Unit 3. People''s background

Michael Faraday (1791-1867) Marie Curie (1867-1934) Sir Isaac Newton 1643-1727 David Brown (1969-2003) Match the words in A with the information in B A Name Date of birth place of birth School attended Exams passed Previous jobs Interests B a Boston b Kensington c English, French, Math d Tourist guide e David Brown f 12/ 11/ 1969 g Music and dancing UNIT 3: PEOPLE’S BACKGROUND D WRITING Writing about people’s background David Brown (1969-2003) ACTIVITY Read Mr Brown’s C.V (curriculum vitae - a form with details about somebody’s past education and jobs) Name: Date of birth: Place of birth: Education School attended: Exams pass: Previous jobs Job David Brown 12/11/69 Boston Mr Kensington High School English, French, Mathematics Date from Date to Tourist guide June 1991 December 1998 Hotel telephonist March 1999 May 2002 Interests: Music and dancing CÁCH VIẾT TIỂU SỬ Để viết tiểu sử người, ta viết theo hai cách sau: Viết theo dạng thích: Name: David Brown Mr Date of birth: 12/11/69 Place of birth: Boston Education School attended: Kensington High School Exams pass: English, French, Mathematics Previous jobs Job Date from Date to Tourist guide June 1991 December 1998 Hotel telephonist March 1999 May 2002 Interests: Music and dancing CÁCH VIẾT TIỂU SỬ Để viết tiểu sử người, ta viết theo hai cách sau: Viết theo trình tự thời gian: SEAN O’CASEY 1880 March 30th born in Dublin, Ireland, in a worker’s family 1923 Wrote The Shadow of a Gunman 1924 Wrote Juno and the Paycock 1926 Wrote The Plough and the Stars 1928 The Abbey Theatre rejected The Silver Tassie Decided to leave Ireland for England 1929-1954 Wrote many plays and six volumes of autobiography 1964 September 18th, died at Torquay, England ACTIVITY Now write a paragraph about Mr Brown, using the cues below be born like go to … school from … to work as travel agency pass exams in A PARAGRAPH ABOUT MR BROWN : Mr David Brown was born on November 12 th, 1969 in Boston He (went to) attended Kensington High School and passed exams in English, French and Mathematics He worked (in a travel agency) as a tourist guide from June 1991 to December 1998 and then he (worked as) was a hotel telephonist from March 1999 to may 2002 He likes music and dancing David Brown (1969-2003) David Brown (1969-2003) ACTIVITY Ask your partner for the information about his/her parent and complete the form: Name: Date of birth: Place of birth: Education School attended: Exams pass: Previous jobs Job …………………………………… …………………………………… …………………………………… …………………………………… …………………………………… Date from Interests: …………………………………… Date to EXAMPLE • Education: (Which school did you go to? When did you start study there? When did you graduate? When did you finish school? ) • Language: (How many languages can you speak? How much you know English? Are you good at speaking English? ) • Hobbies: (What’s your hobby? What you in your free time? ) • Sports: (Do you play sports? What’s your favourite sport? ) FOR EXAMPLE Name: NGUYEN THI HANH Date of birth: 1968 Place of birth: BUON HO Education School attended: KRONG BUK HIGH SCHOOL Exams pass: Mathematics Previous jobs Interests: Cooking, listening to the radio Job Date from Date to seller October 1991 December 1998 Farmer August 1999 May 2006 ACTIVITY Write a paragraph about your partner’s parent Then ask him/ her to read the paragraph and check whether the information is correct HOMEWORK Write a paragraph about you Then ask your classmates to read the paragraph and check whether the information is correct ... d Tourist guide e David Brown f 12/ 11/ 1969 g Music and dancing UNIT 3: PEOPLE’S BACKGROUND D WRITING Writing about people’s background David Brown (1969-2003) ACTIVITY Read Mr Brown’s C.V (curriculum