Listen and check (v) the words you hear.
G. Listen and check (ü) the form you hear. Then, listen again and repeat.
(Nghe và đánh dấu (✓) vào dạng thức bạn nghe được. Sau đó, nghe và nhắc lại.)
| Strong Form | Weak Form |
1. What are you doing? |
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2. What are you studying? |
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3. What are you playing? |
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4. What are you writing? |
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B. Read the questions. Then listen to two interviews and check (✓) the questions you hear. You will hear two questions in both interviews. One question is not asked in either.
(Đọc câu hỏi. Sau đó, nghe hai cuộc phỏng vấn và đánh dấu (✓) các câu hỏi bạn nghe được. Bạn sẽ nghe hai câu hỏi trong cả hai cuộc phỏng vấn. Có một câu hỏi sẽ không được hỏi trong cả hai lần.)
1 | 2 | |
1. Have you graduated from college? (Bạn đã tốt nghiệp đại học chưa?) | ||
2. Have you ever traveled abroad? (Bạn đã từng đi du lịch nước ngoài chưa?) | ||
3. What is the most interesting place you've visited? (Địa điểm thú vị nhất bạn đã đến thăm là gì?) | ||
4. Have you worked with customers? (Bạn đã làm việc với khách hàng chưa?) | ||
5. Have you worked as a tour guide? (Bạn đã từng làm hướng dẫn viên du lịch chưa?) | ||
6. Who is the most interesting person you have met? (Ai là người thú vị nhất mà bạn đã gặp?) | ||
7. Have you taken any English language exams? (Bạn đã từng thi kỳ thi tiếng Anh nào chưa?) | ||
8. Have you ever managed a group of people? (Bạn đã bao giờ quản lý một nhóm khách chưa?) | ||
9. Have you passed your driving test? (Bạn đã vượt qua bài kiểm tra lái xe chưa?) |
3. Listen to more jobs and skills. Find the words you hear in the text in exercise 1. Listen again and repeat the words.
(Lắng nghe nhiều công việc và kỹ năng hơn. Tìm những từ bạn nghe được trong văn bản ở bài tập 1. Nghe lại và lặp lại các từ.)
champion (n): nhà vô địch
expert (n): chuyên gia
genius (n): thiên tài
mathematician (n): nhà toán học
musician (n): nhạc sĩ
scientist (n): nhà khoa học
Read the magazine quiz and complete the table with the words in blue. Listen and check.
Hearing | Hearing | Smell | Taste | Touch |
sound |
1. You are in a restaurant and you ask the waiter to bring you the most unusual dish on the menu. When the dish arrives, what do you do first?
- Smell it.
- Feel it.
- Look at it closely.
- Ask someone about it.
- Taste it.
2. Which two of these things do you prefer?
- The taste of a delicious meal
- The sight of a beautiful sunset
- The smell of flowers in the summer
- The feel of a warm bed on a winter's night
- The sound of beautiful music
3. What do you think about books?
- I like to hold and smell them when they're new.
- I like the covers and photos.
- I really like recipe books. I can almost taste the food when I read them.
- I prefer audio books or listening to stories.
4. Choose the two conditions which you think are most difficult.
- Colour-blindness, when you can't see some colours.
- Tone-deafness, when you can't sing or play instruments very well because you don't have a 'good ear'.
- ‘Anosmia', when you can't smell anything or taste very little.
- Losing sensation in some of your toes or fingers.
5. Which two of these activities do you prefer to do to relax?
- Watch TV
- Have a warm drink
- Listen to music
- Exercise and then have a shower or a bath
Tham khảo
Hearing (thính giác) | Sight (thị giác) | Smell (khứu giác) | Taste (vị giác) | Touch (xúc giác) |
sound (âm thanh), listening (nghe), tone – deafness (điếc giai điệu), have a good ear (có tai thính), listen (nghe) | look (nhìn), clour–blindness (mù màu), see (thấy), watch (xem) | smell (ngửi) | taste (nếm) | feel (cảm giác), hold (cầm/ giữ), losing sensation (mất cảm giác) |
Mark the intonation in the question tags, using rising intonation or falling intonation. Then listen and check. Practise saying the conversations in pairs.
1. A: Sorry, I didn’t hear my alarm this morning.
B: So, you were late again, weren't you?
2. A: I couldn't watch the match last night. We won, didn’t we?
B: Yes, we did.
3. A: There are several ecosystems that can be found in Viet Nam.
B: Yes. Viet Nam is biologically diverse, isn't it?
4. A: We are running out of fossil fuels, aren't we?
B: Yes, we are. We should find more alternative sources of energy.
5. A: People should stop damaging the environment, shouldn't they?
B: Yes, I agree with you.
Read the fact file and complete the sentences with the words in the box. Then listen and check. Which fact is the most surprising to you?
seventeen £700 100 1993 every year hours minutes weeks |
Check your eco - intellect!
The earth provides everything we need, but how much do you think about it? Develop your eco - intellect by learning how your actions can affect the world we live in.
A. The UK produces more than 1 _________ million tonnes of rubbish 2 _________. On average, each person in the UK throws away their own weight in rubbish every seven 3 _________.
B. Plastic bags damage the environment and kill marine animals. They pollute our towns and cities. We use each plastic bag for an average of only twelve 4 _________.
C. Recycling one aluminium can saves enough energy to power a television for three 5_________. It takes six weeks to recycle your old drink can into parts of a plane, a car or a now can!
D. We must protect our world. We’re running out of natural resources and destroying rainforests. Twenty - four trees make one tonne of newspaper saves 6 _______ trees.
E. In some parts of the world, people can’t afford to buy food. In other parts, people buy more than they need. A typical UK family wastes approximately 7 _________ of food every year.
F. Having a shower instead of a bath reduces the amount of water we waste. A toilet made before 8 _________ uses 60% more water than toilets made since then.
1. 100
2. every years
3. weeks
4. minutes
5. hours
6. seventeen
7. £700
8. 1993.
Use the word school and the words in the box to make compound nouns. Listen and check. Which types of school can you see in the photos?
boarding school
boarding holidays home leavers mixied primary rules secondary single-sex uniform |
boarding school; school holidays; home school
school leavers; mixed school; primary school
school rules; secondary school; singer-sex school
school uniform
1. Check the meanings of the words in the box. What words can you match to photos 1-4? Listen and check.
(Kiểm tra nghĩa của các từ trong bảng từ. Bạn có thể ghép những từ nào với ảnh 1-4? Nghe và kiểm tra.)
sunny cold foggy windy icy snowy hot rainy cloudy stormy |
1. rainy, cloudy (mưa, nhiều mây)
2. hot, sunny (nóng, có nắng)
3. cold, snowy, icy (lạnh, có tuyết, có băng)
4. foggy, cloudy, cold (sương mù, nhiều mây, lạnh)
Study the words in blue in the quiz. Which are nouns and which are verbs? Write the noun and verb forms for each word. Listen and check.
director (n) direct (v)
director (n) - direct (v);
award (n) – award (v);
writer (n) - write (v);
actor (n) - act (v);
adaptation (n) - adapt (v);
winner (n) - win (v);
nomination (n) - nominate (v).
Read the dialogue and choose the correct words. Then listen and check.
Zoe: 1Have you been / Did you go anywhere exciting recently?
Sam: No, not recently. We 2have been / went to a water park last month though.
Zoe: Really? 3Did you enjoy / Have you enjoyed it?
Sam: Yes, it was awesome. What's the most amazing ride that you've ever tried?
Zoe: It was the roller coaster at Sun World Bà Nà Hill. 4Did you try / Have you tried it?
Sam: No, 5I've never been / I didn't go there.
1. Have you been
2. went
3. Did you enjoy
4. Have you tried
5. I’ve never been
1: Have you been
2: went
3: Did you enjoyed
4: Have you tried
5: I have never been