Michael Faraday
(1791-1867)
Sir Isaac Newton
1643-1727
Marie Curie
(1867-1934)
David Brown
(1969-2003)
Match the words in A with the information in B.
UNIT 3: PEOPLE’S BACKGROUND
D. WRITING
Writing about people’s background
David Brown
(1969-2003)
ACTIVITY 1
Read Mr. Brown’s C.V. (curriculum vitae - a form with details about somebody’s past education and jobs).
Name: David Brown Mr
Date of birth: 12/11/69
Place of birth: Boston
Education
School attended: Kensington High School
Exams pass: English, French, Mathematics
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Interests: Music and dancing

CÁCH VIẾT TIỂU SỬ
Ñeå vieát tieåu söû cuûa moät ngöôøi, ta coù theå vieát theo hai caùch sau:
1. Vieát theo daïng chuù thích:
Name: David Brown Mr
Date of birth: 12/11/69
Place of birth: Boston
Education
School attended: Kensington High School
Exams pass: English, French, Mathematics
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Interests: Music and dancing
CÁCH VIẾT TIỂU SỬ
Ñeå vieát tieåu söû cuûa moät ngöôøi, ta coù theå vieát theo hai caùch sau:
2. Vieát theo trình töï thôøi gian:
SEAN O’CASEY
1880 March 30th born in Dublin, Ireland, in a worker’s family. ..
1923 Wrote The Shadow of a Gunman.
1924 Wrote Juno and the Paycock.
1926 Wrote The Plough and the Stars.
1928 The Abbey Theatre rejected The Silver Tassie. Decided to leave Ireland for England.
1929-1954 Wrote many plays and six volumes of autobiography.
1964 September 18th, died at Torquay, England.

ACTIVITY 2
Now write a paragraph about Mr. Brown, using the cues below.
be born like go to … school
from … to work as travel agency pass exams in
A PARAGRAPH ABOUT MR. BROWN :
Mr. David Brown was born on November 12th, 1969 in Boston. He (went to) attended Kensington High School and passed exams in English, French and Mathematics. He worked (in a travel agency) as a tourist guide from June 1991 to December 1998 and then he (worked as) was a hotel telephonist from March 1999 to may 2002. He likes music and dancing.
David Brown
(1969-2003)
David Brown
(1969-2003)
ACTIVITY 3 
Ask your partner for the information about his/her parent and complete the form:

Name: ……………………………………..
Date of birth: ……………………………………..
Place of birth: ……………………………………..
Education
School attended: ……………………………………..
Exams pass: ……………………………………..
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Interests: ……………………………………..
EXAMPLE
Education: (Which school did you go to? When did you start study there? When did you graduate? When did you finish school?...)
Language: (How many languages can you speak? How much do you know English? Are you good at speaking English?...)
Hobbies: (What’s your hobby? What do you do in your free time?...)
Sports: (Do you play sports? What’s your favourite sport?...)
FOR EXAMPLE
Name: NGUYEN THI HANH
Date of birth: 1968
Place of birth: BUON HO
Education
School attended: KRONG BUK HIGH SCHOOL
Exams pass: Mathematics
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Interests: Cooking, listening to the radio
ACTIVITY 4
Write a paragraph about your partner’s parent. Then ask him/ her to read the paragraph and check whether the information is correct.

HOMEWORK
Write a paragraph about you. Then ask your classmates to read the paragraph and check whether the information is correct.