Read following paragraph and complete the notes below.
III. Read the article about the Mandarin Chinese language and complete the notes below. Use a maximum of TWO words or a number in each gap.
The World’s Most Spoken Language
There are about 6,900 languages spoken in the world. The number of speakers of these languages goes from tiny to very large. One of those languages which have a very large number of speakers is Mandarin Chinese with nearly 1 billion speakers! It’s only one of 297 languages that people speak in China, but it’s by far the biggest. About 70% of the population speak it, compared to the 6.5% that speak the next biggest language, Wu.
Language experts think that it spread to so many people in China because it’s a language from the north of the country. There aren’t as many mountains in the north so it was easier for people to travel and for the language to travel too.
The Chinese government uses Mandarin in most of the country, especially in the capital city, Beijing. In Hong Kong and Macau, however, government officials can also use Cantonese. No other languages are used by the government.
The Mandarin vocabulary is quite large. It has more words than French, for example (370,000 words compared to around 350,000), but fewer than English, which has around 470,000 words.
Many students of Mandarin find the grammar quite easy, but the pronunciation is more of a problem.
The Mandarin Language
Almost 1________________ people have Mandarin as a native language.
There are 2________________ languages spoken in China.
Around 3________________% of Chinese people speak Mandarin Chinese.
Geography of China: The south of China has more 4________________ than the north.
The Government uses 5________________ official languages.
The vocabulary of Mandarin contains around 6________________ words
SPEAKING Work in groups. Read the task below. Think of two ideas for each topic and make notes. Then do the task.
Imagine the following situation: you spent three weeks with a host family when you did a language course in England last summer. You are having a video call with a student from Japan who is planning to do the same thing this summer and you are giving him/her some advice. Discuss the following topics.
• Preparing for the visit
• What you can learn by studying in England
• Staying in touch with people back home
• Staying safe abroad
A: This summer I am going to have a language course in England with a host family. Can you share with me some experience because I have never studied abroad before.
B: Sure! I think you should prepare some presents for the England family, for example tea, coffee or wine… I'm sure they will be happy. Moreover, your small personal belongings should be brought to try to avoid making them annoyed. Don't forget to be tidy and disciplined.
A: Yeah, I will do it. What are the benefits of studying in England that you can have?
B: That language course brings me a lot of advantages. Firstly, I can improve my English skills significantly because I can have a good environment to practice. Secondly, studying abroad helps me gain more confidence and independence because I have to do everything alone.
A: Sounds interesting! What should I do if I miss my family so much?
B: I used to think that. Don't worry, every day you ought to spend at least 30 minutes making a video call for your parents to tell what happened to you every day. If you feel alone, chat with your close friend to share your experience. These are two helpful methods, I think.
A: How can I stay safe during the time I study there?
B: In my experience, you ought not to keep all your money in one location In case you forget or lose it. I don't think you should go out at night to a dark or non-tourist area. It is very dangerous.
Tạm dịch:
A: Mùa hè này tôi sẽ có một khóa học ngôn ngữ ở Anh với một gia đình người bản xứ. Bạn có thể chia sẻ cho tôi ít kinh nghiệm được không vì tôi chưa đi du học bao giờ.
B: Chắc chắn rồi! Tôi nghĩ bạn nên chuẩn bị một vài món quà cho gia đình người Anh, ví dụ như cà phê, trà hoặc rượu… Tôi chắc chắn họ sẽ rất vui. Hơn nữa, những đồ dùng cá nhân nhỏ của bạn nên cố gắng mang theo để tránh làm họ khó chịu. Đừng quên ngăn nắp và kỷ luật.
A: Vâng, tôi sẽ làm điều đó. Những lợi ích của việc học tập tại Anh mà bạn có thể có là gì?
B: Khóa học ngôn ngữ đó mang lại cho tôi rất nhiều lợi thế. Đầu tiên, tôi có thể cải thiện đáng kể kỹ năng tiếng Anh của mình vì tôi có một môi trường tốt để thực hành. Thứ hai, du học giúp tôi thêm tự tin và độc lập vì tôi phải làm mọi thứ một mình.
A: Nghe có vẻ thú vị! Tôi nên làm gì nếu tôi nhớ gia đình của tôi rất nhiều?
B: Tôi đã từng nghĩ như vậy. Đừng lo, mỗi ngày bạn nên dành ít nhất 30 phút để gọi video cho bố mẹ kể những chuyện xảy ra với bạn hàng ngày. Nếu bạn cảm thấy cô đơn, hãy trò chuyện với người bạn thân của mình để chia sẻ kinh nghiệm. Đây là hai phương pháp hữu ích, tôi nghĩ vậy.
A: Làm thế nào tôi có thể an toàn trong thời gian tôi học ở đó?
B: Theo kinh nghiệm của tôi, bạn không nên giữ tất cả tiền của mình tại một địa điểm phòng trường hợp bạn quên hoặc làm mất. Tôi không nghĩ bạn nên ra ngoài vào ban đêm ở những khu vực tối hoặc không dành cho khách du lịch. Nó là rất nguy hiểm.
Listen to the conversation again and complete the notes below. Use no more than TWO words for each gap.
ABC Vocational School
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Courses | Tour guide training, hotel and restaurant management, cooking, etc. |
Types of cooking courses
| Short courses: - for all ages and abilities - duration: two or three (1) ________ (2) __________ courses: - for people training to be (3) ________ - duration: two years |
Hands-on experience
| Work as a(n) (4) _________ in a real restaurant |
Information about the school | Parents and students can study the (5) __________ |
1. months
2. Professional
3. restaurant cooks
4. apprentice
5. (school) brochure
1. Write a paragraph about festival you attended. Using the notes below:
A. What was the festival ?
B. Where and when was it held ?
C. why was it held ?
D. How was it held ?
Five years ago, I attended a very big festival in Ha Noi. It's called 1000th Anniversary of Thang Long - Ha Noi Festival. There are a lot of activities in this festival such as fireworks display, military parade, music performances, ect. It was organized very splendidly because the organizers are the Viet Nam government. Millions of people came to Ha Noi to participate in this great festival. It was held for ten days from October 1st 2015 to October 10th 2015. I saw lots of fireworks, parties, parades during these days. It was interesting. I took so many pictures on this festival because there were plenty of beautiful scenes. We organized this great festival to celebrate the 1000th anniversary of Thang Long - Ha Noi.
Read the passage below then pick out ONE best option (A, B, C or D . to complete each of the following sentences:
The small family farms often offer bed and breakfast accommodation to tourists ______.
A. to show their friendship
B. because they want to have more tourists to their farms
C. in order to improve their earnings
D. so that the tourists will return in their farm the next time
Đáp án: C
Thông tin: The small family farms often have to earn more money by offering bed and breakfast accommodation to tourists.
Dịch: Các trang trại gia đình nhỏ thường phải kiếm thêm tiền bằng cách cung cấp chỗ ở trên giường và bữa sáng cho khách du lịch.
Now, write a paragraph about your classmate's hobby. Use the notes from 3. Start your paragraph as shown below.
Hoa is my classmate. Her hobby is swimming. She started to swim 1 year ago. She usually goes swimming with her brother. She had to practice swimming gradually for this hobby. She finds this hobby interesting and relaxed. In the future, she will go swimming more.
One of my favourite online classmates is Stephanie. She shares the same hobby with me. We both like drawing anime. I don't really know exactly when Stephanie started her hobby, but she said that she began to draw since she was a little child. She always shares her idea in drawing or some of her sketches with me. She finds this hobby's really creative, interesting and she feels very comfortable and relaxed while doing this hobby. She told me that in the future, she will keep this hobby for sure, and maybe she will find a job that is related to this hobby.
Now write a paragraph (80 - 100 words) to express your opinion. Use the notes in 4.
Start your paragraph as shown below.
Tham khảo:
Many people think that the intelligent machine could substitute teacher's responsibilities in the classroom. This way of thinking is totally disagreed. In this essay, Limitation of AI technology in educational system, as well as different methods to communicate rather than original one (face to face) will be provided. There are several constriants of substituing instructors by AI. The machine can not develop a profound relationship with students as it is non-physical system; for example, when the students need to talk with instructor in leizure time, AI is incapable in generating conversation. Hence, connection between students and the machine is likely being failure. Moreover, there is an issue with the student's concentration. the smart machine is not capable with controlling learner because it was given the logical coding for teaching only. Therefore, in this point of view, it is obvious that why smart machine is not suitable for entire educational system.
I agree that robots will soon replace teachers at school. First, robot can better remember things than teachers. For example, teachers sometimes forget to mark the students’ works, but robot teachers can remember it well and finish doing the marking on time. Second, robots provides variety of educational methods including interactive ones. This makes the pupils focus more on the lesson and memorize it better. Finally, if a robotic machine is the subject mentor of a classroom, pupil will be unafraid, and therefore give less seriousness in the study. Overall, I totally agree that robot will soon teach at school.
Tạm dịch:
Tôi đồng ý rằng rô bốt sẽ sớm thay thế chỗ của giáo viên ở trường. Đầu tiên thì rô bốt có thể nhớ mọi thứ tốt hơn giáo viên. Ví dụ như đôi khi giáo viên quên chấm bài cho học sinh, nhưng rô bốt có thể nhớ tốt và hoàn thành việc chấm bài đúng giờ. Thứ hai, rô bốt có thể cung cấp đa dạng các phương pháp giáo dục, kể cả những phương pháp có tính tương tác. Điều này giúp học sinh tập trung vào bài học và ghi nhớ nó tốt hơn. Cuối cùng, nếu một người máy là cố vấn học tập trong một lớp, thì học sinh sẽ bớt e dè hơn và không khí học tập sẽ ít căng thẳng hơn. Tóm tại, tôi đồng ý rằng rô bốt sẽ sớm được dạy ở trường.
make notes, then write a paragraph on the following topic Do you agree and disagree with the following idea? With the help of technology, students will benefit greatly from studying by themselves at home
I agree with idea advanced technology will help students greatly in studying by themselves at home. Firstly, studying at home will help us save so much money. We don’t have to buy so many books and school supplies. It will help us save time and energy too because we don’t have to spend much time on travelling to school. Secondly, you can see there is a lot of traffic on the way especially in rush hours. There are always accidents on the road. Studying at home will help us avoid dangers on the way to school and make traffic less heavy. In addition, we can search for information easily and quickly with a tablet. It’s very convenient. It helps us to save time and we can finish our projects quicker and make them more informative. In conclusion, I think advanced technology really helps us in studying and it brings us more joy in learning new knowledge.
Bài dịch
Tôi đồng ý với ý kiến rằng công nghệ phát triển sẽ giúp học sinh nhiều trong việc tự học ở nhà. Đầu tiên, việc học ở nhà sẽ giúp chúng ta tiết kiệm nhiều tiền. Chúng ta không phải mua nhiều sách và dụng cụ học tập. Điều này sẽ giúp tiết kiệm thời gian và sức lao động nữa bởi vì chúng ta không mất nhiều thời gian đến trường. Thứ hai, bạn có thể thấy có rất nhiều phương tiện giao thông trên đường đặc biệt là giờ cao điểm. Có rất nhiều các vụ tai nạn trên đường. Việc học ở nhà sẽ giúp chúng ta tránh được các tai nạn trên đường tới trường và làm giảm ùn tắc giao thông. Thêm vào đó, chúng ta có thể tìm kiếm thông tin trên mạng rất nhanh và dễ dàng với một chiếc máy tính bảng. Nó rất tiện lợi. Nó giúp chúng ta tiết kiệm thời gian và chúng ta có thể hoàn thành các dự án nhanh và khiến cho dự án của mình có nhiều thông tin hữu ích. Tóm lại tôi nghĩ rằng công nghệ phát triển thực sự giúp ích cho chúng ta trong việc học và mang lại nhiều niềm vui trong việc học hỏi những kiến thức mới.
6. Work in pairs. Read the task below. Agree with your partner and make notes in the chart below. Present your ideas.
(Làm việc theo cặp. Đọc đề bài bên dưới. Đồng ý với bạn của bạn và ghi chú thích trong bảng dưới. Trình bày ý tưởng của bạn.)
You and a group of friends are deciding what to do on the Saturday night after your last exam. Decide on an activity, the type of food you will eat, and where and when you will meet.
(Bạn và một nhóm bạn đang quyết định làm gì vào tối thứ 7 sau kì thi cuối cùng. Quyết định dựa vào một hoạt động, loại đồ ăn sẽ ăn và gặp nhau ở đâu và khi nào.)
Possible activities: (Hoạt động)
- watch a movie (đi xem phim)
- 7pm Saturday (7 giờ tối thứ 7)
- cinema (rạp chiếu phim)
- about 60.000VND per person (khoảng 60 nghìn 1 người)
Food (Đồ ăn)
- fried chicken (gà chiên)
- about 100.000VND per person (khoảng 100 nghìn 1 người)
- KFC
Meet (Gặp nhau)
- in front of KFC restaurant (Trước cửa nhà hàng KFC)
- 6pm Saturday (6 giờ tối thứ 7)
VIII. Read the following passage, answer/ complete the questions/ statements below it.
Once, there was a boy named Boly. He lived with his aged grandmother in Kanchi Village. His grandmother always woke up very early in the morning and made little buns and cakes. She sold them in the market place. With the money she earned, she sent Boly to school.
Boly was a good boy. He was an orphan. He loved his grandmother a lot. After school, he always went home quickly. Then, he would have his lunch and do his homework. In the evenings, Boly would go round the village selling the cakes his grandmother made. Boly and his grandmother lived quite happily.
One day, Boly’s grandmother fell ill. She could not make any more cakes. Boly now had to look for work. He went from house to house doing odd jobs.
It was in one of these houses that a kind gentleman asked Boly why he was working at such a tender age. After listening to Boly’s story, the man said that he wanted to adopt Boly. He was willing to take care of Boly’s grandmother too. From then on, Boly and his grandmother led a very happy life.
1. The phrases of words “very old” is similar to the word ......................... in the text.
2. Boly was living with his grandmother because..............................................
.......................................................................................................................
3. Boly’s grandmother could afford to send him to school by ..........................
4. After school, Boly would immediately...........................................................
5. Boly had to look for work because................................................................
VIII. Read the following passage, answer/ complete the questions/ statements below it.
Once, there was a boy named Boly. He lived with his aged grandmother in Kanchi Village. His grandmother always woke up very early in the morning and made little buns and cakes. She sold them in the market place. With the money she earned, she sent Boly to school.
Boly was a good boy. He was an orphan. He loved his grandmother a lot. After school, he always went home quickly. Then, he would have his lunch and do his homework. In the evenings, Boly would go round the village selling the cakes his grandmother made. Boly and his grandmother lived quite happily.
One day, Boly’s grandmother fell ill. She could not make any more cakes. Boly now had to look for work. He went from house to house doing odd jobs.
It was in one of these houses that a kind gentleman asked Boly why he was working at such a tender age. After listening to Boly’s story, the man said that he wanted to adopt Boly. He was willing to take care of Boly’s grandmother too. From then on, Boly and his grandmother led a very happy life.
1. The phrases of words “very old” is similar to the word .........aged................ in the text.
2. Boly was living with his grandmother because He loved his grandmother a lot..............................................
3. Boly’s grandmother could afford to send him to school by making little buns and cakes and selling them
4. After school, Boly would immediately go home quickly...........................................................
5. Boly had to look for work because .
his grandmother was too ill to make cakes
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