unit 5 Higher Education

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Saturday, October 24 th 2009

I Pronunciation : Stress in words of more than three-syllables

Eg: eco‘nomics, phi‘losophy, psy‘chology

1 Trọng âm rơi vào âm tiết thứ 2 từ cuối lên:

* Với những từ có hậu tố là: - ic, -ing

Eg: scien tific, eco nomic, engi neering ‘ ‘ ‘

2 Trọng âm rơi vào âm tiết tr ớc các hậu tố sau:

• Với những từ có hậu tố là : -ical, - logy

Eg: bi ology, eco nomical ‘ ‘

*

* Quy tắc đặt trọng âm.

a Listen and repeat

eco‘nomics engi‘neering geo‘graphical psy‘chology soci‘ology ache‘ology phi‘losophy mathe‘matics

II - Practise reading these sentences.

1 Socio – lin‘guistics is his favourite subject at the

uni‘versity.

• English language proficiency requirements for

undergraduate courses such as engi‘neering and

mathe‘matics are considerably de‘manding.

3 Some geo‘graphical names in Australia are very difficult to remember.

4 The entrance exami‘nation to uni‘versities in Vietnam

always takes place in July.

5 Mathematics, geo‘graphy and economics are his favourite subjects at Ha Noi National Uni‘versity.

II Grammar: Conditional sentences

1 Conditional sentence type 1.

a Form:

If + S + V(s/es) + O, S + will + V(inf) + O

can may

If clause

Main clause

b Use:

C©u ®iÒu kiÖn lo¹i 1 ® îc dïng diÔn t¶ ®iÒu kiÖn cã thÓ x¶y ra ë hiÖn t¹i vµ t ¬ng lai t ¬ng lai.

Eg: If you learn hard, you will pass the exam.

2 Conditional sentence type 2.

a Form:

If + S + V(past simple) + O, S + would + V(inf) + O

could might

If clause

Main clause

Eg: If I knew his phone number, I would phone him.

b Use:

Câu điều kiện loại 2 đ ợc dùng diễn tả một hành động, một

sự việc không có thực trong hiện tại mà chỉ là t ởng t ợng hoặc mơ ớc.

3 Conditional sentence type 3.

a Form:

Eg: If she had stayed at home yesterday, I would

have met her.

C©u ®iÒu kiÖn lo¹i 3 ® îc dïng diÔn t¶ ®iÒu kiÖn kh«ng

thËt hay tr¸i víi thùc tÕ trong qu¸ khø

b Use:

Eg:These plants will die unless you water them regularly.

Exercise 1: Match each of the problems in column A with its

possible result in column B.

1 You won’t be able to get into

the examination room if a you won’t be able to get into the examination room.

2 If you don’t send the

application form on time, b you won’t be allowed to submit your application form.

3 If you don’t have a

reference letter, c you are 10 minutes late.

4 Unless you show your

identity card, d you won’t be able / allowed to take the entrance exam.

Exercise 2: Express these situations using conditional

sentence type 2.

E.g: She doesn’t have a car She doesn’t go out in the evening

 If she had a car, she would go out in the evening.

1 Sarah doesn’t study hard She hates school

2 Peter doesn’t read a lot He can’t find the time

3 They don’t travel far a lot They are afraid of flying

 If they weren’t afraid of flying, they would travel far a lot.

4 I can’t do the test It is too difficult

I could do the test if it was/were not too difficult.

Exercise 3: Complete the sentences with the correct form of

the verbs in brackets ( Work in pairs)

E g: If John had passed the GCSE exam, he would have been allowed

to take the entrance exam to the university

1 If John ………( install) an alarm, the thieves wouldn’t

have broken into his house

2 I ………(make) a film with him if I had been a famous director, but I was not

3 If you had told me earlier, I ………( give) it to you

4 We would have sent you a Christmas card if we………

( have) your address

had installed would have made

would have given

had had

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