Phần trọng tâm kiến thức của unit này nói về về cách phát âm /tr/, /dr/ và /tw/trong tiếng Anh, cũng như ôn tập về câu gián tiếp sử dụng danh động từ. Bài viết cung cấp các từ vựng và cấu trúc cần lưu ý cũng như hướng dẫn giải bài tập trong sách giáo khoa..
I. Từ vựng
- representative (n) [,repri'zentətiv]: đại diện
- score (v) [skɔ:]: tính điểm
- smoothly (adv) ['smu:đli]: suôn sẻ
- spirit (n): tinh thần, khí thế
- sponsor (v) ['spɔnsə]: tài trợ
- entry procedure (n) ['entri prə'si:dʒə]: thủ tục đăng ký
II. Cấu trúc cần lưu ý
- feel like (v) muốn
- find out (v) tìm ra
- Âm /tr/ trong tiếng Anh là một phụ âm, phát âm của chữ cái "tr"
- Âm /dr/ trong tiếng Anh là một phụ âm, phát âm ghép của chữ cái “d” và “r”(Đọc liền thành một âm)
- Âm /tw/ trong tiếng Anh là một phụ âm, phát âm ghép của chữ cái “t” và “w”(Đọc liền thành một âm)
- Câu gián tiếp sử dụng danh động từ: Xem hướng dẫn tại đây.
III. Hướng dẫn giải bài tập
1. Pronunciation:
Listen and repeat:
/tr/:
- Traffic: giao thông
- Troops: Quân
- Trousers: quần dài
- Tropical: nhiệt đới
/dr/:
- Drive: lái (ô tô,…)
- Dreadful: kinh sợ
- Drink: uống
- Dress: váy
/tw/:
- Twelve: mười hai
- Twenty: hai mươi
- Twin: sinh đôi
- Twinkle: lấp lánh
Practise reading aloud these sentences:
- 1. John always enjoys travelling by train
- 2. Jane’s teeth are troubling her.
- 3. George is driving dangerously
- 4. Her new dress is an absolute dream.
- 5. She has an amusing twinkle in her eyes.
- 6. Think twie before doing something.
2. Grammar:
Exercise 1. Change direct speech into reported speech. Begin each of the sentences in the wav shown.
e.g: "It was nice of you to help me. Thank you very much." Tom said to you.
—> Tom thanked me for helping him.
- 1. “I hear you passed your exams. Congratulations!” John said to us.
-> John congratulated us on passing our exams.
- 2. “I’m sorry I didn’t phone you earlier,” Mary said.
-> Mary apologized for not phoning me earlier.
- 3. “I’ll drive you to the station. I insist,” Peter said to Linda.
-> Peter insisted on driving Linda to the station.
- 4. “You didn't pay attention to what I said." the teacher said to the boy.
-> The teacher accused the boy of not paying attention to what he had said.
- 5. “I’ve always wanted to be rich.” Bob said.
-> Bob has always dreamed of being rich.
- 6. “Don’t stay at the hotel near the airport,” I said to Ann.
-> I warned Ann auainst staving at the hotel near the airport.
- 7. “Stay here! I can’t let you go out tonight." her mother said to Jane.
-> Her mother prevented Jane from going out that night
- 8. “It was nice of you to visit me. Thank you.” Miss White said to Jack.
-> Miss While thanked Jack for visiting her.
Exercise 2. Rewrite the dialogues in reported speech, usine gerund.
1.
- Linda: Let me pay for the meal.
- Tom: Certainly not! I’ll pay.
-> Tom insisted on paving for the meal.
2.
- Mr. Smith: I feel like meeting our children soon.
- Mrs. Smith: I think so.
-> Mr and Mrs. Smith looked forward to meeting their children soon.
3.
- Woman: Hey! You’ve broken the window of my house!
- Boy: Oh ... no, I’ve just arrived here. I don’t know anything about it.
-> The boy denied breaking the window of The woman's house.
4.
- Policeman: You mustn’t leave the shop!
- Customer: What's that?
- Policeman: Stay here! You mustn’t leave the shop!
-> The policeman stopped the customer {from) leaving the shop.
5.
- Detective: You have stolen Mrs. Brown’s car!
- The thief: Yes...! But….
-> The thief admitted stealing Mrs. Brown's car
6.
- Mary: What shall we do on Saturday?
- Ann: What about having a party?
-> Ann suggaested having a party next Saturday.
7.
- John’s wife: The house is very nice! We’ll certainly buy it!
- John: I think so.
-> John and his wife were thinking of buying the house.