Unit 2:
Personal Experiences
A- Reading
1. Before you read
Look at the pictures below and guess what is happening in each of them
2. While you read
Task 1: The words/ phrases in the box. Fill the blanks
Making a fuss, sneaky, glanced, embarrassing, idols.
Making a fuss: lµm Çm lªn
Sneaky: gian x¶o
Glanced: liÕc nh×n
Embarrassing: bèi rèi, lóng tóng
Idol: thÇn t­îng
1. glanced
2. Making a fuss
3. Embarrassing
4. idols
5. sneaky
Task 1: The words/ phrases in the box. Fill the blanks
Task2: Put the pictures of the events in the order they happened in the story
My most embarrassing experience happened a few years ago, when I was a grade 9 student. In those days, my biggest dream was a red hat- a floppy cotton hat like the one my pop star idol wore in her video clip. I thought I would look great in it.
My father knew this, so on my birthday, he gave me some money so that I could buy the hat for myself. I was extremely excited and decided to go to the shop at once. I got on the bus and sat down next to a schoolboy about my age. The boy glanced at me and turned away. There was a sneaky look on his face, but I didn’t think much about it. I was busy imagining how I would look in the hat. After a while, I turned round and noticed that the boy’s schoolbag was open. Inside it, I saw a wad of dollar notes exactly like the ones my father had give me. I quickly looked into my own bag- the note had gone! It was sure that the boy was a thief. He had stolen my money. I didn’t want to make a fuss, so I decided just to take my money back from the schoolboy’s bag, without saying a word about it. So I carefully put my hand into the boy’s bag, take the notes and put them in my own bag.
With the money I bought the pretty hat of my dreams. When I got home, I showed it to my father.
“ How did you pay for it?” he asked
“ With the money you gave me for my birthday, of course, dad” I replied
“ Oh? What’s that the?” he asked, as he pointed to a wad of dollar notes on the table
Can you imagine how I felt then?
Task2: Put the pictures of the events in the order they happened in the story
Task 3: Answer the questions.
* Game: Lucky numbers
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Task 3: Answer the questions.
* Game: Lucky numbers
* Game: Lucky numbers

What did the girl wish to have when she was in grade 9?
A red floppy cotton hat
* Game: Lucky numbers

Why did her father give her some money on her birthday?
Because he knew that she wanted to buy that hat
* Game: Lucky numbers

What did she see in the boy’s bag?
She saw a wad of dollar notes exactly like the ones her father had given her
* Game: Lucky numbers

Why did she decide to take the money from the boy’s bag without saying anything about it?
Because she thought the boy was a thief
* Game: Lucky numbers

What did she do with the money?
She bought the hat of her dream with the money
* Game: Lucky numbers

New words:
Making a fuss: làm ầm lên
Sneaky: gian xảo
Glanced (at): liếc nhìn
Embarrassing: bối rối, lúng túng
Idol: thần tượng
Experience: kinh nghiệm

3. After you read
Discussion: What do you think the girl had to do after she discovered that the money she had taken from the boy’s bag was not hers?

* Suggestions
_ She might feel embarrassed because that was not her money
- Perhaps the girl could place a notice on a local newspaper to apologize the boy and contact him to give the money back
- Perhaps the girl might want to her father the truth and ask him for help
* Suggestions
- Perhaps the could come to the police station, tell the police the truth and ask them for help
- Maybe the girl could get on the same bus the next day and look for the boy to return him the money
Homework:
* Learn by heart and write all new word 5 rows in each word