Unit 10: Communication
Period 78
Getting Started
My battery was flat.


- Where are Phuc and Nick?
- What are they talking about?
having a video conference (n);cuộc hội nghị video
emailing : gửi thư điện tử
video chatting : trò chuyện qua video
meeting face-to-face ( n): gặp mặt trực tiếp
using social media (n): sử dụng tryền thông xã hội
using telepathy: dùng thần giao cách cảm
sending letters (snail mail); gửi thư
* New words:
Phuc: Hi Nick. What happened today? We were waiting for ages and you never showed up!
Nick: Hi Phuc. Well I wanted to ask you the same question.
Phuc: Why? We planned to meet outside the cinema, didn’t we? We waited and then Mai decided to go in without you. She didn’t want to miss the start of Frozen you know. Did you oversleep or something?
Nick: No, I was there on time, and it was me who waited for you two.
Phuc: Are you kidding? We didn’t see you there. We tried to call you but couldn’t get through.
Nick: I couldn’t call you either. My battery was flat.
Phuc: Never mind. We can try again. How about this Sunday afternoon at 2.30 p.m.?There’s Superman 3.
Nick: Great ..., but I’ll be having my Vietnamese class then. Let’s go for the 4.15 p.m. show. I’ll need to take the bus to Nguyen Du Street and it’s quite far.
Phuc: But it’s not Galaxy Nguyen Du! We’ll be seeing it at Galaxy Nguyen Trai ... Wait ... Which cinema did you go to today?
Nick: Oh no, I went to Galaxy Nguyen Du. I wish my mobile phone had a better battery!
Act 1: Listen and read
a) Find words or phrases in the conversation that mean:
to wait for a very long time

2. to arrive

3. to succeed in talking to someone on the phone

4. “My battery had no electrical power left.”

5. “Are you making a joke?”

6. “Let’s do that again.”

wait for ages
show up
get through
“My battery was flat”
Are you kidding?
“We can try again”
b) Decide if the statements are true (T) or false (F).

1. Phuc, Mai and Nick wanted to see a film
today at Galaxy cinema.

2. Only Mai and Phuc watched the film.

3. Nick was asleep at home at that time.

4. Mai and Phuc could not reach Nick on the phone.

5. Nick went to the wrong Galaxy cinema.

6. Nick will not be able to go to the
cinema at 2.30 p.m. this Sunday because
he will be having a class.

Nick was waiting outside the wrong cinema.
Mai Phuc and Nick watched the film..
c) Why couldn’t Phuc, Mai, and Nick see the film together as was their plan? What was the problem? Was it only because of Nick’s mobile phone?

They couldn’t see the film together because Nick went to the wrong cinema. They didn’t communicate clearly the name and address of the cinema beforehand. Then they were not able to contact each other because the battery of Nick’s mobile phone was flat.

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using social media
emailing
Meeting face-to-face (F2F)
video chatting
having a video conference
using telepathy
sending letters
(snail mail)
Act 2: Match the words/ phrases with the photos about ways of communication. Then listen to check your answers.
Act 3: Fill the gaps with the correct form of the words/ phrases from the box in 2

1. ________________including Facebook, YouTube, etc. as a means of communication has become very popular among young people.
2. Our group has worked online the whole time! Now let’s ___________________
3. If you want to write to a friend in another country, ___________ is a faster and cheaper way than ______________________
4. _______________is a way to communicate instantly by thought.
5. In the future, maybe voice calls will disappear. We will use ______________to talk to and see a friend at the same time.
6. We should ________________________this week. Kate will be able to join us from Hong Kong, and perhaps Tim from England too.

Using social media
meet face-to-face
emailing
sending letters/ snail mail.
Using telepathy
video chatting
have a video conference
HOMEWORK:
- Learn vocabulary
- Redo exercises.
- Prepare “Closer look 1