Bài giảng Tiếng Anh 12 Unit 1: Home life

Unit 1:


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WARM UP
BEFORE YOU READ
WHILE YOU READ
Task 1
Task 2
AFTER YOU READ
HOMEWORK


Short introduction
and
definitions to types of family.


Nuclear family
consists of the
father, the
mother, and
the chilren.

Extended family
consists of the
grandparents,
aunts, uncles,
cousins,
nephews, nieces,
and in- laws,
(relatives through
marriage).


+ A single parent family
consists of the children
and one parent either
the father and the
mother
+ In US, single parent
families are popular
+ In Viet Nam , there
are more and more the
type of single families


A family in which both
parents have been
divorced, each with their
own children they remarry
and bring both sets chilren
into the marriage
+ It consists of stepparents,

stepsister,
stepbrother,
halfbrother and half sister.
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Work in pairs. Ask and answer the questions
about the picture.
1.Where is the family ?
2.What is each member doing ?
3.Is the family happy ? Why/why not ?
4.Are there any pets ? What are they ?
5.What are they doing ?
6.Do you like having pets in your house ?
7.What pets do you want to have ?


Task1:
Choose the sentence A, B or C that is nearest in meaning to the
sentence given.
1. He doesn’t come home until very late at night.
A. He sometimes comes home late at night.
B. He never comes home late at night.
C. He comes home late at night.
2. “Men build the house and women make it home”
A. Men’s responsibility is to work and support the family and
women’s job is to look after the family.
B. Both men and women are good at building houses.
C. Men and women have to live separately.

3. Our parents join hands to give us a nice house and a
happy home.
A. Our parents shake hands when they give us a nice
house and a happy home.
B. Our parents work together to give us a nice house and a
happy home.
C. Our parents take each other’s hands when they give us
a nice house and a happy home.
4.The boys are mischievous sometimes.
A. The boys enjoy playing tricks and annoying people
sometimes.
B. The boys are well-behaved sometimes.
C. The boys miss their parents sometimes.


5. We are very close-knit family.
A.

Members of our family are never close to each other.

B.

Members of our family need each other.

C.

Members of our family have very close relationships

with each other.

Task 2:
Answer the questions.
1.How busy are the parents in the passage ?
Very busy. They have to work long hours
and sometimes they have to work at night.
2.How caring is the mother ?
She is always the first one to get up in
the morning to make sure that her children leave home
for school with breakfast and in suitable clothes. She
always makes dinner ready before her husband comes
home.


3.

How do the father and the daughter share the
household chores ?
The daughter helps with household chores:
she washes the dishes and takes out the garbage. She
also looks after the boys. The father sometimes cooks
or mends things around the house at weekends.

4.

What is the daughter attempting to do after
secondary school ?
She is attempting to win a place at
university.

5. Why do the children feel they are safe and secure in
their family ?
Because they are very close-knit and
supportive of one another. They often share their
feelings and whenever problems come up, they
discuss them frankly and find solutions quickly.


 Write

a short paragraph,
describing your own family.