Tiếng anh 8. Unit 10: Communication. Lesson 1: Getting Started

Trung Chinh Secondary School

WELCOME TO
OUR CLASS TODAY

Trainee: Nguyen Thi Trang


Non-verbal Communication
Written Communication

+body language

+e-mails, letters, books, newspapers,…

+ gestures, eye-contact,…

+ text message,..

Ways of communication

Verbal Communication
+meeting face-to-face
+ television, phone, radio or other media,…

Drawing, using equipment, using social media…


Unit 10: COMMUNICATION
Period 80: Lesson 1: Getting started

My battery was flat


What is a possible

1
Phuc

connection between
picture 1, 2 and 3?

2
Nick

3


My battery was flat.

Phuc: Hi Nick. What happened today? We were

Nick: I couldn’t call you either. My battery was flat.

waiting for ages and you never showed up!

Phuc: Never mind. We can try again. How about this

Nick: Hi Phuc. Well I wanted to ask you the same

Sunday afternoon at 2.30 p.m.? There’s Superman 3.

question.

Nick: Great..., but I’ll be having my Vietnamese class

Phuc: Why? We planned to meet outside the cinema,

then. Let’s go for the 4.15 p.m. show. I’ll need to take

didn’t we? We waited and then Mai decided to go in

the bus to Nguyen Du Street and it’s quite far.

without you. She didn’t want to miss the start

Phuc: But it’s not Galaxy Nguyen Du! We’ll be seeing it

of Frozen you know. Did you oversleep or something?

at Galaxy Nguyen Trai... Wait... Which cinema did you

Nick: No, I was there on time, and it was me who

go to today?

waited for you two.

Nick: Oh no, I went to Galaxy Nguyen Du. I wish my

Phuc: Are you kidding? We didn’t see you there. We

mobile phone had a better battery!

tried to call you but couldn’t get through.


*Vocabulary:

1.
2.
3.
4.

battery: ác quy, pin
Flat(a): nông, hết(pin)
Ages(n): thời gian dài
Oversleep(v): ngủ quên

5. get through: liên lạc được

6. video conference: hội thảo, cuộc hội họp qua mạng có hình ảnh

7. telepathy: (n) thần giao cách cảm


1a. Find words or phrases in the conversation that mean:

1. to wait for a very long time

wait for ages

2. to arrive

show up

3. to succeed in talking to someone on the phone

get through

4. “My battery had no electrical power left.”

5. “Are you making a joke?”

6. “Let’s do that again.”

‘My battery was flat.’

‘Are you kidding?’
‘We can try again.’


b. Decide if the statements are true (T) or false (F)
T

1.Phuc, Mai and Nick wanted to see a flm today at Galaxy cinema.
2.Only Mai and Phuc watched the flm.

F





3.Nick was asleep at home at that time.
 Nick



was waitting outside the wrong cinema

4.Mai and Phuc could not reach Nick on the phone.


5.Nick went to the wrong Galaxy cinema.


6.Nick will not be able to go to the cinema at 2.30 p.m. this Sunday because he will be
having a class.




C.

•

Why couldn’t Phuc, Mai, and Nick see the film together as was their plan?

 Because Nick went to the wrong cinema.
•

What problem?

 They didn’t communicate clearly the name and address of the cinema beforehand
•

Was it only because of Nick’s mobile phone?
 They were not able to contact each other because the battery of Nick’s mobile phone was
flat.


a,using social media

2

b,meeting face-to-face (F2F)

c,having a video conference

1

4
d,sending letters (snail mail)
e,emailing

3

f,video chatting

g,using telepathy

6
7

5


Activity 3: Fill the gaps with the correct form of the words/phrases from the box in

1.

2

Using social media
___________________ including Facebook, YouTube, etc. As a means of communication has become very
popular among young people.

2.
3.

Our group has worked online the whole time! Now let’s________________!
If you want to write to a friend in another country,________ is a faster and cheaper way
meet face-to-face
than_______________________.

4.
5.

______________ is a way to communicate instantly by thought.

emailing

In the future, maybe voice calls will disappear. We will
use _______________
sending
letters (snail mail)to talk to and see a friend at
the sameUsing
time. telepathy

6.

We should ____________________ this week. Kate will be able to join us from Hong Kong, and perhaps
Tim from England too.
video chatting
have a video conference



4. GAME

In groups, brainstorm all the different ways you have
c o m m u n i c a t e d s o f a r t o d a y. T h e g r o u p , w h i c h h a s m o r e
ideas, is winner


HOMEWORK:

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Learn by heart all the new words
Do exercise in workbook

Prepare A Closer Look 1