UNIT 5: CULTURAL IDENTITY

LANGUAGE

( 60 )

I. VOCABULARY (60).

1. assimilate (v): đồng hóa
2. maintain (v): duy trì
3. national costumes: trang phục dân tộc
4. custom (n): phong tục, tập quán
5. cultural practices (n): các hoạt động VH
6. multicultural (adj): đa văn hóa
7. intergrate (v): hợp nhất
8. relate (v): liên quan
9. races (n): loài, chủng tộc
I. VOCABULARY (60).
1. Write the words or phrases given in the box next to their meanings.
1. national costumes
2. assimilate
3. custom
4. maintain
5. cultural practices
6. multicultural
2. Complete the sentences with the correct forms of the words in 1.
1. cultural practices
2. custom
3. national costumes
4. maintain
5. multicultural
6. assimilated
II. PRONUNCIATION (60): Assimilation
1. The following phrases are spoken in slow, careful speech and in fast, connected speech. Listen and repeat. Pay attention to the pronunciation of the underlined sounds.
1b- t  k
2b- d  g
3b- n  ŋ
4b- n  ŋ
5b- s  ʃ
6b- z  ʒ
2. Listen and repeat the following sentences spoken in fast, connected speech.

t  k /// t  k
d  g /// d  g
n  ŋ
s  ʃ /// s  ʃ
Z  ʒ
III. GRAMMAR (61).
The present perfect vs the present perfect continuous.
1. Put the verbs in brackets in the present perfect or present perfect continuous.
1. have cleaned
2. have been trying
3. has stood
4. has been working/ has planted
5. have gone
6. haven’t finished
REVISION
1.Look at the picture; give the correct
form of the words in brackets.
Mary Linda Helen
a. Mary is (tall) as Helen.
b. Mary and Helen, Who is (tall)?
c. Linda is (tall) girl in the picture.
 as tall as
 taller
 the tallest
REVISION
Compare the two things, using Comparative
Ex: Motorcycle is (expensive) than bicycle
more expensive
The airplane is (expensive)

the most expensive
REVISION
A. Positive degree- so sánh bằng/ k bằng:
- S1 + be/V + as + adj / adv + as + S2+ (be/do)
- S1+ be/V+ not+ as/so + adj / adv + as + S2 + (be/do)
B. Comparative degree – so sánh hơn:
- S1+ be/V+ short adj / adv + er + than+ S2+ (be/do)
- S1+ be/V+ more + long adj / adv + than+ S2+ (be/do)
- S1+ be/V+ less + adj / adv + than +S2+ (be/do)
C. Superlative degree- so sánh hơn nhất:
- S+ be/V+ the + short adj / adv + est + (N) +…..
- S + be/V+ the + most + long adj / adv +(N) +…
- S + be/V+ the least + adj / adv + (N) +….

COMPARISON
REVISION





Exceptions:

better

worse

Further/farther

Older/elder
Cách thêm ‘-er’ với short adj.

Cheap -> cheaper
-> the cheapest
Large -> larger
-> the largest
Thin -> thinner
-> the thinnest
Early -> earlier
-> the earliest

Clever -> more clever /
cleverer
-> the cleverest /
the most clever

( simple; narrow; quiet : có thể sử dụng -er/ more… như clever)

less

more
the best
the worst
the furthest/farthest
the oldest/eldest
the least
the most






good / well

bad / badly

Far

Old

Little / a little


Much / many
SITUATION 1
GRAMMAR
What will happen to Nam?
For breakfast
For lunch and dinner
Nam will get fat.
Nam is getting..............................(fat)
fatter and fatter.
The price of gold is becoming ................................(high)
Chart of the price of gold
higher and higher
SITUATION 2
SITUATION 3
Lan is ...............................(beautiful)
more and more beautiful
SITUATION 4
The price of traveling becomes / is becoming ................................................ (expensive)
2 years ago
Now
more and more expensive
DOUBLE COMPARISON
Comparative and comparative
(So sánh lũy tiến)
Form:
- Short adj/adv: S + be/V + adj/adv-er and adj/adv-er ….
- Long adj/adv: S + be/V + more and more + adj/adv ….


Exceptions:
+ good/well  better and better
+ bad/ badly  worse and worse
. Meaning: càng ngày càng ....,
mỗi lúc một ..... hơn.
- Nam is getting fatter and fatter.
- Lan is more and more beautiful.
Repeated comparatives ( so sanh kep).
2. Complete the following sentences with the correct forms of the words in brackets, using repeated comparatives.
1. better and better
2. higher and higher
3. more and more difficult
4. faster and faster
5. fewer and fewer
6. more and more
3. Use the given information to complete the sentences with repeated comparatives.
1. is becoming colder and colder
2. are becoming lower and lower
3. More and more people
4. was driving faster and faster
5. Fewer and fewer customers
Matching – pairworks.

1.His visit to New York seemed to get …………………(short)
because he was very busy at work.
2. Eating and traveling in this city is getting
…………………………………………………..…(expensive)

3. As the day went on, the weather got …………………..…(bad)
4. We had to stop the discussion because the question was

becoming…………............................(complicated)
5. Your English is OK now, your pronunciation has got
………………………………….. (good)
6. Little John is becoming………………………………………..…( active)
7. As it was getting dark, it was becoming to see everything…………………………………….............( difficult)
8. I feel happy as my birthday is coming........................(close)
shorter and shorter
more & more expensive
worse and worse
more and more complicated
better and better
more and more active
more and more difficult
closer and closer
SITUATION 1
...............................(big) the supermarket is,
................................(wide) the choice is.
The bigger
the wider
.........................................(comfortable) the hotel is,
..........................................(expensive) the rent is.
The more comfortable
the more expensive
SITUATION 2
DOUBLE COMPARISON
II.The + comparative, the + comparative
(So sánh đồng tiến)
Short adj/adv:
the adj/adv-er + S+ V, the adj/adv-er +S+V.
Long adj/adv:
the more+adj/adv +S+V, the more+adj/adv +S+V. Meaning: càng .... càng .....
The bigger the supermarket is, the wider
the choice is.
The more comfortable the hotel is, the more expensive the rent is.
NAM HAS…
MILK
2 LOAVES OF BREAD
MEAT
BEEF
CHICKEN
POTATO
PORK
What will happen to Nam?

.................... (much) Nam eats, ......................
(fat) he will become.
SITUATION 3
The more
the fatter

Notes: With clauses:

The more + S + V

 The more Nam eats, the fatter he will become.
The more we learn, the more we know