Unit 1. Home life

Part A: Reading
English 12
UNIT 1
HOME LIFE
Teacher: Nguyen Thi Tham
SHARK’S ATTACK !
C L O S E – K N I T
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PRE - READING
Look at the picture and answer the questions:
1. Where is the family?
2. What is each member of the family doing?
3. Is the family happy? Why (not) ?

PRE - READING
Where is the family?
The family is at home.
2. What is each member of the family doing?
The father and the son is play game each other. The mother is helping her daughter do the exercises.
3. Is the family happy? Why (not) ?
Yes, it is. Because the family members are very close-knit.
Read the passage and do the tasks that follow.

I come from a family of five people: my parents, my two younger brothers and I. My mother works as a nurse in a big hospital. She has to work long hours and once a week she has to work on a night shift. My father is a biologist. He works from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. in a lab, but sometimes when there is a project, he doesn’t come home until very late at night. Although my parents are very busy at work, they try to spend as much time with their children as possible. It is generally believed that “men build the house and women make it home”, but in my family, both parents join hands to give us a nice house and a happy home.

My mother is a very caring woman. She takes the responsibility for running the household. She is always the first one to get up in the morning to make sure that we leave home for school having eaten breakfast and dressed in suitable clothes. In the afternoon, after hospital, she rushes to the market, then hurries home so that dinner is ready on the table by the time Dad gets home. Dad is always willing to give a hand with cleaning the house. Unlike most men, he enjoys cooking. Sometimes, at weekends, he cooks us some special dishes. His eel soup is the best soup I have ever eaten.

3. I am now in my final year at the secondary school, and in my attempt to win a place at university, I am under a lot of study pressure. However, being the eldest child and the only daughter in the family I try to help with the household chores. My main responsibility is to wash the dishes and take out the garbage. I also look after the boys, who are quite active and mischievous sometimes, but most of the time they are obedient and hard-working. They love joining my father in mending things around the house at weekends.

4. We are a very close-knit family and very supportive of one another. We often share our feelings, and whenever problems come up, we discuss them frankly and find solutions quickly. We always feel safe and secure in our family. It is a base from which we can go into the world with confidence.
VOCABULARY
Shift (n) [∫ift] : ca làm việc
Ex: work on a night shift
Biologist (n) [bai`ɔlədʒist] : nhà sinh vật học
Responsibility (n) [ri,spɔnsə`biləti] : trách nhiệm
Take responsibility for đảm nhiệm công việc gì
Give a hand : giúp đỡ
Mischievous [`mist∫ivəs](adj) : tinh nghịch
Obedient [ə`bi:djənt] (adj): biết nghe lời, ngoan ngoãn
VOCABULARY
Close-knit [`klousnit](adj) : quan hệ khăn khít
Close-knit family : gia đình thân thiết, bền chặt
Supportive [sə`pɔ:tiv] (adj) : (of) ủng hộ
Frankly [`fræηkli] (adv): một cách thành thật
Secure [si`kjuə] (adj) : an toàn
Confident [`kɔnfidənt] (adj) : tự tin
Household chore (n) [`haushouldt∫ɔ:] : việc nhà
Task 1: Read the text and choose A, B that is nearest in meaning to the sentence given:
1. He doesn’t come home until very late last night.
A. He never comes home late last night.
B. He comes home late at night.
C. He sometimes comes home late last night.

WHILE YOU READ
WHILE YOU READ
2. “ Men build the house and women make it home”
A. Both men and women are good at building houses.
B. Men and women have to live separately.
C. Men‘s responsibility is to work and
support the family and women ‘s job is to look after the family.


3. Our parents join hands to give us a nice house and a happy home .
A.. Our parents work together to give us a nice house and a happy home.
B. Our parents take each other ‘s hand when they give us a nice house and a happy home.
C. Our parents shake hands when they give us a nice house and a happy home.

4. The boys are mischievous sometimes.
A. The boys are well - behaved sometimes
B. The boys enjoy playing tricks and annoying people sometimes.
C. The boys miss their parents sometimes


5. We are very close – knit family.
A. Members of our family have very close relationship with each other.
B. Members of our family need each other
C. Members of our family are never close to each other.

WHILE YOU READ
Task 2 Teachers asks students to read the passage again carefully and answer the questions:
1. How busy are the parents in the passage?
2. How caring is the mother?
3. How do the father and the daughter share the household chores?
4. What is the daughter attempting to do after secondary school?
5. Why do the children feel they are safe and secure in their family?
WHILE YOU READ
1. How busy are the parents in the passage?
They are very busy. They have to work long hours and work at night sometimes.


2. How caring is the mother?
She is always the first one to get up in the morning to make sure that her children leave hoe for school having eaten breakfast and dress in suitable clothes; After work, she hurries home so that dinner is ready by the dad gets home.

3. How do the father and the daughter share the household chores?

The father gives a hand with cleaning the house and sometimes cooks some special dishes: The daughter does household chores: washing the dishes and taking out the garbage.
4. What is the daughter attempting to do after secondary school?
She attempts to win a place at university.

5. Why do the children feel they are safe and secure in their family?
Because their members family are very close-knit and supportive one another. They often share our feelings and whenever problems come up , they discuss them frankly and find solutions quickly.


Compare the family describe in the text with your own family.
How many people are there in your family?

2. What does each member of your family do?

3. Who usually does household chore ?
AFTER YOU READ
- Learn new words by heart.
Prepare the next lesson (B-Speaking, p.148)
- Translate the passage into Vietnamese.
Homework:
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