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33. Someone or something that made a lot of noise.
You should say:

who or what made the noise
what the noise was like
and explain what you did when you heard this noise

SAMPLE ANSWER:

- If you live in Vietnam long enough, you will totally agree with me that those who
are driving make a lot of noise, especially during peak traffic hours.

- Vietnamese roads have never been free of the honking noises of all kinds of
vehicles from vans and cars, to mopeds. It is, in my opinion, the most annoying

sound you could imagine. Whenever I heard people honking like angry geese, I felt
very annoyed and frustrated. Vietnamese people should learn when to use the horn
properly. It seems to me that they push the horn all the time because they want to
be able to drive fast, while everyone else gets out of their way.

- Despite the fact that I hate it so much, I cannot give up driving here. So I learned
to ignore it, and use my horn sparingly or just in case of emergency. However, I
still think that the city should have a campaign on educating people to use the horn
in a proper way so that the city is not polluted by noise.

VOCABULARY

 peak traffic hours: [noun phrase] the times when there is most traffic on the roads,

usually when people are travelling to or from work.

Example: Because of all the traffic, it is difficult to cross the road during peak
traffic hours.

 honk: [verb] if you honk the horn of a car or other vehicle, it makes a loud noise
like a warning sound.

Example: She knew that the taxi had arrived, because she heard the horn honking
outside the door.

 geese: [plural noun] this is the plural form of ‘goose’ – a large bird with a long
neck. It makes a loud honking noise.

Example: The geese were on the lake, with some smaller birds nearby, which were
probably ducks.

 horn: [noun] a device in a vehicle for making a loud noise as a warning.