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Many Chinese cartoons in the past have aimed at spreading the traditional Chinese thoughts and culture as widely as possible among the people

Người đọc hãy dựa vào các từ khóa được gạch chân để suy ra đại ý của câu ví dụ trên

Nội dung chủ đạo của mệnh đề thường được thể hiện qua các từ khóa (keywords) trong câu: danh từ, động từ, tính từ

Để đọc hiểu nội dung chủ đạo của mệnh đề dài, người đọc thực hiện các bước sau:

Bước 1: Xác định động từ chính

Bước 2: Xác định danh từ chính trong chủ ngữ - thành phần phía trước động từ

Bước 3: Xác định danh từ chính/ động từ/ tính từ trong các thành phần phía sau động từ (tân ngữ, hoặc bổ ngữ, trạng ngữ nếu có)

Cách nhận diện nhanh dạng động từ chính:

(1) động từ đứng riêng lẻ (nguyên thể, số ít, quá khứ đơn), ví dụ: walk, walks, walked

(2) to be + Verb-ing (thì tiếp diễn), ví dụ: is walking, was waking

(3) to be + quá khứ phân từ (dạng bị động), ví dụ: is washed, was washed

(4) have/has/had + quá khứ phân từ (thì hoàn thành), ví dụ: has travelled, had travelled

(5) modal (can, could, will, v.v) + Verb nguyên thể, ví dụ: can’t eat

Cách nhận diện nhanh danh từ chính (trong các thành phần chủ ngữ, tân ngữ, bổ ngữ):

(1) danh từ chính + giới từ + danh từ phụ, ví dụ: many cartoons in the past

(2) danh từ chính + mệnh đề quan hệ, ví dụ: the cartoon which is showed in the festival

(3) bổ ngữ trước + danh từ chính, ví dụ: the traditional Chinese thoughts

Câu ghép:

1. Xác định (các) liên từ

2. Đọc hiểu đại ý mỗi mệnh đề

3. Liên kết các mệnh đề lại với nhau bằng liên từ => hiểu được đại ý cả câu.

Ví dụ câu ghép dài trong bài IELTS Reading:

“Organic farming is often claimed to be safer than traditional farming - for the environment and for consumers, yet studies into organic farming worldwide continue to reject this claim.”

Ví dụ câu ghép dài trong bài IELTS Reading:

“Organic farming is often claimed to be safer than traditional farming - for the environment and for consumers, yet studies into organic farming worldwide continue to reject this claim.”

Câu phức

Ưu tiên đọc hiểu mệnh đề chính.
Bỏ mệnh đề phụ (mệnh đề quan hệ, mệnh đề unlike/although/..., giữa cặp dấu phẩy, gạch nối, sau dấu hai chấm)

Ví dụ câu phức dài trong bài IELTS Reading:

“A thousand years ago the Mississippians, a diverse group of Native Americans who lived in the area which is today known as the southeastern United States, took a small village on the Mississippi River and turned it into one of the world’s first great urban centres.”

Ví dụ câu phức dài trong bài IELTS Reading:

“A thousand years ago the Mississippians, a diverse group of Native Americans who lived in the area which is today known as the southeastern United States, took a small village on the Mississippi River and turned it into one of the world’s first great urban centres.”

Ví dụ câu phức dài trong bài IELTS Reading:

“The prevailing view that wind power is too costly results largely from early research which focused on turbines with huge blades that stood hundreds of metres tall. More recent developments such as those seen on California wind farms have dramatically changed the economic picture for wind energy.”

Ví dụ câu phức dài trong bài IELTS Reading:

“The prevailing view that wind power is too costly results largely from early research which focused on turbines with huge blades that stood hundreds of metres tall. More recent developments such as those seen on California wind farms have dramatically changed this economic picture for wind energy.”

Remote working can be beneficial for both employees and companies. From an individual’s perspective, working from home means that people will no longer have to spend hours commuting to work and back every day, which means they will have more time to spend with their family and still be able to fulfill their duties at work. From a business level, allowing staff members to work remotely can help companies cut down on the expense for office rental as there is no need to rent a big office for employees to work together. This money, therefore, can be better spent on other useful purposes such as developing new products.

Remote working can be beneficial for both employees and companies. From an individual’s perspective, working from home means that people will no longer have to spend hours commuting to work and back every day, which means they will have more time to spend with their family and still be able to fulfill their duties at work. From a business level, allowing staff members to work remotely can help companies cut down on the expense for office rental as there is no need to rent a big office for employees to work together. This money, therefore, can be better spent on other useful purposes such as developing new products.

Both parents and schools can help prevent obesity in children. However, the government should be responsible for that due to the correlation between the marketing of food and drinks and this problem. To illustrate, children’s food choices are usually affected by advertising, and they tend to buy more junk food when they are constantly exposed to images of unhealthy foods on TV. If the government implements a policy banning companies from advertising unhealthy food during children’s TV programs, children’s exposure to junk food will be reduced, leading to a positive change in their eating habits.

Nowadays, social media is regarded as one of the most powerful facilitators in communication. There are various websites such as Facebook or Twitter that offer much faster and convenient services for people to stay in touch with their friends and family regardless of the geographical distance between them. These sites create an online network that connects everyone within their users’ social circle and enables them to send instant messages or to make video calls in a matter of seconds. In other words, social media platforms are, in fact, bringing people closer than ever before.

The key solution to increase the number of people visiting museums would be to promote the appeal and worth of museums by means such as featuring historical figures on various media outlets more frequently. An additional method would be to incorporate more influences and events into exhibitions. Organizers can be selective and arrange their displays to prevent the experience of visiting a historical site becoming mundane.

Multiple Select

Chọn tất cả từ nối dùng để đưa ví dụ

• For example

• For instance

• such as

• As a result,

• including

Multiple Select

Chọn tất cả từ nối dùng để đưa ví dụ

• To illustrate

• Particularly/ In particular

• An example of this is

• Especially

• An illustration of this is

Multiple Select

Chọn tất cả từ nối dùng để đưa ra ý tương phản

• Conversely

• On the other hand

• While / Whereas

• Nevertheless / Nonetheless

• So that

Multiple Select

Chọn tất cả từ nối dùng để tóm tắt

• In brief,

• In essence,

• To illustrate,

• In other words,

• Generally,

Multiple Select

Chọn tất cả từ nối dùng để bổ sung ý

• To conclude,

• Another

• Additionally

• Plus/ Along with

• Furthermore

Multiple Choice

Mục đích của câu sau đây là để:

"Many people think that ATC consists of a row of controllers sitting in front of their radar screens at the nation’s airports, telling arriving and departing traffic what to do."

• Đưa quan điểm

• Đưa sự thật

• Đưa kết quả

• Đưa ví dụ

Multiple Choice

Mục đích của câu THỨ HAI là để:

"Many people think that ATC consists of a row of controllers sitting in front of their radar screens at the nation’s airports, telling arriving and departing traffic what to do. This is a very incomplete part of the picture."

• Bổ sung thông tin

• Đưa kết quả

• Đưa ví dụ

• Phủ định câu 1

Multiple Choice

Mục đích của câu THỨ HAI là để:

"There are severe limits to how much food can be produced. Also, the environmental benefits of not using artificial fertiliser are tiny compared with the amount of carbon dioxide emitted by transporting food."

• Bổ sung ý tiêu cực

• Bổ sung ý tích cực

Multiple Choice

Mục đích của câu THỨ HAI là để:

"Public libraries provide free access to resources. This allows people from all walks of life to educate themselves, leading to greater social equality."

• Bổ sung ý

• Đưa kết quả

• Đưa ví dụ

• Phủ định câu 1

Multiple Choice

Mục đích của câu THỨ HAI là để:

"Price also comments that Australians are uncomfortable with differences in status and hence idealise the idea of treating everyone equally. An illustration of this is that most adult Australians call each other by their first names."

• Bổ sung ý

• Đưa kết quả

• Đưa ví dụ

• Phủ định câu 1