In a recent internet survey, tourists and business travellers
were asked to rate…
were asked to rate 50 cities around the world, from the
best to the worst. Of the top three cities, two were in
Europe and one was in Australia.
In third place was London, scoring highly mainly because
it was the most famous city on the list of 50 surveyed. It
was also seen as a very good place to do business, and
was an important cultural centre. However, it lost points
because people believed it was an extremely expensive
place to live.
Sydney was also a very popular destination, achieving
second place on the list because people believed it had
the friendliest inhabitants, as well as the best standard
of living and the nicest climate. It failed to make the top
spot, however, because people thought there were very
few things to see there, and many also thought it was too
far away from other business and cultural centres.
At the top of the list was Paris. Despite problems such
as the large amount of traffic, it beat other cities to
first place because people considered it to be the most
interesting city, with more museums, art galleries and
places of interest than anywhere else. People also thought
it was the best city to take a holiday in.
City Overall position in survey Perceived advantages Perceived disadvantages
London 1 • Is more well-known than the other cities.
• Has excellent 2 opportunities.
Is very 3 .
Sydney Second • Residents are the 4 .
• Has the best quality of life.
• Has the most pleasant 5 .
Not many things to see.
Paris 6 • Is more 7 than other cities. Has a lot of 8
Chúng ta sẽ điền các từ còn thiếu vào bảng sau, dựa vào thông tin trong đoạn văn. Thầy sẽ hướng dẫn các em từng bước một.
Bảng của chúng ta có các cột: City, Overall position in survey, Perceived advantages, Perceived disadvantages.
Chúng ta sẽ lần lượt xem xét từng thành phố.
Đầu tiên là London.
Ở cột “City”, chúng ta đã có sẵn “London”.
Ở cột “Overall position in survey”, đoạn văn nói “In third place was London”. Vậy chúng ta điền “Third” vào ô trống số 1.
Ở cột “Perceived advantages”, đoạn văn nói “scoring highly mainly because it was the most famous city on the list of 50 surveyed”. Từ “famous” tương đương với “well-known”. Vậy ô trống số 2 là “well-known”.
Tiếp theo, đoạn văn nói “It was also seen as a very good place to do business”. Đây là một lợi thế. Tuy nhiên, ô trống số 3 lại nằm trong phần “Perceived disadvantages”. Đoạn văn cho biết “However, it lost points because people believed it was an extremely expensive place to live.” Từ “expensive” là từ chúng ta cần điền vào ô trống số 3.
Tiếp theo là Sydney.
Ở cột “City”, chúng ta đã có sẵn “Sydney”.
Ở cột “Overall position in survey”, đoạn văn nói “Sydney was also a very popular destination, achieving second place on the list”. Vậy chúng ta điền “Second” vào ô trống số 4. (Lưu ý: ô trống này đã có sẵn trong đề bài, nên chúng ta sẽ không điền thêm gì vào đây mà chỉ xác nhận lại thông tin).
Ở cột “Perceived advantages”, đoạn văn nói “because people believed it had the friendliest inhabitants”. Vậy ô trống số 4 (trong phần “Perceived advantages”) là “friendliest”.
Tiếp theo, đoạn văn nói “as well as the best standard of living”. “Standard of living” tương đương với “quality of life”. Vậy ô trống số 5 là “quality of life”.
Và cuối cùng, “and the nicest climate”. “Nicest” tương đương với “most pleasant”. Vậy chúng ta điền “most pleasant” vào ô trống số 6.
Tiếp theo là Paris.
Ở cột “City”, chúng ta đã có sẵn “Paris”.
Ở cột “Overall position in survey”, đoạn văn nói “At the top of the list was Paris.” “At the top of the list” có nghĩa là vị trí đầu tiên. Vậy ô trống số 6 (trong cột “Overall position in survey”) là “First”.
Ở cột “Perceived advantages”, đoạn văn nói “because people considered it to be the most interesting city”. “Interesting” tương đương với “interesting”. Vậy ô trống số 7 là “interesting”.
Và cuối cùng, “Despite problems such as the large amount of traffic”. “Large amount” là một số lượng lớn. Vậy ô trống số 8 là “traffic”.
Bây giờ, chúng ta cùng xem lại bảng sau khi đã điền đầy đủ nhé:
City | Overall position in survey | Perceived advantages | Perceived disadvantages
——- | ——– | ——– | ——–
London | Third | • Is more well-known than the other cities.
• Has excellent business opportunities.
• Is very expensive. |
Sydney | Second | • Residents are the friendliest.
• Has the best quality of life.
• Has the most pleasant climate. | Not many things to see.
Too far away from other business and cultural centres.
Paris | First | • Is more interesting than other cities.
• Has more museums, art galleries and places of interest than anywhere else.
• Is the best city to take a holiday in. | Has a lot of traffic.
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