Pre questions:
1. Have you ever had any problems about your family
or friends?
2. Who can you share ideas/ need help?

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1. New words:
- advice columnist (n) công việc tư vấn, nhà bình luận viên
/edˈvaīs ˈkäləmnist/
- adolescence (n) tuổi thanh niên/ xuân

/ˌadəˈlesəns/

- a piece of advice (n) 1 lời khuyên /ədˈvaīs/
- a made – up name (n) tên giả
- empathise (v) cảm thông /empəˌthaīz/
- consider (v) cân nhắc

Task 1a. Listen to an interview with Mis Sweetie, the advice columnist of
4Teen magazine. (Nghe bài phỏng vấn cô Sweetie, chuyên mục lời khuyên của
tạp chí 4Teen. )
Interviewer:.. .So how do you like this work?
Miss Sweetie: Oh very much. I feel like I'm living my teenage years again! ( laugh)
But really, it's great that I can help our dear readers in this way
Interviewer: Do you find it difficult to give advice?
Miss Sweetie: Well, yes... I take time to think of the best possible advice that I can
give. I think it's most important that we put ourselves r other people's shoes.
Interviewer: So it's about being able to empathise...
Miss Sweetie: Exactly. But even so, we also need to be very careful about how to put
the advice into words. We need to be sensitive... It's not only -about giving the best
solution, it's also about helping the person get over negative feelings. For example, I
often use 'It might be a good idea to...' rather than 'You ought to… Or perhaps 'I
think you should...' for me sounds much better than 'You must.'

Task 1b. Choose the best answer. 
likes
1. Miss Sweetie likes/doesn't
like her work as an advice columnist.
(Cô Sweetie thích công việc của cô ấy như một nhà tư vấn.)
2. She is in/no
no longer  in her adolescence.
(Cô ấy không còn ở trong tuổi vị thành niên của cô ấy.)
3. She thinks giving advice to people is easy/not
easy.
not easy
(Cô nghĩ tư vấn cho mọi người là không dễ.)
4. It takes
take time time for her to come up with a piece of
takes time/doesn't
time
advice.
(Cô ấy tốn thời gian để đưa ra một lời khuyên.)
5. She thinks to give good advice we need/don't
need to empathise with
need
people.
(Cô ấy nghĩ để đưa ra được lời khuyên tốt chúng ta cần đồng cảm với
mọi người.)

Task 2: Answer the questions. 
1. What are the two things that Miss Sweetie likes about her work?
→ She feels like she is living her teenage years again, and she loves helping
readers by giving them advice.
2. What did she say was most important when giving others advice?
→ She said it's most important that we put ourselves in other people's shoes.
3. Why does she think the language used for giving advice is also
important?
→ Because language should be used sensitively so that the person can get
over the negative feelings.

Task 3. Which of the following expressions are more likely to be used by
Miss Sweetie when she gives advice? (Cụm nào sau đây có khả năng được
cô Sweetie dùng khi đưa ra lời khuyên.)
1.'You ought to talk to her.'

No

2. 'I think you should talk to her.' Yes
3. 'You must talk to her.' No
4. 'You have to talk to her.' No
5. 'It might be a good idea to talk to her.' Yes

WRITING

Study skill: Giving advice
If I were you, I would/wouldn't...
I (don't) think you should...
Have you thought about (verb-ing)...?
It might help to consider. ..
It might be a good idea to...

1. Look at 2, A CLOSER LOOK 1 and give one piece of advice to each student.(Ex4)
Example:

A. I'll never be
good at maths.
I'm just too
stupid.

=> Have you thought about
asking a friend who is confident
about maths to help you?
Perhaps you just need a little
more practice.

Match the source of stress and pressure to the advice.
B. 'I hate my voice. It's high one minute. low the
next, then high again! What's the matter with it?
AND the girls are making fun of
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me! I'm so embarrassed.'
C. 'I must get the highest score in this exam. I
must be the best student in the class!'
2

1. It might be a good idea to talk about this to
someone. Have you thought about turning to your
teacher or your parents for help?
2. If I were you, I wouldn't be so stressed out. Try
your best in the exam but do not worry too much
about the ranking in the class.

D. 'I feel worried when I have to wait for the bus
in that neighborhood after my evening class. It's
so quiet and dark there.'
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3. It might help to consider breaking this big task
into smaller tasks and then tackle them one by one.

E. 'l have this big assignment to complete and l
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don't know where to start. It's too difficult!'

4. Have you thought about telling this to your
parents? They might find out some solutions to help
you.

F. 'Why does he make me do all of his homework?
It's not fair. And he says if I don't do it, he'll make
my life difficult.'
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5. I know how you feel, but I don't think you should
worry about this change. It's normal, and it shows
that you're growing up.

5a. Write a short note to Miss Blue Hair to ask her for advice about a problem at school or
with your friends. Use the 'Asking for advice' box on SKILLS 1, page 32 to help you. Sign
the letter with a made-up name, not your real name.

Dear Miss Sweetie,
I am in grade 9 at a school in a small city in QB. I love my school, my
teachers and my parents.
But this year, I have to learn too much. My parents want me to become a
doctor so I must try my best to enter the medical university. Beside that, I
have to come to center to learn English. My weekend is also fully booked
with Maths class, chemistry class, biology class, ... I don't have time for
myself. I don't know how to tell with my parents about this problem.
Could you give me some advice about this?
Thank you sincerely,
Unhappy

5b. As a whole class, put the notes in a pile and take a different note. Write a short
answer (2-3 sentences) to give advice about the problem. Use the 'Giving advice' box
above for help.

I think you should talk to your parents about this situation and tell them
about what you really want. About your schedule, you should ask your
parents to rearrange it so that you can have time to relax. That must be
better for not only your physical but also mental health.

CONSOLIDATION

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What is the number of the ambulance?

114
Which number will you call when
you need firemen?

113
What is the number of the police ?

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What number will you call when you need
someone to share?

Homework
- Write a short paragraph about your problems:
+ briefly introduce yourself
+ describe your problem/dilemma
+ ask for help
- Finish exercises of Unit 3 (workbook)
- Learn yourselves: Looking back +Project.
- Prepare Unit 4: Getting started