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2020年10月2日至4日，美國在台協會與國家太空中心、台北市政府、國立台灣大學、美國創新中心及線上揪松（Jothon Online）等單位共同合作，即將在台灣舉辦 #2020NASA黑客松 #台北場。

#NASA黑客松 是一項國際性的黑客松競賽，全程48小時，並且是美國太空總署（NASA）最創新的推廣活動之一。參加者能夠運用NASA的開源數據，研發創新解決方案，來解決太空與地球永續發展的嚴峻挑戰。不論你是學生、科學家、程式設計師、創客、只要你有興趣的朋友們！都歡迎你們報名挑戰！

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2020 NASA黑客松台北場現已開放報名，詳細資訊以及報名網址如下：
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🌎2020 NASA Hackathon: Let’s go to the moon together during Mid-Autumn Festival🌙

AIT is partnering with the National Space Organization, the Taipei City Government, National Taiwan University, Jothon Online and the American Innovation Center to co-host the 2020 NASA Space Apps Challenge Hackathon in Taiwan from Oct 2 to Oct 4. The NASA International Space Apps Challenge is an international hackathon that takes place over the course of 48 hours in cities around the world. It is also one of NASA’s most innovative outreach activities, allowing participants to use NASA’s open data to develop solutions for today’s sustainable development challenges. Students, scientists, coders, makers, and enthusiasts are all welcome to participate.

Read the Press Release:
👉https://www.ait.org.tw/2020-nasa-hackathon/

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👉https://bit.ly/2020nasatw

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Từ vựng topic Society và bài viết Writing Task 2:

Đề bài: Nowadays young people spend too much of their free time in shopping malls. Some people fear that this may have negative effects on young people and the society they live in.

To what extent do you agree or disagree?

‼️TOPIC ANALYSIS

Key words:

- young people, spend, free time, shopping centers: người trẻ hiện nay dành nhiều thời gian trong các trung tâm thương mại

- negative effect, the youths, the society: xu hướng này có ảnh hưởng tiêu cực đến cả giới trẻ và xã hội

- agree/disagree: đồng ý hay không đồng ý

‼️ BRAINSTORMING

Đề bài là dạng Argumentative essay nên chúng ta sẽ đi theo hướng Disagree – không đồng ý với nhận định rằng xu hướng này mang lại những ảnh hưởng tiêu cực đến giới trẻ và xã hội. Trong bài này, chúng ta sẽ chỉ ra rằng xu hướng này mang lại cả lợi ích và bất lợi.

‼️ ESSAY PLAN

+, Mở bài:

Diễn đạt lại nhận định của đề bài và đưa ra ý kiến không đồng ý với nhận định trong đề.

+, Đoạn thân bài 1:

Đưa ra những ảnh hưởng TIÊU CỰC của xu hướng

- Đối với giới trẻ: Dành nhiều thời gian trong trung tâm mua sắm -> tốn nhiều thời gian và tiền bạc vào những đồ không cần thiết  có thể gặp khó khăn về tài chính

- Đối với xã hội: Giới trẻ tốn nhiều thời gian cho việc mua sắm -> không thể tham gia vào những hoạt động như học tập và làm việc -> giảm hiệu quả học tập và lao động.

+, Đoạn thân bài 2:

Đưa ra LỢI ÍCH của việc giới trẻ dành thời gian mua sắm

- Đối với giới trẻ: Đây là một cách để thư giãn -> giúp họ tận hưởng cuộc sống và giảm stress một cách hiệu quả

- Đối với xã hội: nhu cầu mua sớm lớn ở thanh niên thúc đẩy sản xuất và thương mại cũng như tạo nhiều việc làm -> thúc đẩy phát triển kinh tế

+, Kết bài:

- Khẳng định lại ý kiến không đồng ý với nhận định ban đầu và xu hướng giới trẻ dành nhiều thời gian ở những trung tâm thương mại mang lại cả lợi ích lẫn bất lợi với giới trẻ và xã hội.

‼️ MODEL ESSAY

The young today spend a large amount of leisure time in shopping centers. It is fear that this trend can bring about negative influences on the youths and the society. Personally, I strongly disagree with this view.

On the one hand, for the young generation spending too much time at the shopping malls can make them waste a great deal of money. As there are dozens of brands with various prices and design for them to choose from, they are easily tempted to buy things impulsively and misspend money on unnecessary stuff. For example, when some big brand names slash the prices, a shopaholic may purchase 10 shirts and jeans in a row and this cost her somewhere $100; however, such items often end up being left in the wardrobe. For the society, because youngsters are unlikely to participate in other activities such as their work or studying, economy may suffer due to less work being done and the youths could slack off their knowledge acquisition, making the national education standard drop significantly.

On the other hand, there are also some advantages of this trend. First, in terms of the young, spending time at the malls is considered a method of relaxation. In modern life these days, young people have to deal with lots of pressure from school or workplace, so this trend helps them enjoy their life and effectively release their stress. Second, the society also benefits from this phenomenon. The increase in the amount of consumption will promote manufacture and commerce in the fashion industry, which afterward will create more jobs and boost the economic growth.

In conclusion, I strongly believe that devoting a huge amount of time in shopping malls could lead to both negative and positive consequences to the young as well as the society.

(299 words)

‼️ USED VOCABULARY AND COLLOCATIONS:

- To buy things impulsively: mua hàng không theo chủ đích

- Big brand names: các thương hiệu lớn

- To slash prices: đại hạ giá

- A shopaholic: người nghiện mua sắm

- To slack off: giảm bớt

- Knowledge acquisition: việc tiếp nhận kiến thức

- National education standard: tiêu chuẩn về giáo dục quốc gia

- Release one’s stress: xả stress

- To boost the economic growth: Thúc đẩy tăng trưởng kinh tế

Để giúp các bạn có vốn từ vựng phong phú hơn khi viết các chủ đề về xã hội, IELTS Fighter sẽ cung cấp tới bạn một số từ và cụm từ, những cách diễn đạt (Vocabulary – Collocations) hay, thông dụng và vô cùng hữu ích. Các bạn hãy cùng xem nhé:

‼️ VOCABULARY

- Sustainable development
Meaning: sự phát triển bền vững
Example: Sustainable development will be the priority for every nation in the world in the near future.

- The escalation of social problems
Meaning: sự leo thang của các vấn đề xã hội
Example: The escalation of social problems will be the main problem in the next meeting.

- To hit/ hang out at the mall
Meaning: Dạo chơi ở khu mua sắm
Example: Hanging out at the mall has become one of the common activities for young generation.

- High-street names
Meaning: các cửa hàng nổi tiếng
Example: The youth tend to spend money more on high-street names products rather than cheaper brands.

- Must-have product
Meaning: sản phẩm hot, ai cũng mua/ có
Example: Fashion brands usually advertise their items as must-have products.

- To be on tight budget
Meaning: còn ít tiền
Example: Although they are still on tight budget, many students will spend a lot of money on luxury fashion items.

- Customer services
Meaning: dịch vụ khách hàng
Example: Customer services are now the most impotant factor for a brand to success in the market.

- Window shopping
Meaning: nhìn ngắm hàng hóa, quần áo nhưng không có ý định mua
Example: She often goes window shopping but not buying anything.

- Social net-working sites
Meaning: Các trang mạng xã hội
Example: In the era of high technology, social net-working sites are developing rapidly and attracting more and more people.

- Social services
Meaning: Các dịch vụ xã hội/ Cơ quan dịch vụ xã hội
Example: Social services should pay proper regard to the needs of inner-city areas

Các bạn thử áp dụng nhé!

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The Real Reason Bicycles Are The Key To Better Cities:

"We all know the talking points. The benefits of bicycles have been tirelessly elaborated upon; bicycles improve health, ease congestion, save money, use less space, and provide efficient transportation with zero fuel consumption and zero carbon emissions. The culmination of a population on two wheels can have a drastic impact on the overall wellbeing of a city. However, none of these come close to the most meaningful aspect of cycling, a factor that cannot be quantified but has endless value to those fighting to improve their communities.

The most vital element for the future of our cities is that the bicycle is an instrument of experiential understanding.

On a bicycle, citizens experience their city with deep intimacy, often for the first time. For a regular motorist to take that two or three mile trip by bicycle instead is to decimate an enormous wall between them and their communities.

In a car, the world is reduced to mere equation; “What is the fastest route from A to B?” one will ask as they start their engine. This invariably leads to a cascade of freeway concrete flying by at incomprehensible speeds. Their environment, the neighborhoods that compose their communities, the beauty of architecture, the immense societal problems in distressed areas, the faces of neighbors… all of this becomes a conceptually abstract blur from the driver’s seat.

One cannot turn a blind eye on a bicycle - they must acknowledge their community, all of it.

Here lies the secret weapon of the urban renaissance.

No one wants to be told that they must radically alter their lifestyle, no matter how well you sell it.

The bicycle doesn’t need to be sold. It’s economical, it’s fun, it’s sexy, and just about everyone already has one hiding somewhere in their garage.

Invite a motorist for a bike ride through your city and you’ll be cycling with an urbanist by the end of the day. Even the most eloquent of lectures about livable cities and sustainable design can’t compete with the experience from atop a bicycle saddle.

“These cars are going way too fast,” they may mutter beneath their breath.

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