I. Write /tr/, /kr/ and /br/ above the word that has the corresponding consonant cluster sound. Then, practise reading the sentences.
1. We tried to catch the train to Ha Noi.
2. This morning I felt crazy because the trafficwas very heavy with a lot of trucks and the streets were crowed.
3. My father likes cream in his coffe.
4. My mother buys groceries on credit.
5. My computer crashed while I was trying to create a new directory.
6. My parents are both broad-minded, so they are willing to lisren to our own opinions.
7. My brother has brown eyes and broad shoulders.
8. A breathalyser is a device to measure the amount of alcohol in a drive's breath.
9. I spend two hours browsing the wed every day.
10. People feel lonely because the build walls instead of bridges.
II. Fill in each nlack with the correct word / phrase from the box.
contributes ; benefits ; extended ; enormous ; finances ;
critical ; finacial burden ; gender convergene ; nurture ;
equally shared parenting
1. Mr Long has found that his wife receives a great deal of love when he _______ to chores
2. In fact, child care seems to have some important ________________ for young children.
3. Ho Xuan Huong was a femable poet who was ______________ of gender inequality.
4. Ties with the ___________________ family are generally very close.
5. Mothers play a(n) _________________ role in the lives of their children and the bond is very strong.
6. Fathers and mothers who follow ________ have made a conscious decision to share equally in the raising of their children, household chores, breadwinning and time for recreation.
7. Overall, women's time in domestic wirk has been declining and we see a slow but continuing trend of _______ in work time and the domestic division of labour.
8. My mother goes to work too and does everything else including all the ____, laundry, cleaning and child care.
9. More than one-fourth of American families faced _____________ due to madical costs.
10. When your child was young, your role was to _____ and guide him.
