Work in pairs. Ask and answer questions about the chores you and your family members do at home. Use cleft sentences.
Example: A: Is it you who does the cooking at home?
B: Yes, it is me who does the cooking./ No, it is my mum who does the cooking.
USE IT! Work in pairs to ask and answer questions about a celebration you remember. Take turns to ask and answer questions 1-4. Then change roles.
1. When and where did the event happen?
2. What were you celebrating at the event?
3. Can you remember what you were wearing?
4. How did you feel at that time?
1. It happened on December 24th last year at my sister's house.
2. We were celebrating Christmas and my niece's birthday.
3. I was wearing a jacket, a long white dress and a black boots.
4. I felt so merry and excited at that time
1. It happened on December 24th last year at my sister's house.
2. We were celebrating Christmas and my niece's birthday.
3. I was wearing a jacket, a long white dress and a black boots.
4. I felt so merry and excited at that time.
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions.
As working women continue to receive better and better wages, housewives still work at home without receiving pay – checks. Should a woman who works at home, doing the housework and caring for children, be paid for her service? In a 1986 study at Cornell University, sociologists found that the value of the services of a housewife averaged $ 11,600 a year. This rate was based on a family composed of a husband, wife, and three young children. The $ 11,600 is what the husband would have to pay if he hired others to take over his wife’s household chores. The researchers concluded that it would be fair for husbands to pay wives according to federal guidelines for minimum wages.
Another plan for rewarding women who work at home has been suggested by a former Secretary of Health and Human Services. He says that full-time housewives should be allowed to pay social security taxes, with their employers contributing part of the payment. He feels that the present system is unfair. He said, “ If you stay at home and raise a family, nobody will give you credit for it.”
What is NOT true about the passage?
A. Full-time housewives are allowed to pay social security taxes.
B. Women who go to work get more offers than housewives.
C. Unlike working women, housewives get no pay for housework.
D. Housewives’services should be rewarded.
Đáp án A
Ý nào là KHÔNG đúng theo như đoạn văn?
A. Phụ nữ làm việc toàn thời gian được phép nộp thuế an sinh xã hội.
B. Phụ nữ đi làm nhận được nhiều lời đề nghị hơn các bà nội trợ.
C. Không giống như những phụ nữ đi làm, các bà nội trợ không được trả lương cho công việc nhà.
D. Sự phục vụ của những người nội trợ nên được khen thưởng.
Giải thích: Ý A chỉ ở mức kế hoạch chứ chưa phải là thực tế của bài.
“Another plan for rewarding women who work at home has been suggested by a former Secretary of Health and Human Services. He says that full-time housewives should be allowed to pay social security taxes, with their employers contributing part of the payment” – (Một kế hoạch khen thưởng dành cho phụ nữ làm việc ở nhà đã được đề xuất bởi cựu Bộ trưởng Y tế và Dịch vụ Nhân sinh. Ông nói rằng các bà nội trợ làm việc toàn thời gian nên được phép đóng thuế an sinh xã hội, cùng với chủ sử dụng lao động đóng góp vào một khoản trong đó).
Read the passage and answer the questions
THE BEST TIME FOR APPLES
It was the first lesson after the summer holidays at a small school in England. The lesson was about the seasons of the year. "There are four seasons in the year", said the teacher. "They are Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter. In Spring it is warm and everything begins to grow. In Summer it is hot and there are many flowers in the fields and gardens. In Autumn, there are many vegetables and much fruit. Everybody likes to eat fruit. In Winter, it is cold and it often rains. Sometimes there is snow on the ground."
Here the teacher stopped and looked at one of the pupils, "Stop talking, Tom" he said. "Now listen to me. Can you tell us when is the best time of apples?"
"Yes, sir," answered Tom. "It is when the farmer is not at home and there is no dog in the garden."
Answer the questions.
What did the teacher ask Tom to do?
Đáp án là: He asked Tom to stop talking.
Work in pairs. Ask and answer about the type of home each of you lives in. Take notes of your partner’s answers and report what you find to the class.
Suggested questions:
- That type of home do you live in? (a flat, a house, a detached house, a stilt house, a farmhouse, a cottage, a tree house,...)
- What meterials is it made from?
- What is the most important part of your home? What do you do there?
Make notes about a normal family event that you take part in. Use the questions below as cues
- What is the event?
- Where and when does it happen?
- Who joins with you?
- What do you often do at that event?
- Do you like it or not? Why or why not?
Now work in pairs. Make a dialogue asking and answering about the event. You can use your notes.
- What is the event?
→ The event is: birthday party
- Where and when does it happen?
→ It happen on one of my family member's birthday. It helds in my house.
- Who joins with you?
→ My family members join with me.
- What do you often do at that event?
→ I always buy a birthday cake.
- Do you like it or not? Why or why not?
→ Yes, I do. Because it's an oppotunity to bring everyone together.
3 . Word in pairs . Ask and answer questions about your neighbourhood . Use the words in 1 and 2 to help you . (3 tình huống)
Ex:
A : Is our neighbourhood polluted ?
B : No , it isn't
A : Is it peaceful ?
B : Yes , it is .
Please hurry because tomorrow me must submit the post . Thank you everybody .
+) A : Is our neighbourhood modern ?
B : Yes , it is
+) A : Is the streets in our neighbourhood wide ?
B : No, it isn't
A : Is it narrow ?
B : Yes, it is
Work in pairs. Ask and answer about a device or an app you use for studying. Report your partner’s answers to the class.
1. What kind of device / app is it?
2. How often do you use it?
3. What are the benefits of using it?
4. Are there any problems using it?
Tham khảo
Raz plus is an amazing app. It helps me study English more effectively. I use it almost everyday. I can read a lot of reading books in both fiction and non-fiction. It also helps me improve my pronunciation by listening and recording. But I need to buy its account so as to use it.
"Hoc24" is not an app but it is still a web for students to learn and so am I. Now, I am focusing on studying Ielts so I have less time to study on the web. On "Hoc24", students can have correct answers for their homework and practice with more kinds of work, you can also study for examinations. Sometimes, there is an error but teachers in Hoc24 still update and fix it.
1. What kind of device / app is it? (Đó là ứng dụng gì?)
It is a translation app / dictionary app. (Đó là ứng dụng dịch/ từ điển.)
2. How often do you use it? (Bạn dùng nó có thường xuyên không?)
I use it when I learn English or when I don't know the meaning of the word.
(Tôi dùng nói khi tôi học tiếng Anh hoặc khi tôi không biết nghĩa của từ.)
3. What are the benefits of using it?
(Lợi ích của việc sử dụng nó là gì?)
I can understand the meaning of the word, also I can know the stress of the word and I know how to use that word in a sentence.
(Tôi có thể hiểu nghĩa của từ, cũng như biết trọng âm của từ và các để dùng từ đó trong câu.)
4. Are there any problems using it?
(Có vấn đề gì khi sử dụng nó không?)
I'm a little bit lazy to remember the words, I depend on it too much.
(Tôi hơi lười nhớ từ, tôi phụ thuộc vào nó quá nhiều.)
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions.
As working women continue to receive better and better wages, housewives still work at home without receiving pay – checks. Should a woman who works at home, doing the housework and caring for children, be paid for her service? In a 1986 study at Cornell University, sociologists found that the value of the services of a housewife averaged $ 11,600 a year. This rate was based on a family composed of a husband, wife, and three young children. The $ 11,600 is what the husband would have to pay if he hired others to take over his wife’s household chores. The researchers concluded that it would be fair for husbands to pay wives according to federal guidelines for minimum wages.
Another plan for rewarding women who work at home has been suggested by a former Secretary of Health and Human Services. He says that full-time housewives should be allowed to pay social security taxes, with their employers contributing part of the payment. He feels that the present system is unfair. He said, “ If you stay at home and raise a family, nobody will give you credit for it.”
A housewife’s services in a family of five people are worth______.
A. $ 160 a mouth on average.
B. nearly $ 1,000 a mouth on average.
C. more than $ 1,000 a mouth on average.
D. $ 1,600 a mouth on average.
Đáp án B
Sự phục vụ của 1 người vợ nội trợ trong gia đình đáng giá ______.
A. trung bình 1 tháng 160 đô la.
B. trung bình 1 tháng gần 1.000 đô la.
C. trung bình 1 tháng hơn 1.000 đô la.
D. trung bình 1 tháng 1.600 đô la.
Dẫn chứng ở câu 3- đoạn 1: “In a 1986 study at Cornell University, sociologists found that the value of the services of a housewife averaged $ 11,600 a year.” – (Theo như nghiên cứu vào năm 1896 ở trường Đại học Cornell, các nhà xã hội học đã thấy rằng giá cả những dịch vụ mà 1 người nội trợ làm trong gia đình trung bình là 11,600 đô la 1 năm) => Trung bình gần 1000 đô la 1 tháng.
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions.
As working women continue to receive better and better wages, housewives still work at home without receiving pay – checks. Should a woman who works at home, doing the housework and caring for children, be paid for her service? In a 1986 study at Cornell University, sociologists found that the value of the services of a housewife averaged $ 11,600 a year. This rate was based on a family composed of a husband, wife, and three young children. The $ 11,600 is what the husband would have to pay if he hired others to take over his wife’s household chores. The researchers concluded that it would be fair for husbands to pay wives according to federal guidelines for minimum wages.
Another plan for rewarding women who work at home has been suggested by a former Secretary of Health and Human Services. He says that full-time housewives should be allowed to pay social security taxes, with their employers contributing part of the payment. He feels that the present system is unfair. He said, “ If you stay at home and raise a family, nobody will give you credit for it.”
What is the main purpose of this passage ?
A. To suggest that housewives should be paid for their household chores.
B. To ask men to treat wives better.
C. To encourage women to go out to work.
D. To suggest that men should share the housework with their wives.
Đáp án A
Đâu là mục đính chính của đoạn văn?
A. Để đề nghị rằng các bà nội trợ nên được trả lương cho công việc nhà.
B. Để yêu cầu người đàn ông cư xử tốt với vợ hơn.
C. Để khuyến khích phụ nữ ra ngoài làm việc.
D. Để đề nghị rằng người đàn ông nên chia sẻ việc nhà với vợ.
Giải thích: Đoạn đầu ta thấy: “…housewives still work at home without receiving pay – checks. Should a woman who works at home, doing the housework and caring for children, be paid for her service…” – (các bà nội trợ vẫn tiếp tục làm việc tại nhà mà không nhận được 1 đồng lương nào. Những người phụ nữ đó nên được trả công cho những dịch vụ mà họ đã làm như làm việc nhà và chăm trẻ…) và đoạn cuối cũng đề xuất thêm “…He says that full-time housewives should be allowed to pay social security taxes, with their employers contributing part of the payment…”- (Ông nói rằng các bà nội trợ làm việc toàn thời gian nên được phép đóng thuế an sinh xã hội, cùng với chủ sử dụng lao động đóng góp vào một khoản trong đó). Chung quy lại,xuyên suốt từ đầu đến cuối bài lặp đi lặp lại ý những người phụ nữ làm việc nhà nên được trả công