Task 4 — Tóm tắt bài giảng
TOEFL Speaking practice questions in the real exam format and timing.
Questions
Using the points and examples from the lecture, summarise the two strategies described.
Model answer
Written by 8020 teachers. Do not memorise it — take the structure and the way ideas are developed, then speak about your own life.
Vocabulary you can use today
- bioluminescence
- phat sang sinh hoc — /ˌbaɪəʊˌluːmɪˈnesns/ 7 am tiet
- cold light
- anh sang lanh — sang ma khong toa nhiet
- colonise hosts
- xam chiem vat chu — vi khuan lam vay
- evolved for different purposes
- tien hoa vi muc dich khac nhau — tu hay trong sinh hoc
- potential applications
- ung dung tiem nang — cau ket bai hoc thuat pho bien
- phenomenon
- hien tuong — /fɪˈnɒmɪnən/ trong am thu 2, so nhieu 'phenomena'
Common traps for Vietnamese speakers
Task 4 la task kho nhat vì ban chi nghe BAI GIANG — khong co bai doc ho tro. Chien luoc ghi chu tot la nen tang. Ghi chu: CHI dung tu khoa (noun + verb chinh). Dung ghi cau day du — het gio ghi chu. 1-2 tu khoa cho moi diem la du de xay dung 20 giay noi. Cau ket luan ("The lecturer concludes by suggesting that...") khong bat buoc nhung tot khi ban co thoi gian con lai. TUYET DOI khong de tieng im — neu quen: dung lai 1 giay roi tiep tuc diem con lai.
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Record 90 seconds. You get four criteria, the exact words that slipped, and your own sentence rewritten two levels up.