Bài mẫu tham khảo cho đề thi IELTS SPEAKING PART 2
Describe a time when your computer broke down.
You should say:
When it happened
What you were doing then
What you did about it
And explain how you felt about this experience
MODEL ANSWER:
I’m going to talk about a time when my computer had problems. 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 impeded 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) = very quickly
- try my utmost to do sth: cố gắng hết sức để làm gì
- troubleshoot (sth) = 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 cái gì)
- encounter a number of minor technical issues: trải qua nhiều vấn đề kỹ thuật nhỏ
- impede sth = delay or stop the progress of sth (cản trở)
- from time to time (idiom) = occasionally but not regularly
- be intimately familiar with sth: quá quen thuộc với cái 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
- be a real pain in the neck (idiom) = very annoying (rất phiền phức)
- flustered (adj) = nervous and/or confused
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