Unit 13. Activities

I. New words.
- underwater (adj)
- scuba-diving (n)
dưới nước
lặn có sử dụng bình dưỡng khí
- vessel (n)
tàu, thuyền
- (to) explore
khám phá
- (to) invent
- special breathing equipment
phát minh
dụng cụ thở đặc biệt
1. True/False statements prediction.
a. Most of the world’s surface is land.
b. Before the invention of special breathing equipment, man couldn’t swim freely underwater
c. Now, scuba-diving is a popular sport.
d. Jacques Cousteau invented special TV cameras.
e. We can learn more about the undersea world thank to Jacques Cousteau’s invention.
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II. Reading
*Correct false statements.
a. Most of the world’s surface is land.
d. Jacques Cousteau invented special TV cameras.
 Most of the world’s surface is water.
 Jacques Cousteau invented a deep-sea diving vessel.
2. Comprehension questions.
a. How long could a pearl diver stay underwater?
b. Now, how long can a diver can stay underwater?
c. When did Jacques Cousteau die?
d. When did he invent the deep-sea diving vessel?
A pearl diver could stay underwater in 2 minutes.
A diver can stay underwater for a long time.
He died in 1997.
He invented the deep-sea diving vessel in the early 1940s.
d. How can we explore the ocean now?
Now, we can explore the ocean with special TV cameras.
Learn new words by heart.
- Do exercise 5 on page 85 in Workbook
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