5.0 Unit 9 - Reading & Speaking

New Reading Skill: Matching Headings

Speaking Part 2 & 3: Review of:

- Part 2: Note-taking & Giving full answers

- Part 3: Answering “Why” & Advantages / Disadvantages questions. 

New Vocabulary: Environment

I’ll give you a summary. It could be from a movie, a novel, a graphic novel, or a poem. 

Guess the title and explain WHY

If you don't know the English names, Vietnamese names are also fine!

i. YOUNG GIRL TALKS TO FURNITURE AND MARRIES HER KIDNAPPER.

ii. YOUNG GIRL SOLD HERSELF, ENDED UP BEING A NUN, LATER FRIEND-ZONED HER EX-FIANCE.

iii. GUY WHO GOT LOST IN THE FOREST KISSES A COMA PATIENT* WHILE SEVEN OTHER GUYS WATCH.

iv. BOY WHO ALWAYS CRIES SEEK HELP FROM A CAT WITH NO EARS EVERYDAY.

1. Read the INSTRUCTIONS: Matching headings =/= Matching features =/= Matching sentence endings =/= Matching information

2. Read the headings & UNDERLINE KEY WORDS.

3. Read the paragraphs & find MAIN IDEAS:

1st, 2nd, and last sentence

Ideas that are REPEATED a lot.

Starting with CONTRAST words: "However, Nevertheless, Yet, Unfortunately, etc."

DROUGHT (n): /draʊt/ - a long period of time when there is very little or no rain.

DAM (n): a wall that is built across a river in order to stop the water from flowing.

URBAN (adj): related to cities >< RURAL (adj): related to the countryside

DISEASE (n) /dɪˈziːz/ - an illness affecting humans, animals or plants.

HYGIENE (n): /ˈhaɪdʒiːn/ - keeping yourself and your living areas clean to not get sick

CULTIVATE CROPS: /ˈkʌltɪveɪt krɑːps/ - growing and caring for plants and vegetables

PURIFY (v): /ˈpjʊrɪfaɪ/ - to make something PURE (adj - clean) by removing things that are dirty, harmful or not wanted.