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Activity 1:
GAME: “Five little thing”
-Work in groups of four
-Look at the instructions and write down
5 things as required on a piece of paper
Activity 1:
GAME: “Five little thing”
- These are the suggested
instructions:
1) Write down 5 things you often share with your close friend.
2) Write down 5 adjectives describing appearance.
3) Write down 5 adjectives describing character or personality.
Activity 1:
GAME: “Five little thing”
- Expected answers:
1) Write down 5 things you often share with your close friend:
Joy, sadness, homework, school things, fashion, football, etc.
2) Write down 5 adjectives describing appearance:
Tall, short, good-looking, well-dressed, beautiful, nice, etc.
3) Write down 5 adjectives describing character or personality:
Sociable, friendly, out-going, studious, optimistic, reserved,
sensitive, etc.
We use a lot of nouns and adjectives to talk about friends.
Today we will read a text about Ba’s friends. After this lesson,
you will know more about how to describe a person.
UNIT 1:
Section C:
Before you listen
Ask and answer the questions:
1. Who is your best friend?
2. How did you happen to meet him
or her?
3. How long have you known each
other?
4. What qualities do you admire in
your best friend?
Vocabulary:
- guitarist /ɡɪˈtɑːrɪst/ (n): a person who
plays the guitar
- humor = humour /ˈhjuːmə(r)/ (n) :
the quality in sth that makes it funny or
amusing; the ability to laugh at things that are
amusing
humorous (adj) /ˈhjuːmərəs/
Ex: Whatever you do, don't lose your
sense of humor.
apartment building
sense of humour
guitarist
favorite
motorbike
around
You hear Lan and Long talk about their
best friends. Listen to their talks and
then do the tasks that follow.
Task 1: Listen and decide whether the
statements are true (T) or false (F).
Lan’s Talk
1. Ha and Lan shared an aparment in
Nguyen Cong Tru.
T
2. Lan thinks that Haiphong people are
unfriendly.
3. Lan spent two days in Do Son.
4. Ha took Lan to Do Son on her motorbike.
5. Ha introduced Lan to a number of her
friends there.
6. Ha and Lan have become friends since
F
Task 1: Listen and decide whether the
statements are true (T) or false (F).
Long’s Talk
T
F
1. Minh and Long have been friends since
school.
2. Long was a guitarist.
3. Long loves Minh’s sense of humour.
4. They have a lot of things in common.
5. Minh always helped Long out of difficulties.
Task 3: Listen again and note down the ideas in the table
below.
How and where they met What they like about their
friends
Lan
- They used to live in the
- Ha’s very friendly and
same apartment building in
helpful.
Ha Noi.
- Lan went on a holiday to Do - Ha’s sociable. She‘s got
Son and Ha went there to help many friends in Do Son and
Long
her.
she introduced Lan around.
- They met in college.
- Minh has a sense of humor.
- Minh played the guitar, and
- Minh likes to go to for
Long was a singer.
plays and movies.
- They worked together.
- Minh is friendly and helpful.
Take turns to talk about:
+ How Ha has been Lan’s best
friend.
+ How Minh has been Long’s best
friend.
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