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WWW.DAYKEMQUYNHON.UCOZ.COM WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/DAYKEM.QUYNHON 78 HƯ NG ĐẠ O TP Q UY NH ƠN Although Ju lie had been with Mrs W orthington ju s t three days, she h ad already learnt th a t her boss w as the kind of person one h ad to be careful with Her changes of mood could be rapid, she definitely did not tolerate failure, laziness or poor work an d she firmly believed th a t everyone’s highest priority should be their work for the com pany Ju lie w as enjoying h e r job a s Mrs W orthington’s personal secretary, b u t she knew th a t today would be tough For several days, Ju lie had been experiencing toothache At first, it w as merely a m inor annoyance th a t could be ignored “It’ll probably go away by itself,” Ju lie told herself “If not, 111 see the d entist w hen I’m m ore settled here a t work It’s not that-u rg ent.” ẦN It d id n ’t disappear, however, and after an extremely uncom fortable night, Julie awoke to severe dental pain “T hat’s ju s t w hat I need,” she said to herself “Maybe I can get a d en tist’s appointm ent for this evening, after w ork.” 00 B TR Ju lie called the dentist's “I’m afraid the only tim e th e dentist has available today is a t 3.30 pm this afternoon,” said th e receptionist Julie h ad to m ake an im m ediate decision “I’ll take it,” she said Í- HĨ A CẤ P2 +3 10 The question was, how was Mrs W orthington going to react? Would she say, “Of course you can leave early, Julie In fact, leave a t lunchtim e and don’t come back until you're completely better,”? Julie knew a far more likely response would be som ething along the lines of: “Well, that really is m ost inconvenient Couldn’t you have arranged to see the dentist in your own time? You have to think about the com pany as well, you know We c a n ’t all take time off whenever we feel like it We’d never get any work done if we all spent the day running around seeing doctors and dentists C an't you change the time of your appointm ent?” TO ÁN -L The pain w as increasing in intensity, though, and Julie knew she h ad to see a d en tist today If the only solution w as to leave work early an d face Mrs W orthington’s displeasure, th en so be it “H ere’s your coffee, Mrs W orthington,” said Julie, as she went into h er b o ss’s office for the first time th a t morning BỒ ID ƯỠ NG “T hank you, Ju lie,” said Mrs W orthington, w ithout looking up “Don’t forget I need those reports typed up by three o’clock at the latest I’ve got a m eeting with Mr Price this afternoon.” “Yes, Mrs Worthington IVe nearly finished them Uram Sorry, Mrs W orthington, b u t I wonder if I could ask you som ething It’s quite im portant.” “W hat is it, Ju lie? ” She looked up from the docum ents sh e ’d been studying, an d w ithout giving Julie a chance to reply, said: “Oh my 185 Đóng góp PDF GV Nguyễn Thanh Tú WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/BOIDUONGHOAHOCQUYNHON WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/DAYKEM.QUYNHON TP Q UY goodness! What^s.;happ.ene'd:ito yo u r'face? It’s all swollen on one side Are you all r i g h ^ _••• I" ’ “I’ve got reálỉy;bạd -tootftaetteV-M^ I called the den tist an d triẹd to mạ&ể;aii: a p p o m ti^ b u t the.only tim e he can see me- is a t;h a lf p a st -’th ree; an d I know::th a t w ould m ean leaving early- b u t I :d0n ‐1 Mriow w hat else ■ “StopJ’* said Mrs W orthington “I quite u n d ersta n d T hese things have to be-dealt'w ith, or they only get worse, d o n’t they? Get it sorted but, a s quickly as possible.” NH ƠN WWW.DAYKEMQUYNHON.UCOZ.COM ĐẠ O '• “T hank you, M rs W orthington.” TR ẦN HƯ NG “Do you th in k you can w ork this m orning, Ju lie? If you c a n ’t, tell me and w ell find a solution If you can, ju s t finish those reports a s quickly as you can an d th en go home Have you taken anything for it, by th e way?” “No, I h av en’t I th in k Vd better wait as the d en tist will probably have to give me an an aesthetic and you have to be a bit careful, d o n ’t you? But, yes I can definitely stay and finish the reports It’s not th a t b ad ” “Well, it looks bad enough I appreciate it, Julie I really do.” +3 10 00 B As Ju lie re tu rn ed to h er desk, she w ondered if she h a d n ’t m isjudged Mrs W orthington “I couldn’t have asked for a m ore u n d ersta n d in g person to work for - this m orning, at least,” she said to herself, an d smiled, despite the pain HÓ A CẤ P2 Julie know s th a t Mrs W orthington _ A th in ks all of h e r staff are lazy and bad a t th eir work B is only in a good mood for a few m in utes each day c th in k s th a t Ju lie is not hard-w orking enough D w ants Julie to p u t her work before everything else TO ÁN -L Í- W hen Ju lie says “T h at’s ju s t w hat I need” (paragraph 3), s h e _ A m eans the opposite of w hat she says B is being optim istic ab o u t the situation c is trying to pretend she is okay D suggests she h a s found a solution Mrs W orthington d o esn ’t look at Julie because she is b u s y _ A drinking a cup of coffee BỒ ID ƯỠ NG Julie expects Mrs W orthington to respond b y _ A suggesting Ju lie sees a doctor instead B allowing Ju lie to leave work early, c criticising Ju lie for being selfish D telling Ju lie to stop complaining 186 Đóng góp PDF GV Nguyễn Thanh Tú WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/BOIDUONGHOAHOCQUYNHON WWW.DAYKEMQUYNHON.UCOZ.COM WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/DAYKEM.QUYNHON Q UY HƯ NG ĐẠ O Mrs W orthington ask s Ju lie w hether s h e _ A can thin k of a solution to the problem B h a s taken an y m edicine for th e pain, c has already finished typing the reports D can tell h e r w hat work h a s to be done TP Mrs W orthington in terru p ts Ju lie to _ A give h er perm ission to see the dentist B tell h er to leave the building immediately, c express h er displeasure a t w hat she said D find out some m ore inform ation from her - NH ƠN B talking to Mr Price, c typing som e reports D looking a t som e docum ents 00 B TR ẦN W hen Ju lie leaves Mrs W orthington's office, s h e _ A feels th a t she h a d n ’t m isjudged Mrs W orthington after all B w onders why sh e’d m isjudged Mrs W orthington so badly, c recognises some goốñ qualities'in Mrs W orthington D w ishes Mrs W orthington had been more u nderstanding 10 GLOSSARY HÓ A CẤ P2 +3 - a change of mood thay ñổi tâm trạng - tough (adj) gay go, khồ khăn, gian nan - annoyance bực - urgent (adj) khẩn cấp - intensity cường ñộ - displeasure khơng hài lịng Í- 79 - then so be it đành vậy/ đành phải thơi - swollen (adj) sưng vù lên - to get sth sorted out giải quyẽt ổn thỏa việc gỉ - anaesthetic thuốc mê - to misjudge ñánh giá sai, phán xét sai BỒ ID ƯỠ NG TO ÁN -L The plane circled a n d the pilot pointed down into the A ustralian desert below “T hat's the runw ay th ere,” he said, “next to the store.” Nancy looked There w as a strip of level ground next to a few wooden buildings It looked sm all and u n im p o rtan t in th e middle of the empty stretch es of red earth a n d sm all b u sh es th a t stretched a s far as the eye could see, b u t Nancy knew th a t it was a vital link to th e outside world for the farm ers in the area As she looked, a figure appeared a t the door of one of the buildings and waved u p a t them The pilot tu rn ed the plane expertly an d they soon to.uched down on the line of h ard sand They cam e to a stop by the largest building and Nancy stepped out A wom an of perh ap s forty held o ut h er hand “Hi Welcome to C arter’s Cross I’m Shelley.” Nancy looked at her 187 Đóng góp PDF GV Nguyễn Thanh Tú WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/BOIDUONGHOAHOCQUYNHON WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/DAYKEM.QUYNHON Q UY • She w as not u nattractive, although long h o u r s in Ị h é s u n were beginn in g t o ' ta k e : th eir toll: an d she h ad a n u m b er of.vime&^ind wrinkles ; Nancy w as surprised; tọ- see th t her clothes were quite, fashionable, de~ • spite bit of d u s t.• Soộiething in N ancy’s expression m u St have com m unicated itself to Shelley because she laughed an d said, “We’re not quite as backw ard a s you m ight think This is th e st century Come on into the store.” NH ƠN WWW.DAYKEMQUYNHON.UCOZ.COM HƯ NG ĐẠ O TP They w ent inside while th e pilot checked his plane The store w as well stocked w ith fanning equipm ent, tinned food an d clothes An old m an w as cleaning the counter He looked up w hen they entered an d then carried on w ith his ta sk w ithout catching Nancy's eye “Now, come on, D ad,” Shelley said “We all know how you feel ab o u t them finding oil outside C arter’s Cross, b u t th a t’s no reaso n to be rude This is Nancy Edw ards, from the university.” She tu rn e d to Nancy “He’s stu ck in his ways T hinks it’ll m ean the end of farm ing ro u n d here Not su ch a bad thing, if you ask m e.” B TR ẦN “Well, nobody did ask you.” It was the old m an “My granddad farm ed th is land, a n d so will my grandson.' I'm n o t having th is land turn ed into a great big ugly oil refinery.” He looked a t Nancy “And I w on’t be bought off, eith er.” P2 +3 10 00 Nancy h ad heard from h er colleagues th a t th is kind of resistan ce ju s t disappeared w hen people realised quite w hat the find w as w orth and they happily packed up a n d headed for th e com forts of th e n ea rest city She hoped this tim e would be no exception A CẤ “I’m here to a sse ss th e environm ental im pact, Mr W illiam son,” Nancy said “I have no intention of building any th ing.” The old m an looked a t h er and th e n walked to the door He pointed out a t th e land TO ÁN -L Í- HĨ “Environm ental im pact?” He shook his head “W hat environm ent? It’s a baking desert a n d a person's got to work h a rd to m ake a living off sheep in a land like this You a re n ’t going to find any endangered species out there, and so you 11 go back and write your rep ort and the oil com panies will move in B ut there's one thing th a t bet you d o n ’t m en tion in y our report The village.” He looked o u t into the su n again Nancy w as a little confused There had been no m ention of a village in any of the inform ation she had read “W hat village?” she asked BỒ ID ƯỠ NG “There are ten farm s th a t rely on th is store Together, they cover an area, of nearly 400 squ are kilom etres And th ey ’re o u r neighbours We never m iss a birthday, or a wedding, or any o th er event You’re going to destroy our village.” Nancy could th in k of nothing to say Shelley shrugged her shoulders Nancy w andered back to th e plane to get h er equipm ent 188 Đóng góp PDF GV Nguyễn Thanh Tú WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/BOIDUONGHOAHOCQUYNHON WWW.DAYKEMQUYNHON.UCOZ.COM WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/DAYKEM.QUYNHON NH ƠN The buildings Nancy sees from the plane a r e _ A sm aller th a n she expected B very im portant to the local people, c left em pty m ost of th e time D used to store farm ing equipm ent Shelley laughs w hen she realises th a t N ancy _ A w asn ’t expecting her to be w earing new clothes B d id n ’t know th a t there would be so m uch dust • c is usin g strange expressions D w ants to be invited into the building ẦN HƯ NG ĐẠ O TP Q UY The p hrase “take their toll” in paragraph m eans t h a t _ A the su n h as improved Shelley’s appearance B Shelley enjoys spending time in the sun c Nancy and Shelley both find the su n too hot D the su n h a s dam aged Shelley’s skin 10 00 B TR The m an ignores Nancy a t first because he doesn’t _ A like m eeting new people B approve of w hat is happening, c see h er behind Shelley D w ant h e r to see how u p set he is A CẤ P2 +3 Nancy hopes th a t the old m an will change his m ind w h e n _ A he lea m s how comfortable the city is B he sees there is no point hiding his tru e feelings, c he is offered enough m oney D she explains how im portant the find is HÓ Mr W illiamson believes t h a t _ BỒ ID ƯỠ NG TO ÁN -L Í- A Nancy h a s no intention of doing h er job properly B the discovery of oil th reaten s the local wildlife c the oil com panies will ignore w hat Nancy tells them D there is no wildlife w orth saving in the area Nancy doesn’t u n d ersta n d Mr W illiamson’s reference to “the village” b e c a u s e _ A it covers a large area an d is never m arked on m aps B the oil com pany d id n’t give her all the relevant inform ation, c h e ’s talking ab o u t relationships an d not a physical place D it’s a long way from w here they are GLOSSARY - to circle (chim/ máy bay) lượn vịng quanh - farming equipment nơng cụ - tinned food thực phẩm đong hộp 189 Đóng góp PDF GV Nguyễn Thanh Tú WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/BOIDUONGHOAHOCQUYNHON WWW.DAYKEMQUYNHON.UCOZ.COM WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/DAYKEM.QUYNHON He's stuck in his ways :