Bài giảng Tiếng Anh 12 unit 8: Life in the future

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LANGUAGE FOCUS

We must have been stone crazy

when we thought we were just friends,

'Cause I miss you, baby,

And I've got those feelings again.

I guess I'm all confused about you,

" I feel so in love

Oh, baby, what can I do?

_ (4 times)

shi-pow-pow! "

Suddenly we're strangers,

I watch you walking away.

She was my one temptation,

Oh, I did not want her to stay

Deep down, I'm still confused about you

repeat " "

What good is being here without you?

repeat " "

song

I've been thinking about you.

I have been thinking about you

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Listen to the song and fill in the spaces with the correct sentence

Full forms Contracted forms Full forms Contracted forms

I have

you have

he has

she has

it has

I’ve you’ve he’s she’s it’s

I have not you have not

he has not she has not

it has not

I haven’t you haven’t

he hasn’t she hasn’t

it hasn’t

●Read the following phrases Pay attention to how the full and

contracted forms of the auxiliaries are pronounced

I Pronunciation

UNIT 8 : LIFE IN THE FUTURE

PART E LANGUAGE FOCUS

Practise reading these sentences

1 I’ve got something for you.

2 You’ve got something for me?

3 We’ve failed and they’ve passed.

5 Haven’t you? You’ve not been here long, of course.

6 I haven’t but I’ve grown to love it already.

7 He’s left, and she’s gone to work, too.

8 Hasn’t the doctor come yet?

9.No The doctor hasn’t been called.

4 I haven’t always lived in this cottage, you know.

II Grammar Prepositions and articles

1 Prepositions.

a Prepositions of time:

 At :

E.g at 10:30, at 5:00 o’clock

at night, at noon

at the moment

at the time

 On :

on Monday , On 10th October

E.g.

 In :

in January, in1999, in summer, in 21 st century

E.g.

on time : neither late nor early

in time (for sth / to do sth) : not late

at the end of sth

E.g at the end of the film

in the end : finally

in the morning, in the past….

at, on, in….

b Prepositions of places:

The black object is in the box

c Prepositions with common words and phrases:

 to die of sth

 to believe in sb/ sth

 to get married to sb

 in business : being a businessman

 on business : to go on business

Ex1 : Choosing the appropriate prepositions.

1 Luckily, you are / on time for the meeting.

2 Many people are dying / by various types of cancer.

3 I will not be here next week I am going to be / in business in Mexico.

4 / In the end of the book, they get married and live happily ever after

5 Thank you for everything you’ve done You are a true friend of / me.

6 I can’t believe / to you You always let me down

7 I have warned you on/ the difficulties you have to face when

applying for the job

8 Britney Spears is famous by / her beautiful face and sweet voice.

9 The bookshop is among/ the chemist’s and the butcher’s and

across/ the library.

10.Next year, I’m going to get married /with John and we are going to move

to Bristol

in

of

on At

to in

about

for between opposite

to

2 ARTICLES: A / AN ; THE

a The indefinite article : A / AN:

singular countable nouns beginning with vowel sounds

singular countable nouns beginning with consonant sounds

a

an +

+ E.g a radio

an umbrella

E.g

- has an indefinite meaning and is used in general statements

E.g An architect is a person who designs buildings

E.g A cat is a domestic animal

- means “only one”

E.g I’d like an apple

- is used when something is mentioned for the first time

E.g I looked up and saw a plane The plane flew low over the trees

b The definite article : THE

the +

singular countable nouns plural countable nouns uncountable nouns

E.g the man E.g the women E.g the water

- has a definite reference

E.g The pens I gave you were free samples

- is used with “noun + of” E.g the life of the individual

- is used with “noun + clause”

E.g The man you’re looking for no longer lives here

- is used with time sequences

E.g the beginning, the end, the first, the last…

- is used with the names of musical instruments, scientific achievements and oceans

E.g the violin, the telescope, the Atlantic

 We don’t use articles in following cases:

- plural countable nouns and uncountable nouns are used in general statements

E.g Women are fighting for their rights

E.g Money makes the world go round

- is used with the name of people and holidays :

Ann, John

Christmas

E.g

Exercise 2 Put a/an, the or Þ in each space to complete the following

sentences

1.We went by……… train to the west of England

2 ……… people who live in …… Scotland are called ……… Scots

3.……… Columbus was one of ……… first people to cross ……… Atlantic 4.Davis learned to play ……… violin when he was at ……… university

5.Did you read ………book I lent you ………last week ?

6.Is that ……… present Bill gave you for ………Christmas ?

7.……… computer has already changed …… our lives dramatically

8.There was ………accident yesterday at …… corner of …… street

9.I need……… time to think about ……… offer you gave me

10.……… little knowledge is ……… dangerous thing

Þ

Þ

Þ Þ

Þ Þ

Þ Þ

The

the

the the

the

the

the

the the

an

a

Exercise 3: Choose the word or phrase among A, B, C or D which best completes each sentence:

1 I come to school by _ bus.

A a – a B a – the C the – Ø D Ø – Ø

2 Ankara is capital of Turkey.

3 There isn’t _airport near where I live _ nearest airport is 70 miles away

A a – The B an – The C the – The D the – A

4 A: When did you do _last night?

B: I went to party.

A: Oh? Where was it?

A the - Ø B Ø – a C the – the D Ø - Ø

5 I am returning to France _the end of this month.

A in B at C behind D on

6 Do you live Hanoi?

A in B at C on D before

7 Are you going to study the afternoon or night?

A at – at B in – at C in – in D at – in

8 I’m very interested _ football.

A of B in C for D at

9 Janet warned me _the water He said it wasn’t safe to drink.

A on B at C about D for

10 The children are very fond _ swimming _ summer.

A of – in B about – in C at – at D at - on

* Homework :

- Practise reading the sentences in the part “Pronunciation” again

- Prepare for the next period: TEST YOUR SELF C

- Do the exercise 1 and 2 again