Skills 2: Unit 1 Tra: I love history, so my place of interest is Viet Nam National Museum of History.. It’s a nice place for those who love nature and quietness... Unit 3: Skills 2 Inter
Trang 1Communication: Unit 1
Mi: So we’ve decided that we’re going to Green Park
Duong: Yeah It’s the best choice We can go there by bus And the bus stop is opposite our school!
Nick: We have to make sure everybody turns up at the school gate at 8 a.m Mai: I’ll stick a notice on the board then
Mi: What about food and drink? I think each person should bring their own lunch Nick: Good idea! But we need someone to buy drinks for everyone
Mai: What about Nga? She lives next to the school and there’s a supermarket near her house
Duong: Right We’ll need some team-building games to play as well
Nick: Like Tug of war? I’ll prepare them
Mi: OK, Nick And Thanh can prepare some fun quizzes
Mai: Right We’ll reach the park at about 9 a.m We can look round and then gather at the big playground to play the games and do the quizzes
Nick: We’ll have lunch at about 11.30 What about the afternoon?
Duong: There’s a traditional painting village about 1 km from the park We can walk there The artisans will show us how to make paintings, and we can also make our own
Mi: Great! We’ll go there at about 1.30 p.m and take the bus back to school at 5 p.m
Skills 2: Unit 1
Tra: I love history, so my place of interest is Viet Nam National Museum of
History There’s an extensive collection of artefacts tracing Viet Nam’s history They’re arranged chronologically from primitive life to modern times It’s also near Hoan Kiem Lake and the Old Quarter, so you can spend time looking round and exploring Vietnamese culture
Nam: I’m fascinated by traditional handicrafts At weekends, I usually go to Bat Trang, a pottery village not far from Ha Noi centre My friend’s relatives live there and they own a workshop Every time I go there, they teach me how to make things such as pots, vases, or bowls I’m learning to paint on ceramics now
Hoa: Ha Noi Botanical Garden is the place I like There are lots of trees from diff erent countries, a lake, and a small hill I usually climb up the hill and read books
at the top because there’s a large lawn After that I go down and feed the pigeons Sometimes I just sit on the bench, watching people dancing or playing sports It’s a nice place for those who love nature and quietness
Trang 2Unit 2:
Suzanne lives in Bangkok with her husband and two children Her offi ce is seven
km away but it takes her two hours to get there by car every day “Some cities have problems with pollution, crime, or bad weather – here we have traffi c jams,” she says Before going to the offi ce, she has to take her children to school – so she sets off at 5 a.m The children sleep until they arrive at school Then Suzanne begins her journey to the offi ce In the evening the traffi c is even worse Traffi c moves in the city centre at half a kilometre an hour In rainy weather it doesn’t move at all But why is it so bad? In the past, more people moved around Bangkok
by boat Now so many people have a car, and there aren’t enough roads in the city The Skytrain and metro can help a bit, but they are limited in range and don’t cover all parts of the city
Unit 3: Skills 2
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 fi nd it diffi cult 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 in 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 the 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…’ REVIEW 1:
Michelle: Hi, Mike! How’s it going?
Mike: Hi I’m good, thanks Are you still living in the same place?
Michelle: Yes, I’m still in that ‘sleepy’ little town But you know, I enjoy living there It’s quiet, and everyone is friendly I don’t really like the city I feel like a stranger here And it seems kind of dangerous, especially at night
Mike: Well, I live here in the city, as you know We live in an apartment
downtown The city is big, and it doesn’t feel as safe as a small town like yours But I think the people here are pretty friendly My neighbourhood is like a small town with its own stores, cafés, and restaurants … and we can enjoy all kinds of entertainment: cinemas, museums …
Michelle: OK, so then on weekends I should come into the city for all that
Mike: OK Sure!