Discuss a location you explored that has felt the impact of pollution: Exemplary piece with vocabulary

Bài viết giới thiệu Sample IELTS Speaking Part 2 Describe a place you visited that has been affected by pollution thuộc nhóm chủ đề describe a place (miêu tả địa điểm) kèm theo các từ vựng ghi điểm trong bài. Đây là một trong nhóm chủ đề phổ biến trong bài thi IELTS Speaking Part 2.

Delve into a place you visited where pollution has left its mark

You should say:

• Where it is

• When you visited this place

• What kinds of pollution you saw there And explain how this place was affected

Sample IELTS Speaking:  

Well, if I have to talk about a polluted place I’ve been to, it would be Ho Chi Minh City. It’s located in the Southern part of Vietnam.

I’ve been living here for around 2 years. When I first came here, I was so surprised how polluted the city is. It’s so different from my hometown which is a green and clean rural area. There are many kinds of pollution here: air pollution, water pollution and even noise pollution. There are so many vehicles on the streets and they make noises and emit fumes all the time. It was especially terrible travelling on the street during peak hours. Besides, it’s easy to see trash in rivers and lakes because some people just throw their waste into these community water sources without any awareness of the damage to the surrounding environment. It’s even worse that some factories also dump dirty water and other waste directly into rivers so many of them are black and smelly. I think the pollution affects people’s lives in a negative way.

Air pollution can cause serious respiratory diseases such as asthma or lung cancer. Water is polluted so people may face water scarcity in the future and the noise can drive people crazy because it’s really annoying and distracting. Many animals living in water are also affected, too. They are losing their habitats or food source since the water is contaminated. Some of them may become extinct if we do not take action now. I hope the government will have some kinds of campaigns or TV shows to raise people’s awareness of protecting the environment and plant more trees in the city to improve air quality.

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Từ ngữ trong bài mẫu IELTS Speaking:

1. Noise pollution /ˈnɔɪz pəˌluː.ʃən/: Ô nhiễm tiếng ồn

Noise /ˈnɔɪz/ : tiếng ồn

Pollution /pəˌluː.ʃən/ : Ô nhiễm

Ví dụ: An airport can generate noise pollution at most 24 hours in a given day.

1. Emit fumes: Xả khói

Emit /iˈmɪt/ : phát ra, xả

fumes  /fjuːmz/ : khói

Ví dụ: Trolleybuses – a quiet form of public transport that was cheap and did not emit fumes – were also culled.

1. Peak hours /piːk/  /aʊər/: Giờ cao điểm

Ví dụ: The old bridge carries at peak hours about 12,000 vehicles a day.

1. Community water source: Nguồn nước công cộng

Community /kəˈmjuː.nə.ti/ : công cộng

water /ˈwɔː.tər/   : nước

source  /sɔːs/ : Nguồn

Ví dụ: The outbreak highlighted the need for policies that would lead to improved community water sources and waste management throughout Kosovo.

1. Dump dirty water: Xả nước bẩn

Dump  /dʌmp/ : đổ, xả

dirty  /ˈdɜː.ti/ : Bẩn

Ví dụ: Waves were dumping more dirty water on the dirty beach.

1. Respiratory disease: Bệnh về đường hô hấp

Respiratory /rɪˈspɪr.ə.tər.i/ : hô hấp

disease  /dɪˈziːz/ : Bệnh

Ví dụ: Respiratory disease in children represented 13% of deaths from household ambient pollution.

1. Asthma /ˈæs.mə/: Hen suyễn

Ví dụ: Also, the measure of asthma treatment is limited to self-report of having received treatment.

1. Lung cancer: Ung thư phổi

Lung  /lʌŋ/  : phổi

cancer  /ˈkæn.sər/ : Ung thư

Ví dụ: Lung cancer strongly linked to smoking

1. Water scarcity: Sự thiếu hụt nước

scarcity /ˈskeə.sə.ti/: sự khan hiếm, thiếu hụt

Ví dụ: Water scarcity and pollution are persistent global problems.

1. Drive someone crazy /draɪv/ /ˈsʌm.wʌn/ /ˈkreɪ.zi/: Khiến ai đó phát điên

Ví dụ: He leaves dirty clothes all over the floor and it's driving me crazy.

1. Take action /teɪk/ /ˈæk.ʃən/: Hành động (để giải quyết vấn đề)

Ví dụ: We must take action to deal with the problem before it spreads to other areas.

1. Improve air quality: Cải thiện chất lượng không khí

Improve /ɪmˈpruːv/ : Cải thiện

air /eər/ : không khí

quality /ˈkwɒl.ə.ti/ : chất lượng

Ví dụ: The US said it would share data and tools to help improve air quality.

Mở rộng:

Người đọc hoàn toàn có thể sử dụng câu trả lời trên cho các chủ đề:

• Describe a problem that you face in your city

• Describe a type of pollution that causes a great problem in your city

IELTS Speaking Part 3 Example

What makes people dispose of waste on roads?

Gợi ý: a waste of time (lãng phí thời gian), trash bin (thùng rác), street cleaner (lao công), personal properties (tài sản cá nhân)

Simply because they don’t care. Those people have no idea about keeping streets clean or protecting the environment. They may think that it is a waste of time to find a trash bin while they can just throw the garbage on roads and someone such as a street cleaner will collect the waste later on. Besides, people might think that roads are not their personal properties so it’s not their responsibility to keep it clean.

In what ways can the government motivate citizens to maintain cleanliness in their city?

Gợi ý: trash bin (thùng rác), raise public awareness (tăng ý thức cộng đồng)

In my opinion, the key priority is to ensure trash bins are available in all public areas and adequately spaced along roads. The government must ensure that people can easily locate a trash bin, making it convenient for them to dispose of trash properly. Additionally, the government should invest more in increasing public awareness about the importance of maintaining a clean environment. Providing examples of diseases that can result from dirty surroundings would be beneficial.

Is relocating factories away from urban areas a beneficial or detrimental idea?

Gợi ý: đông đúc (crowded), sự đông dân quá mức (overpopulation), hầu như (more or less), chất lượng cuộc sống (living standard)

I believe it would be fantastic. Cities are already overcrowded, and adding more factories would exacerbate pollution and overpopulation issues. If factories are relocated to rural areas, these problems could be alleviated. Moreover, living costs are lower in small towns, improving the quality of life for factory workers and allowing them to save more money. It is undoubtedly an excellent idea.