SGK Tiếng Anh 7 - Unit 7: The world of work

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A A student’s work
ỊEỊJ 1 Listen. Then practice with a partner.
Uncle: Eat your breakfast, Hoa. It’s half past six. You’ll be late for school.
Hoa:	I won’t be late, uncle. I’m usually early. Our classes start
at 7.00.
Uncle: And what time do your classes finish?
Hoa:	At a quarter past eleven. Then in the afternoon I do my
homework. That takes about two hours each day.
Uncle: You work quite hard, Hoa. When will you have a vacation?
Hoa:	Our summer vacation starts in June. It lasts for almost
three months.
Uncle: What will you do during the vacation?
Hoa:	I’ll go and see Mom and Dad on their farm. I always like
helping them. They work very hard, but we have fun working together.
Now answer.
What time do Hoa’s classes start?
What time do they finish? •
For how many hours a day does Hoa do her homework?
What will Hoa do during her vacation?
What about you? Do your classes start earlier or later? Do you work fewer hours than Hoa?
When does your school year start?
When does it finish?
Read. Then answer the questions.
A letter from America
June 1
Dear Hoa,
Hi! How are you? I’m fine. Thanks for your letter. I like hearing about how students live in Viet Nam. I find it really interesting.
I think you have fewer vacations than American students. Is that true? Our longest vacation is in the summer. Do you have a long summer vacation, too? We don’t have a Tet holiday, but we celebrate the New Year on January 1. Our most important vacations are Easter, 4th of July, Thanksgiving and Christmas. We usually spend time with our families on these vacations.
What other vacations do you have? What do you like doing during your vacations? Elease write soon and tell me.
Your friend,
Tim
Questions.
Which American vacation is the longest?
What does Tim do during his vacation?
Do Vietnamese students have more or fewer vacations than American ones?
ÌMsìi 3 Listen. Write the name of the public holiday in each of these
Read. Then answer the questions.
Many people think that students have an easy life: we only work a few hours a day and have long vacations. They don’t know we have to work hard at school and at home.
Take a look at a typical grade 7 student like Hoa. She has five periods a day, six days a week. That is about 20 hours a week - fewer hours than any worker. But that is not all. Hoa is a keen student and she studies hard. She has about 12 hours
of homework every week. She also has to review her work before tests. This makes her working week about 45 hours. This is more than some workers. Students like Hoa are definitely not lazy!
Questions.
Why do some people think that students have an easy life?
How many hours a week does Hoa work? Is this fewer than most workers?
How many hours a week do you work? Is that more or fewer hours than Hoa?
Does the writer think students are lazy?
Remember.
late
You will be late for school.
early
I am usually early.
a few
We only work a few hours a day.
fewer
This is fewer hours than any workers.
more
This is more than some workers.
B The worker
July 3
Dear Hoa,
Dest wishes,
Tim
1 Listen and read. Then answer the questions. A letter from Tim Jones
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I am pleased that you and your family are Well. I am
fine, too. Here is a photo of me, my Mom and Dad, and
my sister, Shannon. Can you send me a photo of you?
Let me tell you more about my parents.
My Mom works at home. She takes care of the family. Three mornings a week, she works part-time at a local supermarket. She and other women also cook lunch for homeless people once a week.
My Dad is a mechanic. He repairs machines in a factory. He works five days a week for about 40 hours, sometimes in the morning and sometimes in the afternoon. He prefers the morning shift. He has fewer days off than my Mom. However, when he has an afternoon free, he plays golf.
Dad gets about seven public holidays each year. He also has a three-week summer vacation. We always go to Florida on vacation. We have a great time and Dad plays more golf.
Mease write soon and tell me more about your family.
Questions.
Where does Mrs. Jones work?
What does she do for homeless people?
What is Mr. Jones’ job?
How many hours a week does he. usually work?
How do you know the Jones family likes Florida?
Read.
Hoa's father, Mr. Tuan, is a farmer.
He works more hours than Tim's father. He usually starts work at six in the morning. He has breakfast, then he feeds the buffalo, pigs and chickens, and collects the eggs.
From about nine in the morning until four in the afternoon, Mr. Tuan works in the fields with his brother.
They grow some rice, but their main
crop is vegetables. From 12 to 1 o'clock, Mr. Tuan rests and eats lunch.
At four in the afternoon, they come back home. Mr. Tuan feeds the animals again. Then he cleans the buffalo shed and the chicken coop. His work usually finishes at six.
Four or five times a year when there is less work, Mr. Tuan takes a day off. He goes to the city with his wife. A farmer has no real vacations.
Compare.
about them.
Mr. Jones
Mr. Tuan
Read Tim’s letter and the text about Mr. Tuan. Then make notes
Listen and take notes.
Name
Job
Hours per week
Amount of vacation
Peter
Susan
Jane
Phong
Remember.
*5 Play with words.
The future
In the future machines will do All the work for me and you.
Robots working at top speed Making all the things we need.
Robot fanners will grow our crops.
A robot works and never stops.
We will have less work and more money to spend, A two-day week and a five-day weekend.
Some people think this may come true.
But I don’t think it’s true. Do you?
Sometimes he works in the morning and sometimes in the afternoon.
She works part-time.
When there is less work, he goes to the city.
Tim's father has fewer days off than his mother.