leave something somewhere = leave lots of garbage on the ground 4.. * Complication: When the trucks of your company have a short break on the streets around my house, the driv[r]
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UNIT 6 : THE ENVIRONMENT (be continued)
6 WRITE
New words
1 complain(v) to somebody about something
complaint (n) , a complain letter
2 clear up
3 leave something somewhere = leave lots of garbage on the ground
4 float on the water surface
5 die from electric shock waves
6 local authority/ authorities
7 fine (v, n) , pay a fine
A complain letter has five sections:
Situation (n)
Complication (n)
Resolution (n) S C R A P format
Action (n)
Politeness (n)
a) The complain letter from Mr Nhat to the director of L & P Company in Ho Chi Minh City
26 Tran Phu Street
Ha Noi
October 9, 2003
The Director
L&P Transport Company
431 Le Loi Boulevard
HCMC
Dear Sir/ Madam,
* Situation: I am writing to you about the short stop of your trucks around my house on their way
to the north
Trang 2* Complication: When the trucks of your company have a short break on the streets around my house, the drivers have left lots of garbage on the ground after their refreshment When the trucks leave the place, the ground is covered with trash and a few minutes later there is smell and flies
* Resolution: I would suggest that your company should tell your drivers to clear up all the trash on the ground before leaving
* Action: I look forward to hearing from you and seeing good response from your company
* Politeness: Yours faithfully,
Tran Vu Nhat
b) Write a letter to the head of the local authorities to complain about the way of catching fish in the lake behind your house Following S C R A P format → Exercise notebook
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1 Adjectives and Adverbs
- Adverbs of manner : Adjective + ly
Ex: - extreme → extremely * Note: good → well
- happy → happily fast → fast
- sad → sadly hard → hard
- slow → slowly early → early
- careful → carefully late → late
* Ex 1: He drives carefully Ex 2: She speaks English well
→ He is a careful driver → She is a good English speaker / She is a good speaker of English
She is good at speaking English
Ex 3: They are skillful teachers → They teach skillfully
Exercise 1 (page 54)
2 Adverbs clauses of reason (as, because, since)
Ex : Ba is tired He stayed up late watching TV
→ Ba is tired because he stayed up late watching TV / Because Ba stayed up late watching TV, he is
tired
as As
since Since
Note : because/as/ since + subject + verb… ↔ because of + noun /V-ing
Ex: 1 It rained heavily, so we couldn’t go out → Because of the heavy rain, we couldn’t go out.
2 As the road is narrow, the two cars can’t pass → Because of the narrow road, the two cars can’t
pass
3 Since he was sick, he didn’t go to class → Because of his sickness, he didn’t go to class.
Adverb clause of reason
Trang 44 Because of her old age, she can’t work hard → Because she is old, she can’t work hard.
Exercise 2 (page 54)
3 Adjective + that clause
Ex a (exercise 3-page 55)
I’m pleased that you are working hard
Structure Subject + be + adj + that + subject + verb…
pleased
excited
sorry
disappointed
amazed/surprised
………
4 Conditional sentences: type 1
Type 1 (If 1) : real in the present or future
Structure If-clause , Main clause
V (present simple) V (future simple)
Exercise 4(p 56): If we pollute the water, we will have no fresh water to use.
Exercise 5(p56): If the rice paddies are polluted, the rice plants will die.
New words:
- be well preserved
- cope with respiratory problems
- ideal place
- shade (n)
Trang 5- poison (v,n) – poisonous (adj)
- edible ≠ inedible (adj)
Note:
If with: and , or , unless ( review Unit 4)
HOMEWORK
1 Learn by heart : New words, word form
Language focus
2 Exercise : - Exercise b (page 53)
- Preparation (Unit7 : Getting Started, Listen and read, Speak)