Làm thế nào để tạo ấn tượng mạnh mẽ với giám khảo IELTS Speaking? Câu trả lời nằm ở việc sử dụng ngôn ngữ tự nhiên, đặc biệt là các thành ngữ (Idioms). Để giúp bạn tự tin thể hiện khả năng giao tiếp, bài viết này sẽ tổng hợp những Idioms thông dụng và hiệu quả nhất về chủ đề “Communication”.
Example (Ví dụ)
Dưới đây là từ vựng Idioms chủ đề “Communication”:
- Get the wrong end of the stick: Hiểu nhầm, hiểu sai ý
- Let the cat out of the bag: Để lộ bí mật một cách vô tình
- Put someone in the picture: Cung cấp cho ai đó thông tin cần thiết để họ hiểu rõ tình hình
- Talk someone’s ear off: Nói chuyện quá nhiều với ai đó, khiến họ phát ngán
- Get your wires crossed: Hiểu lầm lẫn nhau, thông tin không rõ ràng
- Hear (something) through/on the grapevine: Nghe đồn, nghe nói
Review (Ôn tập)
Hãy sử dụng Idioms này trong các câu của bạn để nhớ lâu hơn. Dưới đây là một vài câu ví dụ:
- I think you got the wrong end of the stick. I was offering you a promotion, not firing you!
- It was supposed to be a surprise party for Sarah, but her brother accidentally let the cat out of the bag.
- Before we start the meeting, let me quickly put you in the picture about what happened yesterday.
- I’m sorry I’m late. I sat next to an old friend on the bus and she talked my ear off for the entire trip.
- It seems we got our wires crossed. I thought you were picking me up at 7 PM, not 6 PM.
- I heard on the grapevine that the company might be giving everyone a bonus next month, but it’s not official yet.
Exercise (Bài tập)
Câu 1: It was supposed to be a secret, but someone accidentally _______ and now everyone knows about the new project.
a) put me in the picture
b) talked my ear off
c) let the cat out of the bag
d) got the wrong end of the stick
Câu 2: When your colleague says, “I think you got the wrong end of the stick,” what does she mean?
a) You understood the situation perfectly.
b) You have chosen the wrong tool.
c) You have misunderstood the information.
d) You are holding something incorrectly.
Câu 3: “How did you find out about the company merger?” “Oh, I just _______.”
a) heard it on the grapevine
b) got my wires crossed
c) let the cat out of the bag
d) talked my ear off
Câu 4: The new team member was confused, so the manager spent five minutes _______ on the project’s history.
a) letting the cat out of the bag
b) talking his ear off
c) hearing it on the grapevine
d) putting him in the picture
Câu 5: I thought the meeting was at 10 AM and she thought it was at 11 AM. We clearly _______.
a) got our wires crossed
b) got the wrong end of the stick
c) put each other in the picture
d) let the cat out of the bag
Câu 6: My aunt is lovely, but she can _______ for hours about her garden.
a) get the wrong end of the stick
b) hear it on the grapevine
c) talk your ear off
d) put you in the picture
Câu 7: What does it mean if someone “lets the cat out of the bag”?
a) They bought a new pet.
b) They revealed a secret by mistake.
c) They were very successful.
d) They started an argument.
Câu 8: I don’t know for sure if he’s resigning. It’s just something I _______, so don’t repeat it.
a) got my wires crossed
b) put in the picture
c) talked his ear off
d) heard through the grapevine
Câu 9: He assumed I was quitting my job because I was looking at new apartments. He completely _______.
a) got the wrong end of the stick
b) let the cat out of the bag
c) got his wires crossed
d) put me in the picture
Câu 10: Before you start working, let me _______ about the current status of our clients.
a) talk your ear off
b) put you in the picture
c) get the wrong end of the stick
d) hear it on the grapevine
Đáp án
- c) let the cat out of the bag
- c) You have misunderstood the information.
- a) heard it on the grapevine
- d) putting him in the picture
- a) got our wires crossed
- c) talk your ear off
- b) They revealed a secret by mistake.
- d) heard through the grapevine
- a) got the wrong end of the stick
- b) put you in the picture
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