Look at the photo and the title of the article below. What is the man's hobby, do you think?
Look at the photo and the title of the article below. What is the man's hobby, do you think?
Read the article and check your ideas. Do you collect anything? If so, what?
He’s lovin’ it
Mike Fountaine has the world's largest collection of McDonald's memorabilia. The sixty-year-old McDonald's employee has spent almost fifty years collecting everything to do with the fast-food restaurant. He has already filled nine rooms of his house with 75,000 objects, including toys, badges, cups and uniforms! Mike has been at McDonald's since 1968. His first job was cooking Big Macs. A year later he began collecting badges, and he hasn't stopped since! A few years ago, Mike opened his own McDonald's restaurant. He has decorated it with memorabilia. 'People say it's the most beautiful McDonald's restaurant they've ever seen,' says Mike proudly.
Thảo luận (1)Hướng dẫn giải- What is the man's hobby?
(Sở thích của đàn ông là gì?)
His hobby is collecting McDonald's memorabilia including toys, badges, cups and uniforms.
(Sở thích của anh ấy là sưu tập những kỷ vật của McDonald's bao gồm đồ chơi, huy hiệu, cốc và đồng phục.)
- Do you collect anything? If so, what?
(Bạn có sưu tập bất cứ điều gì không? Nếu có, đó là gì?)
I'm not a big fan of collecting things. However, when I was in secondary school I used to collect comics such as Doraemon, Conan…
(Tôi không phải là một fan hâm mộ lớn của việc thu thập mọi thứ. Tuy nhiên, khi còn học cấp hai, tôi đã từng sưu tập một số truyện tranh như Doraemon, Conan…)
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Find all the examples of the past simple and the present perfect in the article. Complete the rules in the Learn this! box below with present perfect or past simple. Then underline an example of each rule in the article.
LEARN THIS! Present perfect and past simple
a. We use 1___________ to talk about a specific occasion in the past.
b. We use 2___________ to talk about a specific period of time that is still continuing.
c. We use 3___________ to say how long a situation has existed, often with for, since, or how long.
d. We use 4___________to talk about an event that has a strong connection with the present, often with just, already, or yet.
e. We use 5___________to talk about an experience at an unspecified time in the past, often with ever or never.
Thảo luận (1)Hướng dẫn giảia. past simple
b. present perfect
c. present perfect
d. present perfect
e. present perfect
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Complete the lists with the orange time phrases from the article. Which tense is used with 'finished' time phrases and which with 'unfinished' time phrases?
1. Time phrases with the past simple: yesterday....
2. Time phrases with the present perfect: already....
Thảo luận (1)Hướng dẫn giải1. Time phrases with the past simple: yesterday, a year later, a few years ago
(Cụm từ thời gian với quá khứ đơn: hôm qua, một năm sau, cách đây một vài năm....)
2. Time phrases with the present perfect: already, since, almost fifty years
(Cụm từ thời gian với hiện tại hoàn thành: đã, kể từ khi, gần 50 năm....)
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Complete the article above with the present perfect or past simple form of the verbs in brackets.
Barbie boy
Jian Yang is in his thirties and collects dolls. So far, he 1___________ (spend) twenty years and over £250,000 on his collection, which includes 6,000 Barbie dolls. The young
man from Singapore 2___________(start) collecting Barbie dolls when he 3___________ (be) just thirteen. The first doll he 4___________ (buy) was the 'Great Shape' model in a gym outfit and leg warmers. Jian buys dolls when he travels for work and 5___________ (purchase) 65 dolls on his last trip to New York. A while ago, a girlfriend 6___________ (walk out) on him because of his hobby. Apparently, she 7___________ (feel) threatened by his collection. Jian 8___________(find) that worrying, but now he accepts it.
Thảo luận (1)Hướng dẫn giải1. has spent
2. started
3. was
4. bought
5. purchased
6. walked out
7. felt
8. found
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Read the Look out! box. Complete the example with the correct tense of the verb go. (Remember that go has two past participles.)
LOOK OUT!
We often use the present perfect to ask or talk about an experience and then the past simple to give specific information about it.
‘1___________you ___________to London?’ ‘Yes, I 2___________there two years ago.’
Thảo luận (1)Hướng dẫn giảiLOOK OUT!
We often use the present perfect to ask or talk about an experience and then the past simple to give specific information about it.
(Chúng ta thường dùng thì hiện tại hoàn thành để hỏi hoặc nói về một trải nghiệm và sau đó dùng thì quá khứ đơn để cung cấp thông tin cụ thể về trải nghiệm đó.)
‘1Have you gone to London?’ ‘Yes, I 2 went there two years ago.’
(Bạn đã đến London chưa? Rồi, tôi đã đến đó hai năm trước.')
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SPEAKING Work in pairs. Ask and answer about the experiences below. Give more details using the past simple.
- go abroad
- go ice skating
- do martial arts
- speak English in a dream
- break a bone
- ride a horse
- find any money
Thảo luận (1)Hướng dẫn giảiA: Have you ever been abroad?
(Bạn đã bao giờ đi ra nước ngoài chưa?)
B: Yes, have been to Thailand before. I went there with my family when I was six years old. We stayed in Thailand for about one week.
(Vâng, tôi đã từng đến Thái Lan trước đây. Tôi đến đó với gia đình khi tôi sáu tuổi. Chúng tôi ở lại Thái Lan khoảng một tuần.)
A: Amazing! Have you ever done martial arts before?
(Thật ngạc nhiên! Bạn đã từng tập võ bao giờ chưa?)
B: Yes, I used to take a Karate course in a center near my house. I practiced three times a week from 7.00 p.m. To 8.30 p.m. Although it was very tiring, it helped me improve myself a lot.
(Có chứ, tôi đã từng tham gia một khóa học Karate tại một trung tâm ở gần nhà tôi. Tôi tập ba lần một tuần từ 7 giờ tối đến 8h30 tối. Dù rất mệt mỏi nhưng nó đã giúp tôi cải thiện bản thân rất nhiều.)
A: Really? I have something to tell you. Last weekend I went to the zoo with my family, and I had a chance to ride a horse. Have you ever ridden a horse before?
(Thật sao? Tôi có chuyện muốn nói với bạn. Cuối tuần trước tôi đã đi đến sở thú với gia đình của tôi, và tôi đã có cơ hội cưỡi ngựa. Bạn đã từng cưỡi ngựa bao giờ chưa?)
B: No, I have never tried it before.
(Chưa, tôi chưa bao giờ thử nó trước đây.)
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