Unit 15: Countries

1.Hello,my name is...And today,I'm here to tell you about my future house.In the future,I want to have a house in a peaceful forest and it will surrounded by many tall trees and there are lots of friendly animals so I can make friend with them.In the house,there will be a very modern fridge and it can make the food you like.And there will be a special trash bin,if you put trash in that bin,the trash will vanish forever,do you know why I like it?Because it will help me a lot to protect the environment.There will be lots of expensive and modern things I want to have in my house like:wireless TV to watch programmes,supper computer to play games and study,...but there will no hi-tech robot in my house,because if robot do every thing in your house,you will be lazier and fatter.That's all about my house,thanks for listening

House is a place where we can shelter and it gives us a protection from rain, heat , storm etc. Everyone has their own choice on what type of house they feel comfortable to live, so do I. I enjoy to live in calm and open environment, so house built on small land won't be my choice. I want a large open space surrounded by compound where I can stroll especially when I feel bored on my job. I want the garden in front of my house which will give me natural environment. One more thing to mention here, I want the house which is far from main city and industrial area since I don't like the noisy environment.Oh, yeah, what about the size of the house? I prefer the medium size house having 2 or 3 floors. I don't like very large building because I have small family and I don't like to rent my home. I prefer to stay in second or ground floor during the summer season because the top floor is excessively heated during the very season whereas I like to stay in second or third floor during the winter as ground floor will be excessively cold during that period. Next thing is about gym room, I would like to have a fitness center within my premise as I am a young boy and I want to be a healthy person.

I have mentioned so many physical needs in my above paragraph but I would like to conculde my writing saying cool and amicable family environment is must to make our home like a heaven. Otherwise, it will be a hell and we would like to spend most of our time outside the home rather than with family.

Pollution is currently a major problem in many countries and had many causes. Air pollution, heavy traffic and rubbish are the most serious problems which people have to be confronting with. It is generally admit that air pollution in part results from the increased number of vehicles on the roads. These motorbikes and cars release carbon monoxide and other toxic pollutants in the atmosphere as well as smog from factories. There seems no easy solution but limiting the number of vehicles, moving factories out of the city or encouraging people to use public transportation may probably lead to a reduction in city smog.

Firstly, in order to reduce the number of vehicles on the roads, the government could provide more buses and better quality public transport at reasonable prices so that people do not have to use their private motorbike or motor vehicles. People mostly think that air pollution causes health problems and makes the city unpleasant to live in. All of these problems have been brought about motor vehicles, especially motorbikes. Therefore, people are likely to prefer quality public transportation at reasonable prices to their private traffic. Furthermore, public transport probably leads to be safer for passengers than private ones. As a consequence, people would definitely support using public transportation if it were invested and provided qualitatively.

Secondly, the local People’s Committee could have a long term plan to create more and much larger parks or green zones in the city where cars and motorbikes are banned. The government should encourage people plant more trees so that the environment would be getting more oxygen and people also would result in fewer floods. People would like to find the places in pure air so as to relax entertain and do physical activities. Those are reasons why at green zones, traffic should be prohibited to protect ecological environment. Another solution to prevent and restrict pollution is moving factories out of the city. As a result, the numbers of traffic in the city will decrease significantly. Moreover, the government should also pay attention on releasing toxic waste into rivers from factories which also tend to emit high levels of poisonous gases into the air, especially older ones.

In conclusion, countries in the world have been facing up to pollution. The numbers of traffic are becoming an increasing problem in cities all around the world as well as waste disposal. Providing more quality public transportation at reasonable prices is one of the solutions to persuade people use it. Forming a green zone in the city or planting trees are also the solutions which are essential to consider. People have predicted that recent increase in carbon dioxide emissions could have disastrous effects for future generations

hoàn thành các câu sau với dạng so sánh hơn của tính từ

lan is shorter than Nam

Nam is__taller than Lan_____

london bigger than ha noi

ha noi is__smaller than London _____

Nam is taller than Lan

2. Ha noi is smaller than London

Nam is taller than Lan

Ha Noi is smaller than London

Sydney is my favourite city among the cities I have visited so far. Sydney is the state capital of New South Wales of Australia. This city is situated on the bank of Tasman Sea and has around 4.6 million people. I have visited this city in 2008 after I finished my graduation and loved my stay there. Sydney had many attractive natural areas, botanic gardens, parks, and high rising buildings. This city has many heritage listed buildings that attract the tourists and visitors. The Sydney Opera House is one of the most recognised landmarks in Australia and is a great place to visit.

This city is known for the dynamic cultural hub and it has many famous museums, galleries and art galleries as well. Because of the great architecture, warm weather and hundreds of tourists attraction more than 11 million international and domestic tourists visit this city each year. I had been there for about 15 days and I really enjoyed everything about this city. I stayed at a 20 storied hotel that offered a really amusing sight views. The transportation system of the city is better than many other cities and I could have been maintaining the track and time of my schedule because of that. I loved being at open & wide spaces in the gardens and parks. People are welcoming and friendly there. A tourist can get necessary help both from people and the authority and can roam easily without any interruption. I saw 2/3 art museum and some cultural festivals and those were awesome.

There are so many places to be, so many things to do in Sydney. Some of the attractive places are Royal Botanic Garden, Hyde Park, Queen Victoria Building, Sydney Town hall, Macquarie Lighthouse, Australia Square, Sydney Opera House and so on.

I had a tremendous vacation in Sydney and I liked most of the places there and I enjoyed so much that I did not even notice how quickly the 2 weeks scheduled time has passed.

Dalat is a lovely city in the South of Viet Nam. The weather in Dalat is cool and Pleasant. Dalat is clean and quiet city. Dalat is famous for its fantastic waterfalls, poetic hills, great valleys and beautiful flowers gardens. The local people are very friendly and the local food is delicious. The most popular leisure activities in Dalat are having a picnic by the waterfalls, cycling around Xuan Huong lake and go shopping at the night market

I like living in the countryside because of some reasons. Environmentally speaking, it is a peaceful place. The air is fresh. The space is quiet. We can enjoy healthy natural conditions without worrying much about environmental pollution.

As for social security, the countryside is a safer place than a city. While urban security situation is always complicated with all kinds of crimes, rural areas are much more secure because most of countrymen are friendly and ready to help one another.

Moreover, rural life is also easier that in cities. People in cities are easy to get stressed because of pollution, job pressures, competitions, etc ... On the contrary, those bad things are very rare in the countryside. To sum up, except income matters, the countryside is a better residence than cities.

The village has always been known to be a place of peace and quiet. The scattered houses among hundreds of plants and trees at once indicate the lack of activity in the village.

The workers in the village leave their homes early in the morning to work in the plantations or towns nearby. Some have their own plantations, and some make certain articles in their homes to sell them in the towns. A few of the villagers, including women, go out to catch fish in the streams and rivers found in the village. Though the people of the village do not usually earn much, yet they seem to be contented.

In the afternoon, most of the villagers are at home. Some of them take a nap after lunch; some work in their small gardens, and some visit the small shops in the village. In various parts of the village children may be seen playing the popular games of the village. Occasionally, a cyclist passes by.

Then, in the evening, the villagers meet one another. Some play cards and other types of games peculiar to the village. Some talk about the day's incidents in the village, and those whose minds go beyond the village discuss world events.

In almost every village there is a headman whose duty is to settle quarrels among the villagers and maintain peace in the village. Whenever there is a dispute, the villagers go to the headman who is held in such esteem that his word has the force or law. In this way the villagers have developed their own simple laws, and the crimes of cities are almost unknown to the people of the village.

During a festival, the whole village is alive with activities. Everyone is in a happy mood and plays his part to make the festival a success. This is the time for the men, women and children of the village to wear their best clothes and the village is full of colour. These simple ways of life in the village, however, must soon change. Progress in science and education has already begun to affect the outlook of the people in the village, and hundreds are leaving the village to seek their fortunes in the towns and cities.

Life in the city is full of activity. Early in the morning hundreds of people rush out of their homes in the manner ants do when their nest is broken. Soon the streets are full of traffic. Shops and offices open, students flock to their schools and the day's work begins. The city now throb with activity, and it is full of noise. Hundreds of sight-seers, tourists and others visit many places of interest in the city while businessmen from various parts of the world arrive to transact business. Then towards evening, the offices and day schools begin to close. Many of the shops too close. There is now a rush for buses and other means of transport. Everyone seems to be in a hurry to reach home. As a result of this rush, many accidents occur. The city could, therefore, be described as a place of ceaseless activity. Here, the drama of life is enacted every day.

VI. Give the correct tense of the verbs:

1. Laura (be) ____is________ from Canada. She (speak) ___speaks__________ English. She (come) is going to come to Vietnam tomorrow. She (stay) is going to stay_____________ in a hotel in Ho Chi Minh City for 3 weeks. She (visit) _is going to visit_____________ a lot of places in Vietnam.

2. Which language does Peter (speak) ___speak___________? – He (speak) ___speaks_______________ English.

3. He often (have) __has____________ coffee for breakfast, but today he (eat) _is eating___________ some eggs and bread with his friends in a canteen.

4. At the moment, the children (play) are playing_________________ soccer in the garden.

5. Do you (speak) _____speak______________ Chinese?

6. Listen ! she (sing) __is singing_________________.

7. He always (watch) ___watches_____________ TV every night.

8. She (run) __runs______________ with her dog on the road.

9. I (not be) __am not_________________ from France.

10. She (like not) __doesn't_____________ Tom and me.

1. ...is...speaks...is going to comes...stay...is going to visit...

2...speak...is speak

3. ...has...eats...

4. ...is playing...

5. ...speak...

6. ...sings

7. ...watches...

8.... runs

9.... not am...

10....doesn't like...

1. Laura (be) ____is________ from Canada. She (speak) ___speaks__________ English. She (come) is going to come to Vietnam tomorrow. She (stay) is going to stay_____________ in a hotel in Ho Chi Minh City for 3 weeks. She (visit) _is going to visit_____________ a lot of places in Vietnam.

2. Which language does Peter (speak) ___speak___________? – He (speak) ___speaks_______________ English.

3. He often (have) __has____________ coffee for breakfast, but today he (eat) _is eating___________ some eggs and bread with his friends in a canteen.

4. At the moment, the children (play) are playing_________________ soccer in the garden.

5. Do you (speak) _____speak______________ Chinese?

6. Listen ! she (sing) __is singing_________________.

7. He always (watch) ___watches_____________ TV every night.

8. She (run) __runs______________ with her dog on the road.

9. I (not be) __am not_________________ from France.

10. She (like not) __doesn't_____________ Tom and me.

So sánh hơn :

My house is as high as his house.

China is bigger than India.

Gold is more valuable than silver.

My car is more expensive than his car.

My girlfriend is older than his.

Bikes are slower than cars.

My ruler is shorter than Nam’s.

Nga is more beautiful than Hong.

His shoes is nicer than mine.

So sánh nhất :

Bikes are the slowest of the three vehicles.

My village is the quietest place in the province.

This is the longest river in the world.

She is the most beautiful girl in my class.

That’s the most interesting book I’ve ever read.
That’s the longest bridge I’ve ever seen.

I’ve never read a more interesting book than this one.

The lion is the most dangerous animal of the three.

The brown dress is the most expensive.

1. I am thirsty (drink some orange juice)

Let's drink some orange juice

What about drinking some orange juice?

Why don't we drink some orange juice?

2, Lan's mother is not fine (visit her)

Let's visit her

What about visiting her?

Why don't we visit her?

3. The beach is very beautiful. (take some photos)

Let's take some photos

What about taking some photos?

Why don't we take some photos?

4. There 's a good movie on TV tonight (stay at home and watch TV)

Let's stay at home and watch TV

What about staying at home and watch TV?

Why don't we stay at home and watch TV?

5. The weather is cool. (go camping in the countryside)

Let's go camping in the countryside

What about going camping in the countryside?

Why don't we go camping in the countryside?

6. I am very tired (go to bed early)

Let's go to bed early

What about going to bed early?

Why don't we go to bed early?

1. I am thirsty (drink some orange juice)

Let's drink some orange juice.

What about drinking some orange juice?

Why don't we drink some orange juice?

2, Lan's mother is not fine (visit her)

Let's visit her.

What about visting her?

Why don't we visit her?

3. The beach is very beautiful. (take some photos)

Let's take some photos.

What about taking some photos?

Why don't we take some photos?

4. There 's a good movie on TV tonight (stay at home and watch TV)

Let's stay at home and watch TV.

What about staying at home and watching TV?

Why don't we stay at home and watch TV?

5. The weather is cool. (go camping in the countryside)

Let's go camping in the countryside.

What about going camping in the countryside?

Why don't we gocamping in the countryside?

6. I am very tired (go to bed early)

Let's go to bed early.

What about going to bed early?

Why don't you go to bed early?

1. I am thirsty (drink some orange juice)

- Let's drink some orange juice

or What about drinking some orange juice?

or Why don't we drink some orange juice?

2, Lan's mother is not fine (visit her)

- Let's visit her mother

or What about visiting her mother?

or Why don't we visit her mother?

3. The beach is very beautiful. (take some photos)

- Let's take some photos

or What about taking some photos?

or Why don't we take some photos?

4. There 's a good movie on TV tonight (stay at home and watch TV)

- Let's stay at home and watch TV

or What about staying at home and watching TV?

or Why don't we stay at home and watch TV?

5. The weather is cool. (go camping in the countryside)

- Let's go camping in the countryside

or What about going camping in the countryside?

or Why don't we go camping in the countryside?

6. I am very tired (go to bed early)

- Let's go to bed early

or What about going to bed early?

or Why don't we go to bed early?

1. Dùng hình thức đúng của tính từ trong ngoặc đơn

1. The town isn't very clean . The country is (clean) cleaner

2. This shirt is (good) better than that one

3. My hair is (short)shorter than my mother's

4. London is (safe) safer than New York

5. Hoi An is (old) the oldest town in Vietnam

2. Viết câu hỏi cho phần tư được gạch dưới

1. My new friends are from Australia

where are your new friends from?

2. The weather is hot and dry in Ha Noi now

what is the weather like in Ha Noi now?

3. The River Nile flows to the Mediterranean sea

which sea does The River Nile flow to ?

1. Dùng hình thức đúng của tính từ trong ngoặc đơn

1. The town isn't very clean . The country is (clean) clean

2. This shirt is (good) better than that one

3. My hair is (short) shorter than my mother's

4. London is (safe) safer than New York

5. Hoi An is (old) old town in Vietnam

2. Viết câu hỏi cho phần tư được gạch dưới

1. My new friends are from Australia

=> Where is your new friends from?

2. The weather is hot and dry in Ha Noi now

=> What is the weather like in Ha Noi now?

3. The River Nile flows into the Mediterranean sea

=> Where is the River Nile flow into?

1. Dùng hình thức đúng của tính từ trong ngoặc đơn

1. The town isn't very clean . The country is (clean) cleaning.

2. This shirt is (good) better than that one

3. My hair is (short) shorter than my mother's

4. London is (safe) safer than New York

5. Hoi An is (old) oldest town in Vietnam

2. Viết câu hỏi cho phần tư được gạch dưới

1. My new friends are from Australia

=> Where do your new friends from?

2. The weather is hot and dry in Ha Noi now

=> What's the weather like in Ha Noi now?

3. The River Nile flows to the Mediterranean sea

=> Where is the River Nile flow to?

I, Điền vào chỗ chống"Let's, Let's not, What about hoặc Why don't we"

1. Why don't we walk to the park? It's near here

2. Let's have some orange juice

3. Let's not play! We have a lot of homework now

4. Let's sit under the trees

5. What about going to the movie theater by bus?

6. Let's go swimming. It's too cold

7. What about going for a walk?

8 Let's go swimming

1. Why don't we walk to the park? It's near here.

2. Let's have some orange juice.

3. Let's not play! We have a lot of homework now.

4. Let's sis under the trees..

5. What about going to the movie theater by bus.

6. Let's not go swimming. It's too cold.

7. What about going for a walk?

8. Let's go swimming.