WARM-UP
List the ways we use to contact other people
Ways to contact
1. How often do you use the telephone in your family?
2. How long does it take you to finish the call?
3. Does the telephone cause any problems in your family?
Period:13
listening
Unit 3: Ways of socialising
This word means wonderful and miraculous
+ marvelous
(adj)
: kì diệu
/ˈmɑːrvələs/
They are having an argument.
+ argument
(n)
: sự tranh luận
/ˈɑːɡjumənt/
+ absolute
(adj)
: hoàn toàn
 /ˈæbsəluːt/
I. VOCABULARY
+ startling
(adj)
: giật mình
/`stɑ:tliɳ/
+ regulation
(n)
: nội qui, qui tắc
/,regju`leiʃn/
+ object
(v)
: phản đối
/əbˈdʒekt/
The telephone often causes arguments between members of the family.
2. A reasonable length of time for a call is the main problem.
3.Ten minutes is a reasonable length of time for a call.
4.Young people should not receive a call at dinner time.
5.Young people often call their friends at night.
6.You can’t call your friends at any time even when you have a separate telephone.
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F
II.Task 1: Listen to Linda Cupple’s talk and decide whether the statements are true ( T) or false (F).
may cause
Obvious problem
Tell friends to avoid calling at that hour
This mistake is made mostly by young people
III.Task 2: Listen to part of Ms Linda Cupple’s talk again and write the missing words.
Calling hours should be (1) upon. If your parents object to your leaving the dinner table to take calls, tell your friends (2) calling at that hour; if someone does phone, ask him to call back, or offer to call him when dinner ‘s over.
A serious calling problem is calling very late at night, or very early in the morning .This (3) mistake is made mostly by young people who consider 10 or 11 p.m., when a lot of tired (4) are happily sleep , the shank of the evening. So please tell your friends not to call after ten o’clock .The shock of (5) out of a sound sleep and the fright of that instant thought –”There’s an accident”- are enough to give your parents a (6) attack. Weekend morning calls aren’t so startling, but it’s the one time your parents sleep late.
If your mother and father , out of (7) , have installed a separate phone for you, remember that you’re still a member of family. So try (8) to your family’s regulations.
agreed
to avoid
particular
adults
waking
heart
kindness
to stick
Summarize Ms Linda Cupple’s talk.
WORK IN PAIRS
TOPIC
some pieces of advice on how to use the telephone in the family
Reasonable length of time for each call
Time for calling
Calling late at night/early in the morning
Calling at weekends
Should be worked out with parents
10 minutes: maximum
Should be agreed upon
Avoid calling at dinner time
Can’t call at any time
Can give parents a heart attack
Adults soundly sleep
Not so startling, but parents can sleep late
Home work
- Learn by heart the vocabulary
- Prepare for the next lesson: Do task 1 of part D – Writing, p.36