Unit 3 Becoming independent Lesson 7 Communication and culture

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1 What is your dream?

2 How do you protect your dream and make sure it will come true

one day?

Unit 3

Communication & Culture

A COMMUNICATION What it means to be independent

A father tells his son:

Don’t ever let someone tell you that you can’t do something Not even me You got a dream, you gotta protect it When people can’t do something themselves, they’re gonna tell you that you can’t do

it You want something, go get it

Note: gotta = have got to gonna = going to

Read the following extract and discuss

1 What kind of person does the father want his son to grow up to be?

2 What does the father mean by saying “You got a dream, you gotta

protect it” and “You want something, go get it”?

Work in pairs Discuss the extract and prepare a short talk expressing your opinion about it You can use the following

questions to guide you.

1 What kind of person does the father want his son to grow

up to be?

The father wants his son to grow up to be confident,

self-reliant, determined, independent …

2 What does the father mean by saying “You got a dream, you gotta protect it” and “You want something, go get it”?

“You want something, go get it” means that we have to

nurture our dreams and we are determined to do our best to achieve our goals.

“You got a dream, you gotta protect it” means everyone has dreams, so when we have dreams, we have to try our best to make the dreams become realistic.

Viet Nam America

Ha Linh/ not eat/ herself Mary/ eat/ herself

What is the difference in eating between Ha Linh and Mary?

=> Mary eats herself, whereas Ha Linh doesn’t eat herself.

1 Read the two passages about how American and Vietnamese

parents raise their children and do the task that follow

B CULTURE

On page 38 of student’s book

Contents In the US In Viet Nam

1 A parents’ most important task is to teach their children

to live independently.

2 Parents help their kids to become self-reliant by making

them do things for themselves from the time they are very

small

3 Parents think their most important role is to protect their

children and provide them with a happy and wealthy

childhood.

4 Parents always show respect for their children and let

them voice their opinions on issues

5 Children do not get to sleep in their own beds until they

finish primary school.

6 Parents rarely ask for their children’s opinions before

making family choices.

7 When children finish school, most of them will move out

of the family home and start a truly independent life.

8 Many parents want their children to live with them in the

same house.

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1 Tick the corresponding column

Nam/ study/ hard Peter/ watch/ TV

- S + V + O + while + S + V + O …

- S + V + O + whereas + S + V + O

- Being different from + N, S + V + O

- Nam is studying hard, w hile Peter is watching TV

- Nam is studying hard, whereas Peter is watching TV

- Being different from Peter, Nam is studying hard

Children sleep with their parents Children sleep alone in their own beds

While Vietnamese children sleep with their parents, American

children sleep alone in their own beds.

Viet Nam

In the US In Viet Nam

1 A parents’ most important task is to

teach their children to live independently. 1 Parents think their most important role is to protect their children and provide

them with a happy and wealthy childhood.

2 Parents always show respect for their

children and let them voice their opinions

on issues

2 Parents rarely ask for their children’s opinions before making family choices.

3 When children finish school, most of

them will move out of the family home

and start a truly independent life.

3 Many parents want their children to live with them in the same roof.

4 Children get their own rooms from an

early age. 4 Children sleep with their parents until they go primary school

2 Make some comparisons between the two ways of child raising

using while, whereas, different from.

In the US In Viet Nam

1 A parents’ most important task is to teach their

children to live independently. 1 Parents think their most important role is to protect their children and

provide them with a happy and wealthy childhood.

2 Parents always show respect for their children

and let them voice their opinions on issues 2 Parents rarely ask for their children’s opinions before making family choices.

3 When children finish school, most of them will

move out of the family home and start a truly

independent life.

3 Many parents want their children to live with them in the same roof.

4 children get their own rooms from an early

age. 4 children sleep with their parents until they go primary school

2 Make some comparisons between the two ways of child

raising using while, whereas, different from.

1 American parents’ most important task is to teach their children to live independently, while Vietnamese parents think their most important role is to protect their children and provide them with a happy and wealthy childhood.

2 Parents always show respect for their children and let them voice their opinions on issues, whereas Vietnamese parents rarely ask for their children’s opinions before

making family choices.

3 When American children finish school, most of them will

move out of the family home and start a truly independent life, whereas Many Vietnamese parents want

their children to live with them in the same roof.

4 Being different from most Vietnamese children, most American children get their own rooms from an early age

 Make sentences with while, whereas

and different from.

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