Many hearing-impaired people use American Sign Language ASL.. Sometimes a person who can hear interprets for hearing-impaired people.. Note: hearing-impaired adj: lãng tai each other: v
Trang 1Tài liệu củng Đọc hiểu Tiếng Anh Part 1: How do hearing-impaired people talk?
Hearing-impaired people can not hear sounds well? How do they hear words and talk?
Many hearing-impaired people use American Sign Language (ASL) They talk with their hands
Sometimes two hearing-impaired people talk to each other They both use ASL Sometimes a
person who can hear interprets for hearing-impaired people The person listens to someone talking
and then he or she makes signs.
There are two kinds of sign language One kind has a sign for every letter in the alphabet The person spells words This is finger spelling The other kind has a sign for whole words There are
about five thousand (5,000) of these signs They are signs for verbs, things, and ideas.
Some of the signs are easy, for example, eat, milk, and house You can see what they mean Others are more difficult, for example, star, egg, or week.
People from any country can learn ASL They don't speak words They use signs, so they can understand people from other countries.
ASL is almost like a dance The whole body talks American Sign Language is a beautiful
language.
Note:
hearing-impaired (adj): lãng tai each other: với nhau
A./ Vocabulary
Nghiên cứu các từ đã cho sau đây rồi tìm từ điền vào chỗ trống hoàn thành câu (Số từ đã cho
nhiều hơn từ cần điền vào các câu).
1 Others are more , for example, , egg, or week.
2 Sometimes two hearing-impaired people talk to .
3 They use ASL.
4 people can not hear sounds well.
5 ASL is almost like a .
6 The other kind has a sign for _ words.
7 Sometimes a person who can hear well _ for hearing-impaired people.
8 They use signs, not words, they can understand people from other countries.
9 Many hearing-impaired people use American Language.
10 They are signs for verbs, things, and .
B./ Vocabulary (new context)
Nghiên cứu các từ đã cho sau đây rồi tìm từ điền vào chỗ trống hoàn thành câu (Số từ đã cho
nhiều hơn từ cần điền vào các câu).
1 The class wants to have a party This is a good .
2 Mary can ot hear well She is _.
3 Ali works for the government He _ Arabic and English.
4 A large _ says "No Smoking".
5 Masako and Carlos speak English to _.
Trang 26 Nadia and David _ study engineering.
7 You can not see the in the sky during the daytime.
8 Japanese is a _ language English is easy.
9 It is late _ we can not study any more.
10 The class is here today Everyone is here.
11 There is a for foreign students on Saturday.
C./ Vocabulary Review
1 There are a lot of in the sky today It is cloudy.
2 Micheal Jackson is a singer.
3 The weather is hot and wet in the .
4 Do you _ movies?
5 What of bicycle do you have?
6 Please tell me _ into the air.
7 Water into the air.
8 It is 8.58 and the students are in their seats for their nine o'clock class.
9 Are apartments _ or cheap in your city?
10 A bicycle is than a car.
11 Some students listen to _ when they study.
D./ Questions
1 How do many hearing-impaired people talk?
2 How does a person interpret for hearing-impaired people?
3 How many signs are there for finger spelling?
4 How many word signs are there?
5 Why are some signs easy?
6 Why can people from diffrent countries talk to each other with ASL?
7 Why is ASL almost a dance?
8 Why is ASL a beautiful language?
E./ Comprehension: True / false / No Information
_ 1 Hearing-impaired people can not hear sounds well.
_ 2 A person who interprets for hearing-impaired people can not hear.
_ 3 There are more signs for words than for letters.
_ 4 Japanese people use ASL.
_ 5 Finger spelling has signs for numbers.
_ 6 Africans can not learn ASL because they don't speak English.
_ 7 Only the hands move in ASL.
_ 8 It is difficult for children to learn ASL.
F./ Main idea
Which of these is the main idea of the text?
1 ASL helps hearing-impaired people talk, but it is difficult to learn.
2 There are two kinds of sign language.
3 ASL is a beautiful language that helps hearing-impaired people talk to others.
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I./ Chia động từ trong ngoặc với dạng thức hiện tại đơn hoặc hiện tại tiếp diễn
1 Cuckoos (not/ build) _ nests They (use) _ the nests of other birds
2 You can't see Tom now; he (have) _ a bath
3 He usually (drink) _ coffee but today he (drink) _ tea
4 - What she (do) _ in the evening?
- She usually (play) _ cards or (watch) _ TV
5 I won't go out as it (rain) _ and I (not/ have) _ an umbrella
6 Ann (make) _ a dress for herself at the moment She (make) _ all her clothes
7 Hardly anyone (wear) _ a hat nowadays
8 - Why you (put) _ on your coat?
- I (go) _ for a walk You (come) _ with me?
- Yes, I'd love to come You (mind) _if I (bring) _ my dog?
9 - You (write) _ to him tonight?
- Yes, I always (write) _ to him on his birthday You (want) _ to send any message?
10 - Why you (walk) _ so fast today? You usually (walk) _ quite slowly
- I (hurry) _ because I (meet) _ my brother at 4.00 and she (not/ like) _ to be kept waiting II./ Chia động từ trong ngoặc với dạng thức quá khứ đơn hoặc quá tiếp diễn
1 I lit the fire at 6.00 and it (burn) _ brightly when Tom came at 7.00
2 When I arrived, the lecture had already started and the professor (write) _ on the overhead projector
3 I (make) _ the cake when the light went out I had to finish it in the dark
4 I didn't want to meet Paul so he entered the room I (leave) _
5 My dog (walk) _ along quietly when Mr Pitt's Pekinese attacked him
6 He (clean) _ his gun it accidentally (go) _ off and (kill) _ him
7 He (not/ allow) _ us to go out in the boat yesterday as a strong wind (blow) _
8 Mr Smith never (wake) _ up in time in the mornings and always (get) _ into trouble for being late;
so one day he (go) _ to town and (buy) _ an alarm clock
III./ Chia động từ trong ngoặc với dạng thức hiện tại hoàn thành hoặc quá khứ đơn
Put the verbs in brackets into the present perfect simple or the past simple tense.
1 He (live) _ in London for two years and then (go) _ to Edinburgh
2 - You (wear) _ your hair long when you were at school?
- Yes, my mother (insist) _ on it But when I (leave) _ school, I (cut) _ my hair and (wear) _ short eversince
3 Shakespeare (write) _ a lot of plays
4 My brother (write) _ several plays He just (finish) _ his second tragedy
5 Chopin (compose) _ some of his music in Majorca
6 I can't go out because I (not/ finish) _ my work
7 - I (lose) _ my black gloves you (see) _ them anywhere?
- No, I'm afraid, I When you last (wear) _ them?
- I (wear) _ them at the theatre last night
- Perhaps you (leave) _ them at the theatre
8 I (do) _ this sort of work when I (be) _ an apprentice
9 The concert (begin) _ at 2.30 and (last) _ for two hours Everyone (enjoy) _ it very much
10 - Do you know the lady who just (leave) _ the shop?
- Yes, that's Miss Thriff
- Is she a customer of yours?
- Not exactly, she (be) _ here several times but she never (buy) _ anything
IV./ The present perfect simple and present perfect continuous
Put the verbs in brackets into the present perfect simple or the present perfect continuous tense In some cases either could be used.
Trang 41 We (walk) _ 10 kilometres.
2 - We (walk) _ for half an hour
- You (walk) _ too fast That's why you are tired
3 I (make) _ sausage rolls for the party all the morning
4 I (sleep) _ on every bed in this house and I don't like any of them
5 He (sleep) _ since 10.00 It's time he woke up
6 The students (work) _ very well this term
7 I only (hear) _ from him twice since he went away
8 - I (try) _ to finish this letter for the last half an hour I wish you'd go away and stop talking
- Hardly I (say) _ anything
9 I (hope) _ for the rise in salary for six months but I (not/ dare) _ to ask for it
10 I (teach) _ hundreds of students but I never (meet) _ such hopeless class like this
V./ The future simple and present continuous
Put the verbs in brackets into the future simple or the present continuous tense.
1 - I (know) _ the result in a week
- You (be) _ able to drive after another five lessons
2 If he works _ well, I (pay) _ him $10
3 If you think it over, you (see) _ that I am right
4 - Where you (meet) _ them?
- I (meet) _ them at midnight in the middle of the wood
6 - Look! I've broken the teapot What Mr Pitt (say) _?
- She (not/ mind) _; she has never liked that one
7 - He has his hair cut too short
- Don't worry; it (grow) _ again very quicly
8 - I am sorry that the child saw the chidren
- I don't think it matters He soon (forget) _ all about it
9 He (play) _ in a tennis match on Friday
10 She (come) _ back on Monday
11 Tom (catch) _ the 7.40 train
12 I (move) _ to a new flat next week