English Part of speech Phonetics Example sentence accident n /ˈæksɪdənt/ I saw a car accident yesterday.. English Part of speech Phonetics Example sentence card ie.. English Part of spee
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Remember when…
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forgotten female firsts
Listening:
The good old days
• A grandson asks his grandfather about his life
Speaking:
• Talking about you
• Talking about your life
• What do you think?
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speech Phonetics Example sentence
accident n /ˈæksɪd(ə)nt/ I saw a car accident yesterday.
acquaintance n /əˈkweɪntəns/ I wouldn't call her a friend – just an old
acquaintance.
acting n /ˈæktɪŋ/ If you love acting so much, you should
start drama school.
appear v /əˈpɪə/ When did the first Superman comic
appear?
assistant n /əˈsɪst(ə)nt/ Rosalind Franklin worked as an
assistant to scientist Maurice Wilkins.
Austrian adj /ˈɒstriən/ Hedy Lamarr was an Austrian actress.
burglar n /ˈbɜːɡlə/ There's a burglar in the house Quick,
call the police!
butcher n /ˈbʊtʃə/ My uncle is a butcher and sells many
types of meat.
calmly adv /ˈkɑːmli/ ‘I'll call the police’, he said calmly.
cancer n /ˈkænsə/ She had cancer, but she's completely
recovered.
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speech Phonetics Example sentence
card (ie
greetings card) n /kɑːd/ Did you get any cards for your birthday?
carefully adv /ˈkeəf(ə)li/ I listened carefully to the doctor's
instructions.
Christmas Day n /ˌkrɪsməs deɪ/ I used to love Christmas Day when I
was a kid.
cleaner n /ˈkliːnə/ My dad works as an office cleaner.
come down (ie
the Berlin Wall) phr v /kʌm ˈdaʊn/ When did the Berlin Wall come down?comic (ie
magazine) n /ˈkɒmɪk/ Superman is my favourite comic.
congratulations n pl /kənˌɡrætʃʊ
ˈleɪʃ(ə)nz/ Congratulations on your new job!
Czechoslovakian adj /ˌtʃɛkə(ʊ)slə
ˈvakɪən/ Hedy Lamarr started her acting career in Czechoslovakian cinema.
dangerous adj /ˈdeɪndʒərəs/ Radioactivity can be very dangerous.
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speech Phonetics Example sentence
discover v /dɪˈskʌvə/ When did Alexander Fleming discover
penicillin?
Easter Day n /ˈiːstə/ We're ready for the chocolate egg
hunt on Easter Day.
embassy n /ˈembəsi/ I lost my passport in Rome so I had to
go to the British embassy.
fast food n /fɑːst ˈfuːd/ Many restaurants serve fast food
these days.
female adj /ˈfiːmeɪl/ Marie Curie is probably the most
famous female scientist of all time.
flu n /fluː/ Thousands of people die of flu every
year.
fortunately adv /ˈfɔːtʃənətli/ Fortunately, Helen's a good driver.
Greece n /ɡriːs/ We are going to Greece on holiday this
summer.
Greek adj /ɡriːk/ I can't speak Greek.
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speech Phonetics Example sentence
housework n /ˈhaʊswɜːk/ Women did all the housework in the
jigsaw n /ˈdʒɪɡsɔː/ My kids love doing jigsaw puzzles.
jumper n /ˈdʒʌmpə/ The jumpers I bought were very
cheap.
laboratory n /ləˈbɒrət(ə)ri/ Rosalind Franklin worked in a
laboratory in Paris.
land v /lænd/ When did man first land on the moon?
male adj /meɪl/ In the old days, there were more male
than female scientists.
New Year’s Eve n /ˌnjuː jɪəz ˈiːv/ I often go to a party after dinner on
New Year's Eve.
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speech Phonetics Example sentence
noise n /nɔɪz/ I woke up when I heard a noise
quickly adv /ˈkwɪkli/ We need to finish quickly, so hurry up!
research n /rɪˈsɜːtʃ/ Marie Curie did research at the
Sorbonne in Paris.
role n /rəʊl/ She played a great role in her latest
movie.
run away phr v /ˌrʌn əˈweɪ/ Hedy Lamarr had to run away to
escape from her husband.
sadly adv /ˈsædli/ I went on a climbing holiday Sadly, I
broke my leg.
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speech Phonetics Example sentence
scary adj /ˈskeəri/ You look very scary in that costume.
Senegal n /ˌsenɪˈɡɔːl/ I taught in a school in Senegal for a
year.
seriously adv /ˈsɪəriəsli/ Why don't you take me seriously?
silently adv /ˈsaɪləntli/ Go upstairs silently, your mum is
asleep.
straight after adv /ˈstreɪt ˌɑːftə/ I finished university and started to
work straight after it.
structure n /ˈstrʌktʃə/ Franklin was the first to show DNA's
structure in a photo.
suddenly adv /ˈsʌd(ə)nli/ I was on my way to work when I
suddenly realised it was Saturday!
Sweden n /ˈswiːd(ə)n/ The Nobel Prize ceremony takes place
in Sweden every year.
umbrella n /ʌmˈbrelə/ Take your umbrella in case it rains.
unfortunately adv /ʌnˈfɔːtʃ(ə)nətli/ I went to see him Unfortunately, he
wasn't there.
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speech Phonetics Example sentence
wave n /weɪv/ A radio wave is a low-energy
electromagnetic wave.
wedding n /ˈwedɪŋ/ Congratulations on your wedding!
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bedodiscoverstartlandselldieappearcostcome
was – were
did discover started landed sold died appeared cost came
Past Simple form
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1 Work in groups Do the history quiz Discuss your answers with the class
1-2
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2 Listen and check your answers Which group won the quiz? What other information did you learn? Did
anything surprise you?
Script
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2 Listen and check your answers Which group won the quiz? What other information did you learn? Did
anything surprise you?
Script
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2 Listen and check your answers Which group won the quiz? What other information did you learn? Did
anything surprise you?
Script
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2 Listen and check your answers Which group won the quiz? What other information did you learn? Did
anything surprise you?
Script
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2 Listen and check your answers Which group won the quiz? What other information did you learn? Did
anything surprise you?
Script
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Roger mentions getting sixpence pocket money Sixpence was a small silver coloured coin, first made in 1920 and used before decimalization in the UK in 1970
At that time it was worth two
and a half p and would probably
be equivalent to around 70p
today.
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The good old days?
Script
1 Did you have television?
2 How many TV channels were there?
3 So did programmes begin?
4 _ much pocket money _ you get?
5 _ sort of comics _ you ?
Listen and check With a
partner, ask and answer the
questions
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The good old days?
In those days …
• we / not / have mobile phones
• children / not / play video games
• people / not / buy things with credit cards
• we / not / shop online
• restaurants / not / serve fast food
In those days we didn’t have mobile phones.
In those days, children didn’t play video games.
In those days, people didn’t buy things with credit cards.
In those days, we didn’t shop online.
In those days, restaurants didn’t serve fast food.
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1 Write the Past Simple form
l want to go
He likes it
Do you watch TV?
Where does she work?
I don’t eat sweets
They don’t go out much
I wanted to go.
He liked it.
Did you watch TV?
Where did she work?
I didn’t eat sweets.
They didn’t go out much.
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2 Complete the time expressions
1 Henry Ford sold the first Model-T Ford _ 1908.
2 I was born April 28, 1991.
3 This lesson began _ nine o’clock.
4 Billy saw Roger two days _.
in on
at
go
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7.1 Past simple
For the forms of the Past Simple, see Unit 6
He discovered penicillin in 1928.
Man landed on the moon in 1969.
The Berlin Wall came down in 1989.
Questions
When did it happen?
How long ago did people start using the Internet? How much pocket money did you get?
But:
How many people died in the war?
How many programmes were there?
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7.2 Time expressions
in / at / on
in the twentieth century / 1924 / the 1990s winter / summer /
the evening / the morning / September
on 10th October / Christmas Day / Saturday / Sunday evening
at seven o’clock I weekends I night
ago
I went there weeks / a month ago.ten years / two
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Answers
Trang 29Practice – Roger’s life
2 Work with a
partner You have
different
information about
Roger’s life Ask
and answer the
questions
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2 You and your partner have different information about
Roger Denton’s life Take turns to ask and answer questions to find out the missing information to complete your text.
Student B Student A
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Trang 33Practice – Talking about you
3 Write the correct preposition in at on
eleven o’ clock
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4 Work with a partner Ask and answer questions with
When ? Use a time expression and/or ago in your
answer.When did ?
• you go to bed last night
• you get up today
• you leave the house
• arrive at school/work
• you start learning English
• this class start
• you last go on holiday
• your parents get married
• you last check your phone
• you last have a coffee break
5 Tell the class about your day up to now
I got up at seven o’clock and had breakfast.
I left the house at
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6 Listen and tick () the sentence you hear
Where did you want to go?
Why did you want to go?
I don’t go to college
I didn’t go to college
Where is he?
Where was he?
Do you like it?
Did you like it?
Why did she come?
Why didn’t she come?
They were here
They weren’t here
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1 Work with a partner Owen is talking to Nicole at a party Look at Owen’s questions and the notes in
Nicole’s answers What did Nicole say?
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You aren’t English, are you Nicole? Where are you from?
No / French / born / Toulouse
Is that where you grew up?
Yes / lived / parents / brother / house near the university / father worked/university
Oh, how interesting! What did he do? Was he a teacher?
Yes / professor / music
Really! What does he play?
brilliant pianist
How wonderful! And what about your mother? What’s her job?retired / but / doctor / worked /hospital
So did you go to school in Toulouse?
Yes / catholic high school I / ten years Then / university
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What did you study?
English and Education / Paris, and then / studied / one year / London
Ah! That’s why your English is so good! And did you start work straight after that?
No / travelled / Africa / few months, then / taught / school in Senegal
That sounds great! And what’s your job now?
teach / high school / Paris / English and French
I’m sure you’re a brilliant teacher!
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What did you study?
English and Education / Paris, and then / studied / one year / London
Ah! That’s why your English is so good! And did you start work straight after that?
No / travelled / Africa / few months, then / taught / school in Senegal
That sounds great! And what’s your job now?
teach / high school / Paris / English and French
I’m sure you’re a brilliant teacher!
You aren’t English, are you Nicole? Where are you from?
No / French / born / Toulouse
Is that where you grew up?
Yes / lived / parents / brother / house near the university / father worked/university
Oh, how interesting! What did he do? Was he a teacher?
Yes / professor / music
Really! What does he play?
brilliant pianist
How wonderful! And what about your mother? What’s her job?retired / but / doctor / worked /hospital
So did you go to school in Toulouse?
Yes / catholic high school I / ten years Then / university
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1 Listen and compare
What did you study?
English and Education / Paris, and then / studied / one year / London
Ah! That’s why your English is so good! And did you start work straight after that?
No / travelled / Africa / few months, then / taught / school in Senegal
That sounds great! And what’s your job now?
teach / high school / Paris / English and French
I’m sure you’re a brilliant teacher!
You aren’t English, are you Nicole? Where are you from?
No / French / born / Toulouse
Is that where you grew up?
Yes / lived / parents / brother / house near the university / father worked/university
Oh, how interesting! What did he do? Was he a teacher?
Yes / professor / music
Really! What does he play?
brilliant pianist
How wonderful! And what about your mother? What’s her job?retired / but / doctor / worked /hospital
So did you go to school in Toulouse?
Yes / catholic high school I / ten years Then / university
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1 Listen and compare
You aren’t English, are you Nicole? Where are you from?
Is that where you grew up?
Oh, how interesting! What did he do? Was he a teacher?
Really! What does he play?
How wonderful! And what about your mother? What’s her job?
No / French / born / Toulouse
Yes / lived / parents / brother / house near the university / father worked/university
Yes / professor / music
brilliant pianist
retired / but / doctor / worked /hospital
No, I’m French I was born in Toulouse.
Yes I lived with my parents and my brother in a house near the university there My father worked at the university.
Yes, he was a professor of music.
He’s a brilliant pianist.
She’s retired now, but she was a doctor She worked in the hospital.
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1 Listen and compare
So did you go to school in Toulouse?
What did you study?
Ah! That’s why your English is so good! And did you start work straight after that?
That sounds great! And what’s your job now?
I’m sure you’re a brilliant teacher!
Yes / catholic high school I / ten years Then / university
English and Education / Paris, and then / studied / one year / London
No / travelled / Africa / few months, then / taught / school in Senegal
teach / high school / Paris / English and French
I teach in a high school in Paris I teach English and French.
Anyway what about you?
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2 Practise the conversation with a partner Swap roles
So did you go to school in Toulouse?
Yes, I went to a catholic high school I was there for ten years Then I went to university.
What did you study?
I studied English and Education in Paris, and then I studied for one year in London.
Ah! That’s why your English is so good! And did you start work straight after that?
No, I travelled around Africa for a few months, then I taught in a school in Senegal.
That sounds great! And what’s your job now?
I teach in a high school in Paris I teach English and French.
I’m sure you’re a brilliant teacher!
Anyway what about you?
You aren’t English, are you Nicole? Where are you from?
No, I’m French I was born in Toulouse.
Is that where you grew up?
Yes I lived with my parents and my brother in a house near the university there My father worked at the university.
Oh, how interesting! What did he do? Was he a teacher?
Yes, he was a professor of music.
Really! What does he play?
He’s a brilliant pianist.
How wonderful! And what about your mother? What’s her job?
She’s retired now, but she was a doctor She worked in the hospital.
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3 Make some notes about your own life story
4 Work in groups Tell the group your life story Ask and answer questions
Where did you ?
How long ?
Did you ?
Who did you ?
Did you enjoy university?
What did you study?
How long did you stay there?
Who did you meet?