1. a. Make notes of some facts about your school. Ghi lại một số điểm đáng chú ý ở trường bạn. School: - Size:...... - Number of students in a class: - Subjects taught at school: - School facilities: - Uniform: - Extracurricular activities: b. Write down five things you would change about your school if you could. Viết 5 điều bạn muốn thay đổi ở trường bạn. Example: I wish I studied/were studying in a smaller school, with fewer students. 1. _________________________________________________________ 2. _________________________________________________________ 3. _________________________________________________________ 4. _________________________________________________________ 5. _________________________________________________________ 2. Write short comments giving your opinion on the traditional practices listed below. Trình bày ý kiến của bạn về những điều dưới đây. 1. Children used to obey their parents and elders unconditionally. Comment:_____________________________________________________________ 2. Girls were not encouraged to participate in intensive activities like sports. Comment: 3. Children used to spend a lot of time playing outdoors. Comment: 4. Holidays used to be spent on housework. Comment: 5. We used to communicate mainly through letters and visits. Comment: 6. Personal things didn't use to be posted in public. Comment: Key - Đáp án gợi ý: 1. I don't like that. I don't think that adults are always right. 2. I love intensive activities. I can't imagine a life without them. 3. I wish I could return to that time. Most children now spend a lot of time outdoors playing games on the computer. 4. I suppose that's because travelling was not as cheap and convenient as it is now. 5. It was probably very slow and inconvenient. 6. I don't like the way young people nowadays post all their feeings in public. 3. Think of a pastime associated with the past. Make notes and write a short description of it. Your writing, you should include: Nghĩ về các cách giao tiếp trong quá khứ. Viết một đoạn văn ngắn mô tả điều đó. Đoạn văn của bạn có thể bao gồm các ý sau: - what pastime it is - how it was practised - why people enjoyed it - what you think about it - why is/isn't it still popular in the modern age
