Bai 4

Unit 4. special education

Lesson 22. listening

+ Who is he?

+ What is he doing ?
Match a word in column A with a definition in column B
Match a word in A with an explanation in B
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Before you read
Use the words above to complete the passage below.

I joined a (1) _______club when I was at secondary school and I have been fascinated by (2)______ ever since. However, I have decided not to become a professional (3)_______ . I once took a (4) ______ of my girl-friend and she did not look as beautiful in the picture as she was. I tried to calm her down by saying, "you are not very (5) _______, honey".
Answer keys

I joined a photographic club when I was at secondary school and I have been fascinated by photography ever since. However, I have decided not to become a professional photographer. I once took a photograph of my girl-friend and she did not look as beautiful in the picture as she was. I tried to calm her down by saying, "you are not very photogenic, honey".
Listen and repeat
surroundings (n): môi trường xung quanh sorrow (n): nỗi buồn
passion (n): niềm đam mê, khát vọng exhibition (n): triển lãm
labourer (n): người lao động stimulate (v): khuyến khích, thúc đẩy
Task 1. Listen to some information about a photography club and decide whether the statements are true (T) or false (F).
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Task 2. Listen again and fill each blank with a suitable word.

The six-month-old (1) …………. club, which comprises (2) ………. deaf, mute or mentally retarded children, is now having its first (3) …….... in Hanoi.
More than (4) ………… colour photos are on display at the exhibition room featuring the (5) ………….. of daily life seen through the eyes of these disabled children. The subjects are (6) ………….. and (7) ………. : old men reading books on the sides of Hoan Kiem Lake, labourers hard at work, or (8) ………….. looking for food.
The children`s passion for taking pictures has (9) …………. them and helped them (10) …………. their sorrow.
Answer keys

The six-month-old (1) photographic club, which comprises (2) of deaf, mute or mentally retarded children, is now having its first (3) exhibition in Hanoi. More than (4) fifty colour photos are on display at the exhibition room featuring the (5) beauty of daily life seen through the eyes of these disabled children. The subjects are (6) simple and (7) peaceful: old men reading books on the sides of Hoan Kiem Lake, labourers hard at work, or (8) chickens looking for food The children`s passion for taking pictures has (9) stimulated them and helped them (10) escape their sorrow.
Task 3. Ask and answer about the Vang Trang Khuyet photographic club.

1. What is the name of the club?
2. Who are the members of the club? Where do
they come from? How many are there?
3. How many photographs are on display?
4. What are their photographs about?
5. What does their passion of taking
photographs help them?
1. It is the Vang Trang Khuyet
2. They are deaf and mute children. They come
from Nhan Chinh school.There are 19 children.
3. There are 50 colour photos are on display.
4. Their photographs are about the beauty of daily
life: old men reading books on the sides of Hoan
Kiem Lake, labourers hard at work, or chickens
looking for food…
5. The passion of taking photographs has helped
them escape their sorrow.
Answer keys
Retell about the Vang Trang Khuyet photographic club .
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Homework
Exercise 1. Give the correct from of the words in the brackets.

1. My father is one of the most famous (photograph) ………………….. in the city.
2. I have been studying (photograph) ……………………… for 5 years.
3. The beauty of (day) …………..life has been captured by disabled children.
4. The members of the club are the (mental) …………………retarded children.
Exercise 2. Use the information you know about the Huong Sen Centre in Tuyen Quang Town to answer the questions below

Where did it build? (In 1997)
Where is it located? (In Phan Thiet ward)
How many teachers and children are there in the centre? (26 teachers-72 students)
Who is founder ? (Ha Thi Khiet)
What type of students study in the centre?