The little chefs Hilary Rose travels to Dorset, in the south of England, to investigate a cookery course for children. There must be something in the air in Dorset, because the last place you’d expect to fi nd children during the summer holidays is in the kitchen. Yet in a farmhouse, deep in the English countryside, that’s exactly where they are – on a cookery course designed especially for children. It’s all the idea of Anna Wilson, who wants to educate young children about cooking and eating in a healthy way. ‘I’m very keen to plant the idea in their heads that food doesn’t grow on supermarket shelves,’ she explains. ‘The course is all about making food fun and enjoyable.’ She thinks that eight is the perfect age to start teaching children to cook, because at that age they are always hungry. 9() These children are certainly all smiles as they arrive at the country farmhouse. Three girls and four boys aged from ten to thirteen make up the group. They are immediately given a tour of what will be ‘home’ for the next 48 hours. 10 But one thing is quite clear – they all have a genuine interest in food and learning how to cook. Anna has worked as a chef in all sorts of situations and has even cooked for the crew of a racing yacht, in limited space and diffi cult weather conditions. 11 ‘Kids are easy to teach,’ she insists, ‘because they’re naturally curious and if you treat them like adults they listen to you.’ Back in the kitchen, Anna is giving the introductory talk, including advice on keeping hands clean, and being careful around hot ovens. 12 Judging by the eager looks on their young faces as they watch Anna’s demonstration, they are just keen to start cooking. The children learn the simplest way, by watching and then doing it themselves. They gather round as Anna chops an onion for the fi rst evening meal. Then the boys compete with each other to chop their onions as fast as possible, while the girls work carefully, concentrating on being neat. 13 When they learn to make bread, the girls knead the dough with their hands competently, while the boys punch it into the board, cheerfully hitting the table with their fi sts. The following morning, four boys with dark shadows under their eyes stumble into the kitchen at 8.30 a.m. to learn how to make breakfast (sausages and eggs, and fruit drinks made with yoghurt and honey). We learn later that they didn’t stop talking until 4.30 a.m. 14 Ignoring this, Anna brightly continues trying to persuade everyone that fruit drinks are just as interesting as sausages and eggs. Anna has great plans for the courses and is reluctant to lower her standards in any way, even though her students are so young. 15 ‘And I like to keep the course fees down,’ Anna adds, ‘because if the children enjoy it and go on to teach their own children to cook, I feel it’s worth it.’ If this course doesn’t inspire them to cook, nothing will.

A This is followed by a session on ‘knife skills’, which will be important later on.

B She always uses top- quality ingredients, such as the best cuts of meat and the fi nest cheeses, so there’s clearly no profi t motive in this operation.

C As they wander round, they argue lightheartedly about who has had the most experience in the kitchen.

D In the garden, they learn about the herbs that they will use in their cooking.

E Their obvious tiredness may explain why one of them goes about the task so carelessly that the ingredients end up on the fl oor.

F This is particularly true of young boys, who are happy to do anything that will end in a meal.

G As a result, she has a very relaxed attitude to cooking, constantly encouraging the children and never talking down to them.

H This contrast will become something of a theme during the course.

Nối câu

At university, it is a big turning point in the lives of each human. Most parents in Vietnam today think that studying at university is the best future guarantee for their children. Therefore, many parents have put pressure on the grades and hierarchies in the classroom. To revoke that, they race each other for their children to study, learn the fool, causing you to have time to rest, to play healthy. We can't confirm whether parents think or think is wrong at all when good jobs require degrees. Studying at university is important by the way. Firstly, in a higher education environment, students will have access to selected knowledge as quickly as they can through books and practices. Its knowledge will help you to raise your expertise at work later on. Secondly, universities provide you with more opportunities for your careers. For example, companies tend to receive students who have good results or are proved to be excellent from universities instead of looking for candidates themselves.
But is university the only way to success? No is the answer. If you think about it, scientists, the richest people in the world don't everybody go to university but they still succeed. Let's take just one example. Bill Gates, a global owner of Microsoft at the age of 20, has dropped out of university to pursue his interests. And the people who invented the utility plow or the reapers were just farmers. We cannot deny the benefits of college, but why are there thousands of unemployed students every year? And very few students get out to school and do their training? Many students get a good degree, a good degree, but are difficult or unable to get a job. There are only two main reasons, which are that few practices lead to a lack of skills and a failure to implement the skills that they have learned. In short,the university is not the only path to success but it is the most secure and secure path. So when you slip through college, you don't have to go through sadness, and this door closes, another door opens, and importantly we have to have faith and determination, and one day we will achieve success.

Mọi người soát lỗi hộ mình với ạ! Thank you very much!

Think about your daily life. Do you follow the same read to work every day? Do you sit in the same place in class? When you get dressed, do you always put the same leg or arm in first? You probably do, because we all have routines in our lives.

Routines save time and energy because you do them without thinking, that's why they are so important in the morning when your brain isn't active. Here's Jo talking about her morning routine

'Oh yes. I always do exactly the same things. I wake up at seven o'clock every morning, but I don't get quarter past seven. I switch on the radio and listen to the news. Then I go to the too and I brush my-teeth. I have a shower and dry my hair. Then I choose my clothes and I get dressed. I don'y eat anything for breakfast. I just have a cup of coffee. Then I go to work. Yes, it's always the same.'

Routines are very useful. but they also make you uncreative. So sometimes it's a good idea to break your routines. Get out of bed on the opposite side. Listen to a different route to work. Eat something different for brealfast. Change your routine. You never know, it could change your life.

1. This passage is mainly concerned with...............................

a.our usual ways of doing things

b. our daily activities

c. Jo's timetable

d. changes in our lives

2. according to the passage, routines are useful because.........................

a. we can do them in the morning

b. they make a habit of never thinking

c. they save time and energy

d. we all have them in our lives

3. the word 'loo' in line 9 can best be replaced with.....................

a. balcony

b. bedroom

c. sink

d. toilet

4.what is the main disadvantage of routines?

a. Routines make us unable to create things or to have new ideas

b. Routines may change our life

c. Routines make a habit of never thinking before doing

d. Routines make us do the same things day after day

5. which of the sentences is true?

a. Routines make our brain creative

b.people who have routines are unable to think

c. we shouldn'r break our routines

d. our lives could be changed if we change our routines

Read the passage and choose the correct answer

All of us have to work to earn a living ourselves and to help our family . However , we work not only for material life but also for many other things . We are working to prove our ability . We feel self - confident and proud because we are independent . Anyone who works in regarded as a useful member of society . We are working that means we are contributing to our country . Working helps us train our minds because we always try our best to do the job . The better we work , the more money we earn and that encourages us to work harder . Without working , a man's life will be empty , purposeless and meaningless and it is easy for a jobless person to do the wrongs .

1/ Why should we work ?

a / To earn a living , and make our lives meaningful

b/ To support our family

c/ To contribute to the country

d/ All are correct

2/ What can we get from work besides money ?

a/ Meaningless feelings

b/ Some salary

c/ Many other important things

d/ The status of a worker

3/ What will happen if we work more ?

a/ We feel better

b/ We earn more

c/ we work harder when we get more money

d/ B and C are correct

4/ What helps us work harder ?

a/ Good pay

b/ Good way

c / Good life

d/ None is correct

5/ Without working , how is one's life

a/ It will be boring , purposeless and meaningless

b/ it will be boring but easy

c/ It helps us feel relax

d/ It helps us feel prouder

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The..................of the interview is to provide a case history of the candicate. It may be a tall order to................a candiate to tell you the details of his or her life in the time, usually quite the short................is the available for the interview. If candiates are convinced that there is a sympathetic listener, ....................., it is surprising.....................communicativethey can become.

Conducting an interview..................relies esentially on two things. The first is the establishment of a relationship with candiates, ....................will encourage them to talk freely about themselves. This can’t be done if interviews an................to show whay busy and important...................they are. ....................can it be done by a series of set forrmulae for putting the candiates at ease, ....................as shaking hands or offering coffee. The second task is to steer the candiate over the ground to be covered so that the essential facts appear as quickly as possible and irrelevancies are cut down to a minimum. Each remark..................guide the candiate to talk about the right things................interrupting the flow of conversation. Each interview is..................and foremost a conversation, and unless it is successful as such it will.................be a good interview.

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HANDLING the INTERVIEW

The..................of the interview is to provide a case history of the candidate.It may be a tall order to................a candidate to tell you the details of his or her life in the time, usually quite the short..............is the available for the interview. If candidates are convinced that there is a sympatheic listener,................, it is suprising................ communicative they can become.

Conducting an interview................relies esentially on two things. The first is the establishment of a relationship with candidates, ................will encourage them to talk freely about themselves. This can't be done if interviews use interviews as an.................to show what busy and important...............they are. ................can it be done by a series of set formulae for putting the candidates at ease, ....................as shaking hands or offering coffee. The second task is to steer the candidate over the ground to be covered so that the essential facts appear as quickly as possible and irrelevancies are cut down to a minium. Each remark................guide the candidate to talk about the right things.................interrupting the flow of conversation. Each interview is..................and foremost a conversation, and unless it is successfull as such it will................be a good interview.

Giúp mình với nhé mng.

HANDLING the INTERVIEW

The..................of the interview is to provide a case history of the candidate.It may be a tall order to................a candidate to tell you the details of his or her life in the time, usually quite the short..............is the available for the interview. If candidates are convinced that there is a sympatheic listener,................, it is suprising................ communicative they can become.

Conducting an interview................relies esentially on two things. The first is the establishment of a relationship with candidates, ................will encourage them to talk freely about themselves. This can't be done if interviews use interviews as an.................to show what busy and important...............they are. ................can it be done by a series of set formulae for putting the candidates at ease, ....................as shaking hands or offering coffee. The second task is to steer the candidate over the ground to be covered so that the essential facts appear as quickly as possible and irrelevancies are cut down to a minium. Each remark................guide the candidate to talk about the right things.................interrupting the flow of conversation. Each interview is..................and foremost a conversation, and unless it is successfull as such it will................be a good interview.

People usually sing because they like music or because they feel happy . They express their happiness by singing . When a bird sings , however , its song usually means such more than that the bird is happy . Birds have many reasons for singing . They sing to give information . Their songs are their language

The most beautiful songs are sung by male birds . They sing when they want to attract female birds . It is their way of singing that helps them look for a wife

Birds also sing to tell other birds to keep away . To a bird , his tree or even a branch of tree is his home . He does not want strangers to come near him , so he sings to warn them

If a bird can not sing well , he usually has some other means of giving important information . Some birds dance , spread out their tails or make others sing . One bird has a most unusual way of finding a wife . For example , it builds a small garden of shells and flowers

1. What do most birds usually do if they can not sing well ?

A. Warn other birds to go away B. Find a wife

C. Fly high in the sky D. Give their information in another way

2. What is one bird's unusual way of attracting a female bird ?

A. It dances B. It spreads out its tail

C. It use shells and flowers to make a garden D. It searches for a wife

3. Why do people usually sing ?

A. They feel happy B. They like birds C. They want to tell a story D. They study music

4. Which birds sing the most beautiful songs ?

A. Birds in a good temper B. Female birds C. Male birds D. Female birds which attract male birds

5. What warning does a bird sometimes sing to give ?

A. A warning to come quickly B. A warning to keep away

C. A warning to be dangerous D. A warning to stop singing