Tips for dictation practice

Hi, everybody! I am going to have a test for dictation in next week. So I need everybody giving me some tips to archive a good result in this exammination. Thanks so much!

MY CHARACTER According to my friends and my family members, I am a honest, enthusiastic and not talkative person. First of all, I am very honest. Maybe my mother and I are alike. She is also very kind and honest. In fact, I rarely lie the other person such as: my friends, my parents and so on. Sometimes I just lie my friends when I speak joking. They could not realize that because they really truth me. This makes me enjoyable. Secondly, I appear enthusiastic with my friends. I almost refuse the offers from my friends such as: attending the parties, playing football or traveling in somewhere and so on. I also help everyone around me when they need. Finally, following my mother, I am not a talkative person. I think this is true. When I meet a stranger or a wild friend, I usually do not talk to them too much. Perhaps I feel shy when I first meet them. Especially, when I meet a beautiful girl, I almost do not talk anything. May be this is the reason that I am alone now. All in all, my characters are honest, enthusiastic and not talkative.

GO SHOPPING Shopping is one of activities that most of us like and I also don’t except. Normally I often go shopping for clothes, food or the products related to IT and sometime just look browsing. When I was a student, I go shopping for food daily with my roommate. To prepare a meal, I buy many things such as: vegetable, meat and spice. I enjoyed going shopping for food because I can choose the best food with the cheapest price. The food that we often buy is pig meat and chicken because they are cheap to the student. When I have money, I also like to go shopping for clothes. Perhaps I also like the fashion. On average, I go shopping for clothes once a month. About the products related to IT like: cell phone, laptop, tablet and accessories, I like them so much because I use them everyday. As you know, these products are always improved regularly. Thus, I really want to upgrade them but I don’t have enough money to do this now. I usually just look browsing. I will buy them when I have a lot of money. I usually go shopping with friends on free time. When I go shopping, I really feel relaxed and comfortable. Before buying a product, I usually search it on the internet. Therefore, I can know lots of information about the product such as: price, quality, use and so on. Sometime I couldn’t buy the product that I need because it is too expensive or too poor quality or too old fashion. I like to go shopping. It helps me more comfortable.

How many type of accommodation are there? This is the question that my teacher gave me. I just know some types such as: house, flat and apartment. I don't know clearly how many type of accommodation there are.

MY HOUSE The house I am living in is situated in the suburb of Hanoi. In there, I have been living for more than twenty – four years with my parents, my brother and my sister. The house is very beautiful and cozy. Though it is a small house surrounded with a fairly large garden. My house has two bed – room, a living – room, a bathroom, a kitchen and a toilet. The living – room is decorated beautifully. There, on free times my father usually spends his time talking or drinking tea with his friends. My mother and my sister are diligent and hard – working women. They often keep the house clean and tidy. On weekend nights, the whole family members gather in the living – room, watching television or telling each other about the stories. In my house, I like my family’s garden the most. Under care of my parents, it has become beautiful more. On waking up in every morning, I like to go out the garden in order to breathe in the fresh air and watch the birds twitting on the branches. I love my house very much because it is the place where I was born and have grown up in the education of my father and in the tender loving care of my mother.

THE FAMILY

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MY DREAM In the future, I want to become a billionaire living with a beautiful wife in a big house and doing a lot of work for charity. First of all, I really want to become the richest person in my village in the future. When I have a lot of money, I can do any thing that I like such as: traveling over the world and buying the things that I like. I also want to help my village becoming the most developed area in Vietnam. After having a stable career, I will get married to a beautiful wife and having some children with her. Then, the whole my family will live together in a big house having a swimming pool and surrounded by a large garden. I will plant a lot of trees in the garden. I will decorate my house becoming the most beautiful house in Vietnam. Finally, my wish is doing a lot of work for charity such as: establishing the charity funds and helping the poor people in my country. I want to invest a lot of money for education in my country because knowledge is the key for development. In concluding, my dreams are becoming a billionaire, having a happy life with my family and spending my money for charity.

MY JOB My current job is a sale assistant which requires a lot of patience and hard – working. First, the mission of a sale assistant is connecting the company and the customer. Therefore, they must do many ways to how to bring the products to their clients. To do this, they need to have many skills such as: communicated ability, persuaded ability and perceiving their products and so on. Next, it is difficult to sell the products in economics crisis period. They must face to high competition in the market and the customer is increasingly fastidious. I also learn many things from the job such as: the patience, self-confident more and the way to persuade the client. However, deep down in my heart, I don’t like the job. Maybe it is my temporary job. I think I want to find a job related to import and export in the future. This job requires you have knowledge about import – export and a common language – English. Thus, I decided studying English language in Hanoi University. Now I’m a first year student in there. I hope my English will become better after the course in Hanoi University.

WHAT DO YOU DO ON FREE TIME On free time I always spend many times for using computer, watching movies and playing football. First of all, I use computer everyday for studying and relaxing. Maybe I almost spend time for relaxing more. I usually listen to music and surf the internet everyday. In the average, I spend about 3 hours for it. Thus, it makes me consuming a lot of times the most. Second, I like watching movies very much. This is my second hobby. There are the good movies on television on weekend. Therefore, I can’t skip them. The kind of film that I like the most is action film. It is really good films and I am attracted. Sometime, when my friend tells me about a good film that I should watch, I usually find them in the internet in order to watch. Finally, Football is the sports that I like the most. I am not only watching football, but I also can play it very well. Though my body is small, but I can play in many positions. The position that I usually play is defencer or attacker. I usually play football with my friends. After each a match, I feel exhausted, but it makes me really relaxed. In short, There are 3 hobbies that I like the most due to using computer, watching movies and playing football.