- Từ vựng luyện thi nói IELTS theo chủ đề: Sport. - Mỗi cá thể trong cộng đều có có liên quan tới thể thao: có thể chỉ là xem thể thao trên ti vi, trực tiếp chơi thể thao hay thậm chí là tìm mọi cách để tránh chơi thể thao. - Vì đó là một trong những chủ đề rất quan quan trọng nên sẽ có khả năng cao bạn sẽ nhận được những câu hỏi về 'Thể thao' trong bài thi IELTS Speaking.. - Hãy đọc những câu hỏi và câu trả lời dưới đây, chú ý vào những phần được bôi đậm. - Part 1-style questions. - Examiner: Do you do any sports?. - Loiuse: Not really … no … I always say I’m going to take up exercise and try to get into shape but I never seem to get started … I sometimes wonder whether I should get a personal trainer … someone who will sort out a fitness programme for me and make me train hard. - Examiner: How do you spend a typical weekend?. - Stella: I’m a big football fan and weekends always centre around a football match … I support FC Utrecht and have a season ticket so I go to most of the home games and quite a few of the away games too … I’m really looking forward to the new football season starting soon. - Theo: Yes … I’m really keen on sports … I do judo once a week and play tennis in the summer … I think it’s really important to keep fit … it makes you feel good and energised for work and your studies. - Part 2-style task. - Describe a place you like going to in your leisure time. - what this place is when you go there what you do there. - Maurice: I’d like to talk about my local sports centre … it’s a place I spend a lot of time in … it’s a new building with all the latest sports facilities … I probably go there at least twice a week … sometimes more often … it’s a huge place … there’s an outdoorathletics track and some football pitches … I play football so I’m often out there … there are several indoor squash and tennis courts that I use occasionally … a bigswimming pool … although I don’t use that very often … I’m not a very strong swimmer … there’s a gym … lots of things really … why do I enjoy going there … it’s just a really fun place to be … there’s a good social side to it all … you can enter competitions … meet up with other people who want to do the same sports … and because there are so many activities on offer it gets you interested in different things … for example I was listening to some people talking about training to run the marathonand I’ve decided I might even think about that … I go jogging a couple of times a week so it would give me something to aim for … so yes … the sports centre … that’s the place I really like to visit. - Part 3-style questions. - Examiner: Should people be encouraged more to take up sport?. - Alejandro: I think young people should be given the chance to discover which sport they might like … watching sport is sometimes a good way to get people started … not on TV but actually getting out … take athletics for example … they could go to an athletics meeting … there are so many different sports on show one might interest them. - Examiner: Why do some people enjoy participating in sport more than others?. - Florrie: That’s a good question … I suppose some people are more concerned about their health … they can’t stand the thought of being out of condition … other people might be driven to excel … they want to set records or get personal bests. - Examiner: Which sports do you think are best for people who aren’t used to physical activity?. - Julie: Well … I think people like this should avoid strenuous exercise so things likecircuit training are definitely out of the question … maybe just doing a brisk walk every day … or swimming is always a good way to get started. - an athletics meeting: an event where various athletics sports are held. - an athletics track: a running track. - an away game: a football match played in the opposing teams stadium a brisk walk: a fast walk. - to do judo: (not go or play). - a football fan: someone who likes football. - a fitness programme: a schedule of activities to keep fit a football match: a game of football. - a football pitch: the surface on which you play football (as opposed to a stadium, which is the building). - a football season: a period in the year when football is played to get into shape: to become fit. - to go jogging: to run around the streets. - a home game: a football match played in the teams own stadium to keep fit: to stay in good physically condition. - to be out of condition: to not be physically fit. - a personal best: to achieve the best personal result so far in a sport a personal trainer: a sports coach that helps you on a one-to-one basis to play tennis/football: (not do or go). - to run the marathon: to run a distance of 42.195 Kilometres. - a season ticket: a ticket that gives you entry to most of a team’s home games during the sporting year.. - to set a record: to achieve the best result in a sport. - a sports centre: a public building where people can do various sports sports facilities: the equipment and services needed to do a sport. - a squash/tennis/badminton court: the surface where you play these sports strenuous exercise: exercise that needs a lot of physical effort. - a strong swimmer: a good swimmer. - a swimming pool: the place where you swim to take up exercise: to start doing exercise to train hard: to train with a lot of effort