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Date: 15-04

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VOCABULARY:
- …………… (v)
The locals ……………..for gold in the mines every day.

- danger (n)
The miners have to …………….. such as explosions and tunnel collapses

- ………………..(adj)
I fail and I think it is ……………...
I’m successful and I think it is ………………..

- …………………(n)
I never place my trust in Vietlot.
I want to win…………………

- ……………….(v) comtaminate
Mining turns this beautiful village into a ………………..town.

- …………………………..(n) trash
The dirt and …………………are on the overcrowded streets.
Tons of ………………….mercury is released. So this town is polluted.
- …………………..(n)
To mine a single ounce of gold - the amount in a typical wedding ring - requires the removal of
more than 250 tons of rock.

- ………………….shops
Jewellery shops earn lots of money.
Do you like to …………………………?
- ……………….(n)
The majority of students gets 6.0 in the IELTS exam.
- ………………(n) lack
There is a………………..of water.

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READING IELTS for BEGINNERS

READING PASSAGE 1:

You should spend about 20 minutes on questions , which are based on Reading Passage 1 below.

SEARCHING FOR GOLD

Like many of his ancestors, Juan Apaza spends every day digging for gold. For 30 days each
month Apaza works deep inside a mine above the world's highest town, La Rinconada. For 30
days, he faces terrible dangers - explosions and tunnel collapses - to find the gold that the world
demands.

Apaza does all this so that he can spend the 31st day of the month taking as much rock as he can
carry from the mine for himself. This rock may contain a lot of gold which could make Apaza a
very wealthy man, but it may worth nothing. But unbelievably, Apaza and other miners want to
take that risk because it gives them hope to become rich one day.

For more than 500 years the dream of gold has attracted people to this place in Peru.The first
were the Inca, then the Spanish, whose search for gold and silver led them to take over the New
World. But it is only now, as the price of gold increases dramatically - it has risen 235 percent in
the past eight years - that 30,000 people have come to La Rinconada, turning this once quiet
village into a horribly polluted town. La Rinconada is not a pleasant place to live in or to visit.
During my time here, I feared for my health and safety. La Rinconada has few basic services: no
piped water, no pollution control, no postal service, not even a police station. It's a dangerous
place, where no law is respected.

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The dirt and rubbish on the overcrowded streets are small problems compared with the tons of
poisonous mercury released during the process of separating gold from rock. According to
Peruvian environmentalists, the mercury released at La Rinconada and the nearby
mining town of Ananea is poisoning rivers and lakes down to the coast of Lake Titicaca, more
than a hundred miles away

Questions 1-2 Choose the correct letter, A, B, C or D

1. Apaza works in the gold mine because

A he needs a full-time job.
B he earns a lot of money at the end of the month.
C he could become very rich one day.
D his family have always worked in a mine.

2. One of the serious problems described in La Rinconada is

A the drop in the price of gold.
B the crime in overcrowded gold mining village.
C the pollution in the gold mining village.
D the lack of modern road facilities and vehicles in La Rinconada.

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Questions 3-5 Do the following statements agree with the writer's opinion. Write:

YES if the statement agrees with the opinion of the writer

NO if the statement contradicts the opinion of the writer
NOT GIVEN if it's impossible to say what the writer thinks about this

3. Juan Apaza only spends his weekends digging for gold.

4. La Riconada is an unpleasant location to live.
5. Jewellery shops have sold more and more gold over the past ten years.
6. The rock always contains a lot of gold.

Questions 7-10 Answer the following questions. Use NO MORE THAN 3 WORDS
from the passage

7. Besides explosions, what dangers does Juan Apaza face when finding gold?

8. How much has the price of gold risen in the past eight years?

9. What is released during the process of separating gold from rock?

10. What is the mercury released at La Rinconada damaging?

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 IELTS TUTOR_Thầy Thảo_Writing Academic Essays_2023

DATE: 15-04

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IELTS ESSAYS:

TYPE: ADVANTAGES and DISADVANTAGES

TOPIC: Some universities now offer their courses on the Internet so that people can study online.
What are the advantages and disadvantages of taking courses online?

SYNONYMS

 advantage…………………………..………………………………………………….
 disadvantage:………………………………………………
 courses …………………………..……………………………………………
 on the Internet…………………………..…………………………………..

IDENTIFY THE TOPIC:

Fact about the topic:

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YOUR TURN
 advantage…………………………..………………………………………………….
 disadvantage:………………………………………………
 courses …………………………..……………………………………………
 on the Internet…………………………..…………………………………..

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TOPIC: Some universities now offer their courses on the Internet so that people can study online.
What are the advantages and disadvantages of taking courses online?

INTRODUCTION: Three components

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Vocabulary:

- Khóa học trực tuyến:……………………………………….

- thuận tiên:………………………………….

- Người học/ sinh viên:…………………………………..

- bất cứ ở đâu họ muốn:……………………………………

- cơ hội:……………………………………………………

- muốn học:……………………………………………..

- Lấy thí dụ:………………………………………..

- đăng ký 1 khóa học MBA:……………………………………………..

- mở mang kiến thức:…………………………………………………..

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TRANSLATION:

1. Học trực tuyến thì thuận tiên.

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2. Người học/ sinh viên có thể học bất cứ ở đâu họ muốn.

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3. Khóa học trực tuyến mang lại những cơ hội cho bất cứ ai muốn học.

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4. Lấy thí dụ, một sinh viên ở Việt Nam có thể đăng ký 1 khóa học MBA trực tuyến ở Mỹ để mở mang

kiến thức.

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OUTLINE: ADVANTAGES

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HOMEWORK

IELTS TOPIC 1: Nowadays, many young people run their own business rather than working for
an employer. What are the advantages and disadvantages of working for ourselves.

INTRODUCTION: Three components

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Leading sentence: There are some benefits.

Adv 1: earn a huge amount of money if company is successful.

- we will earn more than - work for someone else.

Adv 2: we can have freedom to do what we want

-set the goals by ourselves

-do not have to follow employer’s decisions

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 IELTS TUTOR_Thầy Thảo_LISTENING

Date: 16-04
IELTS

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VOCABULARY:
- hall of ………………..

I want to stay in the hall of residence

- …………………..(n)

……………….. a course in accounting

- …………………….(n)

There are some alternatives to opt.

- a …………………study bedroom

- ………………….(adj)

a shared room/kitchen

- ………………..(n)
to have special diet

to go on a diet

- …………………(n)

to cook for ourselves or have all meals provided

- ……………..board or ………………….board

- to …………………s.th/s.o
a top-priority issue

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GAP FILLING:

Man: Good morning. Can I help you?

Woman: Yes. I’ve just been accepted on a course at the ……………….and I’d like to try and arrange
accommodation in the hall of residence.

Man: Yes, certainly. Please sit down. What I’ll do is fill in a ……………….with you to find out a
little more about your preferences and so forth.

Woman: Thank you.

Man: So first of all, can I take your ……………….?

Woman: It’s Anu Bhatt.

Man: Could you spell your name, please?

Woman: Yes. A-N-U … B-H-A double T.

Man: Thanks, and could I ask your date of birth?

Woman: 31 March ……………….

Man: Thank you. And where are you from?

Woman: ………………..

Man: Oh right. And what will you be studying?

Woman: I’m doing a course in nursing.

Man: Right, thank you. And how long would you want to stay in hall, do you think?

Woman: Well, it’ll take ……………….years but I’d only like to stay in hall for two . I’d like to think
about living outside for the third year.

Man: Fine. And what did you have in mind for catering? Do you want to cook
for ……………….or have all your meals provided, that’s full board?

Woman: Is there something in between?

Man: Yes. You can just have ……………….meal provided, which is half board.

Woman: That’s what I’d prefer.

Man: Yes, a lot of students opt for that. Now, with that in mind, do you have any
special ………………., anything we should know about?

Woman: Yes, I don’t take red meat .

Man: No red meat.
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Man: Now, thinking about the room itself, we have a number of options. You can have a single
study ……………….or you can have a shared one. These are both what we call simple
rooms. The other alternative is to opt for a single bedsit which actually has more space and
better facilities. There’s about ………………. a week difference between them.

Woman: Well, actually my grant is quite generous and I think the bedsit sounds the best option.

Man: Lovely. I’ll put you down for that and we’ll see what availability is like. Now can I ask
some other ……………….details which we like to have on record?

Woman: Yes, of course.

Man: I wonder if you could let us know what your ……………….are. This might help us get a
closer match for placing you in a particular hall.

Woman: Ummm. Well, I love the theatre.

Man: Right.

Woman: And I enjoy sports, particularly ………………..

Man: That’s worth knowing. Now, what we finish with on the form is really a list from you of
what your priorities are in choosing a hall and we’ll do our best to take these into account.

Woman: Well, the first thing is I’d prefer a hall where there are other mature ………………., if
possible.

Man: Yes, we do have halls which tend to cater for slightly older ………………..

Woman: Ummm and I’d prefer to be out of town.

Man: That’s actually very good for you because we tend to have more vacancies in out-of-town
halls.

Woman: ……………….!

Man: Yes. Anything else?

Woman: Well, I would like somewhere with a shared area, a TV room for example, or something
like that. It’s a good way to socialise.

Man: It certainly is.

Woman: That’s it.

Man: Now, we just need a contact telephone number for you.

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PRACTICE:

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DATE: 16-04

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Question 1: Can you cook?

 Yes or no : yes, ………………………..

 Add info:…………………………………….

Sample :

…………………………………, I can cook quite .......................………………………

Sometimes ...………………………………………………………………………………

Your answer:
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Question 2: Do you like cooking? Why or why not?

 Yes or no : …………………………………….
 Why: a home-made/ home-cooked meal is………………………….

Sample:

…………………………………. This is mainly because................................................................…

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Your answer:
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Question 3: . Do you prefer to eat at home or in a restaurant?

Your choice:……………………………………………………………….

Reason: …………………………………………………………………….

Sample:

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PART 2: Describe a place where you felt crowded

You should say

- Where it was

- Why you went there

- Why it was crowded

and explain how you felt about being there.

Well, I would like to talk about an ……………………..place. That was ………………………..

…………………………………………………………………………………………………………

Speaking of the reason why I went there, …………………………………………………. because

we wanted to…………………………………………………………………………………………

Turning to the reason why it was so crowded, I went there on …………………………………….

so there were many tourists.

Let me tell you my …………………..in detail.

To be be honest, I …………………………………………because …………………………………

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I’m done.