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English grade12th
Teacher: Nguyen Van Hung
Yen Phong Upper-Secondary School No1
Pick out the word which does not belong to each group
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1. inhabitant, islander, resident, government
2. to ruin, to destroy, to break, to construct
3. working, singing, dancing, watching
4. to prevent, to discourage, to stop, to motive
The problems facing the government of Tango island


LESSON 3
UNIT 7.
ECONOMIC REFORMS
LISTENING
I. PRE-LISTENING
Work in pairs. Discuss the question: “Do you think that drug-taking should be banned? Why/ Why not?”

Yes, I do. It does not only do harm to the person who uses it but it can spoil a family and cause damages to the society also.
Listen and repeat

Tango discourage drug-taker
rationally ruin solution
unfortunately measures islanders
New words and phrases
1. Drug (n)
thuốc phiện, ma tuý
2. drug-taker (n)
Người sử dụng thuốc phiện
They use the material from this tree to make ……
3. rational (adj.)
= reasonable
: coự lyự
4. (to) ruin
5. illegal (adj.)
6. (to) discourage
7. ( to) bring about
: làm hư hại
: bất hợp pháp
? (to) encourage
= to cause to happen
? legal
: làm nản chí
: mang lại
MATCHING
A
rational (adj.)
( to) ruin
illegal (adj.)
(to) discourage
(to) bring about
B
a. làm hư hại
b. mang lại
c. có lý
d. bất hợp pháp
e. làm nản chí
II. WHILE-LISTENING
Task 1. Listen to the passage about the inhabitants of Tango Island and decide whether the statements are true (T) or false (F)
1. .....Tango Island is in the South Atlantic
2. ..They found a drug.
3. ... The drug made it difficult for the people to think in a reasonable way
4. ... The whole population stopped working because of the drug.
5. ... The Prime Minister warned the people many times on the radio about the drug.
6. ... The islanders took the Prime Minister`s advice
7. ... The Government introduced laws to make the drug illegal.
8. ... The law couldn`t have any effect.
9. ... The Government exported the drug to another country.
F
F
T
F
T
F
T
F
T
2. Task 2
Listen again and answer the questions.
1. What did the people of Tango discover?
2. What did they do with the plant?
3. What negative effects did the drug bring about?
4. How many measures did the government take and what were they?
5. What did the Government of Tango decide to do eventually?
Question 1
What did the people of Tango discover?
They discovered a plant which contains a powerful drug.
Question 2
What did they do with the plant?
They grew it all over the island.
Question 3
What negative effects did the drug bring about?
Workers and farmers become lazy. Children did not want to go to school. The whole population began to run short of food.
Question 4
How many measures did the government take and what were they?
The Government took three measures.
1. They introduced a law to make the drug illegal.
2. They put the drugs takers into prison.
3. They exported the drug other countries
Question 5
What did the Government of Tango decide to do eventually?
Eventually they decided to export the drug to other countries.
Post-[listening
Work in groups. Discuss the question: “ Do you think that the Government of Tango’s decision to export the drug to other countries was a better solution? Why / Why not?”
No, I don’t think it was a better solution because of the following reasons. First, it can make people in that get addicted and cause bad effects on their economy. Next, not only using drugs but also exporting drugs to another countries is illegal. It is not a problem of one country but for the whole world.
HOMEWORK


_ Copy all the sentences
into notebooks
_ Prepare Lesson 4.
Writing


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