Unit 5. Higher education

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UNIT 5: HIGHER EDUCATION
Part E : Language focus
Saturday, October 24th 2009
I. Pronunciation : Stress in words of more than three-syllables
Eg: eco‘nomics, phi‘losophy, psy‘chology
1. Träng ©m r¬i vµo ©m tiÕt thø 2 tõ cuèi lªn:

* Víi nh÷ng tõ cã hËu tè lµ: - ic, -ing.
Eg: scien‘tific, eco‘nomic, engi‘neering
2. Trọng âm rơi vào âm tiết trước các hậu tố sau:

Với những từ có hậu tố là : -ical, - logy
Eg: bi`ology, eco`nomical
*
* Quy t¾c ®Æt träng ©m.
a. Listen and repeat
eco‘nomics engi‘neering geo‘graphical
psy‘chology soci‘ology ache‘ology
phi‘losophy mathe‘matics

II - Practise reading these sentences.
1. Socio – lin‘guistics is his favourite subject at the uni‘versity.
English language proficiency requirements for undergraduate courses such as engi‘neering and mathe‘matics are considerably de‘manding.
3. Some geo‘graphical names in Australia are very difficult to remember.
4. The entrance exami‘nation to uni‘versities in Vietnam always takes place in July.
5. Mathematics, geo‘graphy and economics are his favourite subjects at Ha Noi National Uni‘versity.
II. Grammar: Conditional sentences
1. Conditional sentence type 1.
a. Form:
If + S + V(s/es) + O, S + will + V(inf) + O
can
may
If clause
Main clause
b. Use:
C©u ®iÒu kiÖn lo¹i 1 ®­îc dïng diÔn t¶ ®iÒu kiÖn cã thÓ x¶y ra ë hiÖn t¹i vµ t­¬ng lai t­¬ng lai.
Eg: If you learn hard, you will pass the exam.
2. Conditional sentence type 2.
a. Form:
If + S + V(past simple) + O, S + would + V(inf) + O
could
might
If clause
Main clause
Eg: If I knew his phone number, I would phone him.
b. Use:
Câu điều kiện loại 2 được dùng diễn tả một hành động, một sự việc không có thực trong hiện tại mà chỉ là tưởng tượng hoặc mơ ước.
3. Conditional sentence type 3.
a. Form:
If + S + had + VPII + O, S + would + have + VPII + O

If clause
Main clause
Eg: If she had stayed at home yesterday, I would have met her.
Câu điều kiện loại 3 được dùng diễn tả điều kiện không thật hay trái với thực tế trong quá khứ.
b. Use:
* Note: Unless = If …not
Eg:These plants will die unless you water them regularly.
Exercise 1: Match each of the problems in column A with its possible result in column B.
A
B
Exercise 2: Express these situations using conditional sentence type 2.
E.g: She doesn’t have a car. She doesn’t go out in the evening.
 If she had a car, she would go out in the evening.
Sarah doesn’t study hard. She hates school.
 If Sarah liked school, she would study hard.
2. Peter doesn`t read a lot. He can`t find the time.
 Peter would read a lot if he found the time/ had more time.
3. They don`t travel far a lot. They are afraid of flying.
? If they weren`t afraid of flying, they would travel far a lot.
4. I can’t do the test. It is too difficult.
I could do the test if it was/were not too difficult.
Exercise 3: Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs in brackets. ( Work in pairs)
E. g: If John had passed the GCSE exam, he would have been allowed
to take the entrance exam to the university.
If John ........( install) an alarm, the thieves wouldn`t have broken into his house.
2. I .........(make) a film with him if I had been a famous director, but I was not.
3. If you had told me earlier, I ........( give) it to you.

4. We would have sent you a Christmas card if we.......... ( have) your address.
had installed
would have made
would have given
had had
HOMEWORK
Do languege focus exercises in bookwork
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