1. Use grammar • to talk about some events happened to you in the past using the past simple. • to talk about one action happening at the same time as another,using the pastsimple and past continuous. Sử dụng ngữ pháp như thì quá khứ đơn giản để nói về những sự kiện đã xảy ra trong quá khứ, thì quá khứ tiếp diễn để miêu tả hành động xảy ra cùng thời điểm với hành động khác, sử dụng thời quá khứ đơn và quá khứ tiếp diễn
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After this unit, students will be able to:
Sau bài học này sinh viên sẽ có thể:
1 Use grammar
• to talk about some events happened to you in the past using the past simple
• to talk about one action happening at the same time as another,using the pastsimple and past continuous
Sử dụng ngữ pháp như thì quá khứ đơn giản để nói về những sự kiện đã xảy ra trong quá khứ, thì quá khứ tiếp diễn để miêu tả hành động xảy ra cùng thời điểm với hành động khác, sử dụng thời quá khứ đơn và quá khứ tiếp diễn
2 Use vocabulary
• to talk about personal qualities
• to talk about geographical features
Sử dụng từ vựng để nói về tính cách, những đặc trưng địa lý
3 Apply learned English knowledge of unit 4 into real life to
• to talk about the events which happened to you in the past
• to tell a true story from your own life or what you read in the newspaper
Áp dụng kiến thức tiếng Anh được học của bài 4 vào việc kể lại các sự việc đã xảy ra trong quá khứ hoặc tường thuật lại 1 tin tức nào đó trên báo
4 Pronounce
• /t/, /d/, /id/
Biết cách phát âm đuôi “ed, d” trong các động từ có quy tắc ở thời quá khứ đơn
5 Improve reading, listening skills by answering the questions related to the topic
"Adventure”
Cải thiện các kỹ năng đọc, nghe hiểu thông qua việc trả lời các câu hỏi liên quan đến chủ đề
“cuộc phiêu lưu”
6 Know how to write a true story, using –ly adverbs
Biết cách tường thật 1 câu chuyện, sử dụng trạng từ đuôi –ly
ADVENTURE SECTION 1: PREPARATION OBJECTIVES OF UNIT 1 - MỤC TIÊU CỦA BÀI 4
UNIT4
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1 1 Complete the sentences with the past simple form of the verbs
be not go not plan take try slip walk
1 We …walk………… lucky to arrive at base campl before dark
2 Emma ……slip………and nearly broke her leg
3 They …take…….an enormous risk crossing the lake in such stormy weather
4 I ……try………to put out the fire but it was impossible
5 I’m surprised such experienced climbers ……be……their expedition better
6 …….you really …… all the way home in the middle of the night?
7 We …not go… on that road trip after all It was too risky
1 2 Write the questions using the past simple Then write answers that are
true for you
1 When/ you/ be born?
when was you be born?……… 2.Where/ you/ grow up?
Where did you grow up?……… 3.When/ you/ start learning English?
When did you start learning English?………
4.What/ be/ your favourite subject at school?
What is your favourite subject at school?………
5.Where/ you/ go/ on your last holiday?
When did you go on your last holiday?………
OVERVIEW - NỘI DUNG
GRAMMAR - NG Ữ PHÁP
Past simple
1
VOCABULARY – T Ừ
V ỰNG
Word snake
2
1 GRAMMAR
READING
Lost in the Australian Desert
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6.What/ be/ the weather like last weekend?
What is the weather like last weekend?………
2 1 Find nine verbs in the past tense
2.climbed 3.olived 4.usap 5.studie 6.etron7.coin 8.rod 9.grew up
3 1 Read the news report, which is the first part of the story about Robert
Bogucki Then answer the questions
Lost in the Australian Desert
In 1999, an American tourist survived for 43 days in the Australian desert without food or water 33-year-old Robert Bogucki wanted to cross the Great Sandy Desert His plan was to ride his bike and walk He started on 11 july 1999, taking very little food and water with him On 26 July, tourists found his bike and some of his camping gear, only about 35 kilometres from where he started The police immediately began a search for Bogucki, using trackers, planes and four-wheel-drive vehicles They stopped the search after 12 days, because they thought that Bogucki was probably dead
1 What was the man’s name? Robert Bogucki
2 How long did he survive in the desert without food or water? In 1999, an American tourist survived for 43 days in the Australian desert without food or water
3 What did he want to cross? wanted to cross the Great Sandy Desert
4 What did tourists find 15 days later? tourists found his bike and some of his camping gear, only about 35 kilometres from where he started
2 VOCABULARY
3
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READ
ING
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5.Why did the police stop the search after 12 days? because they thought that Bogucki was probably dead
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SECTION 2: ONLINE MEETING OVERVIEW
WARM - UP
Check students’
preparation
1
READING
Adventurers of the year
2
GRAMMAR - NG Ữ PHÁP
Past simple
3
PRONUNCIATION
/d/, /t/ or /id /
4
VOCABULARY &
SPEAKING
Personal qualities
5
CONSOLIDATION
6
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1 WARM - UP
1.1 Look at the photo Where are the people? Do you think it looks exciting or dangerous?
1.2 questions.
1 Why do colleagues at work think Vic is’a bit crazy’?
2 Why do cavers need to be physically fit?
3 What does Vic say ‘The Rumble Room’ is like?
1.3 Match these words from the caver’s description (1-3) with the definitions (a-c)
1 risk 2.challenge 3.achievement
a Something which is dangerous 1-a
b Something after a lot of hard work and effort (e.g passing an examination) 3-b
c Something new and very difficult to do 2-c
1.4 Work in groups Discuss the questions
1 Do you think you are a person who takes ricks or are you usually very careful?
2 What is your biggest achievement in life so far? The biggest achievement in life is to pass university with a score of 24
3 What is your biggest challenge in the future? My biggest challenge in the future is getting a university degree with a good degree
1.21
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Listen to a caver whose favourite cave is the Rumbling Falls Answer the
UNIT 4 - ADVENTURE
(WEEK 1)
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4 Is there any kind of adventurous or risky activity you would like to try in the future? The adventurous activity I want ib the future is climbing
2 4a.ADVENTURERS OF THE YEAR - Reading
2.1 Read the article Complete the diagram with the phrases (1-6)
1 Born in the USA
2 Travelled round the world
3 Qualified in engineering
4 Is famous
5 Finished the adventure
6 Loves adventure
Adventurers of the year
Every year, readers of National Geographic magazine vote for their adventurers of the year Here
are two of them
THE MOUNTAINEER
As a child, Edurne Pasaban lived in the mountainous Basque region of Spain and she climbed her first mountain when she was fourteen At university, she studied engineering but she didn’t want a nine-to-five job In May 2010 she finished her biggest challenge, to climb the world’s fourteen tallest mountains Nowadays she is famous for her many climbing achievements, However, she didn’t climb in order to become famous She says, ‘For me, adventure is a way of life.’
THE ROAD TRIPPERS
Steven Shoppman and Stephen Bouey were old friends who grew up together in Denver But they knew each other a lot better after their adventure They both had an ambition to go on a road trip round the world From 2007 to 2010, they drove through 69 different countries during their 122,000-kilometre journey and had many adventures They took a big risk when they went across a minefield (see photo) They also got help from lots of people and they found that the world wasn’t
as dangerous as they thought!
New word: road trip (n) /ˈrə ʊ dtrɪ p/: a long journey by road
2.2 Read the article again Answer the questions
1 What was Edurne’s biggest challenge? to climb the world’s fourteen tallest mountains
2 Why is she famous? Nowadays she is famous for her many climbing achievements
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3 What was Steven and Stephen’s ambition? They both had an ambition to go on a road trip round the world
4.What was their biggest risk? They took a big risk when they went across a minefield
3 GRAMMAR: past simple
3.1 Form
REGULAR
I/you/we/they/
he/she/it walked all
day
I/you/we/they/
he/she/it didn’t walk
all day
Did I/you/we/they/
he/she/itwalk all day?
IRREGULAR
I/you/we/they/ he/she/itsaid I/you/we/they/
he/she/itdidn’t say
Did I/you/we/they/ he/she/it
say?
Short answers Yes, I/you/we/they/
he/she/itdid
No, I/you/we/they/
he/she/itdidn’t
- We add –ed to regular verbs to form the past simple: work worked, walk walked
Notice the spelling rules for other regular verbs:
• For verbs ending in –e, we add –d: die died
• For verbs ending in –y, we change the –y to I and add –ed: try tried, cry cried, study studied
• for verbs ending in vowel + consonant (not –w, -x or –y), we double the consonant:
stop stopped
- Some verbs have an irregular affirmative form in the past simple:
be was / were, do did, go went, drive drove, know knew, take took
- We use the auxiliary verb did / didn’t to form negatives and questions
Kristen didn’t go on the adventure
Did you live in Peru?
- We also use did / didn’t to form short answers Did you live in Peru? Yes, I did
Did Kristen go on the adventure? No, she didn’t
3.2 Use
We use the past simple to talk about completed action and evens in the past We often use a time phrase (yesterday, last week, ten years ago) with the past simple
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I visited Paris in January
3.3 Practice 1: Find the past tense form of these irregular verbs in The road trippers section of the article in Exercise 1
1 be was/were 6 grow up ……grew up………
2 drive …drove\driven………… 7 have ……had………
3 find …found………… 8 know ……knew………
4 get ……got……… 9 take ……took………
5 go …went ………… 10 think ……thought………
3.4 Practice 2: Complete the text about another adventurer with the past simple form of the verbs
The photographer
Reza (be born) …was born………….in Tabriz, Iran, in 1952 He (study) …is study……… architecture at the university in Tehran but he (not become) isn’t become………… an architect When he was a teenager, reza …love…… (love) photography and, after university,
he (get) …is getting……… a job with a local newspaper as a photographer But he …isn’t want………(not want) to take photos of local news and in
1978, he …is go……….(go) abroad ad he …is take…………(take) photos of wars Nowadays,
he works for National Geographic magazine
3.5 Practice 2: Read the text in Exercise 6 Answer the questions
1 When was Reza born? Reza was born in 1952
2 Where did he study architecture? He is study architecture at the university in Tehran
3 What did he love when he was a teenager? He love photography
4 What did he do after university? he is get a job with a local newspaper as a photographer
5 Did he want to take photos of local news? No,he didn’t
6 When did he go abroad? In 1978
3.6 1.23.Practice 3: Work in pairs Read the article in Exercise 1 again Write questions for these answers (1-6) Then listen and compare your questions with the recording
1 In the mountainous Basque region of Spain
2 When she was fourteen
3 Engineering
4 From 2007 to 2010
5 A minefield
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4 PRONUNCIATION /t/, /d/ or /id/
4.3 1.22 Listen to the –ed ending of these regular verbs Write /d/, /t/ or /id/ Then listen again and repeat
1 Lived /d/
2 Finished /t/
3 Wanted /id/
4 Studied \id\
5 waited \id\
6 looked \d\
7 decided \t\
8 climbed \d\
5
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VOCABULARY & SPEAKING – Personal qualities 5.1 Look at the photo of an expedition How dangerous is this situation? What kind of people do this, do you think?
5.2 Read the sentences and comments (1-8) about this kind of expedition What kind of personal quality does each describe? Match these adjectives to the sentences
ambitious careful decisive determined
experienced intelligent patient reliable
1.‘The leader of our team has climbed in the Himalayas many times before in his thirty years as
a mountaineer.’ experienced
2.‘whatever the risk, we always achieved our goal Nothing stopped us.’ decisive
3.‘even as a child, I wanted to be the best at everything.’ ambitious
4.‘It’s important to plan before any expedition.’ Careful
5.‘when the weather is really bad, you have to wait There’s no point in taking stupid ricks.’
patient
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6.‘everyone in the team always has to be there for each other You won’t survive without each other’s help and support.’ Reliable
7.‘he has a quick brain and you need that for this kind of expedition.’ inteligent
8.‘the leader is the person who makes the final decsion and everyone has to agree.’ determined
5.3 What personal qualities do these people need?
Make sentences with the adjectives in Exercise 2 and explain your reasons
a teacher a close friend a language learner a news photographer a president
a sports competitor a tv presenter
Example:
A teacher is patient because the students need time to learn
After the lesson, you have
• practicedpronouncing the ending of the verbs /t/, /z/ or /iz/
• revised the verb tense: past simple
• practiced listening to a caver whose favourite cave is the Rumbling Falls
• had extensive reading on the adventurers of the year
WORKBOOK ONLINE:
- Create your workbook online accounts!
EXTRA WORK: SPEAKING
1 Exercise 1:Write eight to ten questions to ask your partner about their past Use some
of these prompts to help you
1 Where/ born? Where were you born?
2 Where/ live? Where do you live?
3 Whatsubjects/ like / at school? What subjects do you like at school?
4 Go / university? Why go to university?
5 What job / want? What job you want?
6 What / do after that? What did you do after that?
6 CONSOLIDATION
7 ASSIGNMENTS
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2 Exercise 2: Describe your first partner’s life by using some above information
Chan was born in Hong Kong in 1982 ……
3 Exercise 3: Put the words in the correct order to make questions 1 night/ what/ you/ last/ do/ did/? What did you do last night?………
2 see/ you/ what/ film/ did/ ? What did you see film………
3 actors/ were/ who/ the/ ? …who were the actor?………
4 about/ was/ what/ it/ ? What was it about?……….………
5 it/ you/ enjoy/ did/ ? …Did you it enjoy?……….………
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