from Viettel on facebook
- One more case happens when people use online service to book tickets, hotel rooms or online shopping Some websites put fake photos
to attract us to use their services but the real products are not like that
Solutions: To deal with these frauds, I think we:
- shouldn’t click on any strange links or websites
- shouldn’t believe any promotion information which is not sent by the official email or phone number of the companies
- When booking or shopping online, we should read the information carefully, compare the information with the photos and only use the services of the trustworthy companies
account, password via email because the hackers can easily steal the
information
Trang 8Some countries apply humane punishments for prisoners by giving them certain facilities in prison Other countries insist that prisoners be punished severely by minimizing basic living conditions during their time there
Do you think prisons should be a decent enough or a harsh environment? Why? Give reasons and examples from your reading, experience or observations to support your point of view
Introduction: In my opinion, prison should be a decent enough
environment The countries in the world should give prisoners certain
facilities for their basic living conditions
Reasons:
- Firstly, I think prison is a place where people who committed crimes are kept and educated In prison, they have chance and time to think
carefully about what they did and regret about that Through labor and training, prisoners are re-educated to become good people and make sure
they won’t do bad things again when they are back to the society
- Secondly, I think when someone is sent to prison; the true meaning
of this punishment is that prisoners will have no freedom anymore It’s not aim to putting them in bad living conditions or being violated
Some prisons in Syria, India or Philippines treat the prisoners very badly The prisons there are very crowded and dirty I totally don’t agree with that
- One more important thing is that they are prisoners, they are wrong but they are still humans So, they have basic human rights and should
be given basic living conditions such as beds, blankets, foods, drinks or at least clean space to live
Conclusion: In conclusion, despite their faults, prisoners are still humans, so
they should be treated humanely
Trang 9In Vietnam, a new traffic law taking effect on August 1st, 2016 imposes the same fine on people who go through the red light and the yellow light Do you agree or disagree with this new rule? Why? Give your opinion and support it with reasons and examples taken from your reading, experience, or observations
As we know, from 1-August, Viet Nam applied new traffic law, police fine on people go through the yellow light as red light Currently, this law makes concerns for people and there are some different opinions in social In my opinion, I agree with that law because of some reasons:
Firstly, the law is true because go through the yellow light also means violence the traffic law And who violent the traffic law should be punished
It is true We all know that when the yellow light is on, we must slow down and then stop when the red light is on But many people try to go as fast as possible to go through the yellow light before the red light is on Although they don’t pass the red light but it is still wrong
Secondly, it may help reduce traffic accidents With the new law, I think
there will be less people trying to pass the yellow light Many researches on newspapers show that the number of accidents caused by passing red light is very high But the real reason of most cases is that people try to go as fast as possible to go through the yellow light before the red light is on Therefore, giving harsh punishment for people passing the yellow light is true
Finally, this new law shows that our government is giving strong action
to traffic issues, which is really good The law has been established long
time ago but there were still so many people break the rules and cause accidents So, changing the law, raising the punishment to force people to follow the rule is thing that the government should do I thing when the punishment is raised to 2 million in maximum, people will pay more attention
to the traffic light and follow the rule better
Because the purpose of the law is good for us, I agree with it
Trang 10In Vietnam, a number of reality shows for children, especially music contests, appear to have adult content: children singing adult songs, wearing too much makeup, etc Do you think it is normal or inappropriate? Why? Give your opinion and support it with reasons and examples taken from your reading, experience, or observations
Currently, in our country, we have a lot of contest on television for children as The voice kid, Viet Nam’s got talent or Idols, so on In those contest, children must make up, dance and sing adult songs I think that it is not suitable for children because of some reasons
Firstly, children may have psychological problems They will have some
thinking which is not fit their age and this problem will affect the growth of children When they join contest, they may sing songs about love and perform sexy dance, which they don’t understand and not suitable with their age
Secondly, it affects their learning at school When they join contests, they
must spend a lot of time to practice with trainer, so time for studying at school will be limited; this leads to bad studying result One example is Phuong Mỹ Chi, after she became a runner-up of the voice kid contest, she has joined a lot of music shows and she couldn’t go to school regularly She received warning from school for not go to school for such a long time
Thirdly, it is an infringement of children‘s rights Some cases, children join
they just know that they must join because their parents want Actually, almost of contests just serve for adult’s purpose, they make children famous, take them to a lot of shows and earn money from them Children become a tool to make money for adults
I think that we should let children grow naturally, not let them their childhood because of business purposes