SAMPLE PARAGRAPHS 7
TRUONG VAN ANH
SAIGON UNIVERSITY
What do you like and dislike about living in your neighborhood?
My neighborhood has given me many joys and sorrows. I like my neighborhood because of some reasons. That is a place of peace with good social security. There is almost no burglary, and crimes. Everyone pays attention to one another and ready to help each other. Space is quiet. Environment pollution is inconsiderable. However, my neighborhood is not a perfect living place. Sometimes, I feel my privacy interfered because some neighbors pay exorbitant attention to me.








Some neighbors live in self-contained houses, making contacts with them in emergency cases difficult. Moreover, chances for creating income are not many because there are no factories in my neighborhood. In summary, although I don’t like my neighborhood in some respects, I still wish to live there because of my friendly neighbors and some good living conditions that I have enjoyed.









Do you like to live in a nuclear family or an extended family? Why?
I like living in an extended family because this family pattern has many noble values. First, extended families bring children close relationship from both their parents and their grandparents. Children enjoy full love and care from the elderly members in their family. Second, children can inherit family heritage of their ancestors. Familial property and keepsakes can be kept and passed from generation to generation, making ties between familial members become firmer. Moreover, in an extended family, its






tradition, rituals, and customs can be taught carefully to the latter generation, making children realize familial tradition and know how to behave well with everybody right from early lifetime. In summary, the positive values of an extended family, which are real and undeniable, make me like it very much.










Describe your house
My house is small, but it has enough space for my things. It is in Tan An town, about 40 kilometers from Ho Chi Minh City. There are three rooms in my house: a living room, a bedroom, and a kitchen. The living room is not very big. There is a table in the middle with three chairs, a television on the left back corner, and a display cabinet. All of the curtains are pink. There is a vase of flowers on the table. In the bedroom there is a mat, pillows, a mosquito net and blankets. We have one alarm clock in each bedroom. The kitchen seems narrow with a lot of kitchenware, a table,









five chairs, and a fridge. The house is surrounded by a garden with a lot of flowers in spring. Our gate is green. I love my house very much because it is the place I was born and grew up.








Should people retire at the age of sixty?
In my opinion, people should retire at the age of sixty because of physical and mental problems and longevity. Physically, at the age of sixty, our health comes down gradually. We no longer have much strength. Bone structures get weak. We easily get sick or break our bones. Such a physical status is not ideal for working any more. Mentally, physical come-down makes the brain weak and hurt easily. Our senses are not good as before. Elderly people are usually absent- minded with bad eyesight and low flexibility. For longevity, the age of sixty is the last duration of life, people








should withdraw from business, transfer their precious experience to their children to enjoy their free time, keep health in order to lengthen their longevity with their children. In summary, people should retire at the age of sixty to keep health and good mind and live long with their children.














Good luck!