Unit 1. A day in the life of

ENGLISH
10
6
5
7
4
2
1
Game
3

Find 10 nouns in the following word square.

COLUMN :
ROW :
BREAKFAST
TENT
TOWN
NEIGHBOR
PEASANT
ROUTIN E
REST
CROP
DANGER
TIME
Teacher : NGUYEN DINH QUOC VIET

Period : 5th
Class : 10th Form
UNIT 1: A DAY IN THE LIFE OF . . . (continued)

Part D: WRITING

Task 1
Read the following passage and find all the verbs that are used in the past simple and the connectors (time expressions) in the story.
A narrative
14th July 1995 is a day I shall never forget. On that day, I stared death in the place. Our flight was due to leave at 11 a.m., and I arrived at the airport quite early. We got on the plane at 10:30 and the plane took off on time. The air-hostesses were just beginning to serve our lunch when the plane began to shake.
Vocabulary



- Be due to (a) :
because of, owing to
( bởi vì )

- stare death in the face (v) :
so scared, afraid
( sợ xanh mặt )
- take off (v) :
(plane) leave the ground
( cất cánh )
- air-hostess (n) :
person who takes care of passengers on a plane
( tiếp viên hàng không )
- fasten seatbelt (v) :
fix the seatbelt around the body to keep safe
on the plane
- be in danger (v) :
to be in dangerous situation
( gặp nguy hiểm )
( thắt dây an toàn )

Find all the verbs that are used in the past simple .
At first, we thought we were flying in bad weather. We were told to stay seated and fasten our seat belts. Then suddenly the plane seemed to dip. We realised we were in danger. Many people screamed in panic. We all thought we had only minutes to live.
Then, just when we had given up all hope, we felt the plane slowly gained height. A few minutes later the pilot announced that everything was all right. We were all overjoyed and relieved. One hour later we landed safely. It was the most frightening experience of my life.
14th July 1995 is a day I shall never forget. On that day, I stared death in the place. Our flight was due to leave at 11 a.m., and I arrived at the airport quite early. We got on the plane at 10:30 and the plane took off on time. The air-hostesses were just beginning to serve our lunch when the plane began to shake.
Find the connectors (time expressions) in the story.
14th July 1995 is a day I shall never forget. On that day, I stared death in the place. Our flight was due to leave at 11 a.m., and I arrived at the airport quite early. We got on the plane at 10:30 and the plane took off on time. The air-hostesses were just beginning to serve our lunch when the plane began to shake.
At first, we thought we were flying in bad weather. We were told to stay seated and fasten our seat belts. Then suddenly the plane seemed to dip. We realised we were in danger. Many people screamed in panic. We all thought we had only minutes to live.
Then, just when we had given up all hope, we felt the plane slowly gained height. A few minutes later the pilot announced that everything was all right. We were all overjoyed and relieved. One hour later we landed safely. It was the most frightening experience of my life.

Verbs : stared, was, arrived, got, took off, began, thought, were told, seemed, realised, were, screamed, thought, had, felt, announced, was, were, landed, was


Connectors : on that day, at first, then, just, a few minutes, one hour later
Task 2
Work in groups. Identify the events, the climax, and the conclusion of the story.
The development of the story :
The events :
The climax :
The conclusion :
got on plane, plane took off, hostess were just beginning to serve lunch when plane began to shake, plane seemed to dip, people screamed in panic.
we thought we had only minutes to live.

pilot announced that everything was all right, we landed safely.

Last year / I / spend / summer holidays / a seaside town. /



-
The hotel / be modern / comfortable.

-
I have / wonderful holiday / until / fire.

-
It / be / Saturday evening / and / everybody / be / the discotheque / ground floor./

Task 3
Use the prompts below to build up a narrative about a hotel fire.
Last year, I spent my summer holidays at a seaside town.
The hotel was modern and comfortable.
I had a wonderful holiday until the fire.
It was Saturday evening and everybody was sitting in the discotheque (which was) on the ground floor.
Hotel
It / be / crowded / with people./ They/ dance /and /sing happily. /




Suddenly/ we / smell / smoke. /


Then / black smoke /begin/ fill /room. /


It was crowded with people. They were dancing any singing happily.

Suddenly we smelt smoke.

Then black smoke began to fill the room.

Everybody / start / scream / in panic./


People / run toward fire exits. /
Everybody started to scream in panic.
People ran toward the fire exits.
One door / be / block. /


Many people / begin / cough / choke.


Then / just as we / think / we / have / only / minutes / live, / fire brigade / arrive. /




Firemen / fight / their way / into / room / and soon / everyone / be / safely out of the building. /



One door was blocked.
Many people began coughing and choking.
Then, just as we thought we had only minutes to live, the fire brigade arrived.
Firemen fought their way into the room and soon everyone was safely out o the building.
Luckily / nobody / be / seriously hurt. /



It / be / most frightening experience / my life.
It was the most frightening experience of my life.
Luckily, nobody was seriously hurt.
TRANSLATE THE STORY INTO VIETNAMESE
AND
Prepare section LANGUAGE FOCUS
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US!