IELTS SPEAKING PART 1 : DAILY ROUTINES . Trở lại với một topic khá dễ thở của Part 1: Daily Routine. Tuy đây là topic khá dễ bởi nó xoay quanh cuộc sống hàng ngày cũng như các thói quen sinh hoạt nhưng các bạn vẫn cần phải luyện tập nó hàng ngày để trả lời lưu loát nhất nghen . Cùng tham khảo sample mẫu của BEC ngay nhé
What is the busiest part of the day for you?
Personally, my hands always seem to be tied (or I am always up to my neck at the moment. There’s not a specific part of the day where I can let my hair down. There’s always something that keeps me occupied.
What part of your day do you like best?
For me, I enjoy the evening more than the rest of the day. I love the feeling of putting my feet up after completing the tasks that needed to be done. I feel I can fully relax and have a clear mind whilst spending my quality time with my family.
What is your daily routine?
1st sample:
Well, I am an early riser (= a morning person) so my day begins around 6.30 AM. The first thing in my mind is indulging in my morning coffee. After that, I feel alive and can carry on with my day. Whilst I get ready, I love listening to my favourite interviews of Emma Watson.
2nd sample:
Well, my day usually begins at 6.30 AM. After I have my morning work out and breakfast. Lunch time is usually falls at 12 PM. After lunch, the time at work seems to fly by. And I finish work at 5 PM, have dinner around 7 PM and hit the sack at 11 PM.
Do you usually have the same routine everyday?
The only difference is on Sunday. Instead of waking up early, I tend to have a lie-in and stay cooped up in my warm blanket for as long as possible and watch the world goes by.
Have you ever changed your routine?
No, because I don’t feel the need to change it. I am happy with how day pans out (= how it happens). I feel I have enough sleep overnight and fell full of beans in the morning. I also get a sufficient amount of free time after work if I want to see my friends or go shopping, you know.
Do you think it is important to have a daily routine?
Having a daily routine plays a vital/crucial role in my life. However, some people seem to get on perfectly fine without one. So, I think it really depends/
What would you like to change in your day routine?
Well, I am very content with my routine at the moment. The only thing that gets on my nerves / stresses me out is the sheer volume of traffic I encounter on the way home on a daily basis. So finishing work just one hour earlier would put the icing on the cake (= put the cherry on the top)!
Vocabulary highlights:
- Be up to yourneck (in sth) = to be very busy - luôn bận rộn, ngập đầu ngập cổ
Example: I’d like to help, but I'm up to my neck at the moment.
- Let yourhair down = to be more relaxed than usual and enjoy yourself - nghỉ ngơi, giải trí
Example: I like to let my hair down on the dance floor.
- Put your feet up = to relax, especially by sitting with your feet supported above the ground - nghỉ ngơi
Example: You go home and put your feet up.
- Fully relax- hoàn toàn thư giãn
- Quality time- thời gian quý báu
- Lie in - to stay in bed later than usual in the morning
Example: It was a Sunday, so she could lie in till almost lunch time.
- Cooped up - If you are coopedup somewhere, you are in a small closed space from which you cannot escape, or you feel as if you are - cuộn tròn (trong cái chăn), gò bó…
Example: I hate being cooped up inside working when its a sunny day outside.- Tôi ghét bị gò bó bên trong làm việc khi một ngày nắng bên ngoài.
Example: It’s such a tiny office - don't you ever feel cooped up here?- Nó có một văn phòng nhỏ như vậy - bạn có bao giờ cảm thấy bị giam giữ ở đây không?
- Morning person- someone who feels awake and full of energy in the mornings
Example: He’s not really a morning person - he doesn't even talk before about eleven o’clock!
- The first thing in my mind is - điều duy nhất trong tâm trí tôi là…
- Feel alive- cảm thấy được sống
- Morning work out - các bài tập buổi sáng
- Hit the sack = hit the hay = to go to bed in order to sleep- đi ngủ
Example: I’ve got a busy day tomorrow, so I think I’ll hit the sack.
- I don’t feel the need to change it - tôi không cảm thấy có nhu cầu thay đổi .
- Pan out- to develop in a particular way or in a successful way - trôi qua
Example: We’ll have to see how things pan out.- Chúng ta sẽ phải xem mọi thứ như thế nào.
Example: Their attempt to start a new business didn't pan out- Nỗ lực của họ để bắt đầu một doanh nghiệp mới đã không thành công
- X Plays a vital/crucial role in - 1cái gì đó (X) đóng vai trò thiết yếu trong cái gì đó..
- Content yourselfwith sth - phrasal verb /kənˈtent/- to do something or have something although it is not exactly what you want
Example: I wanted to take two weeks' holiday, but had to content myself with one because the office was so busy.- Tôi muốn nghỉ hai tuần, nhưng phải tự thỏa mãn với một người vì văn phòng quá bận rộn.
- Get on sb'snerves= to annoy someone a lot - gây khó chịu cho ai…
Example: We really got on each other's nerves when we were living together.
Example: Please stop making that noise! It really gets on my nerves.
- Sheer volume of traffic I encounter-1lượng giao thông khổng lồ/ lớn mà tôi gặp phải
- The icing on the cake= something that makes a good situation even better - 1điều tuyệt vời thêm vào
Example: I was just content to see my daughter in such a stable relationship but a grandchild, that really was the icing on the cake.
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