Bài viết hôm nay trên diễn đàn sẽ cung cấp đề thi mẫu Speaking part 2 về chủ đề "Direction" và các từ vựng liên quan bạn có thể áp dụng!

CUE CARD: DIRECTION

Đề: Describe a time when you gave someone directions to a place/location.

You should say:

• when it was

• whom you gave the directions

• how you gave directions

and explain if the person was happy about it.

Model Answer:

Technology has revolutionized the way we do things, including how we pick our holiday destinations, navigate on the road, arrange a hotel and even find a location. 'GPS' and 'Google Maps' type technology make it absolutely easy to find a location and yet I often find myself in situations when I end up giving directions to others or sometimes asking for directions.

So, it was about four months ago when I went out one evening to walk in a park as part of my daily exercise. On my way to the park, a medium-built, thirty-something man, who was walking from the opposite direction of mine, suddenly stopped and asked me how he could go to the 'Vista Residential Area'. After I gave him directions to this place, he told me his name. Unfortunately, I no longer remember his name now. But I clearly recall that he was nicely dressed, and didn't seem like a local resident to me.

When he asked for the directions, I realized that he was heading to a different block than he was supposed to. I gave him the bad news, and I asked him to cross the road using the nearest foot-overbridge, and walk along the right-side street for around 15 minutes before crossing two intersections to reach the block he was looking for. I finally mentioned that his desired place would be just 3/4 lanes away from the entrance gate where he could find a large supermall. I also told him about a few prominent landmarks on his way to the destination. I did not forget to advise him that instead of doing all these, he could call a taxi and just tell the driver his destination.

Well, from his facial expression, I felt that he was happy about the directions I gave, or at least that's what I assumed! But it is hard to tell if he had been able to find his destination easily or not. I hope it had been easy for him as it seemed to me that he was eagerly looking to reach that place.

Một số từ vựng có thể sử dụng cho chủ đề "Street":

• Go past: đi ngang qua

         Example: Go past the cinema and you’ll find the library.

• Around the corner: rất gần với nơi bạn muốn đến (very close to the place that you are)

         Example: There’s a deli around the corner.

• Roundabout /ˈraʊnd.ə.baʊt/ (n): bùng binh, vòng xoay (a place where three or more roads join and traffic must go around a circular area in the middle, rather than straight across)

         Example: We took a roundabout route to avoid the accident.

• Zebra crossing: vạch qua đường (a place on a road, especially one where there is a lot of traffic, across which wide, black and white lines are painted, and at which vehicles must stop to allow people to walk across the road)

• Corner: khúc cua

• Junction /ˈdʒʌŋk.ʃən/ (n): giao lộ (a place where things, especially roads or railways, come together)

          Example: You should slow down as you approach the junction.
 

• T-junction /ˈtiːˌdʒʌnk.ʃən/ (n): ngã ba (a place where one road meets another without crossing it, forming the shape of a letter T)

• Intersection /ˌɪn.t̬ɚˈsek.ʃən/ (n): ngã tư (the place where two or more roads join or cross each other)

          Example: Turn right at the next intersection.

• Signpost /ˈsaɪn.poʊst/ (n): bảng chỉ dẫn (a pole at the side of a road, especially at a point where two or more roads meet, that gives information about routes and distances)

          Example: The signpost said "London 18 miles".

• Tunnel /ˈtʌn.əl/ (n): đường hầm (a long passage under or through the ground, especially one made by people)

Example: The train went into the tunnel.

Nguồn tham khảo: IELTS Mentor