Giáo án Tiếng Anh 12 - Bài 1: Life Stories, Lesson 1: Listening

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1. English 12 UNIT 1: LIFE STORIES Lesson 1: LISTENING Act. 1 : Look at the pictures and say the names of the people in the pictures. Hoài Linh CEO Phương Hằng Britney Spears Cristiano Ronaldo MC Trấn Thành Act. 2 : Discussion : Why are people often interested in the life of famous people ? Tick the possible reasons. - They are curious. - They want to know more about their idols. - They can have something to gossip about. - They want to learn lessons from famous people’s failure or successes. - They can criticize or slander the person they do not like. Act. 3 : Vocabulary : 1. to be overwhelmed with /ˌəʊvəˈwelmd/ (phr.) : choỏng ngợp to cause someone to feel sudden strong emotion 2. to take advantage /ədˈvɑːntɪdʒ/ of (phr.) : tận dụng cơ hội to use a particular situation to do or get what you want 3. blackmail (n) (v) /ˈblổkmeɪl/ : (sự) tống tiền to force sb to give you money or to do what you want by threatening to tell embarrassing secret about them 4. slander (v) /ˈslɑːndə(r)/ : (sự) vu khống, núi xấu a false spoken statement about someone, intended to damage the good opinion that people have of that person 5. celebrity (n) /səˈlebrəti/ : người nổi tiếng a famous living person 6. critically (adv) /ˈkrɪtɪkli/ : 1 cỏch nghiờm tỳc in a way that shows that you have thought seriously about sth, considering what is good and what is bad about it 7. judgement (n) /ˈdʒʌdʒmənt/ : sự đỏnh giỏ, nhận xột a decision or opinion about sb / sth that you form after thinking carefully
2. NOTES : VOCABULARY 1. to be overwhelmed with /ˌəʊvəˈwelmd/ (phr.) : choỏng ngợp 2. to take advantage /ədˈvɑːntɪdʒ/ of (phr.) : tận dụng cơ hội 3. blackmail (n) (v) /ˈblổkmeɪl/ : (sự) tống tiền 4. slander (v) /ˈslɑːndə(r)/ : (sự) vu khống, núi xấu 5. celebrity (n) /səˈlebrəti/ : người nổi tiếng 6. critically (adv) /ˈkrɪtɪkli/ : 1 cỏch nghiờm tỳc 7. judgement (n) /ˈdʒʌdʒmənt/ : sự đỏnh giỏ, nhận xột Act. 4 : Listen to a talk show with host Cindy Brown and guest speaker Andy Lewis, a sociologist. Choose the best answer to complete each statements. 1. According to Cindy, our audience are ___________ stories about celebrities and famous people. A. interested in B. overloaded with C. bored with 2. People may use stories about our private life in order to ___________. A. damage our reputation B. write novels C. make films 3. We should not share too much personal information ___________. A. at parties B. with strangers C. online 4. Reading a person's life story critically means ___________. A. making judgements while reading it B. making criticisms while reading it C. reading it without finding any faults or merits Expected answer : Act. 4 : Listen to a talk show with host Cindy Brown and guest speaker Andy Lewis, a sociologist. Choose the best answer to complete each statements. 1. B 2. A 3. C 4. A * Explanation : Tape script Cindy: Welcome to our talk show with guest speaker Mr Andy Lewis, a sociologist. Mr Lewis Andy: Please call me Andy. I don’t want to be too formal. Cindy: No problem, Andy. These days, our audience seem to be overwhelmed with stories in the newspapers or on the Internet – stories about celebrities, political figures, or even ordinary people around us. Andy: You mean we’re living in a world of stories and scandals? Cindy: Right. As a sociologist, do you have any advice for our audience? Andy: I think there’re two sides to this issue. We need some life skills to protect ourselves. First, we don’t want other people to take advantage of our stories. They may use our private lives for blackmail or slander in order to harm our reputation or just for fun. Cindy: For whatever purpose, it could be extremely damaging. Andy: Exactly. So we should not reveal too much of our private life on social networking sites. Cindy : I agree. But how about the stories of other people? Should we read or follow these stories? Andy: That’s the second point I want to discuss. Another life skill is learning from other people’s lives. Everyone’s life story is like a book that can teach us something. So we should open that book and read it critically. Cindy: Critically? Can you explain this? Andy: It means we should make careful judgements when reading a life story and ask ourselves questions like, ‘Why is this story told?’ or ‘What lessons can I learn from it?’ Cindy: Lessons such as ? Andy: Such as a person’s reasons for failure or success. This may help us to avoid similar failure or to adopt a new way of life so we can improve ourselves and become better human beings. Cindy: Very interesting. Thank you, Andy, for your advice and for sharing your thoughts with our listeners. Next week ..
3. Act. 5 : Listen again and answer the questions : 1. What life skills does Andy think people should have ? 2. According to Andy, what questions should we ask ourselves when reading or hearing a life story ? 3. What can we benefit from learning about a person’s failures or successes ? Expected answer : Act. 5 : Listen again and answer the questions : 1. The audience should have life skills to protect ourselves and to learn from other people’s lives. 2. We should ask ourselves two questions : “Why is this story told ? “ , “What lesson can I learn from it ?” 3. We can learn how to avoid similar failure or to adopt a new way of life so we can improve ourselves and become better human beings. * Explanation : Tape script Cindy: Welcome to our talk show with guest speaker Mr Andy Lewis, a sociologist. Mr Lewis Andy: Please call me Andy. I don’t want to be too formal. Cindy: No problem, Andy. These days, our audience seem to be overwhelmed with stories in the newspapers or on the Internet – stories about celebrities, political figures, or even ordinary people around us. Andy: You mean we’re living in a world of stories and scandals? Cindy: Right. As a sociologist, do you have any advice for our audience? Andy: I think there’re two sides to this issue. We need some life skills to protect ourselves. First, we don’t want other people to take advantage of our stories. They may use our private lives for blackmail or slander in order to harm our reputation or just for fun. Cindy: For whatever purpose, it could be extremely damaging. Andy: Exactly. So we should not reveal too much of our private life on social networking sites. Cindy : I agree. But how about the stories of other people? Should we read or follow these stories? Andy: That’s the second point I want to discuss. Another life skill is learning from other people’s lives. Everyone’s life story is like a book that can teach us something. So we should open that book and read it critically. Cindy: Critically? Can you explain this? Andy: It means we should make careful judgements when reading a life story and ask ourselves questions like, ‘Why is this story told?’ or ‘What lessons can I learn from it?’ Cindy: Lessons such as ? Andy: Such as a person’s reasons for failure or success. This may help us to avoid similar failure or to adopt a new way of life so we can improve ourselves and become better human beings. Cindy: Very interesting. Thank you, Andy, for your advice and for sharing your thoughts with our listeners. Next week .. Act. 6 : Do you agree with Andy that everyone’s life story is like a book that can teach us something ? Discuss with a partner. Sample : I agree with Andy that everyone’s life story is like a book that can teach us something. Because we can learn from their failure or successes, so that we can avoid similar failure or to adopt a new way of life to improve ourselves and become better human beings.  Lưu ý : Học sinh chộp phần màu vàng vào vở.