Giải bài tập SGK tiếng Anh 12 mới – Unit 1 – Life Stories

COMMUNICATION AND CULTURE

1. Listen to An’s story. Complete the statements about the story. Write from 1 to 3 words in each blank

I am the only child in the family. Both my parents are doctors and they are so busy that they have very little time for me. Luckily, we have a lot of books at home and these books have become my best friends. The ones I like best ire those about people’s life stories. My friends joke that I’m a kind of walking encyclopaedia because I can answer – their questions about well-known historical figures such as Tran Hung Dao or Abraham Lincoln, and even “iuential composers like Beethoven or Mozart. However, sometimes I have a feeling that these famous people are -“ireal, despite reading all the facts written about them.

Then a new world opened to me after my two months’ holiday with my grandparents in the countryside. My grandfather told me his own life story. As a child, he was just a buffalo boy, and then he joined the army as a soldier to fight against the invaders. My grandmother told me how hard she had worked to bring up my father and uncles during the war, while my grandpa was away. I found their stories even more interesting and more real than those in the books I had read. To me, my grandparents were as heroic and worthy of respect as many historical figures. I have learnt lessons about love and patriotism from them.

My grandparents are my real heroes.

1. people’s life stories.
2. walking/ well-known historical figures.
3. unreal.
4. the countryside.
5. respect/ real.

2. Discuss the question in pairs

Culture

1. Read the text about Arthur Conan Doyles and decide whether the statements about it are true (T), false (F), or not given (NG). Tick the correct boxes

2. Work with a partner. Find some Vietnamese writers of detective stories and talk about their lives and works

LOOKING BACK

Pronunciation

1. Tick the word that does not have the same sound as the other two.

2. Listen and write the correct homophones to complete the sentences

1. We need more wood for the campfire. Would you be able to bring some?
2. I get really bored with playing the same board games everyday.
3. The weather forecast is for more rain, so I’m not sure whether we can go hiking tomorrow.
4. There was a big hole in her sock, so the whole of her big toe was sticking out.

1. wood, would
2. bored, board
3. weather, whether
4. hole, whole

Vocabulary

1. Complete the sentences with the correct form of the words or phrase in the box.

Grammar

1. Read the following story about Tran Quoc Toan. Put the verbs in brackets in the past simple or the past continuous.

2. These sentences are incorrect. Correct them, adding articles where necessary

1. a (great time), the (USA).
2. the (army), a (soldier), the (country).
3. the (English).
4. a (two-week holiday), the (Philippines).
5. the (Louvre), a (boat trip), the (Seine).
6. a (warm hat), a (new coat), a (pair of woolen gloves).
7. the (bank), the (supermarket), the (theatre), the (way).
8. the (rush hour), a (taxi).

PROJECT

1. Your group is going to take part in the Public Speaking Contest ‘A famous person you admire’ organised by your school.
   Assign the task to each group member: choosing a famous person, creating his/her profile, and giving a presentation about this person.
2. Work in groups. Choose the best presentation which meets the following criteria:
   Content: relevant to the topic, well-structured, interesting, truthful

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