Describe a photograph you captured that fills you with pride | Example with vocabulary

Bài viết dưới đây sẽ gợi ý bài nói mẫu cho chủ đề “Describe a photo you took that you are proud of” cùng những câu hỏi thường gặp và phương pháp trả lời mạch lạc, trôi chảy cho topic này. Ngoài ra, bài viết cũng sẽ giới thiệu về các từ vựng cần thiết và cách diễn đạt phù hợp. Từ đó giúp tăng điểm trong bài thi nói của thí sinh.

Sample topic “Describe a photo you took that you are proud of”

• When you took it 

• Where you took it 

• What is in this photo

And explain why you are proud of it

Bài mẫu tham khảo:

A photo that I am very proud of is one from many years ago. It was the first time that my family went camping in the wilderness.

A couple of other families came with us, namely the families of some of my friends and of my brothers friends. Most of us were not in great shape and we were all people from the city without a ton of knowledge about living in the wilderness. It took us a few hours of hiking along the river until we found our campsite. It was very difficult, and the younger ones of the troupe had to constantly help the older members over rocks and fallen trees that made it difficult to walk. We had started out into the forest very early in the morning, just after first light of the sun, if I am remembering correctly. It was well after lunch when we arrived at the site which was meant to be our home for the night. After some more time, we got our tents set up so that everyone had a place to sleep, and we lit a fire to cook dinner on. Just as all this hectic work had completed and the fire was burning, one of my mothers friends turned and quickly pointed to the mountain behind us saying “Look at that sunset!”, everyone then turned to look at it. It was this moment that I took a picture of the whole group, our tents, alone in the middle of the forest, beside a clean running river, our simple little fire and this beautiful sunset.

I am very proud of this picture, not just because it looks like a real photographer took it, but because how well we had all worked together to achieve the scene that it captured.

Vocabulary related to the topic “Describe a photo you took that you are proud of”

• Wilderness (n) /ˈwɪldənəs/ : nơi hoang dã

Ex: We were hopelessly lost in the wilderness.

• Campsite (n)/ˈkæmpsaɪt/  : Nơi cắm trại 

Ex: We stayed at a lovely campsite in Cemaes.

• Troupe (n)/truːp/ : nhóm, đoàn

Ex: Donald Ryland led the troupe down the path on the west side of the river

• hectic (a)/ˈhektɪk/ : bận rộn

Ex: They've got a hectic schedule planned.

Sample for IELTS Speaking Part 3

Why do some individuals enjoy capturing important moments through photographs?

I think this is a simple one. Photographs are incredibly easy nowadays but the world is changing as quickly, if not quicker, than ever. This means that things can come and go before we have realized their importance to us and by taking a lot of photos it allows us to keep important memories, even if we aren’t aware in the moment that they will be important later.

• come and go /kʌm ænd gəʊ/ : Đến và đi

Ex: She's seen a lot of employees come and go during her time in the company.

What insights can people gain from historical images?

That depends a lot of the photo and on the context, but I think that the most important thing for everyone to learn from old photos, with one meaningful exception, is just how much things have improved. While there are many things from the past to romanticize about, it is pretty evident from almost any old photo that our quality of life now is better than their was back then. The exception to this I would say is in pictures of nature, where nature is unquestionably having a more difficult time now than ever before.

• exception (n) /ɪkˈsepʃn/ : ngoại lệ

Ex: Most of the buildings in the town are modern, but the church is an exception.

• romanticize (v) /rəʊˈmæntɪsaɪz/: thú vị hóa / hấp dẫn hóa

Ex: Men tell violent tales and romanticize the lessons violence brings.

• evident (a)/ˈevɪdənt/ : Rõ ràng

Ex: It was evident to me that the mission would fail.

Between taking photos and keeping a diary, which option is preferable?

Ideally, both should be done if we want to remember everything about our lives for as long as possible, and even more importantly to pass down our own views of our times to those coming after us. I think that keeping photos is probably more of a benefit when considering emotional attachment so a time, place, or person. Though a diary is much more useful for recalling all the complexities of emotions and misunderstanding of a situation.

• emotional attachment /ɪˈməʊʃənl əˈtæʧmənt/: tình cảm gắn bó

Ex: The goal is to build emotional attachment based on the research you did.

• diary (n)/ˈdaɪəri/: Nhật kí

Ex: Peter began writing his diary in October last year.

• complexity (n) /kəmˈpleksəti/: Sự phức tạp

For example: It was only now that he fully grasped the complexity of the problem.

It is hoped that through the article, learners can apply the structures and vocabulary introduced to make their answer structures clearer and more coherent, as well as to maximize their scores for the IELTS Speaking test topic “Describe a photo you took that you are proud of”.