NGO QUYEN HIGHSCHOOL

Septemper, 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

1. Where is the family?
The family is at home.
2. What is each member of the family doing?
The father is playing with the boy. The mother is
helping the girl with her study.
3. Is the family happy? Why (not) ?
Yes, it is. Because the family members are very
close-knit.

NEW WORDS
1. (to) work on a night shift: làm việc theo ca
2. (to) work as + nghề nghiệp: làm nghề gì
3. (a) biologist : nhà sinh vật học
4. responsibility (n) : trách nhiệm
→ (to) take the responsibility for: đảm nhiệm công việc gì
5. (to) give a hand with = (to) help: giúp đỡ
6. attempt (n/v): cố gắng, nỗ lực
7. (to) be under pressure: chịu áp lực
8. household chores (n) = domestic chores: việc nhà
9. (to) take out the garbage : đổ rác
10. (to) be willing to : sẵn lòng

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.

TASK 1
Choose the sentence A, B or C that is
nearest in meaning to the sentence given:
1. He doesn't come home until very late at
night.
A. He never comes home late last night.
B. He comes home late at night.
C. He sometimes comes home late last night.

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.

1.B until (conj): cho đến khi
2.C “ Men build the house and women
make it home”
( Đàn ông xây nhà, đàn bà xây tổ ấm)
3. A join hands (v): chung tay
4. B mischievous (adj): tinh nghịch

POSSIBLE
ANSWERS

5. A close – knit (adj.) : khăng khít

TASK 2
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?

POSSIBLE ANSWERS:

1. How busy are the parents in the passage?
They are very busy. They have to work long hours and
work at night sometimes.
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.

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.
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.

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.

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.
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

4. What is the daughter attempting to do after
secondary school?
She is attempting to win a place at university.
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.

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.
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.

Compare the family described in the text with your own
family:
1. How many people are there in your family?
2. What does each member of your family do?
3. Who usually does 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.
- do the exercises in your exercise books.
- prepare Lesson 1 once more for specific
details.

EXERCISE 1
1.The text is mainly about ………
A. my mother B. my father C. my two brothers
D. my home life
2. How often does the mother have to work on
a night shift?
A. one day a week
B. two days a week
C. three days a week
D. seven days a week
3. The phrase “give a hand with” in the
passage could be best replaced by ….
A. help B. prepare C. be busy D. attempt

4. The word “ rushes” in line 14 is closest in
meaning to ….
A. comes into
B. goes leisurely
C. goes quickly
D. drops by
5. Which is not true about the writer?
A. She is now in grade 12 and under a lot of study
pressure.
B. She dislikes helping with the household chores.
C. She takes the responsibility for washing the dishes,
taking out the garbage and looking after her two
younger brothers.
D. She is attempting to win a place at a university.

6. What is the meaning of “come up” in line 28?
A. happen B. encounter C. arrive D. clean
7.What is not the father's responsibility?
A. cleaning the house
B. cooking
C. mending things
D. running the household
8. The author refers to “Men build the house and
women make it home” to indicate that …
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.
D. Men go out to work and women have to stay at home.

9. Which of the following is closest in meaning to
the word “ mischievous”?
A. The boys are well-behaved sometimes.
B. The boys enjoy playing tricks and annoying people
sometimes.
C. The boys miss their parents sometimes.
D. The boys love joining my father in mending things
sometimes.
10. The word “who” in paragraph 3 refers to…
A. the father B. the mother C. the writer D. the boys

EXERCISE 2
Multiple choice:
1. 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.
A. 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

EXERCISE 3
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