Listen and check your answers to the quiz. Which answer surprised you the most?
Listen and check your answers to the quiz in exercise 1. Which contestant wins: Nam or An?
1. twice | 2. Sao La | 3. Let’s shine | 4. 11 | 5. Wrestling |
Neither Nam nor An wins. (Cả Nam và An đều không chiến thắng.)
Listen and check your answers to exercise 2. Which of the qualities from exercise 1 do you think Nellie Bly showed? Justify your answer with evidence from the text.
Billy showed three qualities:
(Billy đã thể hiện ba đức tính)
- determination
(quyết tâm)
Thông tin: “Nellie Bly was determined to be an investigative journalist who wrote about serious issues, like women's rights and the problems of factory workers.”
(Nellie Bly quyết tâm trở thành một nhà báo điều tra viết về các vấn đề nghiêm trọng, như quyền của phụ nữ và các vấn đề của công nhân nhà máy.)
- intelligence
(thông minh)
Thông tin: “she pretended to be insane so that she could become a patient at a psychiatric hospital in New York and find out about the conditions there.”
(Cô ấy giả điên để có thể trở thành bệnh nhân tại một bệnh viện tâm thần ở New York và tìm hiểu về điều kiện ở đó.)
- self-confidence
(tự tin)
Thông tin: “She was willing to challenge the status quo and write about serious issues, despite the fact that female journalists at the time were mostly writing about fashion and gardening.”
(Cô ấy sẵn sàng thách thức hiện trạng và viết về những vấn đề nghiêm trọng, mặc dù thực tế là các nhà báo nữ vào thời điểm đó chủ yếu viết về thời trang và làm vườn.)
Listen to the recorded quiz to check your answers. Correct any wrong answers.
Do the quiz with a partner. Then listen and check your answers.
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1. The Red Sea is a great place for scuba-diving. Which of these is not a sea?
a. The Yellow Sea
b. The Black Sea
c. The Blue Sea
2. The Grand Canyon is an enormous, deep valley. The river which made it is the.....
a. Nile
b. Colorado
c. Congo
3. In Quảng Bình, Việt Nam, there is an enormous cave called Son Doong. It holds the world's largest natural cave with a volume of....
a. 28.5 million m3
b. 38.5 million m3
c. 48.5 million m3
4. Brazil is a fantastic place for adventure. You can visit the spectacular falls at Iguazu, or watch the wildlife in the Amazon rainforest, which is bigger than.....
a. the USA
b. South America
c. Western Europe
5. You can surf some of the world's biggest waves in the Atlantic ocean off the beaches of Ireland and Portugal. Which of these is not an ocean?
a. Indian
b. North
c. Pacific
6. In the Gobi March, competitors run 250 kilometres through the dunes of the Gobi Desert. The race is part of a four-race desert challenge which also includes the....
a. Sahara, Atacama and the Antarctic
b. Alps, Andes and Himalayas
c. Islands, Highlands and Lowlands
Exercise 3. Listen to a podcast about the animals in the quiz and check your answers. How many correct answers have you got?
(Nghe tệp âm thanh về các động vật trong câu đố và kiểm tra câu trả lời của em. Em có bao nhiêu câu trả lời đúng?)
1. a
2. c
3. c
4. b
5. b
6. c
Nội dung bài nghe:
Woman: Hello and welcome to wildlife. Today's program is about animals and what they can do. Okay, let's start with the big animal. Is it true that all elephants can hear long distances with their ears and their feet?
Man: Yes, it is. They can hear other elephants by feeling sounds in the ground with their feet.
Woman: Wow, that's amazing. Here's another big animal. That's the sound of gorilla animals which can grow to around 250 kilos. They're big, strong and intelligent and that helps them survive.
Man: Yes, but small animals can also survive. Look! I've got one here.
Woman: Ohhh… I don't like scorpions. Tell me can they kill people?
Man: Some of them can, and this one can.
Woman: But it's very small.
Man: Yes, some of the smallest ones are the most dangerous.
Woman: Oh… I prefer this animal.
Man: What's that?
Woman: A camel. Camels have got very different skills. They don't drink a lot. They can survive 6 months without water.
Man: Okay, now it's my turn. Eagles can see small animals from a distance of one kilometer. Ostriches can’t fly but they’re the tallest heaviest and fastest birds. They can run more than 60 kilometers an hour.
Woman: That is amazing. So, what can humans do?
Man: We can communicate.
Woman: But a lot of animals communicate. Listen. Whales. Monkeys.
Man: Yes, but we can speak and I think that is our most important skill.
Woman: Okay, now let's speak....
Tạm dịch bài nghe:
Nữ: Xin chào và chào mừng đến với thế giới động. Chương trình hôm nay nói về động vật và những gì chúng có thể làm. Được rồi, hãy bắt đầu với con vật lớn. Có phải tất cả các loài voi đều có thể nghe được khoảng cách xa bằng tai và bằng chân?
Nam: Đúng vậy. Chúng có thể nghe thấy những con voi khác bằng cách dùng chân cảm nhận âm thanh trong lòng đất.
Nữ: Chà, thật tuyệt vời. Đây là một con vật lớn khác. Đó là âm thanh của khỉ đột, nó có thể phát triển đến khoảng 250 kg. Chúng to lớn, mạnh mẽ và thông minh và điều đó giúp chúng sinh tồn.
Nam: Vâng, nhưng động vật nhỏ cũng có thể sống sót. Nhìn! Tôi có một con ở đây.
Nữ: Ồi... Tôi không thích bọ cạp. Cho tôi biết chúng có thể giết người không?
Nam: Một số chúng có thể, và con này có thể.
Nữ: Nhưng nó rất nhỏ mà.
Nam: Ừm, một số những con nhỏ nhất lại là nguy hiểm nhất đấy.
Nữ: Ồ… Tôi thích con vật này hơn.
Nam: Đó là gì?
Nữ: Một con lạc đà. Lạc đà có những kỹ năng rất khác nhau. Chúng không uống nhiều nước. Chúng có thể sống sót đến 6 tháng nếu không có nước.
Nam: Được rồi, giờ đến lượt tôi. Đại bàng có thể nhìn thấy các loài động vật nhỏ từ khoảng cách 1 km. Đà điểu không thể bay nhưng chúng là loài chim cao nhất và nhanh nhất. Chúng có thể chạy hơn 60 km một giờ.
Nữ: Thật tuyệt vời. Vậy, con người có thể làm gì?
Nam: Chúng ta có thể giao tiếp.
Nữ: Nhưng rất nhiều loài động vật có thể giao tiếp. Nghe nè. Cá voi nè. Khỉ nè.
Nam: Ừm, nhưng chúng ta có thể nói và tôi nghĩ đó là kỹ năng quan trọng nhất của chúng ta.
Nữ: Được rồi, bây giờ chúng ta hãy nói ...
Read the magazine quiz and complete the table with the words in blue. Listen and check.
Hearing | Hearing | Smell | Taste | Touch |
sound |
1. You are in a restaurant and you ask the waiter to bring you the most unusual dish on the menu. When the dish arrives, what do you do first?
- Smell it.
- Feel it.
- Look at it closely.
- Ask someone about it.
- Taste it.
2. Which two of these things do you prefer?
- The taste of a delicious meal
- The sight of a beautiful sunset
- The smell of flowers in the summer
- The feel of a warm bed on a winter's night
- The sound of beautiful music
3. What do you think about books?
- I like to hold and smell them when they're new.
- I like the covers and photos.
- I really like recipe books. I can almost taste the food when I read them.
- I prefer audio books or listening to stories.
4. Choose the two conditions which you think are most difficult.
- Colour-blindness, when you can't see some colours.
- Tone-deafness, when you can't sing or play instruments very well because you don't have a 'good ear'.
- ‘Anosmia', when you can't smell anything or taste very little.
- Losing sensation in some of your toes or fingers.
5. Which two of these activities do you prefer to do to relax?
- Watch TV
- Have a warm drink
- Listen to music
- Exercise and then have a shower or a bath
Tham khảo
Hearing (thính giác) | Sight (thị giác) | Smell (khứu giác) | Taste (vị giác) | Touch (xúc giác) |
sound (âm thanh), listening (nghe), tone – deafness (điếc giai điệu), have a good ear (có tai thính), listen (nghe) | look (nhìn), clour–blindness (mù màu), see (thấy), watch (xem) | smell (ngửi) | taste (nếm) | feel (cảm giác), hold (cầm/ giữ), losing sensation (mất cảm giác) |
Exercise 1. Check the meanings of the verbs in the box. Look at the quiz and complete the questions with eight of the verbs. Listen and check your answers.
(Kiểm tra nghĩa của các động từ trong khung. Nhìn câu đố và hoàn thành các câu hỏi với 8 động từ. Nghe và kiểm tra câu trả lời của em.)
swim drink hear communicate fly jump survive kill climb grow move run see (x2) |
Animal skills quiz
Some animals are fast, some are big and strong. Some are intelligent, some are dangerous. What do you know about animals and their skills?
1. Can elephants (1)..................... with their ears and their feet?
a. Yes, they can.
b. No, they can't
c. Some can and some can't.
2. How big can a gorilla? (2).....................
a. 150 kilos.
b. 200 kilos.
c. 250 kilos.
3. Some scorpions are dangerous. Can a scorpion (3)..................... a human?
a. Yes, it can.
b. No, it can't.
c. Some can and some can't.
4. Camels don't (4)..................... a lot of water. How many months can a camel (5)..................... without water?
a. Three months.
b. Six months.
c. Nine months.
5. How far can an eagle (6).....................? It can (7)..................... a small animal from a distance of
a. 500 metres.
b. one kilometre.
c. more than one kilometre.
6. Ostriches can't (8)..................... but how fast can they (9).....................?
a. Six kilometres an hour.
b. Sixteen kilometres an hour.
c. Sixty-five kilometres an hour.
1.hear
2.grow
3.kill
4.drink
5.survive
6.see
7.see
8.fly
9.run
1. Can elephants (1) hear with their ears and their feet?
(Voi có nghe được bằng tai và bằng chân không?)
2. How big can a gorilla (2) grow?
(Một con khỉ đột có thể phát triển lớn đến mức nào?)
3. Some scorpions are dangerous. Can a scorpion (3) kill a human?
(Một số loài bọ cạp rất nguy hiểm. Bọ cạp có thể giết người không?)
4. Camels don't (4) drink a lot of water. How many months can a camel (5) survive without water?
(Lạc đà không uống nhiều nước. Lạc đà có thể sống được bao nhiêu tháng nếu không có nước?)
5. How far can an eagle (6) see? It can (7) see a small animal from a distance of
(Đại bàng có thể nhìn thấy bao xa? Nó có thể nhìn thấy một con vật nhỏ từ khoảng cách…)
6. Ostriches can't (8) fly but how fast can they (9) run?
(Đà điểu không thể bay nhưng chúng chạy nhanh đến mức nào?)
Nội dung bài nghe:
1. Can the elephants here with their ears and their feet?
2. How big can a gorilla grow?
3. Some scorpions are dangerous. Can a scorpion kill a human?
4. Camels don't drink a lot of water. How many months can a camel survive without water?
5. How far can an eagle see? It can see a small animal from a distance of… .
6. Ostriches can’t fly, but how fast can they run?
READING
Read the passage and answers to the questions
WHO WANTS TO BE A MILLIONAIRE?
One of the most popular quiz programmes on television in the world is called Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? In Britain, the quiz master is Chris Tarrant. He asks the contestants fifteen questions. The first questions are easy but later they are more difficult. If you can answer the fourteenth question, you can win £500,000. You can win a million pounds if you can answer the last question. Of course, the last question is very difficult.
All the questions on Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? are multiple-choice questions. After you hear the question, you see four answers. Only one answer is correct. You have to choose the correct answer. If you don't know the answer to a question, there are three ways you can get help: you can ask the quizmaster to take away two wrong answers: you can ask the studio audience which answer is right; or you can telephone a friend and ask for help. You can only do these things once. Very few people win the million pounds. The first person won a millon pounds one year after the programme started.
Today, Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? can be seen in more than 100 countries and is now the world's most popular quiz programme.
Answer the questions.
1.Who is the quizmaster in Britain?
______________________________________________________________________________
2. How many ways can you get help?
______________________________________________________________________________
3. How many questions do you have to answer?
______________________________________________________________________________
4. In how many countries can you watch the quiz show?
____________________________________________________________________________
READING
Read the passage and answers to the questions
WHO WANTS TO BE A MILLIONAIRE?
One of the most popular quiz programmes on television in the world is called Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? In Britain, the quiz master is Chris Tarrant. He asks the contestants fifteen questions. The first questions are easy but later they are more difficult. If you can answer the fourteenth question, you can win £500,000. You can win a million pounds if you can answer the last question. Of course, the last question is very difficult.
All the questions on Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? are multiple-choice questions. After you hear the question, you see four answers. Only one answer is correct. You have to choose the correct answer. If you don't know the answer to a question, there are three ways you can get help: you can ask the quizmaster to take away two wrong answers: you can ask the studio audience which answer is right; or you can telephone a friend and ask for help. You can only do these things once. Very few people win the million pounds. The first person won a millon pounds one year after the programme started.
Today, Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? can be seen in more than 100 countries and is now the world's most popular quiz programme.
Answer the questions.
1.Who is the quizmaster in Britain?
_____________________The quizmaster in Britian is Chris Tarrant_________________________________________________________
2. How many ways can you get help?
___________________Three ways___________________________________________________________
3. How many questions do you have to answer?
______________________Fifteen questions________________________________________________________
4. In how many countries can you watch the quiz show?
_____________________More than 100 countries_______________________________________________________
READING
Read the passage and answers to the questions
WHO WANTS TO BE A MILLIONAIRE?
One of the most popular quiz programmes on television in the world is called Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? In Britain, the quiz master is Chris Tarrant. He asks the contestants fifteen questions. The first questions are easy but later they are more difficult. If you can answer the fourteenth question, you can win £500,000. You can win a million pounds if you can answer the last question. Of course, the last question is very difficult.
All the questions on Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? are multiple-choice questions. After you hear the question, you see four answers. Only one answer is correct. You have to choose the correct answer. If you don't know the answer to a question, there are three ways you can get help: you can ask the quizmaster to take away two wrong answers: you can ask the studio audience which answer is right; or you can telephone a friend and ask for help. You can only do these things once. Very few people win the million pounds. The first person won a millon pounds one year after the programme started.
Today, Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? can be seen in more than 100 countries and is now the world's most popular quiz programme.
Answer the questions.
1.Who is the quizmaster in Britain?
______________________________________________________________________________
2. How many ways can you get help?
______________________________________________________________________________
3. How many questions do you have to answer?
______________________________________________________________________________
4. In how many countries can you watch the quiz show?
____________________________________________________________________________
1.Who is the quizmaster in Britain?
⇒ The quizmaster in Britain is Chris Tarrant.
2.How many ways can you get help?
⇒ There are 3 ways you can get help.
3.How many questions do you have to answer?
⇒ I have to answer 15 questions.
4.In how many countries can you watch the quiz show?
⇒ I can watch the quiz show show in more than 100 countries.