Unit 1: BP: A COMPANY NEWS BLOG

- Các mẫu câu thông dụng/ Common sentences:

 Want time off from the work? Then you are sure to be delighted by our new initiative.
 We are offering you the chance to...
 Full salary is to be paid if you/ which the sabbatical providing for you...
 The HR team can help by re-planned a structured re-entry process.
 Staff are sure to be expected to learn that...
 Although this is exciting, you likely to have concerns about... don’t hesitate to contact us
or click on the link to...
 We would welcome any comments you might have about...
 New opportunity for all staff
 Let us know if you wish to participate,
 The changes come into place next month.
 The company is happy to announce that...
 We are opening our new office in...
 Why not take advantage of an exciting new scheme?
Great news! Want to be the official staff in our company? The you are sure to be delighted by
our new announcement. We are offering you the chance to be a part of us. The Internship
Programme will open from next month and it lasts 3 weeks. This is an ideal chance for you to
know more about our company. We find the candidates for positions: Accounting, Finance
Analyst, BA, DA. When you join our programme, you can know more about our company
culture, the jobs, the workplace and environment in our company, Moreover, full salary is to be
paid during the time you become our interns. The HR team can help you by re-planned a
structured re-entry process. The candidate who have the best result after the last report will
become our official staff. We would welcome any comments you might have about this
opportunity, the benefits, way to participate and the document needed to apply. Why not take
advantage of an exciting opportunity? Although this is exciting, you likely to have concerns
about the programme, don’t hesitate to contact us or click on the link to our website below.
Unit 2: BP: A TRAINING REQUEST
Some common phrases:
Request:
 I’m writing to request some more professional training
 I would therefore to attend this course in...(time), if possible.
 Please could you let me know if I can do it by ...(time) because registration for the course
closes tomorrow...
 I attach fill course details for your information
Reasons:
 As I have just become ..., it is important to attend a ... course.
  It is vital to develop my skills, so that I can manage the team effectively.
 Because the registration closes soon...
 I am interested in developing my skills for dealing with conflicts.
 I do not have enough experience in this area
 It could be very helpful if I could attend a course
 I would appreciate it if I could.
 Would it be possible for me to do a course?
 I have found an excellent course offered by ... university.
To: Mr. Mark, CEO of ABC Company
From: Selena, Finance Analyst Strategy Manager,
Subject: Training Request
Dear Mr. Mark,
I am writing to request some more professional training. As I have just become a new Finance
Analyst Strategy Manager, it is important to attend a training course about dealing with conflicts.
I have found an excellent course offered by Oxford University. This is 2-day course and offers a
professional qualification upon successful learning.
I realize that I don’t have enough experience in this area, it is important for me to develop my
skills so that I can manage the team efficiently. Moreover, I am interested in the Solving
problems skill that the course provided. So, after reading and searching the detailed information
about the course, I found that this course is completely suitable for me and that is what I looking
for.
I would therefore like to attend this course in 1 weeks’ time, if possible. My assistant will help
me to arrange and cover during the course.
Because that registration closes soon (2 days after), so I’m looking for your response about the
course as soon as possible, at least is in tomorrow evening. Please tell me anything that you
hesitate about the course. I attach full course details for your information.
Sincerely,
Selena Pham
Unit 3: Annual report summary
Common phrases:
 ... was a year from mixed result and challenges which were caused by slow-down...
 That was largely as a result of our entry into the Asian market
 After a steady recovery over two quarters, we achieve good results
 We were able to raise our annual dividend of 2%
 Cash flow from operations was... we invested... on
 We posted sales of $128 million, down/up... of previous year.
  Repair debts
 This give us cause to be optimistic
Structure:
 Overview/introduction
 Reasons
 Positive aspects
 Negative aspects
 Future outlook
TO OUR SHAREHOLDERS
2022 was a year of mixed result and challenges which caused by the beginning recovery
after covid-19 epidemic and the inflation of dollar, which affected our net gross profit
margins.
The economic market has just gone out from the covid-19 pandemic, everything starts
developing again. This makes our revenue up to 10% of the previous quarter, we
achieved the sales volume of $150 million, up 5% compare with the previous report. The
cash flow from the operation was 50 million and we invested 80 million on real estate
and bonds,...Furthermore, we repaired 10 million dollars of debt which we has borrow to
build new factory.
In the other hand, we posted sales of 218 million down 3% of the previous quarter. In
addition, we raised the dividend by 5%. In this year, we will launch 3 new products and
the experiment shows the good results, 70% customers like it through survey, which
gives us cause to be optimistic about 2023.
Unit 4: BP: Short business proposal
Common Phrases:
 Propose/recommend that Subject do sth
 The structure:
o Introduction/purpose statement
o Brief summary of problem
o Solution to problem
o Plan, costs and schedule
o Conclusion
 This proposal evaluates the use of...
 Deliveries have failed to arrive on time
 The use of ... would help to ease this issues
 In order to solve this problem, we need to...
 It is expected that the initial costs would be...
 The equipment could be installed immediately
 To sum up, it is recommended that...
  Recently, there have been complaints about...
 Despite the high cost, our research show/indicate that we would able to recover our
investment within 6 months.
 I therefore recommend that we purchase the...
Willow City Proposal
I propose that we have to use solutions to reduce the traffic congestion and pollution.
Recently, there have been complaints and concerns about an increase in traffic congestion
and pollution problems in our city. The traffic congestion in centre is bad can affect
directly to the high levels of pollution. Long-term strategy and solutions are necessary to
ease these issues.
The best solution is we should implement the long-term strategy: ban gas-powered
vehicles from the centre in 3 years and encourage more people to use public transport.
Addition, driverless is efficient, using battery-powered people-movers instead of trains
and buses in city centre. That solution is no new infrastructure needed, cheaper for
customer-more would use. Changing the transportations will not harm to the environment
and much less pollution. The personal vehicles parked 95% of time and use valuable
land, so new solutions can ease the problems and expand the space for parking.
Despite the fact that initial investment would be high, but running costs cheaper and less
pollution for the long-term. In conclusion, I think we should act now to get the best
results as soon as possible, the suitable time to buy a few vehicles and run trial end of the
year.
Unit 5: Performance review summary
Common phrases:
Positive comments:
 I am pleased to report that you seem to have settled in well to your new job as...
 You demonstrate the ability to motivate your team with ...
 You display great aptitude for solving problems
 You exhibit good decision-making skills...
 You adapt well to changes
 You consistently meet deadlines...
 You support your team when necessary and give them trust and respect.
 You have empowered staff with authority
 You work indicates a good knowledge of...
Constructive criticism:
 I am impressed with what you have done so far, despite...
 Although you have done an excellent job, you...
 Meeting all your deadlines has been a great achievement, although...
 Nevertheless, I am confident that these areas can be improved with more professional
training.
 You successfully met all the targets but...
  However, I feel that more training...
 This can easily be resolved with more targeted training.
 Unfortunately, the results indicate that goals were not always reached.
 Keep up the good work!
Sales manager - Performance Review Summary
I am pleased to report that you seem to have settled in well to your new job as Sales
Manager.
You display good communication and listening skills, your idea and your expression are
clear and concise; you are quick to understand problems and new ideas. More importantly,
you can manage your team efficiently, you develop individuals’ skills and helps them solve
problems. You support your team when necessary and give them trust and respect. You
demonstrate your responsibility; you take responsibility for team actions, you manage,
control and know everything that your team is doing. You exhibit good relationship, connect
with members of the team, know how to boost their energy and their mood, praise
individuals or gives constructive feedback.
Your effort and your team can’t be denied, your team successfully achieve all the goals,
sometimes exceeded but sometimes has problems with the process of your work. Your
leadership skills have something that needs to be improved, you lack confidence and are not
good under pressure sometimes. Moreover, I think you should keep your eyes on time
management skills and improve by participating in time management skills courses to
manage the tasks efficiently despite all of your tasks are meet the deadlines. Nevertheless, I
am confident that these areas can be improved with more professional training.
Keep up the good work!
Unit 6: Company newsletter
Common phrases + Structure:
 Recent news:
o He has formed and coached a football team
o As a result, ...
 Current news:
o We are currently establishing a project
o Please contact... immediately.
 Future plans:
o We are going to run...
o A fabulous holiday is the prize for winning idea
o What are you waiting for?
Note:
 Report shows energy costs too high in the past year, lights left on
  Plastic coffee cups and 50% of paper not recycled in last 6 months
 Failed to achieve environmental targets
 Investigating more eco friendly systems
 Developing plan to reduce waste
 Plan to put in new light systems
 Intend to have paperless office by this time next year
 Staff could suggest ideas for reducing waste-competition next month
Reducing waste-competition:
Recently, our report indicated that the energy costs are too high in the past year, the main
reason is the light systems, staff forgot to left them off. Besides that, in statistics, plastic
coffee cups and 50% of paper have not been recycled in the last 6 months. It is an alarming
number and problems for our environment and pollution in the world. In the past, we failed
to achieve environmental targets since a lot of objective reasons
Understanding that, we are investigating more eco-friendly systems. We are researching and
testing the quality of our new systems and developing a plan to reduce waste somewhat
reduce the impacts on humans, decrease energy costs, pollution and quantity of plastic, and
paper items that we dump in the office to the environment.
So, we are going to plan to put in new lights systems, if successful, it can help you to save a
number of costs, diminish the quantity of energy don’t use. The new light systems are
completely automatic and safe for every age. In addition, to ease the plastics and paper
problems, we intend to have paperless office by this time next year. Our office will not
totally use paper in the workplace to protect the environment. More importantly, to optimize
the solutions, our staff could suggest ideas for reducing waste competition next month. The
winner with the best solutions will receive numerous gifts and benefits.
Let’s wait for our products and innovation!
Unit 7: An email giving reasons
Common phrases + Structure:
 Introducing a problem
o I’m really sorry to tell you that we’ve hit a big problem
o Unfortunately, I won’t be able to meet the deadline due to unforeseen
circumstances...
o Despite our best efforts, we are sorry to inform you that...
o Unexpected problems have arisen with you order
 Explaining a reason
o There was a major electrical failure in the town
o There is a delay because of a strike in the factory
o The problem was caused by late deliveries from suppliers
o The main reason for the delay is...
 o Which is really worrying for everyone concerned
 Outlining required action
o I therefore propose that we travel to another location to complete the...
o I’ll have the job completed by ...(time)
o We may need to re-assess the schedule
o Extra staff are needed to solve the problem
o I apologize for any inconvenience caused, but assure you that the... will be ready
by..., providing you can accept the location change.
o There will only be 3-day delay
o The background scenery won’t be exactly as planned, but this means that the
video will be ready for the launch.
Subject: Equipment for new factory
Hi Jane,
I’m really sorry to tell you but, due to unforeseen circumstances, we’ve hit a problem with the
equipment for the new factory and the opening could be delayed
At lunchtime this noon, we received the news that our supplier has gone bankrupt, this news is
totally a shock for us, the supplier went bankrupt that means we will have no equipment, of
course, it can’t afford to miss opening despite that everything is ready for the new factory
opening. Despite our best efforts, we are sorry to inform you that the deposit that we paid when
ordered, probably lose, this thing is out of control and somewhat is our mistake that we don’t
prepare the spare plans for this situation. Apparently, we are looking for a different supplier with
the condition that it can meet the quick delivery at a reasonable price. We know this work is not
easy, but we are trying our best to solve this problem and find another suitable supplier as soon
as possible, this work needs time to find, so it’s not highly likely that we’ll find at least 1 week
behind the schedule of new factory opening.
We hope that we can delay the opening 1 week to find different suppliers. I apologize for
unforeseen circumstances and my carelessness but assure you we will find a supplier before the
deadline, providing you can accept the schedule change.
Unit 8: Press Release
Common Phrases + Structure:
 Press Presse Prensa
 Department
 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (for release before.../for release after...)
o Day, time
o Place
 The topic
 Main ideas:
o Crucial information: It is regret that...We are immediate withdrawing... from...
 o We apologise for any concern that... may have caused among our customers.
o Quotation: “I would like, however, to reassure the public that we are recalling the
products with immediate effects” said Ms..., CEO/director/...
o Names of people who might be interesting for the press: Furthermore, ...Company
is committed to conducting...As yet, we have received no complaints of
unexpected side effects among the under-...(age)
o Include future preventive actions: ABC company advises all users to:... (bullets
points to highlight main points)
o Promise to report additional information until the matter is resolved: The matter is
now subject to further investigation and an announcement will be made by ... in
due course.
o Provide information as to how the media can get more information about the
subject: For additional information, visit our website... or contact...
o Add some brief information about your company in the press release.
Press Presse Prensa
The movement headquarter of Hasfell Supplies
For release before 14th November
Hasfell Supplies, Thailand
Hasfell Supplies now is a part of multinational group. Hasfell Supplies have made major changes
to develop company further. The company decided to move The Head Quarter from Thailand to
Mumbai-a potential market to chase the long-term strategy in the multinational group. Hasfell
Supplies will start to move the company, staff, work, document, space,... and complete in
December- when the new building is ready. This creates a wave comments on social media and
news that this movements and decisions can be the reasons caused loss amount of jobs.
Hasfell Supplies confirmed and informed that all staffs offered other job positions in company.
In the other hand, several people happy to take redundancy, so the information that Hasfell
Supplies caused loss amount of jobs is totally incorrect.
Raj Singh, CEO of Hasfell Supplies, said he had told staff before company announced
information publicly. Furthermore, lots of new and exciting career opportunities are available,
everyone who interested in Hasfell Supplies can wait for the next announcements, Hasfell
Supplies will announce the information about career opportunities in due course.
It is expected that the discussions with staff re options will be held in next week. Moreover, the
interviews in Mumbai will start next month. Mr Singh also assured the public that Hasfell would
providing regular announcements as soon as possible.

Prism:
Unit 1: How has globalization changed your country?
-Advantages:
 Higher lifestyle standard
 Great opportunity for student to access the diversity information
-Disadvantages:
 Traffic congestion
 Can lost the unique culture
Nowadays, globalization is a needed process which can influence on the development of a
country. We can’t deny that globalization not only an opportunity, but also a challenges for a
developing country such as Vietnam. Globalization has significant impacts on Vietnam, it made
Vietnam has lots of changes during years, both advantages and disadvantages changes.
Globalization helps Vietnam has chances to join in many International Organizations such as:
WTO, ASIAN,... in the world, become coordinator and partners about economics, politics,
culture,...Moreover, Vietnam is the supplies and customers. Globalization boosts economic of
Vietnam grows fast, enhances the lifestyle standard, improve the qualified lifestyle of people.
Export and Import products increases the GDP and create jobs for people. Furthermore,
globalization helps students have chances to access the knowledge and information from all over
the world, wide and diversity the knowledge, have wider visualize to judge and find academic
document easier via online library or international forums. Students nowadays can go abroad or
exchange to know more about foreign culture, discover their country and improve knowledge.
Globalization brings lots of benefits for Vietnam but in the other hand, it has some limitations.
Access the information outside easily, a part of Vietnamese tends to insist on chasing that trends
or admire it, some of them forgot and may lost their culture, unique traditional custom. It must be
concerned cause each of countries has their own custom, no country is the same, so in the
globalization, we need to protect and preserve the unique and traditional point in our culture.
In conclusion, globalization has changed Vietnam too much, it has impact both in economics,
lifestyle, education,...Globalizations is a chances, at the same time, it is a challenge that Vietnam
has to consider and plan to maximine the advantages and limit the disadvantages now and in the
future.
Unit 2: Discuss the various similarities and differences between studying a language and
studying math.
-Similarities:
 Both of them need to know basic principle and formulas
 Repetitive learning is important
-Differences:
 Math: number, shape, quantity and arrangement, looking for solve problem
 Language: combination words, sentences, 4 skills, memorization.
Learning a language is one of the way to communicate with people from other countries.
Language is a tool of communication which focus on the idea, words and symbols. In contrast,
mathematics is a subject which include in number, formula, ...The definitions, concepts of 2
subjects are definitely different, but it has some similarities, also has the differences.
The similarity easily to see in Math and Language is 2 subjects are required repetitive learning
and this is an important skill. Both learning math and learning a language need to know the basic
formulas and principles.
In the other hand, apart from the similarities, Mathematics and Language have various
differences. The Math, as mentioned above, included in the number, results, shape, quantity and
arrangement. You have to know how to use the suitable formulas, thinking way to solve that
exercises. With mathematics, there is only one results. Meanwhile, learning a language require
learners to memorize the word, how to express that word and how to use that word in what
background? Not like Math, there are numerous ways to express your idea for the listeners, you
can say whatever you want as long as the listeners can understand it.
For example, with 1 word: football, we can say in British that is soccer and in US is football for
learning a new language, but in mathematics, there has 1 result and the result is exact.
In conclusion, both Learning a language and learning math have some similarities but also have
differences. In terms of learning something, repetitive learning must be done in order to get the
results someone want.
Unit 3: Is disease prevention the responsibility of individuals and their families, or of the
government?
 Everybody have to take care themselves, significant elements
 Provide health service, providing vaccine, antibiotics, vaccination
 Some epidemic is controlled by government to diminish it and avoid the community.
Unit 4: Write a report that provides both short- and long-term solutions to an
environmental problem and takes the costs into consideration. Refer to a specific case study
in your report.
-Short-term:
 Using the public transport instead
 Control the waste into the environment
 Encourage dwellers to 3R
-Long-term:
 Build the infrastructures to create a huge public transport system
 Use unexhausted energy
 Invest in the new technology to solve the pollution
Unit 5: Which is more important when building or buying a new home: its location or its
size?
-The location:
 Transport systems, save time
 Noise
 Convenience to move
 Buying goods
 Communicate
Unit 6: Explain the advantages and disadvantages of three types of renewable energy and
decide which would work best in your country.
-Solar energy
-Wind energy
-Hydro energy
Work best: wind energy
- Advantages:
 Eco-friendly
 Geography
 Long-term using
-Disadvantages:
 High cost
 Noise
 Influence to dwellers
Unit 7: Fashion, cooking, and video games have all been likened to fined art. Choose one of
these and discuss whether it should be considered fine art, comparable to painting or
sculpture.
Cooking: spend time, arrange eye-catching, flavor
 Enhances skills
 Creative increased
 Hand-eye coordination