bai 3 reading

When you have a post – office box, the postman does not bring letters to you, but you go to the office and get your letters and parcels from your box.. One day, the headmaster of a schoo

Preparing date…….

Ojectives :

- Develop such reading micro-skills as scaning for specific ideas

Exercise 1: Read the passage and then do the task below.

When you have a post – office box, the postman does not bring letters to you, but you go to the office and get your letters and parcels from your box The box is clocked, and you have the keys, so the letters are quite safe

One day, the headmaster of a school wrote to the post office and asked for a post office box for his school He soon got an answer It said, “ we will give you a post- office box in one month”

Three months later, the headmaster wrote to the post- office again and said , “ why haven’t

we got post- office yet ?”

This was how the post-office answered :

“ Dear Sir,

We gave you a post- office box two months ago and wrote to you then to tell you Here is the keys to your box You will find our letter to you in it ”

* New words:

- parcels (n) : gói, bu kiện

* Use the suggestions to make questions then answer them.

1.What happen / When / you / post – office box ?

2.Why / letters /safe / When / they /in / post – office box ?

3.Why / the headmaster / write / post- office ?

4 Why / he / write / the post- office /three months / later ?

5 When / you / think /the headmaster / receive / the key / his post- box ?

Exercise 2: Choose the best answer to complete the passage

Over the past few years, Vietnam has quickly (1)… it telephone system.Viet nam(2)

…….second only to China for growth in telephone numbers It (3)… among the 30 countries

in the world that have more than two million telephones

In the early 1990s, there (4)…only 140, 000 telephone across Vietnam At present, we (5) more than six million subscribers In 1996, Vietnam (6)….upgrading its fixed telephone networks and changing numbers from six to seven digits in Ho Chi Minh city as well as five to six digits in other provinces

Five years later, the mobile phone system (7)….to meet the growth in customer demand Since 2000, Vietnam (8)…the prices of several services especially in the monthly fees for fixed and mobile telephones

In the future, more attention (9)… to the rural areas At present, 93 percent of communes across Vietnam (10)… telephone services A network of 6, 014 communal post offices have been set up across the country

1.A.developed B.developing C.development D.developable

7.A.was upgraded B upgraded C.had upgraded D upgrade

8.A.had reduced B.has reduced C reduced D.could reduce

9.A will be paid B.paid C.was paid D.is paid

* New words:

- subscriber (n) :ngời mua ( dài hạn), ngời góp ( tiền ), ngời ký tên…

- upgrade (v) : nâng cấp

- fixed (a) : cố định

- digit (n) : con số

- fee (n): tiền thù lao, lệ phí

- commune (v): nói chuyện, đàm thoại

(n):

- communal (a): công cộng

Key :

Exercise 1:

1.What happens When you have a post office box ?–

- When you have a post – office box, the postman does not bring letters to you, but you

go to the office and get your letters and parcels from your box

2 Why are the letters safe When they are in a post office box?–

- Because the box is clocked and only the owner has the key

3.Why did the headmaster write to the post- office ?

- He wrote to the post- office to ask for a post- office box for his school

4 Why did he write to the post- office three months later ?

- Because he had not got his post- office after three moaffte, although the post office

promised to give it to him after only one month

5 When do you think the headmaster will receive the key to his post- box ?

- He never will , because the key is in the letter Which also goes to the post-box

Preparing date…….

Objectives :

- Train Ps how to write a letter to express satisfaction or dissatisfaction

* Use the suggestions to complete this letter.

- 17/ Beeston Road / Notingham / 18th , May , 2006 / Dear

- I /write / give / comments / your / post office’s services

- First / the lobby / inside / post office / tobe / too / cramped /and /seats /be /not

/enough

- We /customers /often / have /stand / while /waiting / /our transactions, causing / unpleasant / scene /of /disorder

- Secondary,/ although / parking /area /tobe / large It /have /no / security / guards and/

I / sometimes / feel / insecure /leave / my motorcycle/ there

- Futhermore, I / think /it / would /much /better / If / the post office /be / open /until /

11 p.m /so that/ customers / can /have / more / access /to /your services The last point / I / would /like / comment / on / be /the attitude /some /of / your staff/, Who,/ perhap /due to/ their / stressting work /,sometimes/ seem / bit / cold/ and /not/ very / helpful

- I / know /that / what / you /and /your staff / have /done / so far /for/ the development/

of /the post office /be / encouraging /and /this letter /be /written /in the / hope /that / your / post office /will /made /a better / place

- Your faithfully

* New words:

- transaction (n): sù giao dÞch, sù kinh doanh

- scene (n):c¶nh tîng, quang c¶nh

- disorder (n): sù mÊt trËt, sù bõ b·I, sù lén xén

- security (n):sù an toµn, sù an ninh, c¬ quan b¶o vÖ, tæ chøc b¶o vÖ

- insecure (a): kh«ng an toµn

- cramped (a) : chËt hÑp

The suggested answer :

17 Beeston Road

Notingham 18th , May , 2006 Dear Sir ….!

I am writing to give some comments on your post office’s services

First the lobby inside the post office is too cramped and the seats are not enough We customers often have to stand while waiting for our transactions, causing an unpleasant scenne of disorder Secondary, although the parking area is large, It has no security guards and I sometimes feel insecure leaving my motorcycle there Futhermore, I think it would be much better If the post office is open until 11 p.m so that customers can have more access to your services The last point I would like to comment on is the attitude of some of your staff , Who, perhap due to their stressting work ,sometimes seem a bit cold and not very / helpful

I know that what you and your staff have done so far for the development of the post office is encouraging and this letter is written in the hope that your post office will be made a better place

Your faithfully

Preparing date…….

Objectives : + Revise defining relative clauses

+ Non – defining relative clauses

1 Defining relative clauses ( Restrictive adjective clause )

Ex : The school Which you see over there was built over 100 years ago

Restictive clause The school That………

• “Which” is a relative pronoun , it replaces a noun of things / an impersonal noun in relative clause

• “Which” can function as the subject or object

• “That” can be replaced by “Which, Who , Whom ” in defining relative clauses

Ex : The man Who I talked to yesterday was very kind

Whom

That

Ex : J.Watt ,Whose invention of the steam engine made him famous, was a French

scientist N

= J.Watt was a French scientist His invention of the steam engine made him

• “ Whose ” is possessive, it replaces for possessive adjectives: my, her, your, his, our…

• “ Who ” is a relative pronoun , it replaces a noun of people

• “ Who ” can function as the subject or object

2 Non – defining relative clauses

Ex : The Me Kong River, Which starts in Tibet , is the longest river in Indochina

Proper noun Non- Restr…

That man, Who gave you my address , is my relative

N Non- Restr

(Demonstrative adjectives )

• Non – defining relative clauses are placed after nouns Which are definite already They do not therefore define the noun, but merely add something to it by giving

some more information about it, they are not essential in the sentence They are saparated from their noun by commas

* Notes : Relative pronouns with prepositions

Ex : + The paiting is of Picasso You are looking at it

The painting at which are looking is of Picasso ( prpossition stands infront of

Relative pronoun )

= The painting which are looking at is of Picasso

+ The man has just left for Paris You talked with me about him

The man whom you talked with me about has just left for Paris

= The man about whom you talked with me has just left for Paris

Exercise :Join the sentences below, using Who, whose, or which, that

1 I have got a friend His brother is an actor

2 I knew some people They could help you

3 He is the man He stole my wallet

4 There was a journalist there Her work took her to lots of different countries

5 I was introduced to a man I had seen his brother on television the evening before

6 A building was destroyed in the fire It has now been rebuilt

7 I am standing at the window I can see the lake from it

8 The kind of music is hard to describe My group plays it

9 My brother told me about what I should do He knows a lot about this sort of thing 10.The man said something totally different I saw him last week

Answer key :

1.I have got a friend whose brother is an actor

2.I knew some people Who could help you

3.He is the man who stole my wallet

4 There was a journalist there Whose work took her to lots of different countries

5 I was introduced to a man whose brother I had seen on television the evening before

6 A building Which / that was destroyed in the fire has now been rebuilt

7 I am standing at the window which I can see the lake from

(I am standing at the window from which I can see the lake )

8.The kind of music that / which my group plays is hard to describe

9 My brother, who knows a lot about this sort of thing, told me about what I should do

10 The man who /that I saw last week said something totally different

Preparing date…….

* Objectives

- Develop such reading micro-skills as scaning for specific ideas

Exercise 1 : Read the passage then do the task below Choose the best A , B, C, D

The Nature Conservancy has protected more than 117 acres and 5,000 miles of rivers

in 32 countries The main purpose is to protect and restore the Earth’s most critical natural places for both people and natural continues Member of the The Nature Conservancy have worked with local fishermen to complete the nation’s first private buyout of ocean- going fishing trawlers and helped to develop a federal ban on bottom trawling in 3.8 million acres of ocean off the California coast They participated in the single largest private land conservation sale in the history of the Southern United States and purchased 280,000 acres

of forest across 11 states from International Paper

They are increasing their innovative science- based work in diverse locations to reduce or slow the causes of climate change and help natural areas to cope We try to protect forests throughout the world to halt the devastating effect deforestation has on our climate and more

They will engage decision- makers worldwide to recognize the monetary value of “ ecosystem services” adding a persuade economic rational to aesthetic and athical arguments for conserving nature and reward it’t good stewardship

1 The Nature Conservancy has protected………

A 117 acres and 5,000 miles of rivers in 30 countries

B 117 acres and 6,000 miles of rivers in 32 countries

C 117 acres and 5,000 miles of rivers in 32 countries

D.17 acres and 5,000 miles of rivers in 33 countries

2 They participated in the single largest private land conservation sale in the history of

the Southern United States to………

A complete the nation’s first private buyout of ocean- going fishing trawlers

B protect forests throughout the world to halt the devastating effect deforestation has on our climate and more

C develop a federal ban on bottom trawling in 3.8 million acres of ocean off the California coast

D purchased 280,000 acres of forest across 11 states from International Paper

3 What are they going to do to rduce or slow the causes of climate change ?

A They will engage decision- makers worldwide

B They are going to increase their innovative science- based work in diverse locations

C They are going to work with local fishermen to complete the nation’s first private buyout of ocean- going fishing trawlers

D to protect and restore the Earth’s most critical natural places

4 How many countries Whose 5,000 miles of rivers has been protect by the Nature

Conservancy ?

5.Why do they want to protect forest throughout the world ?

A Because they want the devastating effect deforestation has on our climate and more to be halted

B.Because they want to add a persuasive economic rational to aesthetic and athical arguments for conserving nature and reward it’t good stewardship

C Because they want to recognize the monetary value of “ ecosystem services”

D Because they want to slow the causes of climate change and help natural areas to cope

* New words :

- Conservancy (n ) : sù b¶o vÖ

- The Nature Conservancy : Uû ban b¶o tån thiªn nhiªn

- restore (v) : phục hồi lại, sửa chữa lại

- critical (a) : nguy cấp, nguy kịch

- trawlers (n) : tàu đánh cá bằng lới rà

- innovative (a) : có tính chất đổi mới

- devastating (a) : bị tàn phá

- deforestation (n ) : sự phá rừng

- rational (a) : vừa phải, có chừng mực

- aesthetic (a) : hợ với nguyên tắc thẩm mỹ

- reward (n) : sự hoàn lại tài sản đã mất

- stewardship (n) : cơng vị quản lý

- engage (v) : làm, tiến hành, cam kết

- diverse (n) : gồm nhiều loại khác nhau

Answer key :

Exercise 2 : Complete this passage by putting in the correct form of the words in blankets.

Today, there ( 1.be )… 52 national parks in the United States, covering approximately 3 percent of the total land area of the country National parks are all open to the public and (2 have )….millions of visitors each year Many national parks are in danger

of ( 3 be ) ….(4 destroy )…Rare animals in national parks ( 5 kill )….or hunted for fur, skin or other parks So rare animals and trees ( 6 protect )…

Answer :

1 are 2.have 3 being 4 destroyed 5.are killed 6.should be protected

Preparing date ……

Teaching date………

Tuần ………

Writing skill

Objectives :

- Guide Ps how to write a passage about a law to help protect endangered species, using the suggestion below

- Revise how to write the sentences using relative pronouns

Exercise 1 : Use the suggestions below to write a passage.

- Many species / in danger / becoming extinct / Among threats / endangered species / businesses / buy and sell animals / skin / fur and other parts

- Unfortunately / people / run businesses /not discouraged / fines / A better way /control problem / force whoever / caught buying or selling products / made/ endangered species / do community service

- community service / require work / help protect the animals / harming / this service / help people understand / destructive their business / it also turn them / helpers/ rather / than / destroyers / community / would /effective / way / protect endangered species

Exercise 2 : Rewrite these sentences using a suitable relative pronouns.

1.The story was very interesting I listened to it yesterday

2.The woman teaches me French I am telling you about her.

3.That was a kind of car I was not familiar with that car

4 The students are happy They won the poetry contest

5.The book is a grammar book It is on the desk

6.The woman called the police Her purse was stolen

Exercise 1 :The suggestion writing

Many species are now in danger of becoming extinct Among the threats to endangered species are businesses that buy and sell animals for their stheir, fur and other parts

Unfortunately , people Who run these businesses are not discouraged by fines A better way to control the problem would be force whoever is caught buying or selling products made from endangered species to do community service

The community service should require work that helps protect the animals they are harming This service migh help people understand how destructive their business is It would also turn them into helpers rather than destroyers So community would be an effective way to protect endangered species

• New words :

- businesses (n) : việc buôn bán , việc kinh doanh

- discourage (v) : gắng chấm dứt

Exercise 2 : Answer

1 The story to which I listeened yesterday was very interesting

2 The woman whom I am telling you about teaches me French (… about Whom I….)

3 That was a kind of car with which I was not familiar ( with )

4 The students Who won the poetry contest are happy

5 The book that is on the desk is a grammar book

6 The woman whose purse was stolen called the police

Preparing date ……

Ojectives : Relatives clauses replaced by participles and to- infinitives ( revision ).

I.Relatives clauses replaced / reduced by participles ( Mệnh đề quan hệ đợc thay thế / rút gọn bằng phân từ.

Ex : + The singer Who is singing on TV is a disable girl

(present continuous) The singer singing on TV is a disable girl ( Lợc bỏ Who is )

Present participle phrase + The houses Which were built over 150 years must be pulled down ( phá sập )

The houses built over 150 years must be pulled down ( Lợc bỏ Which were )

Past participle phrase

• Khi động từ của mệnh đề quan hệ ở thì HTTD hoặc thể bị động - Bỏ đại từ quan hệ

và Be ( is /are / am or was /were )

Ex : + Do you know the boy Who broke the window yesterday

Do you know the boy breaking the window yesterday ( Lợc bỏ Who, đa “broke –

về nguyên mẫu , thêm đuôi – ing breaking)

Ex : + The bridge that connects two villages is very small

V The bridge connecting two villages is very small ( Lợc bỏ that)

Present participle phrase

• Khi động từ trong mệnh đề quan hệ ở thể chủ động ta dùng Present participle thay cho mệnh đề đó ( Bỏ đại từ quan hệ, nếu động từ ở quá khứ - đa động từ về nguyên mẫu- thêm đuôi – ing, động từ ở hiện tại – thêm đuôi – ing )

• Notes :

- Chỉ có mệnh đề quan hệ có giới hạn mới áp dụng qui tắc rút gọn này Mệnh đề quan

hệ không giới hạn không đợc phép lợc giản

- Chúng ta chỉ thay thế mệnh đề quan hệ khi hai mệnh đề có cùng thời gian hoặc thời gian đợc hiểu rõ / xác định

Ex : Do you know the man Who has stolen your motorbike ?

( Không thể rút gọn bằng mệnh đề tính từ , vì hai hành động không cùng thời gian )

II Relatives clauses replaced / reduced by – to – infinitives –.

Ex : + He was the first man Who reached the top of this mountain (Hai mệnh đề cùng CN)

V (Khi tiền ngữ với số thứ tự hay từ “only”)

He was the first man to reach the top of this mountain

( Lợc bỏ who , đổi reach về nguyên mẫu , rồi thêm to ) + English is an important language Which we have to master

S English is an important language to master

Ex : He finds a house with a yard Which his children can play in (Hai mệnh đề khác CN )

He finds a house with a yard for his children to play in.

Exercise : Rewrite these sentences using a present participle phrase , past participle phrase

or to- infinitives

1 The people Who are waiting for the bus in the rain are getting wet

2 I come from a city that is located in the southern part of the country

3 The children Who attend that school receive a good education

4 They live in a house that was built in 1980

5 The photographs which were published in the newspaper were extraodinary.( lạ th-ờng, đặc biệt )

6 The experiment which was conducted at the University of Chicago was successful

7 This is the second person Who was killed in that way

8.The first person who catches the ball will be the winner

Answer :

1 The people waiting for the bus in the rain are getting wet

2 I come from a city located in the southern part of the country

3 The children attending that school receive a good education

4 They live in a house built in 1980

5 The photographs published in the newspaper were extraodinary

6 The experiment conducted at the University of Chicago was successful

7 This is the second person to be killed in that way

8 The first person to catch the ball will be the winner

Exercise 2 : Choose the besst answer A, B, C, D to complete each sentence.

1…… to find out what had alredy happened , I asked a lot of questions

2 The Tate mordern… in 2000 is a huge art gallerly in LonDon

3 Francis Ford Copola…………the Godfather film is a very well- known director

4……….in 1927, this is one of the finest cinemas in London

5.People……… in London are called Londoners

6.The car……….outside belongs to Susan

7 The shop ………….really good meat is on Tran Hung Dao street

8.The girl ……with An is very beautiful

Key :