Unit 4: Learning a foreign language
(Section: Speak - Listen)
3. Speak:
* New words:
scholarship (n): hoïc boång
abroad (adv): ôû nöôùc ngoaøi
persuade (v): thuyeát phuïc
dormitory (n): kí tuùc xaù
on campus (adv) : trong khuoân vieân tröôøng
reputation (n): danh tieáng
native speaker (n): ngöôøi baûn xöù
Western culture (n): vaên hoùa phöông Taây
approximately (adv): khoaûng, gaàn
award (v): thưởng
* Suggestions (Câu đề nghị):
- I think we should + V...
- What do you think about + N/ V-ing..?
- Why don’t we + V…?
- We should +V…
- Let’s +V...
- If we go to..., we can +V...
* I agree.. / I disagree because…
- What/ How about + V-ing...?
- I suggest + V-ing...
You are Thu, Tam and Kim, and you are awarded a scholarship of US$2,000 to attend an English language summer course abroad. Try to persuade your partner to attend the school you would like to go to.
You can
The
The course lasts
It costs about
live in a dormitory on campus.
school has excellent reputation.
6 weeks.
US$2,000.
You can
You can have
The course lasts
It costs about
stay with Vietnamese friends.
experience Western culture.
7 weeks.
US$1,700.
You can
It`s
The course lasts
It costs about
stay with an Australian family.
quite close to Viet Nam and it has beautiful scenery.
7 weeks.
US$1,200.
4. Listen:
* New words:
international (adj): quốc tế, thuộc về quốc tế
national (adj): thuộc về quốc gia
improve (v): cải thiện
skill (n): kỹ năng
terrible (adj): kinh khủng, khủng khiếp
b. She learned English at school and university.
c. She works for a national bank in Hanoi.
d. She needs to improve her writing.
e. Her listening is excellent.
f. She hopes she can talk to people from all over the world, and understand her favorite English songs.
a. Nga’s studying English for her work.
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 an international
 terrible.
Exercise : Fill in each blank with the most suitable word.
“ Nga is studying English in London. She works for an.........................(1) bank in Ha Noi. She wants to...................(2) her writing skill. Sometimes she has to write letters in English. Her ....................(3) is not good. People talk very quickly so she can’t.........................(4) them. She likes studying English and she hopes to talk to people from all over the world and understand her favorite ...................(5) songs.”
international
improve
listening
understand
English
GOODBYE
See you later
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