CUE CARD: INTERNET

Đề: Describe a time when the internet helped you solve a problem.

You should say:

• when it was

• what problem you faced

• how the internet helped you solve the problem

and explain how you felt about it.

Model answer:

Thank you for this interesting cue card topic as I will go ahead and talk about a time when the internet helped me solve a problem.

It was about a couple of years ago when I went to visit my only aunt in a city, of which I had a very limited idea. And because it was only the second time that I visited the city. The first time I visited it was almost 7 or 8 years ago when things looked a bit different in that very crowded and big city. For example, the streets got wider and many new shops and buildings were built.

Besides, some of the businesses and shops moved to new locations as well which I had no idea about. Of course, none of these would create any problem for me unless my aunt had asked me to buy her medicine from a particular pharmacy. Incidentally, she was an asthma patient, and she used an inhaler of a certain foreign brand which only a certain pharmacy in the city used to keep. I knew where the pharmacy was located, or at least so I had thought since I visited the last time when I had come to see my aunt.

But, when I actually went to that location, I found out that the pharmacy had moved to a new location. I asked a few people there, but unfortunately, nobody could tell me about it. Seeing no other options, I decided to get the help of the internet on my smartphone even though I was a bit skeptical about it. But, luckily, as soon as I searched the pharmacy by its name on my phone, it did give me its address and the direction.

Anyway, after finding the location of the pharmacy, I breathed a sigh of relief. After all, I didn’t want my aunt to suffer because of my failure to find some pharmacy and buy her medicine. Besides, I felt a bit more confident and bold also in roaming around the city since I had the help of the internet.

TỪ VỰNG CHỦ ĐỀ “INTERNET”

• Bogus news: tin tức không có thật

• A techie: người am hiểu công nghệ (someone who knows a lot about computers or other electronic equipment)

• The Internet age: thời đại Internet

• An invaluable research tool: công cụ nghiên cứu vô giá

• Provide us with a wealth of knowledge: Cung cấp cho chúng ta nhiều kiến thức

• Degree of authenticity: mức độ tin cậy

• Fake news and fabricated information: tin giả và thông tin bịa đặt

• To access huge storage of news: truy cập một khối lượng lớn thông tin

• Glued to the screen: Dán mắt vào màn hình

• Keep abreast of something: cập nhật cái gì

• Facilitate something: tạo điều kiện cho cái gì

• Dubious website: trang web đáng ngờ