Bài mẫu IELTS Speaking part 2: Describe a piece of technology you bought that seemed easy to use but was actually difficult

Bài mẫu 8.0+ IELTS Speaking part 2 cho câu hỏi “Describe a piece of technology you bought that seemed easy to use but was actually difficult” kèm dàn ý, từ vựng, và bài tập. Câu hỏi này được xuất hiện trong đề thi IELTS Speaking thật vào quý 2 năm 2025.

🚀 Đề bài

😵 Dàn ý

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JBL Bluetooth speaker

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Topic Sentence
Introduction
Idea 1
What the technology was
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A portable Bluetooth speaker known for its powerful sound
Idea 2
Why you bought it 
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For outdoor hangouts with friends to play music without worrying about it getting wet
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JBL’s sound quality: top-notch
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What you thought it would be like
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 I figured it’d be dead simple—pair it with my phone, hit play and enjoy

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And explain why it was harder to use than you expected
Idea 1
It felt like I needed a PhD to figure out all those buttons
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 The Charge 5 has a row of buttons—power, Bluetooth, volume up, volume down, play/pause, and a PartyBoost button
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Example: I thought the play/pause button was just for music, but later found out pressing it twice skips a track.
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The PartyBoost feature had me stumped
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Couldn’t figure out why the speaker wasn’t playing sound
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It took me a good hour of trial and error
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I probably should’ve watched a quick YouTube tutorial,

📝 Bài mẫu

Cùng tham khảo bài mẫu câu hỏi Describe a piece of technology you bought that seemed easy to use but was actually difficult - Speaking Part 2 IELTS dưới đây nhé!

The piece of technology that comes to mind is a JBL Bluetooth speaker I bought a few months ago, which I thought would

but ended up being trickier than I expected.

To tell you a little bit about what the technology was, it’s a portable Bluetooth speaker known for its powerful sound and

to charge devices. It’s got a with a bunch of buttons on top that control everything from playback to connectivity. As for why I bought it, I wanted a speaker for outdoor hangouts with friends, like picnics or beach trips, to play music without worrying about it getting wet or running out of battery. Plus, I’d heard JBL’s sound quality was , so it seemed like a solid pick. When it comes to what I thought it would be like, I figured it’d be dead simple—pair it with my phone, hit play, and enjoy the tunes. The box made it sound like a gadget, with buttons that’d be intuitive right out of the gate.

Now, why was it harder to use than I expected? Honestly, it felt like I needed a PhD to figure out all those buttons at first. The Charge 5 has a row of buttons—power, Bluetooth, volume up, volume down, play/pause, and a PartyBoost button for linking multiple JBL speakers—and each one does more than one thing depending on how you press it. For example, I thought the play/pause button was just for music, but later found out in the manual that pressing it twice skips a track, and I kept accidentally triggering that when I just wanted to pause. On top of that, the PartyBoost feature, which I didn’t even plan to use, had me stumped when I accidentally pressed it and couldn’t figure out why the speaker wasn’t playing sound—it was waiting to connect to another speaker! It took me a good hour of

r, plus a peek at the manual, to get the hang of it. Looking back, I probably should’ve watched a quick YouTube tutorial, but I learned that sometimes fancy features come with a . Once I got it sorted, the sound was amazing, but that first day was like trying to .

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📚 Vocabulary

Be a cinch to use

/bi ə sɪnʧ tuː juːz/

(verb). Dễ sử dụng

Built-in power bank

/bɪlt ɪn ˈpaʊə bæŋk/

(noun). Pin sạc tích hợp

Sleek design

/sliːk dɪˈzaɪn/

(noun). Thiết kế tinh tế

Top-notch

/tɒp nɒʧ/

(adj). Tuyệt vời, chất lượng cao

Plug-and-play

/plʌɡ ənd pleɪ/

(adj). Cắm là chạy, dễ sử dụng ngay

Trial and error

/ˈtraɪəl ənd ˈɛrə/

(noun). Thử và sai

Learning curve

/ˈlɜːnɪŋ kɜːv/

(noun). Quá trình học hỏi (ban đầu có thể khó)

Crack a code

/kræk ə kəʊd/

(verb). Giải mã, hiểu điều gì đó khó

✨ Bài tập Exercise

Cùng DOL Tự học làm bài tập sau đây để ôn lại các từ vựng đã được dùng trong bài Sample nhé!

Exercise 1: Chọn cụm từ thích hợp để hoàn thành các câu sau.

1. Tôi nghĩ phần mềm này sẽ dễ sử dụng, nhưng tôi đã nhầm.

--> I thought this software would

, but I was wrong.

2. Tôi đã học cách nấu món ăn đó qua phương pháp thử và sai.

--> I learned how to cook that dish through

3. Việc sử dụng phần mềm chỉnh sửa ảnh có một quá trình học hỏi khá khó khăn.

--> Using the photo editing software came with a steep

4. Phải mất hàng giờ tôi mới hiểu được cách hoạt động của hệ thống này.

--> It took me hours to

of how this system works.

💡 Gợi ý

trial and error

learning curve

crack the code

be a cinch to use

Exercise 2: Điền cụm từ tiếng Anh thích hợp vào ô trống.

01.

Cắm là chạy, dễ sử dụng ngay

02.

Tuyệt vời, chất lượng cao

03.

Thiết kế tinh tế

04.

Pin sạc tích hợp

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Bài mẫu IELTS Speaking part 2: Describe a piece of technology you bought that seemed easy to use but was actually difficult

🚀 Đề bài

😵 Dàn ý

📝 Bài mẫu

📚 Vocabulary

✨ Bài tập Exercise

Exercise 1: Chọn cụm từ thích hợp để hoàn thành các câu sau.

Exercise 2: Điền cụm từ tiếng Anh thích hợp vào ô trống.

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