Unit 1: Home Life
A. READING
BEFORE YOU READ
Look at the picture and answer the questions:
1. Where is the family?
2. What is each member of the family doing?
3. Is the family happy? Why (not) ?
PRE - READING
1. Where is the family?
The family is at home.
2. What is each member of the family doing?
The father is playing with the boy. The mother is helping the girl with her study.
3. Is the family happy? Why (not) ?
Yes, it is. Because the family members are very
close-knit.
NEW WORDS
(to) work on a night shift: làm việc theo ca
(to) work as + nghề nghiệp: làm nghề gì
(a) biologist : nhà sinh vật học
responsibility (n) : trách nhiệm
→ (to) take the responsibility for: đảm nhiệm công việc gì
5. (to) give a hand with = (to) help: giúp đỡ
6. attempt (n/v): cố gắng, nỗ lực
7. (to) be under pressure: chịu áp lực
8. household chores (n) = domestic chores: việc nhà
9. (to) take out the garbage : đổ rác
10. (to) be willing to : sẵn lòng
WHILE YOU READ
Read the passage and do the tasks that follow.
I come from a family of five people: my parents, my two younger brothers and I. My mother works as a nurse in a big hospital. She has to work long hours and once a week she has to work on a night shift. My father is a biologist. He works from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. in a lab, but sometimes when there is a project, he doesn’t come home until very late at night. Although my parents are very busy at work, they try to spend as much time with their children as possible. It is generally believed that “men build the house and women make it home”, but in my family, both parents join hands to give us a nice house and a happy home.
My mother is a very caring woman. She takes the responsibility for running the household. She is always the first one to get up in the morning to make sure that we leave home for school having eaten breakfast and dressed in suitable clothes. In the afternoon, after hospital, she rushes to the market, then hurries home so that dinner is ready on the table by the time Dad gets home. Dad is always willing to give a hand with cleaning the house. Unlike most men, he enjoys cooking. Sometimes, at weekends, he cooks us some special dishes. His eel soup is the best soup I have ever eaten.
I am now in my final year at the secondary school, and in my attempt to win a place at university, I am under a lot of study pressure. However, being the eldest child and the only daughter in the family I try to help with the household chores. My main responsibility is to wash the dishes and take out the garbage. I also look after the boys, who are quite active and mischievous sometimes, but most of the time they are obedient and hard-working. They love joining my father in mending things around the house at weekends.
We are a very close-knit family and very supportive of one another. We often share our feelings, and whenever problems come up, we discuss them frankly and find solutions quickly. We always feel safe and secure in our family. It is a base from which we can go into the world with confidence.
1. He doesn’t come home until very late last night.
A. He never comes home late last night.
B. He comes home late at night.
C. He sometimes comes home late last night.
TASK 1
Choose the sentence A, B or C that is
nearest in meaning to the sentence given:
2. “ Men build the house and women make it home”
A. Both men and women are good at building houses.
B. Men and women have to live separately.
C. Men’s responsibility is to work and
support the family and women’s job is to look after the family.
3. Our parents join hands to give us a nice house and a happy home .
A. Our parents work together to give us a nice house and a happy home.
B. Our parents take each other’s hand when they give us a nice house and a happy home.
C. Our parents shake hands when they give us a nice house and a happy home.
4. The boys are mischievous sometimes.
A. The boys are well - behaved sometimes
B. The boys enjoy playing tricks and annoying people sometimes.
C. The boys miss their parents sometimes
5. We are very close – knit family.
A. Members of our family have very close relationship with each other.
B. Members of our family need each other
C. Members of our family are never close to each other.
B until (conj): cho đến khi
C “ Men build the house and women make it home”
( Đàn ông xây nhà, đàn bà xây tổ ấm)
3. A join hands (v): chung tay
4. B mischievous (adj): tinh nghịch
5. A close – knit (adj.) : khăng khít
POSSIBLE ANSWERS
Answer the questions:
1. How busy are the parents in the passage?
2. How caring is the mother?
3. How do the father and the daughter share the household chores?
4. What is the daughter attempting to do after secondary school?
5. Why do the children feel they are safe and secure in their family?
TASK 2
POSSIBLE ANSWERS:
1. How busy are the parents in the passage?
My mother works as a nurse in a big hospital. She has to work long hours and once a week she has to work on a night shift. My father is a biologist. He works from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. in a lab, but sometimes when there is a project, he doesn’t come home until very late at night. Although my parents are very busy at work, they try to spend as much time with their children as possible.
They are very busy. They have to work long hours and work at night sometimes.
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 having eaten breakfast and dress in suitable clothes. After work, she hurries home so that dinner is ready by the dad gets home.
She is always the first one to get up in the morning to make sure that we leave home for school having eaten breakfast and dressed in suitable clothes. In the afternoon, after hospital, she rushes to the market, then hurries home so that dinner is ready on the table by the time Dad gets home.
3. How do the father and the daughter share the household chores?
The father gives a hand with cleaning the house and sometimes cooks some special dishes. The daughter does household chores: washing the dishes, taking out the garbage and looking after the boys.
Dad is always willing to give a hand with cleaning the house. Unlike most men, he enjoys cooking. Sometimes, at weekends, he cooks us some special dishes. His eel soup is the best soup I have ever eaten.
However, being the eldest child and the only daughter in the family I try to help with the household chores. My main responsibility is to wash the dishes and take out the garbage. I also look after the boys, who are quite active and mischievous sometimes
4. What is the daughter attempting to do after secondary school?
She is attempting to win a place at university.
I am now in my final year at the secondary school, and in my attempt to win a place at university, I am under a lot of study pressure.
5. Why do the children feel they are safe and secure in their family?
Because their members family 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.
We are a very close-knit family and very supportive of one another. We often share our feelings, and whenever problems come up, we discuss them frankly and find solutions quickly. We always feel safe and secure in our family. It is a base from which we can go into the world with confidence.
AFTER YOU READ
Compare the family described in the text with your own family:
How many people are there in your family?
2. What does each member of your family do?
3. Who usually does household chores ?
HOMEWORK
write a short paragraph ( 100 - 120 words) about your family.
copy the lesson into your notebooks.
learn all the new words by heart.
do the exercises in your exercise books.
- prepare Lesson 1 once more for specific details.
The text is mainly about ………
A. my mother B. my father C. my two brothers D. my home life
2. How often does the mother have to work on a night shift?
A. one day a week B. two days a week
C. three days a week D. seven days a week
3. The phrase “give a hand with” in the passage could be best replaced by ….
A. help B. prepare C. be busy D. attempt
EXERCISE 1
4. The word “ rushes” in line 14 is closest in meaning to ….
comes into B. goes leisurely
C. goes quickly D. drops by
5. Which is not true about the writer?
A. She is now in grade 12 and under a lot of study pressure.
B. She dislikes helping with the household chores.
C. She takes the responsibility for washing the dishes, taking out the garbage and looking after her two younger brothers.
D. She is attempting to win a place at a university.
6. What is the meaning of “come up” in line 28?
A. happen B. encounter C. arrive D. clean
7.What is not the father’s responsibility?
cleaning the house B. cooking
C. mending things D. running the household
8. The author refers to “Men build the house and women make it home” to indicate that …
A. Both men and women are good at building houses.
B. Men and women have to live separately.
C. Men’s responsibility is to work and support the family and women’s job is to look after the family.
D. Men go out to work and women have to stay at home.
9. Which of the following is closest in meaning to the word “ mischievous”?
A. The boys are well-behaved sometimes.
B. The boys enjoy playing tricks and annoying people sometimes.
C. The boys miss their parents sometimes.
D. The boys love joining my father in mending things sometimes.
10. The word “who” in paragraph 3 refers to…
A. the father B. the mother C. the writer D. the boys
EXERCISE 2
Multiple choice:
Does your father -------------a hand with cleaning the house ?
A. work B. give C. try D. take
2. She has been very------------during my illness.
A. supporting B. support C. supportive D. supported
3. My mother takes the-------------for running the household.
A. task B. duty C. responsibility D. ability
4. Every member of a family should share--------with each other.
household chores B. family works
C. domestic jobs D. internal affairs
5. In my family, both my parents join ___ to give us a nice house and a happy house.
A. hand B. a hand C. hands D. their hands
6. My responsibility is to wash the dishes and ___ the garbage.
A. take up B. get out C. get up D. take out
7. He was looking at his parents _____, waiting for recommendations.
A. obey B. obedience C. obedient D. obediently
8. Some candidates failed the oral examination because they didn`t have enough _____
A. confide B. confident C. confidence D. confidential
9. A scientist who studies living things is a ______.
A. biology B. biologically C. biologist D. biological
10. My dad is a _____ person, always attentive to every family member.
A. caring B. careful C. careless D. carefree
The United States has many different types of families. While most American families are traditional, (1)_______ a father, a mother and one or more children, 22 percent of all American families in 1998 were headed by one parent, usually a woman. In a few families in the United States, there are no children. These (2) _______ couples may believe that they would not make good parents; they may want freedom from responsibilities of childbearing; or, perhaps they (3)_______ physically able to have children. Other families in the United States have one adult (4)_______ a stepparent. A stepmother or stepfather is a person who joins a family by marrying a father or a mother.
EXERCISE 3
Americans tolerate and accept these different types of families. In the United States people have right to privacy and Americans do not believe in telling other Americans what type of family group they must belong to. They respect each other’s choices regarding family groups. Families are very important (5)______ Americans.
1. A. consist of B. consisting of C. consisting D. including of
2. A. childish B. childlike C. childless D. childhood
3. A. are not B. can’t C. couldn’t D. weren’t
4. A. who is B. is C. which is D. which has
5. A. for B. of C. in D. to
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