SPEAKING TEST

Topic: CULTURE

Group 7:Nguyễn Thị Ngọc Huyền - 1301015191Vũ Bình Lê - 1301025040Sử Khánh Huy - 1301017078Mai Loan -

I. FACTS:

1. The Carnival of Brazil is an annual festival held between the Friday afternoon (51 days before Easter) and Ash Wednesday at noon, which marks the beginning of Lent, the forty-day period before Easter.

2. Carnival is the most famous holiday in Brazil and has become an event of huge proportions. Except for industrial production, retail establishments such as malls, and carnival-related businesses, the country stops completely for almost a week and festivities are intense, day and night, mainly in coastal cities. Rio de Janeiro's carnival alone drew 4.9 million people in 2011, with 400,000 being foreigners

3. Originated in Bahia, but developed in Rio de Janeiro between the end of the 19th century and the first years of the 20th century, the samba is still one of the most popular styles of Brazil.

4. The traditional dress known as hanbok (known as joseonot) has been worn since ancient times. The hanbok consists of a shirt (jeogori) and a skirt (chima). 5. Japan gave 3,000 sakura( a kind of cherry blossom) as a gift to the United States in 1912 to celebrate the nations' then-growing friendship.

6. JAPANESE CULTURE - Over 220 pages of Japanese culture including traditional Japanese culture like Geisha, Samurai, Japanese tea ceremony, Japanese gardens, kimonos and Japanese Language.

7. The Songkran festival is celebrated in Thailand as the traditional New Year's Day from 13 to 15 April. The traditional water pouring is meant as a symbol of washing all of the bad away and is sometimes filled with fragrant herbs when celebrated in the traditional manner

8. Buffalo fighting is the traditional festival in many places and it is considered the fun amusement but a ritual. But only in Do Son – Hai Phong, buffalo fighting has become a traditional ceremony.

9. Lunar New Year Festival often falls between late January and early February; it is among the most important holidays in Vietnam. Officially, the festival includes the 1st, 2nd and 3rd day in Lunar Calendar; however, Vietnamese people often spend about nearly a month to celebrate this special event.

10. Kumbh Mela is a mass Hindu pilgrimage of faith in which Hindus gather to bathe in a sacred river. It is considered to be the largest peaceful gathering in the world where around 100 million people were expected to visit during the Maha Kumbh Mela in 2013 in Allahabad.

11. Many couples in Japan celebrate Christmas like Valentine's Day. It is definitely more of a "lovers" holiday in Japan.

12. Most toilets in Japan have a built-in bidet system for spraying your backside. These are known as washlets and are now the norm in homes and nicer restrooms. However, in some train stations and other public restrooms you may still find the traditional Japanese "floor toilet".

13. When you use the restroom in someone's home in Japan you may need to put on designated bathroom slippers so as not to contaminate the rest of the home.

14. In Japan non-smoking areas are difficult to find in restaurants, including family restaurants. Many of Japan's politicians have interest in the tobacco industry and anti-smoking laws are almost non-existent. If you are planning a trip to Japan you may want to think twice if you are sensitive to tobacco smoke.

15. Many companies hire people to hand out small packages of tissues which include a small advertisement flyer. Some non-Japanese are surprised when they are handed a free package of tissues.

16. There are more than 17,000 music performances a year across London's 300+ venues including The O2 arena - the world's most popular music venue for the last five years running.

II. CULTURE VOCABULARY:

No

World/Phrase

Pronunciation

Meaning in E Meaning in V Example

1 counter-culture

/ˈkaʊntəkʌltʃə(r)/

A way of life and set of attitudes opposed to or at variance with the prevailing social norm:

Phản văn hóa It should appeal to readers interested in social issues, psychology and the counterculture.

2 Anthropology

/ˌanθrəˈpɒlədʒi /

The study of humankind,

Nhân loại học While she majored in dance in college, she also studied French, anthropology, and biology.

3 Autobiography

/ɔːtəbʌɪˈɒɡrəfi /

An account of a person’s life written by that person

sự viết tự truyệntự truyện

he gives a vivid description of his childhood in his autobiography

4 caricature

/ˈkarɪkətjʊə   /ˈkarɪkətʃɔː/

A picture, description, or imitation of a person in which certain striking characteristics are exaggerated in order to create a comic or grotesque effect:

Tranh biếm họa

Over the decades, many artists and cartoonists have created wicked caricatures of the smug and powerful.

5 misdemeanour

/mɪsdɪˈmiːn /ə A minor wrongdoing: pháp lý) tội nhẹ; khinh tộihạnh kiểm xấu, cách cư xử xấu

the player can expect a suspension for his latest misdemeanour

6 Idiosyncratic

/,ɪdɪə(ʊ)sɪŋˈkratɪk/

Relating to idiosyncrasy; peculiar or individual:

thuộc) phong cách riêng; do phong cách riêng (của một tác giả)

she emerged as one of the great, idiosyncratic talents of the nineties

7 beguile

/bɪˈɡʌɪl / Charm or enchant (someone), often in a deceptive way:

Trick (someone) into doing something:

làm tiêu khiển, làm khuây đi, làm cho qua đi (thời gian, một cuộc hành trình...)

đánh lừa, lừa

he beguiled the voters with his good looks

dối8 beguil

e someone into something

/bɪˈɡʌɪl / to charm someone into doing  something

Lừa ai làm điều gì

You can't beguile me into stealing for you! I beguiled Tom into driving me to the airport.

9 Presage

/ˈprɛsɪdʒ/ Be a sign or warning of (an imminent event, typically an unwelcome one):

điềm; linh cảm, linh tính, sự cảm thấy trước

the heavy clouds above the moorland presaged snow

10 Timbre /ˈtamb /ə The character or quality of a musical sound or voice as distinct from its pitch and intensity:

Âm sắc voice high in pitch but rich in timbre

11 vocal music

/'voukəl/ a genre of music performed by one or more singers, with or without instrumental accompaniment

Thanh nhạc This singer has a great vocal music

12 Bandsman

/bandsman/ A player in a musical band, especially a military or brass one.

Nhạc công As with many other career fields, the bandsmen pull double-duty with musical and support responsibilities.

13 simulcast

/ˈsɪm(ə)lkɑːst/ A simultaneous transmission of the same programme on radio and television, or on two or more channels:

chương trình đồng thời truyền đi qua đài phát thanh và đài truyền hình

a Radio1/BBC2 simulcast

14 Shuffle(Shuffle dance )

/ˈʃʌf(ə)l   /

Walk by dragging one’s feet along or without lifting them fully from the ground:

Sự đi lê chân, sự lê bước,

Shuffle dance is very popular in the 1990s

15 shuffle off this mortal coil

/ˈʃʌf(ə)l   /

To die Qua đời Cousin Fred shuffled off this mortal coil after suffering a heart attack.

16 celluloid film

/ˈsɛljʊlɔɪd/ A transparent flammable plastic made in sheets from

Phim nhựa The boots have been immortalised on celluloid in her latest

camphor and nitrocellulose, formerly used for cinematographic film.

film, Strictly Sinatra, directed by Peter Capaldi.

17 Podium

/ˈpəʊdɪəm/ A small platform on which a person may stand to be seen by an audience, as when making a speech or conducting an orchestra:

bậc đài vòng he was at the podium facing an expectant conference crowd

18 conductor

/kənˈdʌktə/ A person who directs the performance of an orchestra or choir:

Nhạc trưởng he was appointed principal conductor of the Berlin Symphony Orchestra

19 Baton /ˈbat(ə)n/ A short stick or something resembling one, in particular:

Gậy chỉ huy A thin stick used by a conductor to direct an orchestra or choir.

20 Synthesizer

/ˈsɪnθɪsʌɪz /ə   /

An electronic musical instrument, typically operated by a keyboard, producing a wide variety of sounds by generating and combining signals of different frequencies.

nhạc cụ điện tử tạo ra nhiều âm thanh khác nhau

The instruments and sounds may have changed but it still sounds like a hardcore band this time playing about with synthesisers instead of guitars.

21 turntable

/ˈtəːnteɪb(ə)l / A circular revolving plate supporting a record as it is played

Máy quay đĩa hát

Other crews will bring their sound systems - turntables, microphones and speakers and voices.

22 jukebox

/ˈdʒuːkbɒks/ A machine that automatically plays a selected musical recording when a coin is inserted.

máy chơi nhạc, phát nhạckhi bạn bỏ đồng xu vào đó

Someone throws a few coins into the jukebox and we are bombarded by Pink's ‘Lets get the party started

23 bartender

/ˈbɑːtɛndə/ A person serving drinks at a bar.

người phục vụ ở quầy rượu

The bartenders make good drinks and they always have quality music and good sound.

24 Arena /əˈriːn /ə  

A level area surrounded by seating, in which

Đấu trường Whole towns could be surrounded, or a mile-wide dragnet

sports, entertainments, and other public events are held.

thrown over an area which contained sporting arenas.

25 The Renaissance

/rɪˈneɪs(ə)ns, -ɒ̃s/

The revival of European art and literature under the influence of classical models in the 14th-16th centuries.

Thời kỳ phục hưng

The culture and style of art and architecture developed during the Renaissance.

26 culinary culture

/ˈkʌlɪn(ə)ri/ Of or for cooking Văn hóa ẩm thực

A tour of the college takes about an hour and is well worth the diversion from the culinary and shopping delights.

27 Blockbuster

/ˈblɒkbʌstə/ A thing of great power or size, in particular a film, book, or other product that is a great commercial success

Phim ăn khách It's really easy to write a mainstream pop song, a bestselling novel, a blockbuster film…