Unit 6. Future jobs

* Look at a letter to Vinatour and give the outline of the letter of application.
100 Le Duan Street
Danang City
10th August, 2010
The Manager, Vinatour
450 Nguyen Du Street, Hanoi

Dear Sir/Madam,

I saw your advertisement in today’s edition of the Vietnam News and I would like to apply for the position of a tour guide.
I am very interested in the job and I am confident you can use a person with the following qualifications:
- Helpful and attentive
- Neat appearance and pleasant voice
- Speaking English fairly well
- Willing to work hard for long hours
- Having one year experience as a tour guide
My résumé is enclosed summarizing where these skills and abilities were developed. I would be available for interview at any time.

I look forward to hearing from you.

Yours faithfully,
Tran Ngoc Nam
Who writes this letter?
Tran Ngoc Nam does.
2. Who did he write to /tu:/?
He wrote to /tə/ the manager of /əv/ Vinatour company.
3. What did he write the letter for /fɔ:/?
He wrote it to /tə / apply for /fə / the position of / əv/ a tour guide.
So this letter is from /frɔm/ Nam, not to /tu:/ Nam.
UNIT 6: FUTURE JOBS
LANGUAGE FOCUS
I. PRONUNCIATION
Weak and strong forms of some conjunctions and prepositions
1. What are you looking at?
2. I want to go but I don’t know when.
3. She bought a book and two pens..
4. Thanks for coming..
5. Where is it from?
CLICK on each sentence
to listen.
6. I’m from Hanoi.
7. She’s the one I’m fond of.
8. First of all, I want to thank you for coming...
9. The letter was to him, not from him.
10. I want to ask you a question..
CLICK on each sentence
to listen.


Weak form thường được sử dụng trong giao tiếp bình thường, nhất là khi nói nhanh.
Âm tiết yếu (weak syllable) trong Tiếng Anh chứa một trong các nguyên âm ə , ɪ, i: ,u. Examples:
1.      Give it to me!
/gɪv ɪt tə ˈmiː/
2. It takes three hours to get from here to London.
/ɪt teɪks ˈθriː ˈaʊəz tə get frəm ˈhɪə tə ˈlʌndən/

Weak form of some conjunctions and prepositions


Trường hợp bắt buộc dùng strong form:

Từ đứng ở cuối câu
E.g. - I’m fond of chips. (tôi thích khoai tây rán.)
/ aim ‘fɒnd əv ‘t∫ips /
- Chips are what I’m fond of. (Khoai tây rán là thứ tôi thích.)
/ ‘t∫ips ə ‘wɒt aim ‘fɒnd ɒv /
Strong form of some conjunctions and prepositions

· Từ dùng để đối lập
hoặc phối hợp với từ khác

E.g.
The letter’s from him, not to him. (Lá thư gửi từ anh ấy, không phải cho anh ấy.)
/ ðə `letəz ‘frɒm im nɒt ‘tu: im /
I travel to and from London a lot. (tôi rất hay đi đi về về Luân Đôn.)
/ ai ‘trævl ‘tu: ən ‘frɒm `lʌndən ə ‘lɒt /
· Từ được nhấn mạnh theo mục đích riêng

E.g.
Thanks for giving me more money.
/ fɔ: /
· Từ được trích dẫn

E.g.
You shouldn’t put “and” at the end of a sentence.
/ ju: ‘∫ʊdnt pʊt ‘ænd ət ði ‘end əv ə `sentəns /
PRACTICE
Practice reading these sentences:
1. What are you looking at?
2. I want to go but I don’t know when.
3. She bought a book and two pens..
4. Thanks for coming..
5. Where is it from?
CLICK on each sentence
to listen.
6. I’m from Hanoi.
7. She’s the one I’m fond of.
8. First of all, I want to thank you for coming...
9. The letter was to him, not from him.
10. I want to ask you a question..
CLICK on each sentence
to listen.
II. GRAMMAR
Presentation
Presentation 1
GRAMMAR
RELATIVE CLAUSES
 Relative Pronouns - Đại từ quan hệ
 EXAMPLES:
WHO
- Do you know the man? He wrote this poem.
Do you know the man who wrote this poem? (WHO: subject of WROTE)
WHOM (WHO)
- My employer works in the next room. I dislike
him.
My employer, whom I dislike, works in the
next room.
(WHOM: object of DISLIKE)
WHICH
- The flowers are beautiful. You bought the flowers yesterday.
The flowers which you bought are beautiful yesterday.
(WHICH: object of BOUGHT)

- The flowers are beautiful. The flowers are in your garden.
The flowers which are in your garden are beautiful.
(WHICH: subject of ARE)
WHOSE

- I know the girl. Her father works in this bank.
I know the girl whose father works in this bankank.

- A tree should be cut down. Its branches are dead.
 A tree whose branches are dead should be cut down.
(branches of which)
 Whoever, whatever, …: may be used as S, O
1. Whoever asks, don’t say I’m at home.
2. Whatever happens, be calm.
 Which: may be used as S in
coordinating relative clauses
3. She gets good marks. This makes her parents happy
3. She gets goods marks, which makes her parents happy.
Exercise 1: Choose the option A, B, C, D that best complete each sentence
PRACTICE
1. There is one person to ______ I owe more than I can say.
A. who B. whom C. that D. B and C are correct
2. Mrs. Brown was the first owner ______ dog won three prizes in the same show.
A. which B. who C. that D. whose
3. Mary was late yesterday, ______ was unusual for her.
A. which B. whoever C. who D. that
4. It was the kind of accident for ______ nobody was really to blame.
A. who B. whom C. which D. whose
5. I don’t know ______ told you that, but they were wrong.
A. why B. which C. that D. who
6. ______ leaves last should turn off the lights.
A. Who B. Whoever C. That D. Whose
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Presentation 2
GRAMMAR
Ex1: Look at the man. He is teaching in the classroom.
+ Look at the man who is teaching in the classroom.
- Look at the man teaching in the classroom.
Ex 2: Look at the window. It has been cleaned recently
+ Look at the window which has been cleaned recently.
- Look at the window cleaned recently.
Reduced relative clauses
The person is a farmer. He works on the farm.
The person who works on the farm is a farmer.
V_ing
The book is very interesting. It was written by my friend.
This book, which was written by my friend, is very interesting.
V_ed
Exercise 2: Join the following sentences in two ways
PRACTICE
1. A man got on the bus. He was carrying a lot of money in a box.
+ A man who was carrying a lot of money in a box got on the bus.
- A man carrying a lot of money in a box got on the bus.
2. In the street there several people. They were waiting for the shop to open.
+ In the street there were several people who were waiting for the shop to open.
- In the street there were several people waiting for the shop to open.
3. There are a lot of people in the office. They want to talk to you.
+ There are a lot of people in the office who want to talk to you.
- There are a lot of people in the office wanting to talk to you.
4. John looked anxiously at his watch. He wished he hadn’t come to the party.
+ John, who wished he hadn’t come to the party, looked anxiously at his watch.
- John, wishing he hadn’t come to the party, looked anxiously at his watch.
5. The children were playing football in the schoolyard. They were my students.
The children who were playing football in the schoolyard were my students.
The children playing football in the school yard were my students.
6. He is reading a book. It was written by his teacher.
+ He is reading a book that was written by his teacher.
- He is reading a book written by his teacher.
7. Britain imports many cars. They were made in Japan.
+ Britain imports many cars that were made in Japan.
- Britain imports many cars made in Japan.
8. The cowboy fell off his horse. He had been wounded by an arrow.
+ The cowboy who had been wounded by an arrow fell off his horse.
- The cowboy wounded by an arrow fell off his horse.
9. Most of the people recovered quickly. They were injured in the crash.
+ Most of the people who were injured in the crash recovered quickly.
- Most of the people injured in the crash recovered quickly.
10. Vietnam exports a lot of rice. It is grown mainly in the south of the country
+ Vietnam exports a lot of rice which is grown mainly in the south of the country.
- Vietnam exports a lot of rice grown mainly in the south of the country.
Choose the underlined word or phrase that needs correcting.
FURTHER PRACTICE
1. The girl answered the phone told me you were out.
A B C D
2. Could you locate the person which wallet you found?
A B C D
3. Most of the people that were injured in the crash
A B C
recovering quickly.
D
4. The man whom made a speech was the headmaster.
A B C D
5. On the wall, there is a colorful poster which it consists
A B C
of a group of young people who are dancing.
D
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answering
whose
recovered
who
Homework
Do the exercise 2 and 3
in the workbook
Prepare Test yourself B
Thank you for your attention