Unit 4 language focus lớp 12

Unit 4

School Education System
Presented by Nguyễn Thị Nụ
Thursday,16th October 2008
Part E Language Focus
Cinema / `sinimə /
Nursery / `nə:səri /

How many syllables are there in these words ?
I .Pronunciation : Stress in three – syllable words
Algebra / `ældʒibrə/ (n) đại số học
Chemistry / `kemistri / (n) môn hoá học
Carefully / `keəfuli / (adv) cẩn thận

Computing / kəm`pju:tiη / (n) tin học
Academic / ,ækə`demik / (adj) thuộc (sự giảng dạy hoặc học tập


Hầu hết nhấn vào âm tiết thứ 2 kể từ âm tiết cuối khi từ có tận cùng là : -ic ; -tion ; -sion .

Economic / i:kə`nɔmik / (adj) về nền kinh tế
Revision / ri`viʒn / (n) sự ôn lại
Relevation / revə`lei∫n / (n) sự phát hiện
Hầu hết nhấn vào âm tiết thứ 3 kể từ âm tiết cuối khi từ có tận cùng là : -cy ; -ty ; -phy ; -gy ; -al :
Democracy / di`mɔkrəsi / (n) nền dân chủ
Photography / fə`tɔgrəfi / (n) sự chụp ảnh
Ecology / i`kɔlədʒi / (n) sinh thái học
Ability / ə`biliti / (n) khả năng
Geological / dʒiə`lɔdʒikəl / (adj) thuộc) địa chất



Cinema / `sinimə / (n) rạp chiếu bóng
Politics/ `pɔlitiks/ (n) chính trị
Primary / `praiməri / (adj) tiểu học

Compulsory / kəm`pʌlsəri / ( adj) bắt buộc

Physical/ `fizikl / (adj) (thuộc) vật chất, cơ thể
Statistics / stə`tistiks / (n) khoa học thống kê

September / sep`tembə / (n) tháng chín












+ Practise reading these sentences :
1.The academic school year generally commences
in September
2.The typical school day normally finishes
at 3.00 p.m in England.
3.The national curriculum is usually set by
the government
4.The GCSE stands for the General Certificate
of Secondary Education.
5. English, Maths and Science are compulsory
in the national examination at certain stages
of the school education system .
What are the differences between 2 sentences ?
1.My sister has cleaned the windows.
My sister buys English books.
English books are bought by my sister.
S + V + O
S + be+ V(pII) + (by O)
The world’s first electronic computer …….(1.build) by the University of Pennsylvania in 1946. However, computers …..(2.sell) commercially for the first time in the 1950s . Much progress on computers …..(3. make) since 1950 . Computers are now much smaller and more powerful and they …..(4.can buy) much more cheaply .
Computers ….(5.use ) in many fields – in business , science , medicine , and education, for example. They ….(6.can use) to forecast the weather or to control robots which make cars. The computer’s memory is the place where information….(7.store) and calculations ….(8.do) .A computer cannot think for itself – it ….(9.must tell) exactly what to do. A lot of difficult calculations …..(10.can do) very quickly on computers .
1. Was built
2. Were sold
3. Has been made
4. Can be bought
5. Are used

6. Can be used
7. Is stored
8. Are done
9. Must be told
10. Can be done
Prepare unit 5 Higher Education at home