ESSAY OUTLINE ( FOR IELTS ) Topic 8: Happiness –friendship – marriage SECTION 1: HAPPINESS-FRIENDSHIP 1. People remember special gifts or presents that they have received. Why? Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer. TOEFL132. Why we remember those gifts? - Feel joy when looking at them: Feeling of being loved, recall good time together, etc. - Pinpoint special events in lives. - Recall memories of special people. 2) Good health is more important than money for a happy life. Do you agree? 3. What do you want most in a friend — someone who is intelligent, or someone who has a sense of humor, or someone who is reliable? Which one of these characteristics is most important to you? Use reasons and specific examples to explain your choice. TOEFL 4. Some people prefer to spend most of their time alone. Others like to be with friends most of the time. Do you prefer to spend your time alone or with friends? Use specific reasons to support your answer. TOEFL83 Why want be alone? - Have time think about my goals and to develop a strategy to reach them -> really think about my life and what I want to do with it. - Good way to listen to the silence and relax completely: lower stress level, sharpen the power of concentration. - Being alone -> have time to step back, see the real value of things without being influenced by the opinions of others - If with others: distort our views of things, worried about what others think of 5. Some people prefer to spend time with one or two close friends. Others choose to spend time with a large number of friends. Compare the advantages of each choice. Which of these two ways of spending time do you prefer? Use specific reasons to support your answer. TOEFL84 What does friendship give us? - Learn how to trust each others. - What to expect from others. - How to profit from experiences. Why the more friends the better? - Always available when we need them, not only in times of trouble but also in times of happiness. - Want to have people around me that surprise me. Each has his own way of reacting to a situation -> learn how to deal with different kinds of people. - Teach us about life. lots friends = plenty of information and experience. 6. Some people choose friends who are different from themselves. Other schoose friends who are similar to themselves. Compare the dvantages of having friends who are different from you with the advantages of having friends who are similar to you. Which kind of friend do you prefer for yourself? Why? TOEFL90 Why different from us? - Giving you different ways of looking at the world. - Introduce you to new interesting things. - Correct your weakness: spontaneous kind of person -> well organized. - Experiences from different fields. Why similar to us? - Enjoy doing the same things. - Understand each other -> easy to share problems. 7. Use specific reasons and examples to explain your answer. It is sometimes said that borrowing money from a friend can harm or damage the friendship. Do you agree? Why or why not? Use reasons and specific examples to explain your answer. TOEFL143 How can borrowing money harm friendship? - How to know the lender can afford or not? -> embrassed - When you’ll back the loan? -> awkwardness. - Interest issues -> hurt feelings -> harm to friendship Interview 1. Talking. - What kinds of people do you most like to talk with? - Sense of humor: comfortable, relaxed. - What do you usually talk about? - Life, career, everything involved both. 2 Who do you think are better in conversation – men or women? Why? - Women: sensible, emotional, understanding. 3 What advice could you give to someone who is shy about talking? - The more she talks the more confident she is. 4. What role do friends play in your life? Why we need friends? - Help you to solve problems. - Share happiness. - Giving you the sense of love and being loved - Share knowledge and experience. 5. Describe your best friend. - Why do you get known each other? - What is his character? - How do you feel about your friendship with him? 4. What are some of the differences between a Vietnamese friend and a foreign friend? - characters: - topics for talking: . ESSAY OUTLINE ( FOR IELTS ) Topic 8: Happiness –friendship – marriage SECTION 1: HAPPINESS-FRIENDSHIP. some of the differences between a Vietnamese friend and a foreign friend? - characters: - topics for talking: