Unit 3. Teen stress and pressure. Lesson 5. Skills 1

UNIT 3. TEEN STRESS AND PRESSURE
LESSON 5: SKILLS 1

I. Vocabulary
- counselling (n): lời hướng dẫn, tư vấn /ˈkouns(ə)ling/
- nationwide (adv): trên toàn quốc /ˈneiʃənˌwaīd/
- physical/ mental health (n): sức khỏe thể chất/ tinh thần /ˈfizik(ə)l ˈmen(t) helth/
- abandoned (a): bị bỏ rơi /əˈbend(ə)nd/
- trafficking (n), (v): sự buôn bán người buôn lậu /,trafiking/
- sexual abuse (n): lạm dụng tình dục /ˈseksh(u)əl abiu,s/
- promote (v): khuyến khích /prəˈmâut/
- dial (v) quay số /ˈdaī(ə)l/
- toll- fee (n): lệ phí /tōl fi:/

Violence
Sexual abuse
Trafficking
Abandoned
I. Vocabulary
Abandoned
Violence
Sexual abuse
Trafficking
THE MAGIC NUMBER
18001567
II.READING:
1a. Do you know what a child helpline is?
1b. Read the text quickly and answer “What is the article about?
The Magic Number
Magic Number 18001567 is a 24-hour toll-free service for counselling and protecting children and young adults in Viet Nam. The helpline was set up in 2004 by the government with support from Plan Vietnam, an international children’s development organisation. 
By 2014, the helpline had received over 1.5 million calls from children and adults nationwide. Sixty-nine per cent of the calls came from children and most child callers were in the 11-14 year old and 15-18 year old groups. The calls were mostly questions about family relationships, friendships, and physical and mental health. Moreover, nearly 3,000 cases of missing or abandoned children, or children who were suffering from violence, trafficking, or sexual abuse received emergency support. The helpline promotes child participation in its operations by involving children as peer communicators and decision makers.
A member of Child Helpline International, Magic Number aims to create favourable conditions for children to develop physically and mentally. If you need support or advice, or know of someone who does, just dial 18001567! 
(The facts, figures, and photos in this text are provided by Plan Vietnam)
What is Magic Number 18001567?
2. Which age groups have called the helpline most?
3. What were the calls mostly about?
4. Why have 3,000 calls received emergency support?
5. How does Magic Number promote child participation in its operations?
6. What is the aim of the helpline?

II.READING:
Answer the questions.
The Magic Number
Magic Number 18001567 is a 24-hour toll-free service for counselling and protecting children and young adults in Viet Nam. The helpline was set up in 2004 by the government with support from Plan Vietnam, an international children’s development organisation. By 2014, the helpline had received over 1.5 million calls from children and adults nationwide. Sixty-nine per cent of the calls came from children and most child callers were in the 11-14 year old and 15-18 year old groups. The calls were mostly questions about family relationships, friendships, and physical and mental health. Moreover, nearly 3,000 cases of missing or abandoned children, or children who were suffering from violence, trafficking, or sexual abuse received emergency support. The helpline promotes child participation in its operations by involving children as peer communicators and decision makers. A member of Child Helpline International, Magic Number aims to create favourable conditions for children to develop physically and mentally. If you need support or advice, or know of someone who does, just dial 18001567!
(The facts, figures, and photos in this text are provided by Plan Vietnam)
1. Answer the questions.
What is Magic Number 18001567?


2. Which age groups have called the helpline most?

3. What were the calls mostly about?


4. Why have 3,000 calls received emergency support?


5. How does Magic Number promote child participation in its operations?


6. What is the aim of the helpline?

It`s a free service for counselling and protecting children and young adults in Viet Nam.
They were callers in the 11-14 year old and 15-18 year old groups.
The calls were mostly questions about family relationships, friendships, and physical and mental health.
Because they were cases of missing or abandoned children, or children who were suffering from violence, trafficking, or sexual abuse.
The helpline promotes child participation in its operations by involving children as peer communicators and decision makers.
It aims to create favourable conditions for children to develop physically and mentally.
2. Read the text again and decide if the following statements are true (T) or false (F).




1. You can call Magic Number anytime during the day or night.
2. The service and the telephone calls are free.
3. Only children can call the helpline.
4. The typical caller to Magic Number is a nine-year-old child.
5 . All decisions about the operation of the helpline are made by adult.
6. The service is available in all cities and provinces in Viet Nam.
T
F
F
F
T
T
Children and adults
Most child callers were in the 11-14 year old and 15-18 year old
groups.
children and adults
Study skill: Giving advice
If I were you, I would/wouldn`t...
I (don`t) think you should...
Have you thought about (verb-ing)...?
It might help to consider. ..
It might be a good idea to...
III. WRITING
4. Look at 2, A CLOSER LOOK 1 and give one piece of advice to each student.
Example:


=> Have you thought about asking a friend who is confident about maths to help you? Perhaps you just need a little more practice.


A. I’ll never be good at maths. I’m just too stupid.
Match the source of stress and pressure to the advice.
1. It might be a good idea to talk about this to someone. Have you thought about turning to your teacher or your parents for help?
2. If I were you, I wouldn`t be so stressed out. Try your best in the exam but do not worry too much about the ranking in the class.
F. `Why does he make me do all of his homework? It`s not fair. And he says if I don`t do it, he`ll make my life difficult.`
C. `I must get the highest score in this exam. I must be the best student in the class!`
E. `l have this big assignment to complete and l don`t know where to start. It’s too difficult!`
D. `I feel worried when I have to wait for the bus in that neighborhood after my evening class. It’s so quiet and dark there.`
4. Have you thought about telling this to your parents? They might find out some solutions to help you.
3. It might help to consider breaking this big task into smaller tasks and then tackle them one by one.
B. `I hate my voice. It`s high one minute. low the next, then high again! What`s the matter with it? AND the girls are making fun of
me! I`m so embarrassed.`
5. I know how you feel, but I don`t think you should worry about this change. It`s normal, and it shows that you`re growing up.
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5a. Write a short note to Miss Blue Hair to ask her for advice about a problem at school or with your friends. Use the `Asking for advice` box on SKILLS 1, page 32 to help you. Sign the letter with a made-up name, not your real name.


Dear Miss Sweetie,
I am in grade 9 at a school in city. I love my school, my teacher and my parents.
But this year, I have to learn too much. My parents want me to become an engineer so I must try my best to enter the best university. Beside that, I have to come to center to learn English. My weekend is also fully booked with music class, swimming class... I don’t have time for myself. I don’t know how to tell with my parents about this problem. Could you give me some advice about this?
Thank you sincerely,
Unhappy
CONSOLIDATION
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18001567
What is the number of the ambulance?
What is the number of the police ?
Which number will you call when
you need firemen?
What number will you call when you need
someone to share?
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Homework
- Learn all new words by heart at home.
- Write a short paragraph about your problems:
+ briefly introduce yourself
+ describe your problem/dilemma
+ ask for help
Do exercises C 2 (p.39) and OLM.vn
- Prepare Unit 3: Looking back.