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“Easier said than done” là gì?

/ˈiːziər sed ðən dʌn/

Nói thì dễ, làm mới khó.

Theo từ điển Cambridge, “easier said than done” được sử dụng khi “something seems like a good idea but would be difficult to do”.

Ví dụ:

Finding a job is easier said than done. I’ve been looking for a new job for months now but I’m still unemployed.

(Tìm việc khó hơn mình nghĩ nhiều. Tôi đã đi kiếm việc mới hàng tháng trời nhưng vẫn chẳng có gì cả.)

Nhưng trong câu này, farms trong câu hỏi bao gồm tất cả các kiểu từ to đến nhỏ, trong khi trong bài chỉ nói về những farms to nhất (the largest farms) thấy precision farming nói dễ hơn làm.

→Ta không thể kết luận là tất cả các farm như trong câu hỏi được.

Vậy thì làm sao để làm Y/N/Not Given cho hiệu quả?

Mọi người cùng đọc với mình đoạn văn này nhé:

The real story about koalas

Although bear-like, koalas are not bears. They are mammals, so feed their young milk. They are also marsupials, which means that their babies are born immature, and they develop further in the safety of a pouch. They are tree-dwelling, herbivorous marsupials, which average about 9kg in weight and live on gum leaves. Their fur is thick and usually ash grey with a tinge of brown in places. Koalas in the southern parts of Australia are considerably larger and have thicker fur than those in the north. This is thought to be an adaptation to keep them warm in the colder southern winters.

Younger breeding females usually give birth to one joey each year, depending on a range of factors. The joey stays in its mother’s pouch for about six or seven months, drinking only milk. After venturing out of the pouch, the joey rides on its mother’s abdomen or back, although it continues to return to her pouch for milk until it is too big to fit inside. The joey leaves its mother’s home range between one and three years old, depending on when the mother has her next joey.

Koalas are mostly nocturnal. They sleep for part of the night and also sometimes move about in the daytime. They often sleep for up to 18 to 20 hours each day. There is a myth that koalas sleep a lot because they ‘get drunk’ on gum leaves. However, most of their time is spent sleeping because it requires a lot of energy to digest their toxic, fibrous, low-nutrition diet and sleeping is the best way to conserve energy.

The koala gets its name from an ancient Aboriginal word meaning ‘no drink’ because it receives over 90% of its hydration from the eucalyptus leaves (also known as gum leaves) it eats, and only drinks when ill or when there is not enough moisture in the leaves, such as during droughts.

Do the following statements agree with the information given in the Reading Passage? 

Choose: 

YES if the statement agrees with the information

NO if the statement contradicts the information

NOT GIVEN if there is no information on this

1. Koalas are vegetarian. 
2. There are more koalas in the southern parts of Australia. 
3. Koalas may have one to three babies during their lifetime. 
4. Koalas are mainly awake at night. 
5. Koalas get drunk from gum leaves. 
6. Koalas do not normally drink water. 

IELTS Yes/No/Not Given Reading Strategy: Các bạn có đáp án chưa, bây giờ hãy xem mình phân tích cách làm nhé:

Step 1 – Tập trung vào statement. Ví dụ statement đoạn 1 là: Koalas are vegetarian.

Step 2 – Tìm các từ khóa liên quan đến ‘koalas’ và ‘vegetarian’. (phần mình bôi vàng nhé)

Step 3 – Tìm hẳn 1 đoạn chỉ nói riêng về nội dung đó. Ví dụ đoạn 1 có ‘They are tree-dwelling, herbivorous marsupials’.

Step 4 – Quyết định xem: 

• Giống với câu hỏi (True)
• Khác hoàn toàn (False)
• Đọc không thấy (Not Given).

Vậy statement 1, câu trả lời là Yes vì herbivorous = vegetarian. Nếu không hiểu herbivorous thì có từ “gum leaves”

Bây giờ đến với các câu tiếp theo nhé:

The real story about koalas

[Q1 & 2] Although bear-like, koalas are not bears. They are mammals, so feed their young milk. They are also marsupials, which means that their babies are born immature and they develop further in the safety of a pouch. They are tree-dwelling, herbivorous marsupials, which average about 9kg in weight and live on gum leaves. Their fur is thick and usually ash grey with a tinge of brown in places. Koalas in the southern parts of Australia are considerably larger and have thicker fur than those in the north. This is thought to be an adaptation to keep them warm in the colder southern winters.

[Q3] Younger breeding females usually give birth to one joey each year, depending on a range of factors. The joey stays in its mother’s pouch for about six or seven months, drinking only milk. After venturing out of the pouch, the joey rides on its mother’s abdomen or back, although it continues to return to her pouch for milk until it is too big to fit inside. The joey leaves its mother’s home range between one and three years old, depending on when the mother has her next joey.

[Q4 & 5] Koalas are mostly nocturnal. They sleep for part of the night and also sometimes move about in the daytime. They often sleep for up to 18 to 20 hours each day. There is a myth that koalas sleep a lot because they ‘get drunk’ on gum leaves. However, most of their time is spent sleeping because it requires a lot of energy to digest their toxic, fibrous, low-nutrition diet and sleeping is the best way to conserve energy.

[Q6] The koala gets its name from an ancient Aboriginal word meaning ‘no drink’ because it receives over 90% of its hydration from the eucalyptus leaves (also known as gum leaves) it eats, and only drinks when ill or times when there is not enough moisture in the leaves, such as during droughts.

1. Koalas are vegetarian. = Y (‘herbivorous’ là chỉ ăn lá; ăn ‘gum leaves’)
2. There are more koalas in the southern parts of Australia. = NG (koalas a ‘larger’ in size in southern Australia, nhưng số lượng thì không được nhắc đến) → Not given khá là khó vì nó vẫn nhắc đến thông tin nhưng không đủ nên các bạn cần đọc từng chút một để không bị lừa
3. Koalas may have one to three babies during their lifetime. = NG (chúng có ‘one joey each year’, nhưng bài cũng không nhắc đến con số tối đa chúng đạt được) → Not given khá là khó vì nó vẫn nhắc đến thông tin nhưng không đủ nên các bạn cần đọc từng chút một để không bị lừa
4. Koalas are mainly awake at night. = Y (‘mostly nocturnal’, nghĩa là động vật hoạt đông về đêm)
5. Koalas get drunk from gum leaves. = N (đó là ‘myth’, chúng ngủ để ‘conserve energy’)
6. Koalas do not normally drink water . = Y (chúng thường lấy nước từ ‘eucalyptus leaves’; chỉ uống khi ‘when ill’ hoặc ‘not enough moisture in the leaves’)

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