17. A: My parents have bought a new car. It runs more economically than the old one.
B: It Is expensive, isn’t it? ________Giải thích: Người hỏi chưa biết chắc chắn “chiếc xe hơi có đắt tiền hay không” nên câu hỏi đuôi có ngữ điệu lên giọng ở cuối câu.
Dịch nghĩa: A: My parents have bought a new car. It runs much better than the old one. (Bố mẹ tôi vừa mua một chiếc xe hơi mới. Nó chạy tốt hơn nhiều so với cái cũ.)
B: It is expensive, isn’t it? (Nó đắt tiền phải không?)Gói VIP thi online tại VietJack (chỉ 400k/1 năm học), luyện tập gần 1 triệu câu hỏi có đáp án chi tiết
4. Pollution has reached disturbingly high levels in some__________areas.
2. What leads to the development of the smart city?
→ ____________________________________________________13. A: I can’t stand this cold weather.
B: Yes, the weather today is terrible, isn’t it? ________2. Advances in technology are believed to improve the__________of life.
6. You watch this horror film. You won’t be able to sleep.
→ ____________________________________________________Talk about problems a city will have to face up to in the future.
You can use the following questions as cues:
• What are the environmental problems?
• What are the problems of resources?
• What are negative effects of technology?
Useful languages:
Complete the notes:
Now you try!
Give your answer using the following cues. You should speak for 1-2 minutes.
1. In my opinion, the more populous cities are, the more problems they have.
2. Firstly, a future city will have to face up to environmental problems ...
3. Secondly, city dwellers will also have to cope with the shortage of resources ...
4. In addition, there are several problems that are related to technology ...
Now you tick!
Did you ...
- answer all the questions in the task?
- give some details to each main point?
- speak slowly and fluently with only some hesitation?
- use vocabulary wide enough to talk about the topic?
- use various sentence structures (simple, compound, complex) accurately?
- pronounce correctly (vowels, consonants, stress, intonation)?
Let’s compare!
Finally, compare with the sample answer on page 190.
10. Michael remained strongly__________that his life could be much better if he moved to the city.
2. Many of the immigrants have intermarried with the island’s original__________.