Illustrate a historical era you wish to delve deeper into

Outline for Describing a historical era you wish to delve deeper into

• Situation - The medieval period from around the 5th century to the 15th century.

• Task - The way that people lived in those times before any kind of modern technology, life was quite harsh back then.

• Action -Farming to survive, something quite attractive about the simple life without modern technology, people were living such a raw life.

• Result - Struggling against the elements of nature and life, faced with so much hardship and adversity not like today.

Sample Essay Describing a historical era you wish to delve deeper into

But apart from being a harsh life, and the average life expectancy being only around 30-35 years-old, in some way I am still fascinated about what it was like to live back then. I mean, I know it was a hard life if you were only a poor peasant, but there is still something quite attractive to me about the simple life, before modern technology, before mobile phones, and cars, and electricity. Maybe if you were someone in the upper classes of society, life may not have been so bad, except for when your village or country was unexpectedly invaded, and everybody was killed, I guess that wouldn’t have been so fun. I guess I just feel like they were living such a raw life back then, just people struggling against the elements of nature and life, faced with so much hardship and adversity. Not like today, where people are obsessed with how many likes their post got on instagram, or how many Facebook friends they have.

Key Vocabulary to Remember

• the medieval period: thời kì Trung Cổ

• the middle ages: thời kì Trung Cổ

• something along those lines: thứ tương tự ở mốc thời gian đó

• knights in shining armor: các hiệp sĩ trong bộ giáp sáng bóng

• rode on horseback: cưỡi trên lưng ngựa

• a lowly peasant: một người dân thấp hèn

• lived on the land: sống trên đất liền 

• starvation (n)  /stɑːrˈveɪ.ʃən/: nạn đói

Ex: The animals had died of starvation.

• accurate portrayal of life back then: bức chân dung phản chiếu chính xác đời sống thời đó

• a harsh life: một cuộc sống khó khăn

• the average life expectancy: tuổi thọ trung bình

Ex: The average life expectancy in Europe increased greatly in the 20th century.

• fascinated about / ˈfæsɪneɪtɪd əˈbaʊt /: vô cùng thích thú, hứng thú

• the upper classes of society: những tầng lớp thượng lưu của xã hội

• invade (v)  /ɪnˈveɪd/: xâm lược

• struggling against the elements: chật vật xoay sở với nhiều yếu tố

• hardship and adversity / ˈhɑːdʃɪp ənd ədˈvɜːsəti /: khó khăn và nghịch cảnh

• Facebook friends: những người bạn trên mạng xã hội Facebook

Tham khảo:

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• 4 phương pháp tự luyện IELTS Speaking tại nhà hiệu quả

Sample IELTS Speaking Part 3

1. Is It Important for Everyone to Have Knowledge of History?

I don’t really think so. I think they should teach kids some basic history in primary school, and then if they want to learn more about it they could choose that subject at high school. But I don’t really think people have to know about history. I’m not sure how that would actually benefit regular people anyway. I mean, it doesn’t really make any difference to my life now by knowing what happened in the past does it? Anyway, can we really trust what is written in history books though? I think some things that are taught in history might not be an accurate portrayal of what really happened. Even many historians disagree about certain historical reports throughout history.

• an accurate portrayal of what really happened: một mô tả chính xác về những gì thực sự đã xảy ra.
  By looking at pictures in museums, we have have an accurate portrayal of what really happened.

• historians (n): nhà sử học.
  Ex: He wants to become a historian some days.

2. How Can Children Acquire Knowledge of History?

3. Is it challenging to preserve historical structures?

Well that probably depends on the country I suppose and the authorities in that country. Some governments are more interested in preserving historical buildings than others. Like in many European countries, the old buildings are a real part of their culture and identity, so they preserve them, and then they become tourist attractions. So, I don’t think it's hard to protect historical buildings, but it just depends on the attitudes of the people and their government really.

• preserving historical buildings: bảo tồn các tòa nhà lịch sử.
  Ex: It’s important to preserving historical buildings.

• part of their culture and identity: một phần văn hóa và bản sắc của họ.
  Ex: History is a part of their culture and identity.

4. How do museums educate individuals about the past?

I suppose it depends on the type of museum really, but many museums tend to exhibit different types of artifacts and other treasures from different historical periods. So, by visiting museums, we can see all these old artifacts and read about them there and it helps us to get a sense of what it might have been like in those times. For example, in some museums they have dinosaur bones, or at least a full scale replica dinosaur skeleton. These kinds of things can help to spark our imaginations into thinking about what life was like in the past.

• artifacts (n) : hiện vật
  Ex: You can see many types of artifacts in that museums.

•  to spark our imaginations: châm ngòi cho trí tưởng tượng của chúng ta.
  Ex: Looking at those pictures can spark our imaginations.

a complete replica: một bản sao đầy đủ quy mô.
Ex: Yesterday at the museum, I saw a complete replica of a dinosaur.

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