SGK Tiếng Anh 7 - Unit 16: People and places
UNIT 16 PEOPLE AND PLACES A Famous places in Asia Greetings from Bangkok! . ,.v. .. - 4 ■« r---'. Listen. Then practice with a partner. Hoa: Ba: Hoa: Ba: Hoa: Ba: Hoa: Ba: Hoa: Ba: What is that, Ba? It’s a postcard from my uncle Nghia. He sent it from Bangkok. What is he doing in Bangkok? He’s a pilot. It’s his job to fly there. How exciting! Does he fly only to Bangkok? No. He flies all over the region. He usually flies to Hong Kong as well as Bangkok. Sometimes he flies to Kuala Lumpur, or Singapore or Jakarta. Occasionally he goes to Phnom Penh, Vientiane or Yangon. I’d love to see all those places. Me, too. My uncle sends me postcards every time he goes away, so I have both postcards and stamps from all those cities. Can I see the stamps? Sure. I’ll bring my album to school tomorrow. Now match the half-sentences. Ba’s uncle is Uncle Nghia sends postcards Ba keeps the postcards Ba puts the stamps Hoa wants to A see the stamps. B as well as the stamps, c in a special book. D a pilot. E many different places. F to Ba from the cities he visits. Ba and Hoa would like to visit 2 Complete the table. Use the names of the countries in the box. Cambodia Malaysia Thailand Myanmar Indonesia China Laos Capital Country Bangkok Beijing Kuala Lumpur Phnom Penh Vientiane Yangon Jakarta The Great Wall Now ask and answer questions with a partner. Where does Ba’s uncle fly to? He usually/sometimes/occasionally flies to ... . Where is that? It’s in ... . Listen and complete this pilot’s schedule with the correct place names. Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday 4 Listen and read. Then answer the questions. Destinations South-east Asia has many attractions. If you are interested in history, you could visit many ancient monuments. The attractions range from the beautiful Khmer temples of Angkor Wat to the huge Buddhist temples of Borobudur in Java. You may be interested in the traditions of different cultures. You can see different shows - from colorful dances in Thailand to shadow puppet shows in Indonesia. During these shows, you can listen to and enjoy traditional music. a lot of resorts and thousands of kilometers of beaches. You can swim. You can dive and admire colorful corals and fish. You can sail and enjoy a healthy outdoor life. You may prefer the ocean. There are Questions. . • ' The passage mentions three kinds of tourist attractions. What are they? What kinds of attractions do you prefer? Remember. What kinds of attractions do you prefer? You may prefer .... The attractions range from ... to ... . B Famous people 1 Listen. Then practice with a partner. Ba: Hello, Liz. What are you doing? Liz: I’ m studying for a history quiz. Can you help me? Ba: Sure. What’s the problem? Liz: Who’s Vo Nguyen Giap? Ba: He’s a famous general. Liz: What’s he famous for? Ba: That’s easy. He’s famous for leading the People’s Army of Viet Nam at Dien Bien Phu. He was its Commander-In-Chief. Liz: What happened at Dien Bien Phu? Ba: General Giap’s forces defeated the French there in 1954. Liz: Do you know when the general was born? Ba: In 1920. No, I’m wrong. It was in 1911. I remember he was 43 when the People’s Army of Viet Nam won the battle. Liz: Thanks, Ba. You are very good at history. Ba: Well, I’m really interested in it and I have a lot of history books at home. Liz: Can I borrow some of them? Ba: Sure. Let’s go and get some now. Now, check the right column. Then correct the false sentences. T F Liz knows a lot about General Giap. The People’s Army of Viet Nam defeated the French in 1956. □ c) The People’s Army of Viet Nam won the battle of Dien Bien Phu. □ d) General Giap was bom in 1920. □ e) Ba does like history. □ f) Liz will lend Ba some history books. Practice. a) Complete this dialogue with the words in the box. Then practice with a partner. guess prefer like favorite Hoa: Do you ...(1)... Romario? Lan: No, not very much. I ...(2)... Pele. Hoa: Why? Lan: Because Pele is a better player than Romario. Hoa: I ...(3)... so. Lan: What about you? Hoa: My ...(4)... player is Michael Jordan. Lan: Really? Hoa: Yes. I think he’s very fast. b) Now make your own dialogues about famous people you know. The adjectives in the box will help you. clever powerful strong gentle kind pretty handsome funny fast *3 Read. Then answer the questions. The battle of Dien Bien Phu ended the Indochina War. Today Dien Bien Phu is a tourist destination. Many visitors are battle veterans or members of their families. As well as visiting the battle site, tourists can enjoy the, beautiful scenery of the Muong Thanh Valley, visit the neighboring villages, and share the hospitality of the local people. Most of the people who live in the area are members of the Thai or H’Mong ethnic minorities. However, they do not depend on tourism alone to live. As Dien Bien Phu is only 30 kilometers from the Laos’ border, it is an important trading center. Food leaves here for Laos and Thailand and goods arrive for the northern provinces of Viet Nam. Questions. What can people visit in Dien Bien Phu? What else can tourists do in Dien Bien Phu? Why is Dien Bien Phu’s location important? Read. Thomas Edison (b USA, 1847-1931) Famous People Thomas Edison was an inventor. His most famous invention was the electric light bulb. He also established the first central power station in New York City. During his lifetime he invented over 1,300 things including the gramophone and motion pictures. Hans Christian Andersen (b Denmark, 1805-1875) Hans Christian Andersen was a Danish author. He grew up in a poor family, and he wanted to be an actor. Later, a friend of his paid for his education at Copenhagen University. He wrote novels, plays, poetry and travel books. However, he became most famous for the fairy tales he wrote between 1835 and 1872. Now work with a partner. a) One of you is Student A and the other is Student B. Look at your information. Student A You are a newspaper reporter. Imagine you are going to interview Thomas Edison. Ask as many questions as possible. Student B You are Thomas Edison. A newspaper reporter is going to interview you. Use the information in the reading passage to answer the questions. When were you Were you bom in bom, Mr. Edison? America? I was bom in 1847. Yes, I was. b) Now change roles. Student A is Hans Christian Andersen. Student B is the reporter. Complete the interview. 5 Listen. Complete the table. Year Place Date of birth 1890 Kim Lien Left Viet Nam Worked in hotel 1900s Went to another country Moved again 1923 Moscow Founded Vietnamese Communist Party 1930 Formed Viet Minh Front Viet Nam Became President Died Remember. Present and Past tenses My favorite ... is ... . Why? Really? I prefer .... Because he/ she/ it is ... . LANGUAGE FOCUS 5 1 Adjectives and adverbs a) Check the correct box. Adjective Adverb dangerous • slowly skillfully good bad quickly b) Complete the sentences. A He ran .... (quick/quickly) B My grandmother walks .... (slow/slowly) c What a ... baby! He sleeps all night and he never cries during the day. (good/well) D Rock climbing is a ... activity, (dangerous/dangerously) E Lan is a ... volleyball player, (skillful/skillfully) 2 Modal verbs a) Work with a partner. Read the dialogue. Ba: Can I go to the movies, Mom? Mom: No, you can’t. Ba: Please, Mom! Mom: First you must do your homework. Then you can go. Ba: Great! Thanks, Mom. b) Look at the pictures and the words. Make up similar dialogues. c) Hoa has a few problems. Give her some advice, using should or ought to. go play tidy watch mail practice a) sick b) hot c) cold tired You should go to the doctor. You ought to go to the doctor. 3 Expressing likes and dislikes Taste Good Restaurant Appetizers Spring rolls Shrimp cakes Beef stew Beef steak Rice and noodles Soup Rice noodles and beef soup Vegetable soup Salad Banana flower salad Cucumber salad Fish and seafood Fried fish Fried shrimp paste on sugar cane Chicken Sweet and sour chicken Ginger chicken Fried chicken Fried rice White rice Rice noodles What would you like to eat? What would you like? Would you like ...? Work with a partner. Look at the menu. Decide which items to order. Use the information in the boxes to help you. You want: 1 soup or appetizer or salad 1 fish or seafood dish 1 beef or chicken dish 1 rice or noodle dish I’d like ... . I prefer.... I don’t really like ... . I don’t know. No, I don’t like ... . Yes. That sounds nice. Tenses Read the sentences. Check the correct column. * Past Present Future a) I live in Ho Chi Minh City. b) Ba is practicing the guitar. c) Hoa went to the doctor. d) Quang Trung School will hold its anniversary celebration on March 23. e) Nam ate too much cake at the birthday party. f) It is a beautiful day. g) Hoa is riding her bike to school. h) The basketball game started at 3.30 pm. i) I am very happy. j) It will be cool and cloudy. Because Read the dialogue. Nam: What is your favorite color, Lan? Lan: Red. Nam: Why? Lan: Because it’s lucky. Now work with a partner. Make up similar dialogues. Use the words in the table and the box to help you. Ask your partner. Take turns to be A. A: What is your favorite ...? B: ... . A: Why? B: Because it’s ... . A: ... is my favorite ..., too./ I prefer ... because .... color sport TV program blue soccer wrestling pink volleyball news red table tennis cartoons pretty exciting skillful interesting beautiful fast funny useful warm lucky peaceful GRAMMAR Greetings Nice to see you again. b) Nice to meet you. Nice to see you. c) See you later. Present simple tense She has lots of friends in Hue. She doesn’t have any friends in Ha Noi. j) She misses her parents and her friends. k) She lives on Tran Hung Dao Street. What do you want from the post office? I need some stamps. m) What do you usually do in the evening? n) What does your father do? o) Do you still miss your parents? Yes, I do. p) I don’t really like playing computer games. So, too, either, neither I'm in class 7A. So am L/ I am, too. I like bananas. So do I./1 do, too. I'd like some peas and I'd like some carrots, too. I don't like pork. Neither do I./1 don't, either. They aren't ripe. Neither are the bananas. I hate carrots. And I don't like peas, either. I don't like them. Neither do I. Present progressive tense a) I am (I’m) studying history. b) He (He’s) reading a book. c) She is (She’s) going to school. d) It (It’s) eating an apple. e) You (You’re) playing catch. f) We are (We’re) waiting for a bus. g) They (They’re) watching a movie. What is Lan studying? Some boys and girls are playing marbles. What are they talking about? They are talking about the last class. I’m trying to do this math question. Question words Where is she from? What is your family name? How old are you? Who are you? Why is Hoa unhappy? Who is this? How many rooms are there? How much is it? Prepositions How far is it from your home to school? How far is it from Hue to Ho Chi Minh City? The newspapers are on the racks in the comer on the right. Those books at the back of the library are in English. The bank is between the hotel and the restaurant. The police station is opposite the hospital. Future simple tense a) I will (I’ll) have some water. b) He (He’ll) eat-at eight o’clock. c) She will (She’ll) get up early. d) It (It’ll) go home. e) You (You’ll) play marbles. f) We will (We’ll) go by bus. g) They (They’ll) live in Hue. Will you be free tomorrow? Yes, I will. What time will it start? It’ll start at seven o’clock. We’ll meet in front of the movie theater. When will she be back? She’ll be back at about six o’clock. I won’t be happy. You’ll be late for school. I won’t be late. You will be a famous artist one day. What will they do? I’ll see you tomorrow. Dates June eighth. I will be 14 on my next birthday. Would like a) I b) He c) She d) It e) You 0 We g) They would would would (I’d) (He’d) (She’d) (It’d) (You’d) (We’d) (They’d) like spring rolls. to come and watch that. some peas and some carrots. Would you like to come to my house for lunch? Yes, I’d love to. I’d like to send this letter to the US. I’d like some local stamps. I’d like to tell you something about my country and where I live. Imperative (Commands) Please tell her I’ll call again after six. Remember to do your own washing. Brush your teeth after every meal. Pass the rice please, Hoa. Don’t worry. Don’t be late! Don’t eat too much candy. Don’t forget to write. 11 Adjectives: comparatives and superlatives adjective comparative superlative a) good better the best b) expensive more expensive the most expensive c) popular more popular the most popular d) cheap cheaper the cheapest e) little less the least 0 small smaller the smallest g) big bigger the biggest h) long longer the longest i) many more the most Adverbs of frequency What do you usually do after school? We always need more players. He never plays games. I usually meet my friends. I always like helping them. We often do our homework together. Sometimes, we go swimming. Any She doesn’t have any friends in Ha Noi. Did you buy any souvenirs in Nha Trang? Suggestions Why don’t you relax? Why don’t you come along? What about going to the movies? Let’s go to the cafeteria. Let’s buy a papaya and a pineapple. Indefinite quantifiers: a little, a lot/lots of, too much Let’s buy a little food. Hoa has lots of friends in Hue. Her new school has a lot of students. You work too much. Don’t eat too much candy. I’m sure we’ll have lots of fun. More, less and fewer Do you work fewer hours than Hoa? I feel less scared now. Dad plays more golf. He works more hours than Tim’s father. We work one hour more each day. We only work a few hours a day. That is fewer hours than any worker. We go to school one day less than you in Viet Nam. Do Vietnamese students have more or fewer vacations than American ones? Mr. Tuan has fewer days off than Tim’s father. There are fewer eggs than in the morning. 17 To be - Past simple tense a) I was b) He c) She was d) It at home yesterday. e) You Ọ We were g) They How was your vacation in Nha Trang? It was wonderful. Were you tired after the trip? No, I wasn’t (= was not). Most things weren’t (= were not) cheap. You were ill. Past simple tense a) I 1 b). He c) She • d) It played soccer. e) You f) We g) They They saw sharks, dolphins and turtles. My uncle didn’t (= did not) cut my hair. Where did you buy it? I didn’t buy it. My neighbor bought the material. She made the dress for me. Liz looked at the fish. Hoa got up and took a shower. Her aunt got me some stamps. Did your Mom write a sick note for you? No, she didn’t. Yesterday, Mr. Lam started a new job at a printing factory. You had a virus. Because We call it the common cold because every year millions of people catch it. Why didn’t Lan go to school yesterday? Because she had a bad cold. Sequencing: first, next, then, finally First, she sliced the beef into thin strips. Next, she sliced some green peppers and onions. Then, she heated a pan. Finally, she stir-fried the beef and the vegetables. Modal verbs It must be something you ate. You must do your homework first. He could explore the oceans of the world. A pearl diver couldn’t stay underwater for longer than two minutes. Can I help you? I ought to finish it. I should clean my room. You may prefer the ocean. I might not have my table tennis paddles with me. I have to finish this question for Math tomorrow. Adjectives / adverbs adjective adverb a) good well b) bad badly c) quick quickly d) slow slowly e) skillful skillfully f) dangerous dangerously g) safe safely h) sudden suddenly Did your Mom wash it well? They began to ride quickly. She plays tennis badly. The game sometimes moves slowly. Everybody, everything, nobody, no one, nothing Everybody knows the symptoms. How is everything? But nobody knows a cure. No one went home until the TV station closed for the night. She enjoyed socializing with her friends and it cost nothing. What They show what they do. They show what they wear. They show what music they like. We see what the characters do. Irregular verbs Infinitive verb past be was / were become became begin began break broke bring brought build built buy bought catch caught choose chose come came cut cut do did drink drank eat ate fall fell feel felt find found fly flew get . got give gave go went grow grew have had hear heard hit hit hold held hurt hurt ■ keep kept know. knew lay laid lend lent lie lay lose lost Irregular verbs Infinitive verb past make made mean meant meet met put . put read read ride rode ring rang rise rose run ran say said see saw sell sold send sent set set shine shone shoot shot shut shut sing sang sit sat sleep slept speak spoke spend spent stand stood steal stole sweep swept take took teach taught tell told think thought throw threw understand understood write wrote