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Challenge is one of many things we often have to overcome in life, it helps us develop and mature day after day. This is also one of the popular speaking topics among people in daily conversation. To speak naturally and fluently on this topic, we need to have a certain amount of knowledge about vocabulary and related grammatical structures. Let's conquer this topic with us!
First, there is a list of many common words in challenges topics that you can consult to make your speech more appealing and interesting.
1. tough /tʌf/ (adj): khó khăn
2. risk-takers /rɪsk-ˈteɪkə/ (n): người ưa mạo hiểm
3. courage /ˈkʌr.ɪdʒ/ (n): sự dũng cảm
4. danger /ˈdeɪn.dʒər/ (n): nguy hiểm
5. obstacle /'ɒbstəkl/ (n): chướng ngại vật
6. adventure /ədˈven.tʃər/ (n): cuộc phiêu lưu
7. risk /rɪsk/ (n): điều rủi ro
8. celebrate /ˈsel.ə.breɪt/ (v): ăn mừng
9. achievement /əˈtʃiːv.mənt/ (n): thành tựu
10. face /feɪs/ (v): đối mặt
11. expect /ɪkˈspekt/ (v): kì vọng
12. panic /ˈpæn.ɪk/ (v): hoảng sợ
13. keep calm / kiːp kɑːm/ (v): giữ bình tĩnh
14. overcome /ˌəʊ.vəˈkʌm/ (v): vượt qua
15. failure /ˈfeɪ.ljər/ (n): thất bại
16. success /səkˈses/ (n): thành công
17. give up /ɡɪv ʌp/ (v): bỏ cuộc
18. hopeless /'həʊplis/ (adj): tuyệt vọng
19. anxious /'æηk∫əs/ (n): lo lắng
20. excited /ik'saitid/ (adj): hào hứng, hứng khởi
Second, after you have acquired a certain amount of knowledge about the vocabulary of the challenges topic, grammar will be the next factor that you need to pay attention to. Here are some notices for grammar that you can consult:
1. Most of the tenses used in speaking are simple past, present simple, present perfect, and future simple. It is very important to practice regularly to avoid misusing tenses in your speech. You can improve this by regularly paying attention to the tense you are using when communicating with others in English.
a, The Simple Past Tense:
- S + was/were + N/Adj
- S + V2/Ved
b, The Simple Present Tense:
- S + am/is/are + N/Adj
- S + V(s/es)
c, The Present Perfect Tense:
- S + has/have + V3
d, The Simple Future Tense:
- S + will + V-inf
2. In particular, according to the content of Unit 4 of the Life curriculum, you also need to pay attention to past simple and past continuous tense. That using fluently this grammatical structure will make your speech more appreciated for the level and variety of language use.
a, The Simple Past Tense:
- S + was/were + N/Adj
- S + V2/Ved
b, The Past Continuous Tense:
- S + was/were + Ving
Finally, we designed a practice part for you about challenges topic with the format of the VSTEP exam. By practicing the questions below in the order of each part, you can both familiarize yourself with the format of the VSTEP test for speaking and improve your speaking ability significantly.
Part 1: 2-3 minutes (answer these questions below)
1. Can you think of some more interesting challenges that a person can do?
2. Do you often give up when faced with challenges?
3. Some people think that facing challenges improves a person. Do you agree or disagree?
4. When faced with a challenge, do you usually overcome it alone or ask others for help?
5. Should children have challenges?
Part 2: 3 minutes (1 minute to prepare and 2 minutes to deliver the speech)
For some reasons, you are offered to become the leader of a group of 10 people to complete a group work assignment (you have no experience in leading a team before, especially with many members). Do you accept this offer or not? Why?
Part 3: 4 minutes (1 minute to prepare and 3 minutes to deliver the speech)
Topic: The pressure in life.
1. Why does pressure appear more and more in today's life?
2. How can we reduce the pressure on students at school?
3. Do you think pressure can only come from the surrounding environment?
Here are the suggested answers. You can consult them to develop the idea for your speech.
Part 1:
- Some people think that facing challenges improves a person. Do you agree or disagree?
I absolutely agree that overcoming challenges can improve a person. The main reason is that to do a challenge, people must step out of their comfort zone and break the limits. Therefore, this will bring many new, positive, and meaningful things to that person.
- When faced with a challenge, do you usually overcome it alone or ask others for help?
Normally, I often overcome challenges alone because it will help me become stronger and more mature. However, in some cases when I can't overcome that challenge on my own or can't find any possible solution, I will find advice and support from others.
Part 2:
First of all, I suppose this is definitely a difficult challenge for me. The biggest reason comes from the fact that I have absolutely no experience in leading a team. So, I am afraid that I will make many wrong decisions during the process of working in groups and the quality of our final assignment will be extremely low as a result.
However, I also believe this is a good opportunity for me to develop and mature more than I am now. Through the process of leading a team, it will be a great chance for me to realize the strengths and weaknesses of myself; from that, I can gradually improve to be better. Especially, I think that leadership is extremely important because it will be one of many useful soft skills that will help me be successful in the future.
So, I will accept this offer no matter how hard I try, having to break the limits or step out of my comfort zone.
Part 3:
From my perspective, I think pressure is one of many common things in life. Especially in today's modern world, pressure is appearing more than ever, it is present in almost all aspects of life.
Next, I believe that the nature of pressure is not bad at all. Pressure will make people break their limits and step out of their comfort zone to do difficult and uncomfortable things to bring value to society. From that, they can develop and become more mature day after day.
However, if people have to bear too much pressure at the same time in life, they tend to get some mental illnesses such as depression or psychological disorders. In many cases, some people even choose to suicide to end all the pressure they are suffering.
In conclusion, pressure is one of many popular things in life. It can help us to develop and mature gradually. However, we also need to know how to relax and balance our lives, avoiding the situation of suffering from too much pressure that leads to a decline in both physical and mental health.
1. Why does pressure appear more and more in today's life?
I think the biggest reason comes from the increasing demands of society for each individual. Therefore, people have to work harder with higher frequency to produce quality products for society. Besides, as the population increases, people have to compete with others more to earn a living.
2. How can we reduce the pressure on students at school?
I think that teachers should reduce the amount of homework and the pressure of achieving high grades on students. In addition, teachers need to often care and listen to students' sharing about their learning process as well as their life to give useful advice on time. Besides, the school should also regularly organize extracurricular activities to help students relax after hours of studying.
3. Do you think pressure can only come from the surrounding environment?
No, I don't think so because in many cases the pressure is actively created by people. This often happens when someone has set themselves a goal to achieve or they are taking part in a challenge. At this point, the pressure they generate will push them to move forward and achieve what they are setting for.
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