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Life stories we
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LESSON I

GETTING STARTED

The diary of Dang Thuy Tram

LESSON I

GETTING
STARTED
Game: Who is this?

WARM-UP

PRESENTATION

Vocabulary
• Task 1: Listen and read.
• Task 2: Circle the correct answer.
• Task 3: Find words and a phrase.
• Task 4: Complete the sentences.

PRACTICE

PRODUCTION

CONSOLIDATION

Poster design
• Wrap-up
• Homework

WARM-UP

Game: Who is this?

WARM-UP

Rules

- Work in two teams.
- There are 7 pictures of 7 famous people.
- Only one student from each group sees a picture.
- Use your own words to describe the person.
- Others guess the famous person's name.
+ If the answer is correct  one point for your team.
+ If the answer is incorrect  the chance to answer is transferred to
the other team.
+ The team having more points is the winner of the game.

WARM-UP

Barack Obama

WARM-UP

Dang Thuy Tram

WARM-UP

Steve Jobs

WARM-UP

Nelson Mandela

WARM-UP

General
Vo Nguyen Giap

WARM-UP

Pelé

WARM-UP

Michael Jackson

PRESENTATIO
N

surgeon (n)
/ˈsɜːdʒən/

a doctor who is trained
to perform surgery 

PRESENTATIO
N

resistance (n)
/rɪˈzɪstəns/

the act of using force to
oppose somebody/
something

PRESENTATIO
N

enemy (n)
/ˈenəmi/

a country or group that you
are fighting a war against

PRESENTATIO
N

soldier (n)
/ˈsəʊldʒə(r)/

a member of an army,
especially one who is not
an officer

PRESENTATIO
N

devote (sth to sth)
/dɪˈvəʊt/

to give an amount of time,
attention, etc. to something

Pronunciation

1. surgeon (n)

/ˈsɜːdʒən/

a doctor who is trained to perform
surgery 

bác sĩ phẫu
thuật

2. resistance
(n)

/rɪˈzɪstəns/

the act of using force to oppose
somebody/something

sự chống lại

3. enemy (n)

/ˈenəmi/

 a country or group that you are
fighting a war against

quân địch

4. soldier (n)
5. devote (sth
to sth)

Meaning

Vietnamese
equivalent

Form

/ˈsəʊldʒə(r)/ a member of an army, especially one
who is not an officer
/dɪˈvəʊt/

to give an amount of time, attention,
etc. to something

người lính
cống hiến

PRACTICE
1 Listen and read.

PRACTICE
2 Read the conversation again and circle the correct answer to
complete each of the sentences.

1. Dang Thuy Tram was born in Ha Noi / Hue.
2. Tram wrote about / operated on injured soldiers
during the war.
3. She died when she was very young / old.
4. An American soldier kept her diary for 27 years /
more than three decades before returning a copy
to her family.

PRACTICE
3 Find words and a phrase in Task 1 with the following meanings.
1. accounts

descriptions of things that
have happened

3. devoting

the end of somebody's life
giving time, attention, etc.
to something

4. youth

the period of time when a
person is young

2. death

PRACTICE
4 Complete the sentences based on the conversation.
Dang Thuy Tram was a young surgeon. She (1) ______
wrote
her diary while she (2) ___________
was working in a field hospital
during the war. One day, she (3) _________
was killed while she
(4) ________________
was doing her duty in the jungle. She was only 27
then. An American soldier (5) ______
kept her diary for
many years before returning a copy to her family.

PRODUCTION
Design a poster to introduce the life events of
Dang Thuy Tram.

CONSOLIDATI
ON
1 Wrap-up

What have you learnt today?
• Some lexical items about a famous person's life
• Reading for specific information
• Past simple and Past continuous

CONSOLIDATI
ON
2 Homework

• Do exercises in the workbook.
• Prepare for the project in Lesson 8.

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