11D

A. In groups, try to answer the questions about “famous firsts”. Do you know any other famous firsts in history or in your country?

(Hoạt động theo nhóm, hãy cố gắng trả lời các câu hỏi về “những người nổi tiếng đầu tiên”. Bạn có biết bất kỳ người đầu tiên nổi tiếng khác trong lịch sử hoặc ở đất nước của bạn không?)

1. Who was the first person to win two Nobel Prizes in two different sciences?

a. Yuri Gagarin b. Neil Armstrong c. Marie Curie 

2. Who was the first female musician to sell more than 300 million records? 

a. Beyoncé b. Madonna c. Taylor Swift 

3. Who was the first Vietnamese swimmer to break eight records at the 28th Southeast Asian (SEA) Games in Singapore?

a. Nguyễn Thị Ánh Viên b. Nguyễn Huy Hoàng c. Hoàng Quý Phước

C. Read the newsletter and answer the questions.

(Đọc bản tin và trả lời các câu hỏi.)

Vietnamese Women’s Achievements

Women have always played an important role in Viet Nam’s history. Some fight for their country, some inspire others, and some make positive changes to society.

Trưng Trắc and Trưng Nhị are examples of women who fought for their country’s freedom. Known in Vietnamese as “Hai Bà Trưng”, the Trưng sisters successfully led their people to fight against invaders in 40 A.D. After their victory, they ruled the country for three years. As the first female rulers, the Trưng sisters have become examples of the patriotic Vietnamese women. This is significant because Vietnamese women had little access to education and politics at the time. 

Sương Nguyệt Anh is another example. As the daughter of the patriotic poet Nguyễn Đình Chiểu, she mastered literature from a very young age. She worked as a teacher before becoming the editor-in-chief of the Nữ Giới Chung, the first women’s newspaper in Sài Gòn, in 1918. Being the first female editor in Việt Nam, Nguyệt Anh made great contributions to the press, feminism, and poetry of the country.

A third example is Điềm Phùng Thị. She graduated from Hà Nội Medical University in 1946 and got a PhD in dentistry in France eight years later. When working as a dentist, she fell in love with sculpture and started practicing it. Later, she held several exhibitions around Europe with artworks about her homeland’s people. She became the first female Vietnamese member of the European Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1992 and her name was registered in the Larousse Dictionary of Painters.

achievement (n): something difficult that you have succeeded in doing 

editor-in-chief (n): leader of a publication who is in charge of the content

1. Check your words in B. Are they in the newsletter?

(Kiểm tra các từ của bạn trong bài B. Chúng có trong bản tin không?)

2. Whose achievements are the most impressive? Why?

(Thành tích của ai là ấn tượng nhất? Tại sao?)

E. Read the newsletter. Circle T for true and F for false.

(Đọc bản tin. Khoanh tròn vào chữ T cho câu đúng và F cho câu sai.)

F. Match the words from the article to the definitions.

(Nối các từ trong bài báo với các định nghĩa sau.)

GOAL CHECK

(Kiểm tra mục tiêu)

1. Think of other women with great achievements. Write five sentences about them. 

(Hãy nghĩ đến những người phụ nữ khác với những thành tựu tuyệt vời. Viết năm câu về họ.)

2. In groups, discuss the following statement. Give your opinions with reasons for your answer. 

(Hoạt động theo nhóm, thảo luận về tuyên bố sau đây. Đưa ra ý kiến của bạn cùng lý do cho câu trả lời của bạn.)

Women can be as successful as men in any field or profession.

(Phụ nữ có thể thành công như nam giới trong bất kỳ lĩnh vực, ngành nghề nào.)