Unit 7: THE WORLD OF WORK
A - A student’s work.
Hoa
Her uncle
Uncle: Eat your breakfast, Hoa. It’s half past six. You’ll be late for school.
Hoa: I won’t be late, uncle. I’m usually early. Our classes start at 7.00.
Uncle: And what time do your classes finish?
Hoa: At a quarter past eleven. Then in the afternoon I do my homework. That takes about two hours each day.
Uncle: You work quite hard, Hoa. When will you have a vacation?
Hoa: Our summer vacation starts in June. It lasts for almost three months.
Uncle: What will you do during the vacation?
Hoa: I’ll go and see my Mom and Dad on their farm. I always like helping them. They work very hard, but we have fun working together.
1- Listen. Then practice the dialogue.
* VOCABULARY:
- school year (n):
năm học
 It lasts for almost 9 months.
- last (v):
kéo dài
nearly
- almost (adv) =
- during (prep):
trong suốt thời gian
Ex: I’ll visit Da Lat city during my summer vacation.
Hoa is talking about
a. her classes.
b. her English class.
c. her summer vacation.
Listen and circle the correct answers:
d. her vacation activities.
Hoa : 2 hours ( a day )
Lan : 3 hours ( a day )
* STRUCTURE:
- For how many hours a day does Hoa do her homework?
Ex: It takes Hoa about 2 hours to do her homework a day.
more
fewer
- Hoa works fewer hours than Lan.
 Take time to do … ( nói về thời gian làm việc gì )
more
a) What time do Hoa’s classes start?

b) What time do they finish?

c) For how many hours a day does Hoa do her homework?

d) What will Hoa do during her vacation?
* Answer the questions.
a) What time do Hoa’s classes start?
b) What time do they finish?
* Answer the questions.
c) For how many hours a day does Hoa do
her homework?
d) What will Hoa do during her vacation?
=> They start at 7 o’clock.
=> They finish at a quarter past eleven.
=> It takes Hoa about 2 hours to do her homework a day.
( She does her homework two hours a day.)
=> She will visit her parents on their farm during her vacation.
e) What about you? Do your classes start earlier or later?
Do you work fewer hours than Hoa?

=> They start earlier.
=> No, I don’t./ Yes, I do.
f) When does your school year start?

=> It starts on September 5th.
g) When does it finish?

=> It finishes on May 30th.
* About you:

Fill in the blanks:

a. The ……………… starts in the late August.

b. She will visit her parents on their farm

………… her summer vacation.

c. Our English class ……….for 45 minutes.

d. Hoa’s summer vacation lasts for ……......three months.
school year
almost
during
lasts
* Checking vocabulary:
- Learn new words by heart.
- Practice the dialogue and write the answers.
- Prepare Unit 7: A2 – page 73, 74.