a. Read about writing a movie description. Then, read the description of The Dark Knight again and underline the plot summary. 

(Đọc về việc viết một bản thảo phim. Sau đó, đọc lại bản mô tả của The Dark Knight và gạch chân chi tiết tóm tắt cốt truyện.) 

Writing Skill 

Writing a movie description

A good movie description should include: 

1. Introduction

Give the name of the movie and talk about the type of movie, the setting, and the main star(s):

The movie is called The Lion King. It's an animated movie set in Africa. The star of the movie is Simba,a young lion 

2. Plot summary

Write a short description of what happens to the star or what they have to do:

In the movie, an evil lion called Scar kills Simba's father...

* Don't tell the ending of the movie. 

3. Other details

Describe the good and/or bad parts of the movie (the way it looks/the music/the acting):

The music was great, and it looked really beautiful. 

4. Conclusion

Give your opinion of the movie and say who you think will like it:

Overall, I loved this movie, and I think kids will really enjoy it.

 Listen again and answer the questions.

1. How many Oscars was Titanic awarded?

2. When was the first story in The Dark Knight graphic novel series published?

3. How many times has Robert Downey Jr. received an Oscar nomination for Best Actor?

4. How many Oscar nominations have Jennifer Lawrence and Bradley Cooper received in total?

Do the quiz.

1. Which film was director James Cameron awarded an Oscar for?

a. Avatar

b. The Terminator

c. Titanic

2. Who was the graphic novel series The Dark Knight written by?

a. Stan Lee

b. Frank Miller

c. Neil Gaiman

3. The spy James Bond was played by which actor in Spectre?

a. Jude Law

b. Daniel Craig

c. Matt Damon

4. These three stars have received Oscar nominations for Best Actor / Actress. Which one of them has actually won an Oscar?

a. Bradley Cooper

b. Robert Downey Jr.

c. Jennifer Lawrence

Exercise 1. Look at the photo. Choose and write a title a-c for the text. Then read the text and check your idea.

(Nhìn bức ảnh. Chọn và viết một tiêu đề a-c cho bài đọc. Sau đó đọc và kiểm tra ý kiến của em.)

a. Big family, big problems (Gia đình  nhiều con, nhiều vấn đề)

b. An easy life for the Radfords (Cuộc sống nhẹ nhàng cho gia đình Radfords)

c. Happy house (Ngôi nhà hạnh phúc)

Sue and Noel Radford have got 22 sons and daughters and they've also got six grandchildren. It's a big family, and they're very organised.

Noel gets up at 4.45 a.m., has breakfast and goes to work. The children get up at 6.45 a.m.

Sue works at home. Her older daughter sometimes helps with the housework. The younger children don't help. They watch TV with their brothers and sisters. Sue doesn't watch TV a lot. The Radfords don't usually go to restaurants because it's expensive.

The young children normally go to bed at 7 p.m., the older ones at 8 pm. or 9 p.m. and their parents go to bed just before 10 p.m.

a. Read the blog post and choose the best heading.

(Đọc bài đăng trên blog và chọn tiêu đề tốt nhất.)

1. FINDING HISTORY (tìm hiểu lịch sử)          

2. WEEKEND FUN (cuối tuần vui vẻ)

January 15

Metal detecting is a great hobby for people interested in history. I first tried it after I got a metal detector for my tenth birthday. I saved up my money and bought a new one last year. Now that I have my own one, I go metal detecting every weekend.

I usually go with my friend, Adam. It's more fun to go with someone else because you have someone to talk to.

It can take hours before you find something. Last Sunday, after I spent the whole day looking, I only found an old bottle top. So, you don't always find treasure!

People think it's an expensive hobby, but I don't think so. The last metal detector I bought cost me two hundred dollars. But apart from that, you only need a cheap shovel and lots of time. Some of my friends think it's boring, but I disagree. The noise your metal detector makes when it finds something is really exciting. There's so much history under the ground. Last summer, Adam and I found a really old gold coin. It was over a thousand years old. It's in the Oregon History Museum now. That was pretty amazing.

III. Choose the word or phrase among A, B, C or D that best fits the blank space in the following passage.

Traffic lights only became necessary in the 19th century, when traffic began to increase. A traffic signal (1) ______ by J O Knight, a railway signaling engineer, was installed outside the Houses of Parliament in London in 1868. It looked like a railway signal of the time but a few weeks later it blew up and signal of this type were no (2) ______ used. The modern traffic light is an American invention, the first red and green lights set up in Cleveland in 1914 followed a few years later by three-color lights in New York. These new lights didn’t arrive in Britain (3) ______ 1925. A yearlater, the first automatic lights were installed at a road junction in Wolverhampton, where they remained in (4) ______ for the next 42 years. (5) ______ the beginning of the 1930s, the first vehicle-activated lights were set up in London. Since these early days, traffic light design has developed to cater for different types of road user.

1. A. done   B. discovered C. invented        D. manufactured2. A. any     B. longer         C. doubt            D. sooner3. A. during B. until            C. since             D. after4. A. use     B. play            C. performance D. display 5. A. For     B. In                C. At                  D. From