SPEAKING
Task 1. Work in pairs. Match the things you might have done or experienced in box A with how the experience might have affected you in box B.
(Làm việc theo cặp. Ghép những điều em có thể đã làm hoặc trải qua ở khung A và điều trải qua đó ảnh hưởng đến em như thế nào ở khung B.)
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1. speaking English to anative English speaker 2. being seriously ill 3. travelling to other parts of the country 4. failing an exam 5. talking to a famous pop star |
a. makes you love your country more b. teaches you a lesson and makes you study harder c. makes you appreciate your health more d. makes you more interested in learning English e. changes your attitude to pop stars |
1 - d 2 - c 3 - a 4 - b 5 - e
Task 2. Work in pairs. A student talks to her friend about one of her past experiences. And how it affected her. The lines in their conversation are jumbled. Put them in the correct order, then practice the dialogue.
(Làm việc theo cặp. Một học sinh đang nói chuyện với bạn của cô ấy về một trong những điều trải qua của mình trong quá khứ và nó ảnh hưởng đến cô như thế nào. Những câu trong cuộc đối thoại của họ đã bị đảo lộn. Đặt chúng lại đúng thứ tự, sau đó thực hành bài đối thoại.)
□ a) I was walking along Trang Tien Street when an English girl came up to me and asked me the way to Hoan Kiem Lake. I told her, then we started talking about the lake.
□ b) Have you ever spoken English to a native speaker?
□ c) How did the experience affect you?
□ d) Yes. 1 talked to an English girl last summer.
□ e) What did you talk about?
□ f) Well, it made me more interested in learning English.
□ g) Everything about the lake: its name, the great turtles in it, etc.
□ h) How did you meet her?
1 - b: Have you ever spoken English to a native speaker?
2 - d: Yes, I talked to an English girl last summer.
3 - h: How did you meet her?
4 - a: I was walking along Trang Tien Street when an English girl came up to meand asked me the way to Hoan Kiem Lake. I told her, then we started talking about the lake.
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5 - e: What did you talk about?
6 - g: Even thing about the lake: its name, the great turtles in it, etc.
7 - c: How did the experience affect you?
8 - f: We’ll, it made me more interested in learning English.
Task 3. Work in pairs. Underline the structures used to talk about past experiences in the dialogue in Task 2. then use the structures and the ideas in Task 1 to make similar dialogues.
(Làm việc theo cặp. Gạch dưới những cấu trúc được dùng nói về những điều trải qua trong quá khứ ở bài đối thoại 2, sau đó dùng những cấu trúc này và những ý tưởng ở bài đối thoại 1 để thực hiện bài đối thoại tương tự)
Useful structures:
• Have you ever ...?
• How did it happen?
• When did it happen?
• How did the experience alTect you?
a.
A: So, how was your weekend?
B: Oh, really good. I happened to see Cam Ly.
A: The famous singer?
B: That’s rittht. Have you ever met her?
A: Yes, I have. In one of her show in Ho Chi Minh City last years. She is very charming.
B: Yes. She sings beautifully, too.
A: Have you ever been to Ho Chi Minh City?
B: No, I’ve never been there.
A: You should go there sometime. It’s an interesting city and the hotels are wonderful.
b.
A: Have vou ever been seriously ill?
B: Yes. and I had to be away from home for nearly to weeks.
A: How did you become so ill?
B: I was in the rain in a winter afternoon for hours.
A: How did that happen?
B: Well. I went for a picnic and didn’t bring my raincoat.
A: How did the experience affect vou?
B: It made me appreciate my health more.