Unit 1: Home Life
A. READING
SON MY HIGH SCHOOL
August, 2021
BEFORE YOU READ
Look at the picture and answer the questions:
1. Where is the family?
2. What is each member of the family doing?
3. Is the family happy? Why (not) ?

PRE - READING
Where is the family?

=> Yes, it is. Because the family members are very close-knit
=> The family is at home.
=> The father is playing with the boy. The mother is helping the girl with her study.
2. What is each member of the family doing?
3. Is the family happy? Why (not)?
Before You Read
Vocabulary
1. work on a night shift (exp.) :
: làm việc ca đêm
Ex: My Dad sometimes works on a ………………... .
night shift
2. biologist (n)
: nhà sinh vật
Vocabulary
3. responsibility (n)
-> (to) take/assume the responsibility for… (exp.)

: trách nhiệm
-> be responsible for… (exp.)

: chịu trách nhiệm về…
4. household chores
= housework
= domestic chores
5. obedient (adj):
: ngoan ngoãn, vâng lời
: nghịch ngợm, láu lỉnh
6. give a hand (with…)
7. attempt (v/n):
8. be under pressure
= help (with…)

: nổ lực
-> attempt (v) + to V = in one’s attempt (n) + to V
: chịu áp lực
Ex: I`ve been …......…..so much pressure since we had twins.
under
9 . be willing to do st.
: sẵn lòng làm gì
Ex: She is always willing ……………her friends. HELP
to help
Vocabulary
>< mischievous (adj):
WHILE YOU READ
Read the passage and do the tasks that follow.

I come from a family of five people: my parents, my two younger brothers and I. My mother works as a nurse in a big hospital. She has to work long hours and once a week she has to work on a night shift. My father is a biologist. He works from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. in a lab, but sometimes when there is a project, he doesn’t come home until very late at night. Although my parents are very busy at work, they try to spend as much time with their children as possible. It is generally believed that “men build the house and women make it home”, but in my family, both parents join hands to give us a nice house and a happy home.
My mother is a very caring woman. She takes the responsibility for running the household. She is always the first one to get up in the morning to make sure that we leave home for school having eaten breakfast and dressed in suitable clothes. In the afternoon, after hospital, she rushes to the market, then hurries home so that dinner is ready on the table by the time Dad gets home. Dad is always willing to give a hand with cleaning the house. Unlike most men, he enjoys cooking. Sometimes, at weekends, he cooks us some special dishes. His eel soup is the best soup I have ever eaten.
I am now in my final year at the secondary school, and in my attempt to win a place at university, I am under a lot of study pressure. However, being the eldest child and the only daughter in the family I try to help with the household chores. My main responsibility is to wash the dishes and take out the garbage. I also look after the boys, who are quite active and mischievous sometimes, but most of the time they are obedient and hard-working. They love joining my father in mending things around the house at weekends.
We are a very close-knit family and very supportive of one another. We often share our feelings, and whenever problems come up, we discuss them frankly and find solutions quickly. We always feel safe and secure in our family. It is a base from which we can go into the world with confidence.
1. He doesn’t come home until very late last night.
A. He never comes home late last night.
B. He comes home late at night.
C. He sometimes comes home late last night.
TASK 1
Choose the sentence A, B or C that is
nearest in meaning to the sentence given:
2. “ Men build the house and women make it home”
A. Both men and women are good at building houses.
B. Men and women have to live separately.
C. Men’s responsibility is to work and
support the family and women’s job is to look after the family.



3. Our parents join hands to give us a nice house and a happy home .
A. Our parents work together to give us a nice house and a happy home.
B. Our parents take each other’s hand when they give us a nice house and a happy home.
C. Our parents shake hands when they give us a nice house and a happy home.

4. The boys are mischievous sometimes.
A. The boys are well - behaved sometimes
B. The boys enjoy playing tricks and annoying people sometimes.
C. The boys miss their parents sometimes

5. We are very close – knit family.
A. Members of our family have very close relationship with each other.
B. Members of our family need each other
C. Members of our family are never close to each other.

TASK 2
Read the passage carefully
then decide who do the following activities
by writing corresponding letter:
Read the passage carefully then decide who do the following activities by writing corresponding letter:
Attempt to win a place at university.
Rush to the market.
Join hands to give a nice house and a happy home
Discuss and find the solutions.
Wash the dishes and take out the garbage.
Clean the house.
Work as a nurse.
Share feelings.
Help mother with the household chores.
Run the household.
Be a biologist.
Join in mending things.
Cook some special dishes.
TASK 2
B
F
G
J
K
M
C
A
E
I
L
H
L
D
Attempt to win a place at university.
Rush to the market.
Join hands to give a nice house and a happy home
Discuss and find the solutions.
Wash the dishes and take out the garbage.
Clean the house.
Work as a nurse.
Share feelings.
Help mother with the household chores.
Run the household.
Be a biologist.
Join in mending things.
Cook some special dishes.
Answer the questions:
1. How busy are the parents in the passage?
2. How caring is the mother?
3. How do the father and the daughter share the household chores?
4. What is the daughter attempting to do after secondary school?
5. Why do the children feel they are safe and secure in their family?
TASK 3
1. How busy are the parents in the passage?


They are very busy. They have to work long hours and work at night sometimes.
2. How caring is the mother?


She is always the first one to get up in the morning to make sure that her children leave home for school having eaten breakfast and dress in suitable clothes. After work, she hurries home so that dinner is ready by the dad gets home.
3. How do the father and the daughter share the household chores?
The father gives a hand with cleaning the house and sometimes cooks some special dishes. The daughter does household chores: washing the dishes, taking out the garbage and looking after the boys.
4. What is the daughter attempting to do after secondary school?

She is attempting to win a place at university.
5. Why do the children feel they are safe and secure in their family?
Because their members family are very close-knit and supportive of one another. They often share their feelings and whenever problems come up, they discuss them frankly and find solutions quickly.
AFTER YOU READ
Compare the family described in the text with your own family:
How many people are there in your family?

2. What does each member of your family do?

3. How does each member of your family share the household chores?
HOMEWORK
Write a short paragraph ( 100 - 120 words) about your family.
Copy the lesson into your notebooks.
Learn all the new words by heart.
- Prepare for Lesson 2 : Speaking
HOMEWORK
I. Multiple choice:
Does your father -------------a hand with cleaning the house ?
A. work B. give C. try D. take
2. She has been very------------during my illness.
A. supporting B. support C. supportive D. supported
3. My mother takes the-------------for running the household.
A. task B. duty C. responsibility D. ability
4. Every member of a family should share--------with each other.
household chores B. family works
C. domestic jobs D. internal affairs
5. In my family, both my parents join ___ to give us a nice house and a happy house.
A. hand B. a hand C. hands D. their hands
6. My responsibility is to wash the dishes and ___ the garbage.
A. take up B. get out C. get up D. take out
7. He was looking at his parents _____, waiting for recommendations.
A. obey B. obedience C. obedient D. obediently
8. Some candidates failed the oral examination because they didn`t have enough _____
A. confide B. confident C. confidence D. confidential
9. A scientist who studies living things is a ______.
A. biology B. biologically C. biologist D. biological
10. My dad is a _____ person, always attentive to every family member.
A. caring B. careful C. careless D. carefree



II. Reading: Choose the best answer
The United States has many different types of families. While most American families are traditional, (1)_______ a father, a mother and one or more children, 22 percent of all American families in 1998 were headed by one parent, usually a woman. In a few families in the United States, there are no children. These (2) _______ couples may believe that they would not make good parents; they may want freedom from responsibilities of childbearing; or, perhaps they (3)_______ physically able to have children. Other families in the United States have one adult (4)_______ a stepparent. A stepmother or stepfather is a person who joins a family by marrying a father or a mother.
Americans tolerate and accept these different types of families. In the United States people have right to privacy and Americans do not believe in telling other Americans what type of family group they must belong to. They respect each other’s choices regarding family groups. Families are very important (5)______ Americans.
1. A. consist of B. consisting of C. consisting D. including of
2. A. childish B. childlike C. childless D. childhood
3. A. are not B. can’t C. couldn’t D. weren’t
4. A. who is B. is C. which is D. which has
5. A. for B. of C. in D. to