🔥Bài mẫu IELTS Speaking Part 1 chủ đề "Stories" kèm từ vựng (Quý 2/2025)

Do you prefer listening to stories or reading them?

I much prefer reading stories because it gives me the freedom to visualize scenes in my own way (freedom to visualize – the ability to imagine freely in your mind – khả năng tự do hình dung trong tâm trí).
This allows for a deeper connection with the plot since I can picture every detail and emotion vividly.
Whenever I read fantasy novels, I often get lost in the narrative and forget about time (get lost in – become completely absorbed in something – bị cuốn vào điều gì đó).
Unlike listening, which is tone-dependent, reading lets me interpret everything at my own pace (at my own pace – in a comfortable and unhurried way – theo tốc độ của riêng mình).>> Form đăng kí giải đề thi thật IELTS 4 kĩ năng kèm bài giải bộ đề 100 đề PART 2 IELTS SPEAKING quý đang thi (update hàng tuần) từ IELTS TUTOR

Did you love stories in your childhood?

Absolutely, I was a story-hungry child who couldn’t go a day without hearing a new tale (story-hungry – craving stories all the time – đứa trẻ lúc nào cũng thèm truyện).
Every evening, I used to beg my parents for bedtime stories filled with wizards and magical kingdoms (beg – plead earnestly – nài nỉ).
One that left a long-lasting impression on me was The Ugly Duckling, which taught me not to judge others by appearance (long-lasting impression – something that stays in your memory – ấn tượng sâu đậm và lâu dài).
Thanks to those stories, I developed strong emotional intelligence and became more empathetic toward others (emotional intelligence – the ability to recognize and manage emotions – trí tuệ cảm xúc).

✅ New Vocabulary with Definitions and Synonyms/Antonyms (no table)

• Freedom to visualize: the ability to create your own images mentally (khả năng tự do tưởng tượng hình ảnh trong đầu)
  Synonyms: mental liberty, creative freedom, imaginative space
  Antonyms: fixed interpretation, rigid structure, passive viewing
  → IELTS TUTOR xét ví dụ: "It gives me the freedom to visualize scenes in my own way."

• Get lost in: become fully absorbed in something (bị cuốn vào điều gì đó)
  Synonyms: immerse, absorb, engross
  Antonyms: ignore, detach, overlook
  → IELTS TUTOR xét ví dụ: "I often get lost in the narrative and forget about time."

• At my own pace: do something in a way that suits your speed (theo tốc độ của riêng mình)
  Synonyms: slowly, comfortably, gradually
  Antonyms: hurriedly, frantically, rushed
  → IELTS TUTOR xét ví dụ: "Reading lets me interpret everything at my own pace."

• Story-hungry: someone who constantly craves stories (người rất thích truyện)
  Synonyms: story-obsessed, tale-craving, narrative-thirsty
  Antonyms: uninterested, story-averse, indifferent
  → IELTS TUTOR xét ví dụ: "I was a story-hungry child..."

• Beg (someone): ask someone earnestly or desperately (nài nỉ ai đó)
  Synonyms: plead, implore, request urgently
  Antonyms: offer, refuse, deny
  → IELTS TUTOR xét ví dụ: "I used to beg my parents for bedtime stories."

• Long-lasting impression: a memory or emotional effect that stays with you (ấn tượng kéo dài)
  Synonyms: lasting memory, deep impact, unforgettable mark
  Antonyms: short-lived thought, fleeting idea, temporary feeling
  → IELTS TUTOR xét ví dụ: "It left a long-lasting impression on me."

• Emotional intelligence: the ability to understand and manage your emotions and others' (trí tuệ cảm xúc)
  Synonyms: empathy, social awareness, emotional control
  Antonyms: emotional blindness, insensitivity, lack of empathy
  → IELTS TUTOR xét ví dụ: "I developed strong emotional intelligence."

🧠 Advanced Grammar Structures (with Vietnamese translation)

1. IELTS TUTOR xét ví dụ “Unlike listening, which is tone-dependent, reading lets me interpret everything at my own pace.”

   • This is a complex sentence with a reduced relative clause.

   • Vietnamese: Không giống như việc nghe, phụ thuộc vào giọng điệu, việc đọc cho phép tôi diễn giải mọi thứ theo tốc độ của riêng mình.

2. IELTS TUTOR xét ví dụ “Whenever I read fantasy novels, I often get lost in the narrative and forget about time.”

   • This uses a subordinate clause with “whenever” + a phrasal verb “get lost in.”

   • Vietnamese: Bất cứ khi nào tôi đọc tiểu thuyết giả tưởng, tôi thường bị cuốn vào cốt truyện và quên cả thời gian.

3. IELTS TUTOR xét ví dụ “Thanks to those stories, I developed strong emotional intelligence and became more empathetic toward others.”

   • Causative phrase with “Thanks to” and parallel structure.

   • Vietnamese: Nhờ những câu chuyện đó, tôi phát triển được trí tuệ cảm xúc và trở nên thấu cảm hơn với người khác.