Ôn tập Anh Văn B1

Today people phone or use email.. EVS is the time lag between comprehension and reformulation By lagging further behind, interpreters increase comprehension potential, but may overload

A REVIEW COURSE FOR

B1 LEVEL

Nguyễn Văn Tuấn, MA.

Hue College of Foreign Languages

1.1 I love meeting people

Vocabulary:

- Interests: acting, books, listening to

dance music, playing the guitar, pop

music, fashion, shopping

- Sport: athletics, football, the gym, ice

hockey, mountain biking, tennis

- Computer: chatting online, chat rooms,

online computer games

- Social activities: chatting with friends,

making new friends

1.1 I love meeting people

7 What’s my hobby?

1 I don’t mind being on my own or staying at

home I like computer and indoor activities which are quiet and relaxing.

2 I like doing things outdoors and love

animals, but I am also artistic I also like

doing things on my own.

3 I can’t stand staying at home I prefer being

outside and doing sports, but I don’t really like animals

1.1 I love meeting people

9 Write an online profile

Hi, I’m and I’m

from _ I like

and I hate and I can’t stand _ I

want to

and .

1

1.2 Keeping in touch

2 Give reasons for your answers.

1 I think text is the best because it

would be very noisy and difficult to hear a telephone conversation

2 I think email is best because you

can send a link to the website.

3 I think mobile phone is the best

because you can explain why you are going to be late and how long you will be.

1.2 Keeping in touch

2 Give reasons for your answers.

4 I think a postcard is best because

you can send a picture of the place where you are staying.

5 I think landline is best because you

might want to talk for a long time

1.2 Keeping in touch

8 Writing extra

Discuss the questions in pairs.

1 How much time do you spend on

4 What is your favourite website?

5 Do you think the internet is safe?

play this new game that I’ve

discovered

Hope you an come.

From _

2.1 He’s the youngest brother

Vocabulary

A: cheerful, confident, kind, lazy, shy

B: elderly, in his/her thirties

C: bald, a beard, curly hair, fair hair, glasses,

handsome, a moustache, pretty, slim,

tall

D: a grandparent, a twin

2 To be: bald, cheerful, confident, elderly, a

grandparent, handsome, in his thirties, kind, lazy, pretty, shy, slim, tall, a twin

To have: a beard, curly hair, fair hair,

glasses, a moustache

2.1 He’s the youngest brother

6 Write sentences

1 I think teenagers are friendlier

than elderly people because

they need to have more friends.

2 Men are more hard working than

women because women waste

hours every day chatting.

3 Shy people are not as attractive

as confident people because a

big smile makes everyone looks better.

2.2 Such a messy room

1

armchair 3 blinds 1 carpet 1,3

ceiling 1,2,3,4 cupboard 4 curtains 2 cushion 1,2,4 desk 3 drawers 1 duvet 1,2,3 fan 1 mirror 3,4 pillow 1,2,4 photos 2 posters 2 rubbish bin 3 shelf 2,3

2.2 Such a messy room

1

armchair 3 blinds 1 carpet 1,3

ceiling 1,2,3,4 cupboard 4 curtains 2 cushion 1,2,4 desk 3 drawers 1 duvet 1,2,3 fan 1 mirror 3,4 pillow 1,2,4 photos 2 posters 2 rubbish bin 3 shelf 2,3

3.1 It used to be different

1 Speaking

1

1 The people are singing around the piano.

2 The boy is writing a letter.

3 The man is making a phone call.

4 The women are getting dressed.

5 The woman is washing clothes.

2

1 Today people watch TV for entertainment.

2 Today people phone or use email.

3 Today people have mobile phones.

4 Today people wear jeans or T-shirts.

5 Today people have washing machines.

3.1 It used to be different

6

3.1 It used to be different

7

Photo 1: This family is watching television

together They are eating something in the

bowl They are all laughing Three of them

are sitting in the sofa Three of the people are wearing jeans There is a lamp next to the

sofa The man is saying something to the

woman The children are talking about the

cartoon film on the TV They look about 10 and 12 The boy is playing with a cat and the girl is eating an ice-cream.

3.1 It used to be different

7

Photo 2: This family is playing football on the

beach It is a sunny day and the sky is blue The man is standing in the goal The woman

is holding a ball in her arms, They are all

wearing shorts and have bare feet The

woman is wearing a sun hat The girl is

shouting to the boy The boy is running

toward the goal The man is waiting for the boy to come The man is wearing sunglasses.

3.1 It used to be different

7

3.1 It used to be different

Dimitri eats meals, plays sport and watches sport He used to do homework, do housework and go on holiday Elena eats meals She used to do housework and go on holiday.

9 Dimitri asks Elena a question to star the

conversation They both talk for about the same length of time The involve each other

by asking questions and using phases such

as What about you?

3.2 The street is lined with trees

- Photo 1 shows New Jersey port in New York This is the largest port in the east coast of North America, and is at the centre

of the busiest consumer market in the world.

- Photo 2 is the Red Square in Moscow The photo shows Basil’s Cathedral, at the south east end of Red Square It is one of the most famous squares in the world.

3.2 The street is lined with trees

1.

- Photo 3 shows Carnaby Street in Central London This is a famous pedestrianised shopping area near Oxford Street.

- Photo 4 shows a metro station outside one of the most famous department stores in Paris, Galeries La fayettes.

3.2 The street is lined with trees

1.

- Photo 3 shows Carnaby Street in Central London This is a famous pedestrianised shopping area near Oxford Street.

- Photo 4 shows a metro/an underground station outside one of the most famous department stores in Paris, Galeries La fayettes.

3.2 The street is lined with trees

3.2 The street is lined with trees

2.

4 pedestrian 5 underground

6 statue

3.2 The street is lined with trees

4

- In pairs, plan a day out in Montreal.

- Language for making suggestion:

Why don’t we ? We could

Let’s

First, , after that , next , finally

3.2 The street is lined with trees

4 In 1988 an ice storm caused $1 billion worth of

damage to the city.

5 Many famous films were made in Montreal.

6 66% of Montrealers speak French as their first

language.

EXAM GUIDE

Dear Mark,

Yes, I had a job in a shop last summer and I loved it It was a shoe shop in the town centre I had to work long hours but I met some really nice people and I made a lot of money I will use it to buy a car when I go to college next year You are lucky that your uncle has a shop I you do, you will save money too If you do not work, you will get bored because the summer holidays are quite long Let me know your decision.

Best wishes,

Jack

Lots of love,

Emilie

my grandmother, who asked me if I had liked my present I was very embarrassed because I did not know anything about a present from my grandmother I went upstairs and looked in my bedroom Under the bed there was a little box I pulled it out and opened it It was a beautiful necklace from my grandmother I loved it

LITTLE THINGS

Little drops of water

Little grains of sand

Make the vast ocean

And the pleasant land Little deeds of kindness Little words of love

Make the Earth happy Like the Heaven above.

Hold fast to dreams

For if dreams die

Life is a broken-winged bird That cannot fly

Hold fast to dreams

For if dreams go

Life is a barren field

Frozen with snow

8. Dear Philip,

I think it’s a good idea to organize a party for your parents A restaurant would be nice but it is quite expensive Why don’t you have the party at home and ask all your parents’ friends to help you with the food? Everyone could bring a different dish and in that way the food will be delicious but cheap I will help you decorate the house and clean up afterwards

I don’t think it’s a good idea to make it a surprise party It will be difficult to keep it secret and you will give yourself a lot more stress! Good luck and let me know how it goes.

Take care Florence

4.2 You’ll be given a lot to eat

1.

• Food: bitter, creamy, delicious,

disgusting, excellent, salty, simple, traditional

• Service: excellent, slow

• Atmosphere: lively, relaxed,

unfriendly

• Restaurant: excellent, fashionable,

modern, smart, stylish, traditional

4.2 You’ll be given a lot to eat

• Both: all of, lots of, most, no, none

of, plenty of, some

4.2 You’ll be given a lot to eat

4.2 You’ll be given a lot to eat

7

- How many restaurants are there in your neighborhood?

- How far is the nearest restaurant

from your house?

- What type of food do the restaurants serve?

4.2 You’ll be given a lot to eat

7

- There are six restaurants in my neighborhood The best restaurant

is Am Phu Restaurant It is a traditional restaurant and serves delicious food.

Preventative tactics

When the speech contains figures and

names that interpreters feel they may forget and that they cannot reformulate right away for syntactic reasons, they may take them down in notes

EVS is the time lag between comprehension and reformulation

By lagging further behind, interpreters

increase comprehension potential, but may overload short-term memory

Preventative tactics

When the speech contains figures and

names that interpreters feel they may forget and that they cannot reformulate right away for syntactic reasons, they may take them down in notes

EVS is the time lag between comprehension and reformulation

By lagging further behind, interpreters

increase comprehension potential, but may overload short-term memory

Preventative tactics

This is applied when faced with potential overload of

memory, as with a source language and a target language that are syntactically very different By the means of

segmentation, short - term memory can help interpreters

keep in mind the original structure and rearrange

information at the same time

Changing the order of elements in an

enumeration

Enumerations are high-density speech segments, especially with names, which can be reproduced from echoic memory (memory of the sound), or with terms which are easily transcoded

Omitting

1. Exercise 1 (comprehensive listening):

Yesterday, Tom has an unforgettable experience While driving

to school, he had seen a crowd in street He asked a person what they were doing “Well, Robbin William’s here Everybody wants

to see him and have his signature” … “Wow” – Tom thought

“He’s my idol But how to get close? I have an examination this morning” Leaving with regret, he were so surprised and couldn’t believe in his eyes, a stranger in his car, looking at him and

smiling “Come on, guy Help me to hide, just a moment”- said

Exercise 2: (Sequences – Intensive listening)

(1) As some recent researches prove, some fruits like apple,

grape, tomato, orange, melon and peach are rich of vitamin C

The list is about object, listeners can use short-term memory to

rename adequately

(2) If you want to sign in the security system, you need to have

a personal identification number (PIN), for example:

784291736520

The utterance includes twelve digits without order, then a tip to use short-term memory for memorizing is “chunk”: divide the number into set of digits (2 or 3 digits per chunk):

- 784 291 736 520

- 78 42 91 73 65 20

• (3) Vietnam history has witness many victories against invaders:

from Ngo dynasty to Ly, Tran, Le empires in the previous

millennium

• In this case, listeners should pay attention to the time sequences to

rename the subjects: Ngo, Ly, Tran, Le

Exercise 3 (Object Listing with arrangement)

I have to learn a lot of subjects at school but just

some of them are in my favor At primary school, I

was very good at history and geography The latter is also my favorite subject at secondary school… High school, uhm…, let I remember, maths, chemistry and physics – all natural sciences… Well, I forget, I was also interested in music at junior high school because

I seemed to be talent at this subject

The speaker provided a number of subject but the point of time may

be confusing Therefore, when using short - term memory, the

listeners should rearrange items as well:

- Primary school: history, geography

- Secondary school: geography, music

- High school: maths, chemistry, physics

Exercise 4: (Short - term memory game) – “I went to the market”

Read a poem (if preferred):

Jonny went to the market Jonny went to the store But when poor Jonny got there, he forgot what he went there for

Momma gave him a list Momma gave it to him

twice

And what Momma wanted was a big bag of rice… Then the first player add: “Momma wanted rice and carrots”

The next player repeat and add another items

“Momma wanted rice, carrots and a cake….”

Exercise 4: (Short - term memory game) – “I went to the market”

Read a poem (if preferred):

Jonny went to the market Jonny went to the store But when poor Jonny got there, he forgot what he went there for

Momma gave him a list Momma gave it to him

twice

And what Momma wanted was a big bag of rice… Then the first player add: “Momma wanted rice and carrots”

The next player repeat and add another items

“Momma wanted rice, carrots and a cake….”

Exercise 5: (Categorization)

European governments are dealing with a different issue linked

to immigration and population growth Racial and ethnic

tensions are increasing in some European countries This issue intensified last year in France when hundreds of young Arab and African men rioted They were protesting against economic

inequality and the failure of French society to accept them Many rioters were the children of immigrants who had moved from

countries like Algeria and Tunisia in the nineteen fifties and

sixties

The population of Europe is also aging faster than any other part

of the world, except Japan Birth rates are also down in many

European countries Experts say the number of people

depending on workers will rise as the number of workers falls They say spending in European countries will have to increase for retirement, health care and long-term care for old people in the future

Trainees should pay attention to two sub-topics in the passage,

then classifying items in the two grounds:

- Immigration: Racial and ethnic tensions

+ Issue: A riot in France

+ Reasons:

Economic equality

Failure of society acceptance

- Population Growth:

+ Issue: Aging faster

+ Impacts: More spending on:

Retirement,

Health care

Long –term care for old people

So he says a smaller workforce could have bad effects on the

economy

Experts believe China’s one-child policy has affected the country

in other ways Chinese society values sons over daughters Some parents choose to end a pregnancy if the fetus is a girl So more boys than girls are born in China As a result, experts say about forty million Chinese men will not be able to find women to

marry within the next fifteen years Experts say this could lead

to kidnappings and more trafficking of woman and girls