Unit 3: People’s Background
Speaking
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
CUES:
Be born
- from … to
- like
- pass exams in
- go to … school
- trael agency
- work as
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.
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.
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