Unit 2_Cultural Diversity (Speaking)

Review
1. They ___________ everything before they took their exams.
2. After we __________ our motorbike, we will go to his house.
A. had reviewed B. reviewed C. have reviewed D. review
A. will repair B. repaired C. have repaired D. will have repaired
3.A: “ When are you going to ask your boss for a raise?”
B: “I____________ to her twice her already! I don’t think she
wants to give me one.”
A. have talked B. have been talking C. was talking D. had talked
4. He speaks English very fluently. He ____________ for several
years.
A. studied B. had studied C. has studied D. studies
Speaking
Speaking
Speaking
Speaking
Designed & Presented: VOPHAM THIEN THY M. A.
Designed & Presented: VOPHAM THIEN THY M. A.
Unit 2
Cultural Diversity
A. WARM - UP
Look at the picture and answer the quesons:
Look at the picture and answer the quesons:
In Vietnam , do people often kiss in public? Why? Or Why
not?
B. NEW LESSON:
Talking about the di&erences between Vietnamese and
American Cultures and expressing your point of view
Some expressions :
Some expressions :
Ex: A: In my opinion, smoking should not be allowed in public places.

B: I completely agree with you because it is very harmful to our
health.
Ex: A: In my opinion, smoking should not be allowed in public places.
B: I completely agree with you because it is very harmful to our
health.
Giving your opinion Agreement Disagreement
I think/ believe/ feel…. I agree with you… I don’t agree with you
In my opinion… That’s true / Absolutely Really? Actually I think
that…
For me……. I couldn’t agree any
more
No, that’s wrong
As far as I know…… That’s just what I
think….
You’re dead wrong…
C. Task 1: Express your point of view upon the sentences
given in Task 1 ( p.22), using expressions above:
1. In Vietnam three or four generations may live in a home
2. A happy marriage should be based on love
3. In some Asian countries, love is supposed to follow
marriage not precede it
4. In some countries, a man and a woman hold
hands and kiss each other in public.
TASK 2: Read the typical features of the American
culture in pairs, discuss and find out the
corresponding features of the Vietnamese culture:
Some expressions:
Do you know that……?
It is said that………
Model:

A: Hi, Tam. It is said that in America, two generations live
in a home. Is that the same in Vietnam?
B: Not completely because we still find three or four
generations living together in the same house especially
in the countryside or places in the big cities where
accommodation is very difficult to find
Old –aged parents live in nursing home
It is not polite to ask questions about age, marriage
and income.
D. POST-SPEAKING
D. POST-SPEAKING
CONTEXT: We are going to have a debate
“ Should children have mobile phones?”
“
Group-work:
•
A group contains 4 members playing the
roles of Teacher, Teenager, Parent, and
Presenter.
•
Each member in this group will be given a
role-card. You work in your group and do the
tasks written on your cards
Teenager: Your name is Christ West, and you are
15 years old. You are going to appear on the TV
program Q & A. This week’s debate is : “ Should
children have mobile phones?”
Think of at least three reasons why all children should have
mobile phones?
Ex: Children can tell their parents if they are late, miss a

bus, etc….
Parent: Your name is Sam Richards and you
are the mother or father of three children,
aged 8,11 and 15. You are going to appear on
the TV program Q & A.
Think of at least three reasons why children under
16 shouldn’t have mobile phones,
For example: Radiation from mobile phones is bad
for children’s health…
Teacher: Your name is Max Taylor, and you
are an English Teacher at a local
school…
Decide what you can say about these ideas:
Reasons why children should have mobile phones:
Example: Children without mobile phones don't have
many friends…
Reasons why children shouldn’t have mobile phones
Example: problems in class ( mobile phones ringing,
texting each other….)
Presenter: You are the presenter of the Tv program Q &
A . On this week’s program there is a parent ( Sam
Richards), a teenager ( Christ west, aged 15) and a
teacher ( Max Taylor)
1. Prepare a short introduction to the debate. Welcome the
audience, say who the guests are and what the debate
is about.
•
Why children want mobile phones.
•
The age children should be given a mobile phones.

•
Health problems, cost of having a mobile phone….
•
Your own ideas….
2. Write questions to ask the guests about children
and mobile phones. Use these topics:
B.4 THE PERFECT CONTINUOUS TENSES
Form : have +been + V- ing ( present participle)
Meaning :The perfect continuous tenses give the idea that is in
progress immediately before, up to, until another time or event. The
tenses are used to express the duration of the first event.
PRESENT
PERFECT
CONTINUOUS
(a) I have been studying
for two hours.
Event in progress; studying.
When? Before now, up to now
How long ?for two hours
PAST PERFECT
CONTINUOUS
(b) I had been studying
for two hours before my
friend came
Event in progress : studying.
When? Before another event in
the past.
How long? For two hours.
FUTURE

PERFECT
CONTINUOUS
(c) I will have been
studying for two hours by
the 'me you arrive
Event in progress : studying.
When? Before another event in
the future.
How long? For two hours.
8. At this time last week, we _____________ in Hawaii.
9. I ______________ in the sea when I was a student.
A. had picnicked B. picnicked C. were picnicking D. was picnicking
A. used to swim B. often swum C. had swum D. would swam
10. Linda has lost her passport again. It is the third time this
_____ _________
A. have happened B. happened C. is happening D. has happened
11. Susan is not at work now. She __________________ to
Canada.
A. will go B. has been C. has gone D. goes
EXERCISES
16. Mary is an excellent tennis player. She __________ tennis
since she was ten.
17. I did not meet John at the party. When I came, he _____ away”
A. had been playing B. has played C. played D .plays
A. had gone B. has gone C. went D .had been
18. We ____________ in Nha Trang city at this time next week.
A. will picnic B. picnic
C. are picnicking D. will be picnicking
19. He _____________ with his father when he was a little boy.
A. used to go to fish

B. often goes fishing
C. used to go fishing
D. was going fishing
20. “Why are you so late?” – “I _____________ for 30 minutes.”
A. am waiting B .had waited C. waited D .have been waiting
Put the verbs in the correct form
A.Last night I (go)1. ______ to a party. When I (get) 2.______
there, the room was full of people. Some of them (dance) 3.
________ , and others (talk)4. ________ . One young woman
(stand) 5._________ by herself. I (never/ meet) 6._________her,
so I (introduce)7. ______ ______myself to her.
B. Next month I have a week’s vacation. I ( plan)8. _________ to
take a trip. First I (go)9. _________ to Madison, Wisconsin, to visit
my brother. After I (leave)10. ______ Madison, I (go)11. _________
to Chicago to see a friend who (study)12.______ __at the university
there. She (live) 13.________in Chicago for three years, so she
(know)14 ______ her way around the city. She (promise)15
__________ to take me to many interesting places. I (never/ be)
16.________ in Chicago, so I (look) 17.___________forward to
going there.
2. Never put the following verbs in the continuous
tenses:
Ex:
3. Never use “WILL” after “WHEN, AFTER, BEFORE, AS
SOON AS, UNTIL” in the Clauses of time.
want, like, love , hate…
Know, understand, believe, forget, remember……
Look, smell, taste, sound……
want, like, love , hate…
Know, understand, believe, forget, remember……

Look, smell, taste, sound……
Ex:
I’ll take you up the mountain when we see again next year.
( NOT: …. When we will see)
C. INCOMPLETE TEXTS
Luis,
I don’t think we should buy the photocopier that Marta
recommended. I went to the computer shop last night to test
it out. It doesn’t copy (1) ___________as our old Samuri’s L1
copier. It also costs almost (2) ____________other copiers
that have many more features. The thing I loved about our old
copier was the small size. The product that I was most
expressed with was Samuri ‘s new L2 model. It’s just as (3)
_________ as our old one. It will take up only as much room
as our old copier, if not less. And, it’s a good price. Let me
know if you want me to order one.
1. A. quick B. quickly C. as quickly D. as quickly as
2.
A. more B. much C. much as D. as much as
3.
A. compact B. slow C. expensive D. modern