Trong bộ đề IELTS SPEAKING PART 2 trong tháng 9-12/2023 hiện tại đang thi chủ đề Describe a time when you had a problem with using the computer. Các bạn tham khảo bài mẫu và học các cụm từ vựng hay để chuẩn bị cho chủ đề này nhé.
Describe a time when you had a problem with using the computer.
You should say:
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when it happened
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where it happened
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what the problem was
- and explain how you solved the problem at last
MODEL ANSWER:
I’m going to talk about a time when I had a problem with using my computer. Last summer, when I was doing my assignment, the whole screen of my computer became black all of a sudden.
I was shocked at first because I didn’t realize what went wrong. I tried my utmost to turn it on and troubleshoot computer hardware but it was not working. I didn’t have a clue about how to fix it. In fact, my computer has encountered a number of minor technical issues, which have interfered with my work and writing from time to time. The worst thing was that I had to reinstall and replace the operating system when it was in the middle of a strict national lockdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic, so no computer service centres were open. This was the worst occasion because it took me quite a while to find a service provider who was respectable and trustworthy.
Fortunately, I found a tech professional who was intimately familiar with the internal components of a computer and good at solving computer problems. He told me my computer had a connection issue between the tower and the screen. I paid him to get it fixed, and the maintenance service was quite costly. But it was worth it, as my laptop ran very smoothly and efficiently after this repair. I was over the moon when my laptop functioned properly again.
This computer problem was a real pain in the neck. I was flustered and stressed out with technological and technical issues that are not immediately solvable without asking for help.
USEFUL EXPRESSIONS:
- all of a sudden (idiom) = suddenly (một cách bất ngờ, một cách đột ngột)
- try my utmost to do sth (phrase): cố gắng hết sức để làm gì
- troubleshoot (sth) (v) = to identify and correct faults in a computer system (tìm và sửa chữa lỗi)
- do not have a clue about sth (idiom) = do not know anything about sth (không biết một thứ gì hết)
- encounter a number of minor technical issues: trải qua nhiều vấn đề kỹ thuật nhỏ
- interfere with sth (phrasal verb) = to prevent sth from being done or happening as planned (cản trở thứ gì được hoàn thành hoặc diễn ra như kế hoạch)
- from time to time (idiom) = occasionally but not regularly
- be intimately familiar with sth: quá quen thuộc với thứ gì
- internal components: những thành phần bên trong
- run smoothly and efficiently: hoạt động một cách êm ả và hiệu quả
- be over the moon (idiom) = very happy (rất hạnh phúc, rất hài lòng)
- be a real pain in the neck (idiom) = very annoying (rất phiền phức)
- flustered (adj) = nervous and/or confused (lo lắng, bối rối)
Prepared by Ms. Dung – 0971246769
Tags: ielts, IELTS SPEAKING
