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Describe a time you were sleepy but had to stay awake.
Sleepy but had to stay awake?
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| Describe a time you were sleepy but had to stay awake
You should say:
And explain how you felt about it. |
Describe a time you were sleepy but had to stay awake
Phân tích cách triển khai bài mẫu.
| Bước 1: Giới thiệu
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Today I’m gonna tell you about a time when I was very sleepy but had to stay awake. |
| Bước 2: Triển khai các ý
▶ Ý 1: When it was Ý 2: Why you had to stay awake
▶ Ý 3: How you kept yourself awake
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It was last week when the final exam neared and I had to stay up very late to cram for it. I cut class quite often during the semester, so my mind was just blank. If I didn’t stay awake, I wouldn’t have enough time for revision.
I dropped off several times, and I couldn’t stop yawning. I started to feel dizzy after 3 hours of studying. I decided to splash my face with water and do some gentle exercises such as rotating my neck and stretching my arms. These exercises did help, and I got a bit refreshed soon. Then I had a cup of coffee. It kicked in immediately. |
| Bước 3: Explain how you felt about it
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To be honest, I was exhausted then. Cramming for the exam drained all my energy. When the clock struck 3 o’clock, my eyes got very tired and it seemed that I couldn’t take in any more knowledge. A thought of just winging the exam crossed my mind. I was then in two minds between burning the midnight oil and going to sleep.
I was also stressed as I was afraid I might do bad poorly in the exam or even fail it. If that happened, I would be dead meat as my mom would yell at me. She would kick me out of the house and stop giving me monthly allowances. That would be terrible I should have paid attention to the lessons, studied hard. |
| Bước 4: Đừng quên kết thúc bài nói | That’s all I want to say. |
SAMPLE ANSWER (band 8.0)
Today I’m gonna tell you about a time when I was very sleepy but had to stay awake.
It was last week when the final exam neared and I had to stay up very late to cram for it. I cut class quite often during the semester, so my mind was just blank. If I didn’t stay awake, I wouldn’t have enough time for revision.
I dropped off several times, and I couldn’t stop yawning. I started to feel dizzy after 3 hours of studying. I decided to splash my face with water and do some gentle exercises such as rotating my neck and stretching my arms. These exercises did help, and I got a bit refreshed soon. Then I had a cup of coffee. It kicked in immediately.
To be honest, I was exhausted then. Cramming for the exam drained all my energy. When the clock struck 3 o’clock, my eyes got very tired and it seemed that I couldn’t take in any more knowledge. A thought of just winging the exam crossed my mind. I was then in two minds between burning the midnight oil and going to sleep.
I was also stressed as I was afraid I might do bad poorly in the exam or even fail it. If that happened, I would be dead meat as my mom would yell at me. She would kick me out of the house and stop giving me monthly allowances. That would be terrible I should have paid attention to the lessons, studied hard.
That’s all I want to say.
Từ vựng hay trong bài.
- To cram (for exam): học nhồi nhét
- To drain: hút cạn (năng lượng)
- To cut class: cúp học
- To drop off: ngủ gật
- To yawn: ngáp ngủ
- To splash: té nước
- Be refreshed: tỉnh táo, đỡ mệt hơn
- To kick in: ngấm, phát huy tác dụng (cafe, trà, …)
- To wing (the exam): đánh lụi bài thi ( không ôn tập gì mà đi thi)
- To cross my mind: một suy nghĩ loé lên trong đầu
- Be in two minds between … and …: phân vân giữa 2 sự lựa chọn
- To burn the midnight oil: thức đêm học bài/ làm việc
- Be dead meat: không xong/ gặp vấn đề với ai đó
- To yell at sb: mắng, la hét ai đó
- be sleepy : buồn ngủ
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