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Unit 6
“ The next topic …. sheer perversity “
3. date back to (v) : có từ thời
≠ right- hand side

Ex: Our School dated back to 1980
điều tra
1. investigate [in`vestigeit] (v):
investigation (n)

4. reverse (v):
5. sheer perversity (n):
tính ương bướng
đảo ngược
2. left-hand side
: có từ thời
: điều tra
: đảo ngược
: tính ương bướng
≠ right- hand side

II. Prediction
There are some places in the whole of England where they are legal to drive on the right.
The custom dated back to the period when Londoners travelled to and fro on horseback.
A horse is mounted from the right side.

















True
False
II. Checking Prediction
There are some places in the whole of England where they are legal to drive on the right.
The custom dated back to the period when Londoners travelled to and fro on horseback.
A horse is mounted from the right side.














True
False
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1. The main idea of the 1st paragraph :
A. People in the USA drive on the left
B. The place in England where people can drive on the right.
C. Londoners travel on horseback


2. According to Mr C.S Forester,
The custom was grounded and dated back to ..................
A. when Londoners travelled on horseback.
it was a matter of convenience of horseback mounting
from the left.
C. Both A and B



B

C.
III. Multiple choice
Choose the best answer
IV. Questions
When did the custom of driving on the left in England
date back to?



Why did people always mount a horse
from the left?



3. Why did American people reverse
the custom?




- It dated back to the period when Londoners travelled on horseback.
- It was a matter of convenience.
- Because of sheer perversity.
A
B
Left-hand side of the horse
Right-hand side of the horse
x
1. Label the pictures
2. Giving some details
Left-hand traffic?
In England
Right-hand traffic?

The first theory of left-hand traffic in England:
When: ?
Why: ?
Almost everywhere
One-way streets
passage and court at
the Strand entrance
to the Savoy Hotel
Horseback riding
A matter of convenience
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