Tiếng Anh 9: Unit 7: SAVING ENERGY

recent (adj) gần đây, mới đây enormous (adj) lớn, nhiều to reduce (v) giảm, làm giảm đi plumber (n) thợ sửa ống nước crack (n) vết nứt.. pipe (n) ống nước shower (n) vòi sen faucet (n) v[r]

Unit 7: SAVING ENERGY Listen and read

Vocabulary

to save (v) tiết kiệm energy (n) lượng to worry (v) lo lắng worried (adj) lo lắng bill (n) hóa đơn

recent (adj) gần đây, enormous (adj) lớn, nhiều to reduce (v) giảm, làm giảm plumber (n) thợ sửa ống nước crack (n) vết nứt

pipe (n) ống nước shower (n) vòi sen faucet (n) vòi nước to waste (v) làm lãng phí

a dripping faucet (n) vịi nước bị rò rỉ advice (n) lời khuyên

amount (n) lượng, khối lượng Grammar:

1/Connectives (liên từ): and, but, or, so, therefore, however Eg The shop was closed so I couldn’t get any milk

She’s been learning English for five years but she doesn’t speak it very well

2/Phrasal verbs: turn off (tắt), turn on (mở), look for (tìm kiếm), look after (chăm sóc, trơng coi), go on (tiếp tục)

Eg Don’t worry about me – I can look after myself

Please turn off the television before you go to bed./Please turn the television off before you go to bed

3/Make suggestions: Đưa lời đề nghị -suggest + V-ing

-suggest (that) + S + should + V

Eg Kate suggested going out for a walk Kate suggested we should go out for a walk Getting started

I suggest turning off the faucets

True or False? True

2 True

3 False (Mrs Ha will have a plumber check the pipes in her house.)

4 False (Mrs Mi suggests getting a plumber to check cracks in the pipes.) True

Exercise 1: Complete the sentences with and, but, because, or, so, or although They didn’t go out for a walk _ it was raining

2 She felt very tired _ she went to bed early He stopped bought some flowers

4 Work hard you will pass your examinations He doesn’t like music his wife does

6 She stayed up late watching TV _ she was tired Would you like to sit here next to the window? Don’t drive so fast you’ll have an accident

9 She accepted the job _the salary was rather low 10 Do it slowly _carefully

Exercise 2: Complete the sentences with on, out, up, down, off, away, or up. The factory turns _ 900 cars a week

2 Come _! Everybody is waiting for you Look ! There’s a car coming!

4 The plane took _ 20 minutes late but landed on time I often wake _ in the middle of the night

6I Casey was very late because his car broke _ I can’t hear you Can you speak _ a bit? I know it’s difficult but don’t give _

9 These apples are bad Shall I throw them ? 10 We set _ very early to avoid the traffic Exercise 3: Make suggestions

1 go in my car (suggest + V-ing)

I suggested go out to eat (suggest that we + should + V)

I suggest ? take the bus to school (suggest that you + should + V)