Unit 3. Becoming independent. Lesson 7. Communication and culture

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1. What is your dream?
2. How do you protect your dream and make sure it will come true one day?
Becoming independent
Unit 3
Communication & Culture
A. COMMUNICATION
What it means to be independent
A father tells his son:
Don’t ever let someone tell you that you can’t do something. Not even me. You got a dream, you gotta protect it. When people can’t do something themselves, they’re gonna tell you that you can’t do it. You want something, go get it.
Note: gotta = have got to
gonna = going to
Read the following extract and discuss
1. What kind of person does the father want his son to grow up to be?

2. What does the father mean by saying “You got a dream, you gotta protect it” and “You want something, go get it”?
Work in pairs. Discuss the extract and prepare a short talk expressing your opinion about it. You can use the following questions to guide you.
1. What kind of person does the father want his son to grow up to be?
The father wants his son to grow up to be confident, self-reliant, determined, independent …
2. What does the father mean by saying “You got a dream, you gotta protect it” and “You want something, go get it”?
“You want something, go get it” means that we have to nurture our dreams and we are determined to do our best to achieve our goals.
“You got a dream, you gotta protect it” means everyone has dreams, so when we have dreams, we have to try our best to make the dreams become realistic.
Viet Nam
America
Ha Linh/ not eat/ herself
Mary/ eat/ herself
What is the difference in eating between Ha Linh and Mary?
=> Mary eats herself, whereas Ha Linh doesn’t eat herself.
1. Read the two passages about how American and Vietnamese parents raise their children and do the task that follow
UNIT 3
B. CULTURE
On page 38 of student’s book
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1. Tick the corresponding column
Nam/ study/ hard
Peter/ watch/ TV
- S + V + O + while + S + V + O …
- S + V + O + whereas + S + V + O
- Being different from + N, S + V + O
- Nam is studying hard, while Peter is watching TV.
- Nam is studying hard, whereas Peter is watching TV.
- Being different from Peter, Nam is studying hard.
Children sleep with their parents
Children sleep alone in their own beds
While Vietnamese children sleep with their parents, American children sleep alone in their own beds.

America
Viet Nam
2. Make some comparisons between the two ways of child raising using while, whereas, different from.
2. Make some comparisons between the two ways of child raising using while, whereas, different from.
1. American parents’ most important task is to teach their children to live independently, while Vietnamese parents think their most important role is to protect their children and provide them with a happy and wealthy childhood.
2. Parents always show respect for their children and let them voice their opinions on issues, whereas Vietnamese parents rarely ask for their children’s opinions before making family choices.
3. When American children finish school, most of them will move out of the family home and start a truly independent life, whereas Many Vietnamese parents want their children to live with them in the same roof.
4. Being different from most Vietnamese children, most American children get their own rooms from an early age.
Make sentences with while, whereas and different from.
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Homework
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