Topic 3 : A trip to a countryside - Where is your home village? - How far is it from the city? - How can you get there? - How long does it take to get there? - What do people do for a living in your village? - Does your village have a river, a lake, a mountain,…? - Are there any places of interests to visit there?  

Fill each of the numbered blanks in the following passages. Use only ONE word for each space

Many people dream of (1)..... in a foreign country. It can be an amazing experience (2)....... those who have the courage to leave their family and friends and settle down in a new place. (3)......., there's one potential problem you should be aware of: culture shock. Culture shock is the feeling we get from living in a place that is so different to where we grew up that we are not sure (4)....... to deal with it. Societies are organized in many different ways, and we can often (5)...... taken aback by some of the things we find in foreign countries. Customs and traditions can be very different and that can sometimes make (6)...... difficult to get on with local people and to make friends. They migt not approve of things you do or might object to things you say. You might even be banned from doing things in another country that are perfectly legal in your own. (7)...... you were to move to a country such as Singapore, say, you might find some of the laws very (8)..... There, people can be forced to pay a large fine just for dropping litter. Eventually, (9)....., most people who live abroad fall in love with their adopted country and learn to accept its differences. It does take real courage to make such a big change (10)..... your life, but many people agree that it is worth it in the end

PUT THE INTERCHANGE GIVEN IN THE BOX INTO THE CORRECT POSITIONS IN THE CONBERSATION BELOW . THERE IS ONE EXTRA QUESTION .(1PT)

A. was it an interesting journey ?

B. where is his home village ?

C. how far is it from the city ?

D. how long does it take to get there ?

E. how did you go there ?

Sandra : Hi, liz . Have a good weekend ?

Liz : YES ,I took a trip to the contryside .

sandra : Really ? where did you go ?

Liz : I went to BA'S home village .

Sandra : ......................................

Liz : It's to the north of the city .

sandra : well , ............................

Liz : About 100 kilometers from the city .

Sandra : ..................................

Liz : we got there by bus .

Sandra : ..................................

Liz : About 2 hours .

Sandra : ...............................

Liz : yes , the village lies by a river , so we went boating in tne river and had a picnic on the river bank .

F. does the village have any rivers ?

Read the text and decide T (true)/ F (false) for each statement.

Find native English speakers      In certain areas it’s the hardest thing to do, but it’s the best use of your time. Talking to actual native speakers is the most effective way to improve your English skills, speaking or otherwise. So whether you have to Skype them, call them, or beg them to speak to you, do so. Your progress will be faster this way than any other.

Listen to the music of English    No, not English music, the music of English - its lilt, its prosody, the sing-songy-ness of it. The intonation. Even if you speak perfect English technically, if you speak it like a robot you’re not speaking it the way it’s meant to be spoken.

Slow down    Above all, if you want to be understood, slow down. The more clearly you speak, the better chance your listener has of understanding you. It’s tempting to get nervous and want to speed up to get it all over with, but you can’t do that! Clarity is key - for some native English speakers, too!

Record yourself   Though we hear ourselves all the time, we really don’t know quite what we sound like. So record yourself! What are the weak and strong points you hear in your speech? And then you can concentrate on what you need to work on.

Speak English at home    This is the biggest, easiest mistake to make. You go about your day, you’re on the job working partly in English, you go to your English class, and then you go home and revert back to your native tongue. While you may be making slow improvements, you’ll never get past that dreaded lingual plateau. Make a point to speak it at home, too. Have only English at the dinner table. Stick to English TV at home. Make it as 24/7 as possible.

Talking to actual native speakers is the least effective way to improve your English skills

A. True

B. False

Each sentence has a mistake find and correct it.

1. We arrived at London at 3 o’clock in the morning.

2. My home village is on the West of the city.

3. She wanted to know how long did it take to get to Ha Noi by plane.

4. She told me to shut the door but don’t lock it.

5. Nam asked Mai what can he do to help her.

6.Your friends went to your native village last weekend, weren't they?

7. I'd like to go out for dinner, but I don't feel like to eat out tonight.

8. Summer in England is the better season of all.

9. If we would have a large garden, we would plant a lot of flowers in it.

10. I have so much money that I don't know What do with it.

11. Although my next door mighbor is not very cleverly, he is hard- working.

12. In spite the danger, they managed to cross the rive during the night