Unit 2
PERSONAL EXPERIENCES
A. Excited B. frightened C. Happy D. Embarrassed
E. Disappointed F. Angry G. surprised
MATCHING
1A. EXCITED
2F. ANGRY
3E. DISAPPOINTED
4D. EMBARRASSED
5B. FRIGHTENED
6C. HAPPY
7G. SURPRISED
Unit 2
PERSONAL EXPERIENCES
LESSON 1: READING
Wednesday October,6th 2021
I. BEFORE YOU READ
1. Vocabulary
embarrass (v):
embarrassing (adj):
embarrassed (adj):
Làm lúng túng, làm ngượng ngùng
lúng túng, ngượng ngùng
 A floppy hat (n):
Nón chất liệu mềm mại
 Fuss (n):
make a fuss :
Sự ồn ào
Làm ầm ĩ
a note (n):
E.g.: a 5-dollar note
a wad of dollar notes:
Tờ tiền giấy
Một nắm/Một xấp tiền đô la
glance at (v)
E.g.: He’s glancing at his watch.
 Sneaky (adj):
E.g: He took a sneaky look at her test.
Liếc nhanh
Lén lút
a sneaky look:
Một cái nhìn lén lút
 thief (v)
Kẻ trộm
 Imagine (v):
Tưởng tượng
 Point to (v) :
Chỉ vào
Vocabulary
embarrass (v): Làm lúng túng, làm ngượng ngùng
embarrassed (adj): lúng túng, ngượng ngùng
embarrassing(adj): lúng túng, ngượng ngùng
fuss (n): Sự ồn ào
make a fuss: Làm ầm ĩ
sneaky (adj):Lén lút
 a sneaky look: Một cái nhìn lén lút
glance at (v): Liếc nhanh
note (n): Tờ tiền giấy
 a wad of dollar notes: Một nắm/Một xấp tiền đô la
experience (n): kinh nghiệm, trải nghiệm
 personal experience: kinh nghiệm cá nhân
a floppy hat: nón chất liệu mềm mại
thief (n): kẻ trộm
imagine (v): tưởng tượng
Point to (v): chỉ vào
I. BEFORE YOU READ
1. Vocabulary
2. Guess what is happening in each picture
II. WHILE YOU READ
TASK 2/p 24: Listen and put the pictures of the events in the order they happened in the story.
Keys: d-b-f-e-a-c
II. WHILE YOU READ
TASK 1/p 24: Gap-filling
1. The girl was so shy that she didn`t look at him in the face. She just ______________at him and looked away.
2. She complains noisily about anything she doesn’t like. She is the type of person who is always ________________.
3. She was in a very ________________ situation. She felt so stupid and didn’t know what to say.
4. Teenagers nowadays often have their own ____________ who they really love and imitate in different ways.
5. I don`t like the look of that man. There is something ___________ about him.
making a fuss              sneaky             glanced            embarrassing              idols
glanced
making a fuss
embarrasing
idols
sneaky
Unit 2
PERSONAL EXPERIENCES
LESSON 2: SPEAKING
Activity 1: Match the things in box A with how the experience effected you in box B
Speaking English to a native English speaker makes you more interested in learning English.
Being seriously ill makes you appreciate your health more.
Traveling to other parts of the country makes you love your country more.
Failing an exam teaches you a lesson and makes you study harder.
Talking to a famous pop star changes your attitude to pop star.

Activity 1: Match the things in box A with how the experience effected you in box B
native (adj): bản xứ
native speaker (n): người bản xứ
ill (adj): bị bệnh
appreciate (v): đánh giá cao, trân trọng
attitude (n): thái độ
Make + O + Vo/Adj: khiến ai đó …..
It makes you love your country
It makes you happy

Vocabulary
Activity 1: A student talking to her friend about one of her past experiences. And how it affected her. The lines in their conversation are jumbled. Put them in the correct order, then practice the dialogue
A native speaker
1. B: Have you ever spoken English to a native speaker?
2. D: Yes, I talked to an English girl last summer.
3. H: How did you meet her?
4. A: I was walking along Trang Tien Street when an English girl came up to me and asked me the way to Hoan Kiem Lake. I told her, then we started talking about the lake.
5. E: What did you talk about?
6. G: Everything about the lake: its name, the great turtles in it, etc……...
7. C: How did the experience affect you?
8. F: Well, it made me more interested in learning English.
Useful structures:
Have you ever…………?
How did it happen?
When did it happen?
How did the experience affect you?
Activity: Dialogue Building (Example 1)
2. A: Have you ever travelled to other parts of the country?
B: Yes, I did last summer.
A: Where did you travel?
B: I travelled to Ha Long Bay.
A: How did you travel?
B: Well, by coach.
A: How did the experience affect you?
B: It made me love my country more.
Unit 2: Personal experiences - Lesson 2: Speaking
Activity: Dialogue Building (Example 2)
A: Have you ever failed an exam?
B: Yes, I did once.
A: What exam did you fail?
B: I failed in an entrance exam to high school.
A: Why did you fail the exam?
B: Well, I didn’t study very well for it.
A: How did the experience affect you?
B: It taught me the lesson and made me work harder.
Unit 2: Personal experiences - Lesson 2: Speaking
Unit 2
PERSONAL EXPERIENCES
LESSON 3: LISTENING
BEFORE LISTENING
A fire is burning a house.
A mother and her daughter are trying to run out of the house.
Firemen are putting out the fire.
NEW WORDS
1. Memorable (adj)
2. Terrified (adj)
3. Scream (v)
4. Replace (v)
5. Gas stove (n)
6. Escape (v)
7. Protect (v)
WHILE LISTENING
Task 1. Christina is being interviewed about the most unforgettable experience in her life. Listen to the interview, and then decide whether the statements are true (T) or false (F).

1. Christina is a businesswoman.
  2. The fire happened three years ago.


  3. The fire started in the bedroom.


  4. When the fire started, Christina was reading a book.
  5. Her mother came and rescued her.


Decide True (T) or False (F)
T
F
F
F
T
Task 2. Listen to the second part of the dialogue and fill in the gaps in the summary of Christina`s story below.
Although I lost many things in the fire, the experience helped me to grow up. Before the fire, I was selfish. I always complained to my mother about how (1)………….my room was or how few clothes I had. Then the fire came and destroyed (2)……………..we owned. But slowly I began to realize that I didn’t really need those things. I just needed my (3)……....... After all, you can get new clothes any time, but a family can never be (4)…………. The fire (5)………many things from me, but it gave me something, too. It taught me to (6) ……..………my family more than things.

small
everything
family
replaced
took
appreciate
AFTER LISTENING
Discuss. Christina says that family is more important than things. Do you agree with her? Why? Exchange your ideas with a partner.

Family is more important than things because it can’t be replaced. It gives you mutual love, support and sincere understanding. It brings the individual place and happiness.
Nothing is more precious than the sweet moments when every member of the family finds themselves among their dear ones, taking a good meal and getting through a peaceful night.
TAPESCRIPT

Interviewer: This is Radio 3. In our “Unforgettable Experiences program”. Tonight we talk to Christina, a successful businesswoman. Hello, Christina, welcome to our program.
Christina: Hello and thank  you! It`s nice being with you tonight.
Interviewer: Christina, could you tell our audience about the most memorable experience in your life?
Christina: Well, my most unforgettable experience happened thirteen years ago, when my house burned down.
Interviewer: Really? How did it happen?




Christina: The fire started in the kitchen where I forgot to turn off the gas stove.
Interviewer: What were you doing at that time?
Christina: I was sleeping when I was suddenly woken up by terrible heat. I opened my eyes to find myself surrounded by walls of fire.
Interviewer: That`s terrible! How did you escape?
Christina: I was terrified. Then I heard my mother`s voice calling my name. I rushed to her. She carried me out. Luckily, I got away without even a minor burn.
Interviewer: Not many people are so lucky. Did the fire affect you in any way?


Christina: Oh, yes. Yes, very much, in fact. Although I lost many things in the fire, the experience helped me to grow up.
Interviewer: What do you mean?
Christina: Well, before the fire I was selfish. 1 always complained to my mother about how small my room was, or how few clothes I had. Then the fire came and destroyed everything we owned. But I slowly began to realize that I didn`t really need all my old things. I just needed my family. After all, you can get new clothes anytime, but a family can never be replaced.
Interviewer: I see, so the fire took many things from you, but it gave you something, too.
Christina: Exactly, it taught me to appreciate my family more than things.




SEE YOU AGAIN
Unit 2
PERSONAL EXPERIENCES
LESSON 4: WRITING
Thursday October,7th 2021
Dear Mary,
I`m fine. And you? I`m very glad writing letter to you. I will tell you about one of my most memorable past experiences. Last month, my mother told me to bring a raincoat before I went to school but I did not obey. When I went home, suddenly it rained. It rained more and more heavily. I decided to go home in rain without raincoat. That night, I`m seriously ill. I was pity when seeing my parents looked after me and worry about me.
I hope you won`t do it as me. I look forward to hearing from you soon.
Your friend,
Mai
Writing a personal letter about a past experience. 
Unit 2
PERSONAL EXPERIENCES
LESSON 5: LANGUAGE FOCUS
Friday October,9th 2021
I. PRONUNCIATION
Good morning. I want an apartment in central London.
We have an inexpensive apartment in Northern Avenue.
I remember meeting him on a nice summer afternoon.
Mr. King is singing next door.
He’s holding a string in his fingers.
He loves spending his holidays in his small summer house.
PRONUNCIATION
GRAMMAR
The Present Tense indicating past time:

2) The Past Simple Tense:

3) The Past Progressive Tense:

4) The Past Perfect Tense:

Tense Revision
1. The present simple tense
II. GRAMMAR
verb:
(+) S + V1/Vs/es + …

(-) S + do/does + not + Vo…

(?) Do/does+ S+ Vo …?
to be:
(+) S + is/am/are + …

(-) S + is/am/are + not + …

(?) Is/Am/Are + S+ …?
Form:
2. The present continuous tense
Form:
(+) S + is/am/are + V-ing…
(-) S + is/am/are + not + V-ing …
(?) Is/Am/Are + S+ V-ing …?
3. The present perfect tense
Form:

(+) S + have/has + V3/ed
(-) S + have/has not + V3/ed (haven’t /hasn’t)
(?) Have/Has + S+ V3/ed …?
Exercise 1: Story Completion
The story is about a girl called Little Red Riding Hood who (0. live) lives with her mother. Little Red Riding Hood’s grandmother (1. invite) __________ her to her cottage, so one fine day she (2. set) ______ off to visit her. The little girl (3. get) ______ready, (4. wave) _______ goodbye to her mother and (5. promise) _________to be careful. On her arm she (6. carry) _______a basket which (7. contain) ________a cake her mother (8.bake) __________specially. It (9. be) ___a lovely spring morning, the sun (10. shine) _________and birds (11. sing)__________, happy that the winter (12. be) ___over.
invites
sets
gets
waves
promises
carries
contains
has baked
is
is shining
are singing
is
4. The past simple tense
Form:
verb:
(+) S + V2/ed
(-) S + didn’t + V1…
(didn’t = did not)
(?) Did + S+ V1 …?
to be:
(+) S + was/were
(-) S + wasn’t/weren’t
(wasn’t = was not )
(?) Was/Were + S+ …?
5. The past continuous tense
(+) S + was/were + V-ing…
(-) S + was/were + not + V-ing …
(?) Was/Were + S+ V-ing …?
6. The past perfect tense
Form:

(+) S + had + V3/ed
(-) S + had not + V3/ed (hadn’t)
(?) Had + S+ V3/ed …?
When/While
When + S + V2/ed,


While + S + was/were + V-ing
S + V2/ed
S + was/were + V-ing
S + V2/ed
S + was/were + V-ing
Ex: When I got up this morning, it___________(rain) heavily.
was raining
Ex: While my dad was brushing teeth, my mum ___________(cook).
was cooking
Before/After/By the time/When
Before/By the time/When: cùng công thức
3. Before + S + V2/ed, S + had V3/ed
4. After + had V3/ed, S + V2/ed
Ex: Before he went to Vietnam, he ____________ (live) in Laos
After she ____________ (explain) everything clearly, we started our work.

had lived
had explained
Exercise
1. When I (walk) _____________ to work, I saw him.
2. By the time I arrived at the station, the train (already leave)_________
3. When he (drive) _____________ to work, he had an accident.
4. Before she went to the cinema, she (buy) ____________ the ticket.
5. By the time you came back, we (clean) ____________ your room.
6. When she (read) _________ books, the phone rang
7. When I went home, my parents (watch) __________ T.V in the sitting room.
8. While the woman  was getting off the bus, she ________(fall down).
9. After Lan ____________ (eat) the cake, Lan began to feel sick.


Exercise 2: Sentence Completion
He ________his arm when he ____________football. (break, play)
Julia _______her first novel when she _____19 years old (write, be)
I ____________on the computer when the fire ______ out (work, break)
When it ________to rain, they ___________through the forest (start, walk)
broke
was playing
wrote
was
was working
broke
started
were walking
5) He _____us about his marriage when we ____________ afternoon tea (tell, have)
6) Sorry, I ___________ to you. I ______________about something else. (not listen)
7) I _______you last night, but you ____________. What ______you _______? (phone, not answer, do)
8) Mary ________________her glasses at the time, so she _______________what kind of car the man ______________(not wear, not notice, drive)
told
was having
didn’t listen
was thinking
phoned
were
doing
wasn’t wearing
didn’t notice
didn’t answer
was driving
Exercise 2: Sentence Completion
Exercise 3: Sentence Writing
1) They (eat) everything by the time I (arrive) at the party.
____________________________________
2) When I (find) my purse, someone (take) the money out of it.
____________________________________
3) By the time I (get) into town, the shops (close).
____________________________________
had eaten
arrived
found
had taken
got
had closed
4) When they (get) to the station, the train (leave).
____________________________________
5) By the time you (get) her letter, she (arrive) in Paris.
____________________________________
6) The police (pay) no attention to Clare’s complaint because she (phone) them so many times before.
____________________________________
got
had left
got
had arrived
paid
had phoned
Exercise 3: Sentence Writing
7) I (go) to the post office to ask about my package, but they (say) that it (not arrive) yet.
___________________________________
8) When I (look) at the new dress for half an hour, I (ask) how much it (cost).
___________________________________
went
said
hadn’t arrived
had looked
asked
cost
Exercise 3: Sentence Writing