Then, it left the highway and turned left onto a smaller road westward.. It didn’t stay on that road for very long, but turned left onto a rod which went through a small bamboo forest..
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UNIT 1: A visit from a pen pal
Tim: Are you hungry, Carlo? Carlo: Yes.
Tim: Okay Let’s go to a restaurant downtown If we go through the park, we can catch a bus on Ocean Drive Carlo: That’s fine I really like walking in the park You’re lucky to have a place like this close to your home It’ s so beautiful with all the trees an flowers and a pond in the middle.
Tim: Carlo! Be careful You’re walking on the grass The park keeper is growing some more-you’ll kill the new grass!
Carlo: Oh, sorry I didn’t see the sign Tim: Come on It’s time we caught the bus.
Carlo: Is that our bus, Tim? Tim: No That’s a 103 bus We want the number 130.
Carlo: Where are we going to eat? Tim: It’s up to you There’s a new Mexican restaurant in town.
Carlo: Oh, no I can eat Mexican food at home I love American food I’d rather eat hamburgers.
Tim: Okay I know exactly where we need to go!
UNIT 2: Clothing Announcer (on Public Announcement)
Attention please Here is a special announcement A little girl is reported missing She was lost seen 20 minutes ago near the main entrance to the Car Fair Her name’s Mary and she is 3 years old She has short dark hair She’s wearing shorts- blue shorts and a long-sleeved white blouse She’s wearing a pair of shoes- brown shoes She’s may be carrying a large doll If you see Mary, please bring her to the Information Desk Her father’s waiting for her there Thank you.
UNIT 3: A trip to the countryside
At 6.30 in the morning, the bus collected Ba and his family from their home After picking everyone up, the bus continued north on Highway Number 1 It crossed the Dragon Bridge and stopped at the gas station to get some more fuel Then, it left the highway and turned left onto a smaller road westward This road ran between green paddy fields, so the people on the bus could see a lot of cows and buffaloes The road ended before a big store beside a pond Instead of turning left towards a small airport, the bus went the opposite direction It didn’t stay on that road for very long, but turned left onto a rod which went through a small bamboo forest Finally, the bus dropped everyone off at the parking lot ten meters from a big old banyan tree It parked there and waited for people to come back in the evening.
Unit 4: Learning a foreign language
Host: Kate, can I introduce you to Ng? She’s studying English here in London
Kate: Hello, pleased to meet you Nga: Pleased to meet you, too.
Kate: Where are you from, Nga? Nga: I’m from Vietnam.
Kate: Why are you studying English here? Nga: I need ti for my job.
Kate: Really? So, what do you do? Nga: I work for a bank, an international bank in Hanoi Kate: Oh, I see Did you leran English a school? Nga: Yes, and at university, too But I’ve forget er…forget Kate: Forgotten Nga: Yes, of course I’ve forgotten a lot of it I want to improve my writing skills You know…sometimes I have to write letters in English.
Kate: What about listening, Nga? Nga: It’s terrible This is my biggest problem People talk very quickly and I can’t understand them.
Kate: Do you like understand English? Nga: Oh yes It’s an interesting language and it’s very useful; and I can talk to people from all over the world …and I can understand the words of my favorite songs, too
Kate: Well That’s very good Good luck to you, Nga.
Unit 5: The media
Chau: Dd, I’m doing an assignment Can you help me with the information?
Chau’s father: What is the assignment about?
Chau: It’s a bout the important dates of the media Where and when did the first printed newspaper appear, Dad?
Chau’s father: It first appeared the 7 th or 8 th century AD, in China.
Chau: And when the telegraph invented?
Chau’s father: Perhaps it was in the late 19 th century Do you know what two new forms of news media appeared
in the early 20 th century?
Chau: Radio and newsreel?
Chau’s father: Excellent! And when did television become commercially viable, can you guess?
Chau: In the 1940s?
Chau’s father: No it was in the 1950s
Chau: When did the Internet become a major force in journalism?
Chau’s father: In the mid- and late 1990s
Chau: Thank you, Dad Now I can answer all the questions for my assignment.
Đỗ Hữu _ Phan Chu Trinh BMT