WELCOME TO OUR CLASS
Do you think there is a real friendship between a boy and a girl?
What do your parents think of this kind of relationship? Do they approve or disapprove of it?
RELATIONSHIPS
Use words and phrases related to the topic: Relationships
Two grammar points: Linking verbs and Cleft sentences
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UNIT 2: RELATIONSHIPS














GETTING STARTED
I.Task 1: Listen and read
Look at the picture and guess:
1. What is the two people’ relationship ?
2. What are they talking about?
1. They are grandmother and granddaughter
2. The grandmother is telling her granddaughter to focus on schoolwork. While the granddaughter is thinking about romantic relationships
VOCABULARY
1. Strict /strɪkt/: - rule/ decipline
Sooner or later: arranged or usual time
Single-sex school: school has only boys or girls to study
Sympathy /ˈsɪmpəθi/(n) feel pity or sorrow for someone else’s misfortune. Or showing you care and understand someone.
Sympathetic (adj)
5. Spouse /spaʊs/ (n) relationship between husband and wife.
6. Concentrate + on /ˈkɒnsntreɪt/ = attention to sth
Task 2
Read the conversation and decide whether the statements are True (T) ,False(F) or not given( NG)
Nam is Mai’s classmate.
Mai and Nam are in a romantic relationship.

3. Mai’s grandmother thinks boys and girls can’t be real friends.

Mai’s grandmother didn’t have opposite-sex classmates.

Mai’s grandmother is not pleased because Mai does not study hard enough

6. Mai’s classmates are helpful and sympathetic ( All her classmates are very kind, caring and sympathetic.)
hetic.
T
F
NG
√
√
√
√
√
√
( They are just friends and he’s not her boyfriend.)

( She’s afraid there’s no real friendship between a boy and a girl
(one of her classmates)
When She was Mai’s age , They went to single –sex schools)
Task 3:Read the conservation again, and find the verbs that come before the words below.
Verbs
Adjectives
get
feel
are
sounds
1. get
2. feel
3. be
4. sounds

The verbs above is called:
linking verbs
Examples:
William is excited about his promotion.
The theater gets dark when the show is about to begin. 
Your plans for the wedding sound nice.
You look exhausted after studying all night.
Bob felt sleepy after eating the whole pizza.
Jumping into a pond could be dangerous.
Task 4: Read the conversation again, and find the sentences that have the structure “It is/ was…that…”
It wasNam that called you again.
It’s your studies that you should concentrate on.
Cleft sentences: “It is/ was…that…”

Complete the sentences with the verbs in the box. Use each verb once only. Make changes to the form, if necessary:
Anna’s boyfriend……………friendly. Where did she meet him?
I didn’t think it was you. Your voice………………………
strange on the phone.
When Tuan………………older, he’ll be mature enough to make the right decisions.
This coat………………very tight. Do you have a bigger size?
This perfume………………amazing. I’ll buy it for my mum’s birthday.
This curry …………………….delicious. Is it Thai or Indian?
looks
sounded/sounds
gets
feels
smells
tastes
Homework
Learn by heart the lesson.
-Prepare for the next lesson“U2-Language”
THANKS FOR YOUR ATTENTION