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ài 7 - Typical day (Một ngày bình thường)

Typical day

Pre-listening

1. Vocabulary

wake up /weɪk ʌp/ (v) thức giấc

automatically /ˌɔː.təˈmæt.ɪ.kli/ (adv) tự động

turn on /tɝːn ɒn/ (v) bật news /njuːz/ (n) thời sự

happen /ˈhæp.ən/ (v) xảy ra

go upstairs /gəʊ ʌpˈsteəz/ (v) lên gác

go downstairs /gəʊ daʊnˈsteəz/ (v) xuống lầu

computer /kəmˈpjuː.təʳ/ (n) máy tính

start /stɑːt/ (v) bắt đầu journal /ˈdʒɜː.nəl/ (n) tạp chí pay /peɪ/ (v) trả

bill /bɪl/ (n) háo đơn

sweep /swiːp/ (v) quét

floor /flɔːʳ/ (n) sàn nhà

clean up /kliːn ʌp/ (v) lau

take a shower /teɪk ə ʃaʊəʳ/ (v) tắm vòi hoa sen

get dressed /get drest/ (v) thay qu n áo

cook /kʊk/ (v) nấu leftover /ˈleftˌəʊ.vəʳ/ (n) đồ còn thừa

publishing

company

/ˈpʌb.lɪ.ʃɪŋ ˈkʌm.pə.ni/ (n) công ty xuất bản

check /tʃek/ (v) kiểm tra

emergency /ɪˈmɜː.dʒənt.si/ (n) việc khẩn cấp

couple /ˈkʌp.ļ/ (n) đôi, 2



errand /ˈer.ənd/ (n) việc vặt health /helθ/ (n) sức khỏe

stuff /stʌf/ (n) một loạt, bộ gì đó

go to bed /gəʊ tə bed/ (v) đi ngủ

take care of /teɪk keəʳ əv/ (v) chăm sóc, để ý đến ai, cáigì

2. Brainstorm

Nói về một ngày bình thường, ta có thể đoán rằng người nói sẽ nói về một ngày của họ bắt đầu

bằng những việc gì, trong ngày làm những gì và kết thúc ra sao. Ví dụ đầu tiên bao giờ cũng phải

nói về thời gian thức dậy, rồi đến vệ sinh cá nhân, ăn sáng, rồi đi làm...

Listening

Đầu tiên bạn hãy nghe qua một lần để nắm nội dung toàn bài và sau đó làm bài tập bên dưới.



I wake up every morning at about six o'clock or six thirty. I do that automatically.

The first thing I do is to turn on the radio to listen to the news and see what's happened. And then

I look to see what time it is.

Then I get up and make coffee, and once I have my coffee I go back upstairs and I turn on my

computer and I start writing in my journal while I am drinking my coffee.

And after I do that I pay my bills and take care of what other… whatever household things I have

to do, like I might sweep the floor or just clean up a little bit.

Then I take a shower and get dressed. Then after I do that I go back downstairs and I cook

something to bring for lunch.

And sometimes I just bring leftovers from the night before. But sometimes I’ll make rice andvegetables.

And then I get in my car and drive about ten minutes or so to work. I work at a small publishing

company outside of Princeton.



The first thing I do when I get to work is to check my e-mail. And I read my letters and then I

answer them.

And then I start doing… like I look at my daily schedule and see what needs to be done. First if

anything's an emergency.

And then after a couple hours I go to lunch. I either eat lunch or I go and run errands on my

lunch break like I might go to the health food store and pick up stuff that I need.

And then after that I come back and work for another couple of hours. And then I leave work

about five thirty, drive back home, get home, watch the Simpson and Seinfeld.

And after that, sometimes I meet a friend for a drink or something, beer, coffee or whatever, or

walk around.

But after that I usually just read for a while and then I go back upstairs and go to bed.

Bài tập 1: Click để nghe và làm bài tập

Bài tập 2: Click để nghe và làm bài tập

Post-listening

1. Khi nghe giọng Anh Mỹ, có một điều bạn nên chú ý là cách phát âm. Người nói giọng Mỹ hay

có xu hướng biến âm "t" ở giữa 2 nguyên âm thành âm "d".

Eg. It is => Idis

Marketing => markedding

Better => bedder

Computer => compuder

2. Khi nghe những bài hát hay xem những bộ phim toàn tiếng Anh, ta rất hay nghe thấy những từ

rất khó hiểu như GONNAhay WANNA.

Những từ như GONNA hay WANNA mà ta nghe thấy trong những bài hát và bộ phim bằng

tiếng Anh không phải là tiếng lóng. Chúng là dạng nói tắt của một số cụm từ thông dụng trong

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khẩu ngữ.

GONNA là dạng nói tắt của cụm “going to”. Nếu bạn nói nhanh cụm từ này mà không phát âm

rõ từng từ, nghe nó sẽ giống như phát âm của “gonna”. Ví dụ:

Nothing’s gonna change my love for you. (Sẽ không có điều gì có thể làm thay đổi tình yêu anh

dành cho em.)

I’m not gonna tell you. (Tôi không nói cho anh biết đâu).

What are you gonna do? (Bạn định làm gì?)

Tương tự, WANNA là dạng nói tắt của “want to” (muốn …). Ví dụ:

I wanna go home. (Tôi muốn về nhà)

I don’t wanna go. (Tôi không muốn đi)

Do you wanna watch TV? (Con có muốn xem ti vi không?)

Ngoài hai từ trên, trong tiếng Anh còn có khá nhiều các cụm nói tắt tương tự như:

GIMME = give me (đưa cho tôi…)

Gimme your money. (Đưa tiền của anh cho tôi)

Don’t gimme that rubbish. (Đừng đưa cho tôi thứ rác rưởi đó)

Can you gimme a hand? (Bạn có thể giúp tôi một tay không?)

GOTTA = (have) got a (có…)

I’ve gotta gun / I gotta gun. (Tôi có một khẩu súng)

She hasn’t gotta penny. (Cô ta chẳng có lấy một đồng xu)

Have you gotta car? (Anh có xe ô tô không?)

GOTTA = (have) got to (phải làm gì đó)

I gotta go now. (Tôi phải đi bây giờ)

We haven’t gotta do that. (Chúng ta không phải làm điều đó)



Have they gotta work? (Họ có phải làm việc không?)

INIT = isn’t it (có phải không)

That’s smart, init? (Nó thật là thông minh phải không?) Init strange? (Điều đó có lạ không?)

KINDA = kind of (đại loại là…)

She’s kinda cute. (Cô ấy đại loại là dễ thương)

Are you kinda mad at me? (Có phải anh đại loại là phát điên với tôi phải không?)

LEMME = let me (để tôi)

Lemme go! (Hãy để tôi đi).

He didn’t lemme see it. (Anh ta không để tôi nhìn thấy nó).

WANNA = “want a” (muốn một thứ gì đó). Ví dụ:

I wanna coffee. (Tôi muốn một tách cà phê)

I don’t wanna thing from you. (Tôi không muốn bất kỳ điều gì từ anh).

Do you wanna beer? (Bạn có muốn uống một cốc bia không?).

Cần nhớ rằng đây là dạng nói tắt chỉ thông dụng trong khẩu ngữ. Bạn không nên lạm dụng

chúng trong văn viết hay văn nói ở những trường hợp cần cách nói trang trọng (như phát

biểu trước đông người ) Cách nói này chỉ phù hợp khi bạn nói chuyện với bạn bè hay trong

những cuộc gặp mặt thân mật khác.

Exercise

Nghe bài hát sau và điền vào chỗ trống:

Bài Hát - Click vào đây!

Breaking up

Pre-listening

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1. Vocabulary

break up /breɪk ʌp/ (v) chia taychange /tʃeɪndʒ/ (v) thay đổi

status /ˈsteɪ.təs/ (n) thân thế, tình trạng

quote /kwəʊt/ (n) lời trích dẫn

handle /ˈhæn.dļ/ (v) xử lí

guess /ges/ (v) đoán

hurt /hɜːt/ (v/adj) làm tổn thương, tổn thương

feeling /ˈfiː.lɪŋ/ (n) cảm xúc, tình cảm worth /wɜːθ/ (v) đáng giá, xứng đáng

initiative /ɪˈnɪʃ.ə.tɪv/ (n) người bắt đầu

of course /əv kɔːs/ (adv) tất nhiên

situation /ˌsɪt.juˈeɪ.ʃ ən/ (n) hoàn cảnh

step /step/ (n) bước

tough /tʌf/ (adj) khó, dai...

pleasant /ˈplez.

ə

nt/ (adj) dễ chịu look like /lʊk laɪk/ (v) trông có vẻ

Expression

1. Would rather do something

Prefer to do something

thích làm cái gì hơn (

trong hai việc)

Eg. I would rather break up with someone because I like to be in control of

things.

2. Be willing to do something sẵn sàng làm gì

Eg. I'm willi ng to do that.

3. Blame something on someone đổ lỗi cho ai về việc gì



Eg. And if you can blame it on someone else , rather than making it look

like you were the bad guy, it's so much easier.

4. In control of trong tầm kiểm soát

Eg. I would rather break up with someone because I like to be in control

of things.

Geographical names

Mexico Mê xi cô

Indonesia In đô nê xi a

Belgium Bỉ

U.K Anh quốc

2. Brainstorm

Nói đến chuyện chia tay - tất nhiên đó không phải là chuyện vui - người ta có xu hướng nói đến

cảm giác đau đớn, bị tổn thương.



Listening

Bài học đã được dịch, bạn hãy đưa chuột vào các câu tiếng Anh để xem.

Diego,

Mexico

I would rather break up with someone because I like to be in

control of things, so if someone breaks up with me, I wouldn't

be in control of things, so that would change the status quote,

and yeah, I would like break up with that person instead of that

person breaking up with me.

Lia,

Indonesia

I would rather have someone to break up with me because I

know that if they break up with me, I can handle it quite good I

guess, but if I break up with them, I just don't want to hurt their

feelings.

Christophe,

I think I would prefer to break up with someone because if

somebody breaks up with you, you just feel horrible. You feel

like you're worth nothing, and you're completely alone in the

world, so I would prefer to take the initiative by myself and

not feel so bad about it.



Belgium

Katia,

Mexico

I would rather have somebody else to break up with me, but

then of course, the situation, if it's different, and I have to dothat step, then I'm willing to do that.

Tom, U.K.

I would rather have someone break up with me than break up

with someone else because after you break up, people are

always asking you, why? what happened? And if you can

blame it on someone else, rather than making it look like you

were the bad guy, it's so much easier.

Jess, U.K.

Ooh, that's a tough question. I think either way. If you break up with someone or they break up with you, it's not a pleasant

experience, so I can't answer that. I'd rather not break up with

anyone at all.

Post-listening

Bạn không phải nghe tất cả các từ được nói vì có những từ không cần thiết, cố nghe chỉ làm cho bạn mất tập trung với các từ quan trọng mà thôi.

Đặc biệt trong những bài thảo luận và trình bày ý kiến của nhiều người vè cùng một vấn đề, sẽ có

rất nhiều từ và cấu trúc được lặp đi lặp lại.

Eg. Nói về chủ đề như trên: " chia tay - bạn sẽ chủ động chia tay hay để cho người kia quyết

định?" , người ta sẽ nhắc lại rât nhiều lần cụm từ " breaking up", " have someone break up withme"...

Vậy bạn nên làm gì?

hãy tập trung vào những thông tin mới được nói đến, và nhất định những thông tin mới đó sẽ

được nhấn mạnh!



E.g. I would rather break up with someone because I like to be in control of things, so

if someone breaks up with me, I wouldn't be in control of things, so that would change the

status quote, and yeah, I would like break up with that personinstead of that person breaking up

with me.

( phần in đậm là phần cung cấp thông tin mới, bạn nên chú ý lắng nghe, còn phần in nghiêng gần

như lặp lại những thông tin cũ và những cụm từ đã được nói đến trước đó, không nên quá mất

thời gian vào những cụm từ đó.)

Bài 14 - Do people have right to smoke in public? (Mọi người có quyền hút thuốc lá ở nơicông cộng không?)

Do people have right to smoke in public?

Pre-listening

1. Vocabulary

ill /ɪl/ (adj) ốm

doctor /ˈdɒk.təʳ/ (n) bác sĩ

addiction /əˈdɪk.ʃ ən/ (n) sự nghiện

give up /gɪv ʌp/ (v) từ bỏ

crave /kreɪv/ (v) thèm

cigarette /ˌsɪg.ərˈet/ (n) thuốc lá

once in a

while /wʌnts ɪn ə waɪl/ (adv) nhiều khi

hard /hɑːd/ (adj) khó khăn

public /ˈpʌb.lɪk/ (adj/n) công cộng

place /pleɪs/ (n) nơi, chỗ



rule /ruːl/ (n) luật lệ

strict /strɪkt/ (adj) nghiêm khắc

fair /feəʳ/ (adj) công bằng

smell /smel/ (v) bốc mùi, ngửi breathe /briːð/ (v) thở

actually /ˈæk.tʃu.ə.li/ (adv) thực ra

worse /wɜːs/ (adj) tệ hơn

inhale /ɪnˈheɪl/ (v) hít vào

area /ˈeə.ri.ə/ (n) chỗ, khu vực

smoker /ˈsməʊ.kəʳ/ (n) người nghiện thuốc

nonsmoker /nɒn-ˈsməʊ.kəʳ/ (n) người không hút thuốc

drift /drɪft/ (v) lan ra

ban /bæn/ (v) cấm

altogether /ˌɔːl.təˈgeð.əʳ/ (adv) cùng nhau

completely /kəmˈpliːt.li/

(adv) hoàn toàn

lung /lʌŋ/ (n) phổi

cancer /ˈkænt.səʳ/ (n) ung thư

light up /laɪt ʌp/ (v) thắp sáng, đốt lửa

awful /ˈɔː.f əl/ (adj) kinh khủng

disease /dɪˈziːz/ (n) bệnh tật

suffer /ˈsʌf.əʳ/ (v) chịu đựng

educate /ˈed.jʊ.keɪt/ (v) giáo dục, dạy

danger /ˈdeɪn.dʒəʳ/ (n) nguy hiểm

environment /ɪnˈvaɪə.rən.mənt/ (n) môi trường

Expression

Used to do đã từng quen với việc làm gì



Eg. My father used to smoke.

Cha tôi đã từng hút thuốc lá.

Choose to do lựa chọn làm gì

E.g. I don't think that I should have to breathe in another person's smoke if I choose not to smoke

myself.Tôi không nghĩ rằng tôi phải hít khói thuốc của người khác khi chính tôi không hút thuốc lá.

2. Brainstorm

Trong bài này,người nói bàn về quyền hút thuốc lá nơi công cộng - "người ta có quyền hút thuốc

lá nơi công cộng không?". Thường thường, người ta sẽ phản đối việc hút thuốc lá nơi công cộng,

đưa ra các lí do như hút thuốc lá rất độc hại, hút thuốc có thể gây ung thư phổi, bỏ thuốc là điều

nên làm nhưng không phải ai cũng làm được vì thuốc lá cũng gây nghiện...

Listening



Do people have right to smoke in public?

My father used to smoke.He got very ill.

The doctor told him that he had to quit smoking.

My father tried for a long time to quit.

It was very difficult for him.

Smoking is an addiction.

After many months, my father finally gave up smoking, but he still craved a cigarette once in a

while.

He says that quitting smoking is the hardest thing that he has ever done.

When my father did smoke, he smoked everywhere.He smoked in restaurants, stores and many public buildings.

Now, you are not allowed to smoke in a lot of public places.

When my father smoked, the rules were not so strict.

People could smoke just about anywhere.

It really wasn't fair to the people who didn't smoke.

Their clothes always smelled like smoke, and they breathed in second-hand smoke.

Some people think that second-hand smoke is actually worse for you than if you smoke

yourself.

People would smoke in their houses, and very young children would inhale the smoke that was

in the air.

Some people still smoke in their houses, and their children breathe in the smoke.

Some restaurants have areas for smokers and nonsmokers, but usually the smoke drifts from one

area to the other.

There are some businesses that have banned smoking altogether.



Personally, I think that smoking in public places should be completely banned.

I don't think that I should have to breathe in another person's smoke if I choose not to smoke

myself.

It wouldn't be fair for a nonsmoker to get lung cancer because they had to be in a place where

smokers were allowed to light up.I know that smoking is a powerful addiction and that it is very difficult to quit, but smokers

should restrict their smoking to places where there is nobody else around.

Lung cancer is an awful disease.

Nobody should have to suffer with lung cancer.

People should be educated about the dangers of smoking.

Smoking should be banned in public places, but eventually I would like to believe that fewer

people will smoke.

It would be nice to live in a smoke free environment.

Post-listening

Intrusion

Khi nghe tiếng Anh bạn sẽ thấy có một hiện tượng thế này.

→

Đây là hiện tượng nối hai nguyên âm với nhau khi nguyên âm đứng trước nguyên âm.

Trong bài nghe các bạn sẽ thấy hiện tượng này ở những từ như

- the air

- else around

Điều này có thể rất mới mẻ với nhiều người. Về nguyên tắc, bạn sẽ thêm một phụ âm vào giữa 2

nguyên âm để nối. Có 2 quy tắc để thêm phụ âm như sau:

- Đối với nguyên âm tròn môi (khi phát âm, môi bạn nhìn giống hình chữ "O"), ví dụ: "OU",

"U", "AU",... bạn cần thêm phụ âm "W" vào giữa. Ví dụ "do it" sẽ được đọc là /du: wit/.

- Đối với nguyên âm dài môi (khi phát âm, môi bạn kéo dài sang 2 bên), ví dụ: "E", "I", "EI",...

bạn thêm phụ âm "Y" vào giữa. Ví dụ "I ask" sẽ được đọc là /ai ya:sk/.



Bạn thử áp dụng 2 quy tắc này để phát âm những từ sau nhé:

USA /ju wes sei/

VOA /vi you wei/

XO /eks sou/

Nghe bài hát

Yesterday

Yesterday, all my troubles seemed so far away.

Now it looks as though they're here to stay.

Oh, I believe in yesterday.

Suddenly,

I'm not half the man I used to be,

There's a shadow hanging over me,

Oh, yesterday came suddenly.

Why she had to go

I don't know she wouldn't say.

I said something wrong,

Now I long for yesterday.

Yesterday, love was such an easy game to play.

Now I need a place to hide away.


Why she had to go

I don't know she wouldn't say.I said something wrong,

Now I long for yesterday.

Yesterday, love was such an easy game to play.

Now I need a place to hide away.




Mm mm mm mm mm mm mm.

My routine at college

Pre-listening

1. Vocabulary

routine /ruːˈtiːn/ (n) lối sống hàng ngày

schedule /ˈʃed.juːl/ (n) lịch trình, lịch làm việc

college /ˈkɒl.ɪdʒ/ (n) cao đẳng, đại học

pretty /ˈprɪt.i/ (adj) khá là

pray /preɪ/ (v) cầu nguyện

kitchen /ˈkɪtʃ.ən/ (n) bếp

finish /ˈfɪn.ɪʃ/ (v) kết thúc

bagel /ˈbeɪ.gəl/ (n) bánh vòng

cereal /ˈsɪə.ri.əl/ (n) ngũ cốc

wear /weəʳ/ (v) mặc (quần áo), đeo (kính)...

T-shirt /ˈtiː.ʃɜːt/ (n) áo phông, sơ mi

backpack /ˈbæk.pæk/ (n) ba lô

cafeteria /ˌkæf.əˈtɪə.ri.ə/ (n) quán ăn tự phục vụ

lab /læb/ (n) phòng thực hành, phòng máy

chemistry /ˈkem.ɪ.stri/ (n) hóa học, môn hóa

gym /dʒɪm/ (n) phòng thể dục

exercise /ˈek.sə.saɪz/ (v) tập thể dục

probably /ˈprɒb.ə.bli/ (adv) có thể

whatever /wɒtˈev.əʳ/ (adj) dù thế nào đi nữa

depend on /dɪˈpend ɒn/ (v) phụ thuộc vào



2. Brainstorm

Khi nói đến lối sống hàng ngày, người ta có xu hướng thuật lại lịch tình của một ngày từ lúc sáng

dậy mấy giờ đến ăn sáng món gì, đi học rồi kết thúc ngày ra sao.

Listening

Bài học đã được dịch, bạn hãy đưa chuột vào các câu tiếng Anh để xem.



Let me tell you a little bit about my schedule while I studied in college.

I would usually get up pretty late, probably about eight o'clock.

The first thing I would do is quickly pray, then I would go to the bathroom, wash my face and try

to finish waking up.

After that I would go to the kitchen and eat breakfast. I’d usually eat something small, like a

bagel, maybe a little sandwich or toast, sometimes cereal.

After that I would go back to the bedroom and get dressed. I usually wore jeans and a T-shirt and

tennis shoes.

After that, I would go back to the bathroom, brush my teeth, comb my hair. Sometimes I would

put on make-up, but usually not.

Then I would put all my books in my backpack and head out of the door and go to class. I

usually had class from about nine until twelve.

Then after that I would eat lunch. Usually I would come back to my room and eat or sometimes I

would go to the cafeteria.

After that I usually had a lab. I studied chemistry. So I would go to the chemistry lab for three

hours every afternoon.



When my chemistry lab finished at about four thirty, then I went to the gym to exercise. I

exercised for about two hours.

After that I would go back to my room, take a shower, get cleaned up and head to the cafeteria to

eat dinner.

After dinner, I would return to my room, study for a couple of hours, probably from three to

whatever, depending on how much work I had.

Then I would brush my teeth, get into my pajamas and get ready for bed again.

Post-listening

Trong bài này, chúng tôi sẽ bật mí cho bạn một điều nho nhỏ cần chú ý khi nghe tiếng Anh, đó là

"sự nuốt âm" trong tiếng Anh (elision)

Nuốt âm là sự lược bỏ đi một hoặc nhiều âm (có thể là nguyên âm, phụ âm hoặc cả âm tiết) trong

một từ hoặc một cụm từ khiến cho người nói phát âm dễ dàng hơn. Hành động nuốt âm thường

xảy ra tự nhiên không chủ định nhưng cũng có thể có sự cân nhắc.

phiên âm khi phát âm trở thành:

comfortable / 'k ʌmf ətəbl / /'k ʌmftəbl /

fifth / fif θ / / fiθ /

him / him / / im /

chocolate / 't∫ɒk ələt / / 't∫ɒklət /

vegetable / 'vedʒətəbl / / 'vedʒtəbl /

Khi có hai hay nhiều phụ âm đi với nhau, sẽ xuất hiện khuynh hướng nuốt âm khi đọc. Có những

trường hợp sự nuốt âm sẽ kéo theo âm tiết trong từ sẽ bị giảm:

word/combination no elision elision

asked /ɑ:skt/ /ɑ:st/

desktop /ˈdɛskˌtɒp/ /ˈdɛsˌtɒp/

hard disk /hɑ:dˈdɪsk/ /hɑ:ˈdɪsk/

kept quiet /kɛptˈkwaɪət/ /kɛpˈkwaɪət/

seemed not to notice /ˈsi:mdˌnɒttəˈnəʊtɪs/ /ˈsi:mˌnɒtəˈnəʊtɪs/



for the first time /fəðəˌfɜ:stˈtaɪm/ /fəðəˌfɜ:sˈtaɪm/

Describe a village you know well

I was born and have grown up in the country in a small village beside a beautiful river. My

village is surrounded in a hedge of green bamboos. Most of the houses in the village are built of

brick and have red tiled roofs.

In the middle of the village there is an old pagoda with high trees around it. On the first and

fifteenth days of the lunar month, the villagers often go to the pagoda to give offerings to The

God of Agriculture.

On the right of the village flows quietly a clear and blue river. When I was young, I used to swimin the river with my friends. How can I forget the wonderful time on this river fishing or rowing

a boat with my boyhood friends!

On the left of the village lies the village green where village meetings are often held by village

officials. On this ground covered with soft grass we used to fly kites on windy autumnal

evenings.

The majority of villages live on agriculture. They get rich thanks to their fertile rice-fields and

their diligence. Harvest time is certainly the busiest and the merriest time of the year. During the

harvest, the villagers often get up very early in the morning. They cheerfully go to their rice-

fields to harvest the bumper crop – the fruit of many months of hard work.

My villagers are very friendly and helpful. They are willing to offer mutual help in any case and

always get on with one another harmoniously.

My village is rather small indeed but I like it very much because I was born and have grown up

there and spent my happiest childhood among the simple and hard-working villagers who always

feel attached to their native land.

Describe a visit you have made to a factory

Describe a visit you have made to a factory and show what benefits you have derived from

the visit.

Last week, under our form-teacher’s guidance we visited the Bicycle Factory.

On our arrival at the factory, we were warmly greeted by the director who gave us some

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information about the factory.

It is a long, low building with different workshops. There are 500 workers in the factory. Many

of them live in the factory grounds but many others live in the nearby towns or villages and go to

work by bus everyday.

When we entered the first workshop, the workers, in their overalls, were cutting steel tubes with

hacksaws. It was very noisy here but the workers had got used to the noise.

The newly-cut steel tubes were brought to the next workshop where they were joined together

into frames by soldering irons. Flashes of red and blue light sent out from soldering irons dazzled

our eyes. The workers were absorbed in their work. Drops of sweat were rolling on their cheeks

and their overalls were soaked with sweat. We went to the next workshop. The newly joined

frames were brought there to be polished before they were painted. The final process of

production was to assemble accessories together before the bicycles were put on the market.

The visit of the Bicycle Factory gave us a precious lesson: the existence of a society depends

largely on the working class. The workers themselves create properly and material comforts for

society with the sweat of their brow. And on impulse, we thought: “If our government hadn’timported such a large number of motorbikes and if all people had used bicycles as their means of

transport, the envir onment wouldn’t have been so seriously polluted”.

Describe the house you are living in. Why do you love it?

The house we are living in is situated in the suburb of HCM city, within thirty minutes’ drive off the central city. We have lived there for more than twenty years. This is a fairly large house

surrounded with a luxuriant garden.

My house consists of four bed-rooms, a living-room, a bathroom with a shower, a dinning-room,

a kitchen and a toilet. It is air-conditioned and well-furnished. The living-room is decorated

beautifully. Paintings by famous artists are hung on the walls. At night, the color neon lights

increase the beauty and coziness of the room. There, on Sundays and holidays my father usuallyspends his time playing chess or drinking tea with his friends. My mother and my two sisters are

diligent and hard-working women. They often keep the house clean and tidy.

On suffocating days of summer, we usually take meals in the garden. It is fairly cool and quiet

here. We enjoy our meals amid the melodious twitters of birds. On stormy and rainy nights all



whole family members gather in the living-room, watching television or telling each other about

their daily activities.

I love my house very much because it is the place where I was born and have grown up in theeducation of my father and in the tender loving care of my mother. I have spent my whole

childhood in the love and affection of my dear ones with so many sweet memories.

Fruits I like to eat

I like to eat fruits. They are sweet, juicy and r ich in vitamin C. I believe in the saying, “An applea day keeps the doctor away”. Therefore, I always have a slice of fruit after every meal.

I love to eat honey-dew melon. As the name suggests, the fruit tastes honey sweet. It comes in

two types; the green melon and the orange melon. Both taste just as good but usually only the

former is used or making dessert. I can’t help but long for a bowl of icy cold honey-dew sago on

a hot day.

I also like eating papaya. My mother says it helps digestion because it is a natural mild laxative. I

love to drink papaya milk too. It is easy to prepare and it tastes so good when it is chilled. Each

time my uncle visits us, he will bring us lots of papayas and other fruits form his orchard.

Mango is also one of my favorite fruits. It has a very sweet smell. Mangoes can be made into

very tasty mango puddings or cakes. However, too much mango can cause constipation.

These fruits that I like can be bought from fruit stalls in wet-markets or at the supermarkets.Luckily, they do not cost as much as fruits like durians or strawberries.

Water is important to all living things

“Water is important to all living things”. Do you agree or disagree? Give reasons for your opinion

Without water no living thing on the earth could survive. We need water to quench our thirst,

water our lands to grow crops or to keep the animals and fowls in our homes alive. Even the

plants and insects in all parts of the world need water to live.



We also need water to produce electricity and to carry out goods or trade. Electricity is very

important for our comforts today. Almost everything that we use in our homes today depends on

the use of electricity. In the same way, water also helps to transport many or the goods that we

need for our homes. Ships, rafts and boats carry many things from distant lands and help to

exchange goods between one country and another. Transport by water is easier and cheaper than

by air or land.

But water has also caused sorrow and hardship in all parts of the world. Floods and heavy rains

have destroyed crops, lives and property through the centuries and caused much sorrow

everywhere.

Yet, water is so important that all living things, including the tiniest creatures, will continue to

struggle to get it whenever or wherever they can.

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