Unit 7. Economic reforms

New words:
1. rational (adj.) = reasonable: có

lý hư
: làm
hại
3. illegal (adj.) legal
: bất hợp
pháp
4. (to) discourage
 (to) encourage
: làm nản
5. ( to) bring
= to cause chí
to happen
about
: mang lại
2. (to) ruin


1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

A
rational (adj.)
( to) ruin

illegal (adj.)
(to) discourage
(to) bring about

a. làm hư
hại lại
b. mang
c. có lý

d. bất hợp
pháp
e. làm nản
chí

B


Tango

Measures

Rationally

Drug-taker

Unfortunately

Solution

Discourage

Islanders

Ruin


TRUE / FALSE PREDICTION

F
1. ...............
The people in Tango Island found a
Listen to the passage
drug.
T about
2. ...............
The drug
made
it
difficult
for
the
the
inhabitants
people to think in a reasonable way.
F ofThe
Tango
Islandwarned
and people
3. ...............
Prime Minister

many times about the drug and they took his
decide
whether
the
advice.
T
4. ...............
The Government
statements
areintroduced
True laws to
makeFthe drug illegal but it couldn’t have any
(T) or False (F)
effect.
5. ............... The Government exported the drug
to another country.


Listen again and answer the questions:

1.
2.
3.
4.

What did the people of Tango discover?
What did they do with the plant?
What negative effects did the drug bring about?
How many measures did the government take
and what are they?

5. What did the Government of Tango decide to do
eventually?



Multiple Choice

1. The drug made it difficult for the people ...............
in a reasonable way.
C. think
D. think
A. thinking B. to think
2. The government introduced laws to make the
drug ............... .
B. legally
C. illegal
D. illegally
A. legal
3. What negative effects did the drug bring ............?

AFTER YOU
LISTEN

A. about

B. in

C. at

D. on

4. The whole population stop working ............... the
drug.
A. although B. in spite of C. because D. because of


• Prepare writing lesson




:2
You’ve just lost
half of your
points!

You are unlucky!


Question 5
What did the Government of Tango decide
to do eventually?
•

Eventually they decided to export the
drug to other countries.


20

Lucky
number!


Question 1
What did the people of Tango discover?
A plant which contains a powerful drug.


Question 3
What negative effects did the drug bring
about?
A. Workers and farmers become lazy.
B. Children did not want to go to school.
C. The whole population began to run
short of food.
D. All are correct.


Question 2
What did they do with the plant?
They grew it all over the island.


X

2

Lucky
number!

Question 4
How many measures did the government
take and what are they?
law to make the drug
1. They introduced a.........
illegal.
drug-takers into prison.
2. They put the ...................
other countries
3. They exported the drug to
................