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UNIT 1

MAKING A DIFFERENCE
• GOALS
1. Talk about how people can make a
difference.
2. Read about how simple actions can help
others.
3. Watch a TED Talk about a life lesson
from a volunteer firefighter.
1A. Everyday Heroes
A. Vocabulary
1. Take care of:
keep (someone or something) safe.
Eg: I can take care of myself.

2. Make a difference to:


have a significant effect on a person or situation.
Eg: The law will make a difference to my business.

3. Be there for someone:


be available to provide support or comfort for (someone).
Eg: Whenever you get troubles, I’ll always be there for
you.
4. Make an impact on:
to have a direct effect or impact on.
Eg: People’s good action makes an impact on
environment.

5. Help out:
to give or provide what is necessary to accomplish a
task or satisfy a need.
Eg: I need you to help out with my homework.

6. Inspire:
to motivate someone to do something creative.
Eg: His passion for romantic literature inspired him to
begin writing.
A B

a. be available to someone in times


1. make a of trouble
difference b. change sth in a positive way
2. help out c. help a friend out whom you
3. take care of personally know or help out at a
4. be there for charity by volunteering your time
d. aid a person in some way, for
example, when they’re sick.
LISTENING: Inspiring dreams

A.
B.
1. never give up
2. make a difference
3. pursue your dreams
Speaking
• Speaker B repaired his brother’s bicycle.
1B. Making an impact
Listen /'lisn/ (v)

Errand /'erənd/ (n)

Cook /kʊk/ (v)

Teach /ti:t∫/ (v)

Donate /dəʊ'neit/ (v)

Show appreciation /∫əʊ/ /ə,pri:∫i'ei∫n/ (v)

Accompany /ə'kʌmpəni/ (v)

Volunteer /vɒlən'tiə/ (v)

Recycle /ri:'saikl/
B.
She helped pay for their groceries.
C. Talking about present and past actions
• D.
- was standing/were
- was
- was/didn’t want
1C. Food rescue mission
A. Pre – reading
Scanning and Skimming
1. Scanning
Scanning is reading rapidly in order to
find specific facts.
2. Skimming
Skimming is reading rapidly in order to
get a general overview of the material.
How to apply skimming in reading?
1. Quickly reading the titles, and captions, and
looking at the pictures.
2. Reading the first and last paragraphs
quickly, and the first and last sentences of
each paragraph. Try to pick up key words
and phrases that can give you the general
idea of what the passage is about.
Skim the article. How does Robert Lee help
make a difference in his city?

He collects leftover food and gives it to


people who need it.
B. Vocabulary

1. devote (v) /di'vəʊt/


give all or most of one’s effort or time

2. passionate (a) /'pæ∫ənət/


having strong feelings or beliefs

3. minimize (v) /'minimaiz/


reduce

4. insignificant (a) /insig'nifikənt/


unimportant
5. non – profit / nɒn 'prɒfit/
A non – profit is a charity organization that does
not operate to make money, but for a cause.

6. Global scale (n) /'gləʊbl/ /skeil/


Something that happens on a global scale
happens worldwide

7. Demand (n) /di'mænd/

8. A food kitchen /ə/ /fu:d/ /'kit∫in/


A food kitchen is like a cafeteria that provides
free meals to the homeless and people in need.
1D. A life lesson from a volunteer firefighter
1E. Touching lives
Write a paragraph about the person who
has made an impact on your life and what
you gained from that experience
UNIT 2
TRENDS
• UNIT GOALS:
1. Talk about consumer and technological
trends.
2. Read about how to identify trends
3. Watch a TED talk about how to start a
movement.
2A: Trends around us
1. Grow (v)
2. Shrink (v)
3. Increase (v)
4. Decrease (v)
5. Improve (v)
6. Get worse (v)
7. Common (a)
8. Widespread (a)
9. Rise (v)
10. Fall (v)
1. Grow (v)
/ɡrəʊ/
to increase in amount, size, number, or strength
2. Shrink (v)
/ʃrɪŋk/
to become or to make something smaller in
amount, size, or value
3. Increase (v)
/ɪnˈkriːs/
if you increase something, or if it increases, it
becomes bigger in amount, number, or degree
4. Decrease (v)
/dɪˈkriːs/
to become less or go down to a lower level
5. Improve (v)
/ɪmˈpruːv/
to make something better, or to become
better
6. Get worse (v)
/ɡet wɜːs/
to become a more severe condition
7. Common (a)
/ˈkɒmən/
happening often and to many people or in
many places
•Widespread (a)
/ˈwaɪdspred/
Existing or happening in many places or
situations, or among many people
9. Rise (v)
/raɪz/
to increase in number, amount, or value
10. Fall (v)
/fɔːl/
to go down to a lower level, amount, price, etc.
Increase/rise
• Increase, rise có thể thay thế cho nhau trong
nghĩa "tăng thêm". Nhưng rise là nội động từ
(intransitive verb), không có túc từ theo
sau. Increase vừa là nội động từ, vừa là ngoại
động từ.
* Example:
• They increased the price. -> right
• They rose the price. -> wrong
• The price has risen = The price has increased.
Increase/grow
increase to become larger in number,
amount, or degree

grow to increase, especially gradually over


a period of time – used about numbers or
amounts.
Example:
Since 1990, US imports of foreign goods
have grown at a rate of 7.7% per year.
Listening
Trend spotter:
Most industries have trend spotters who
try to analyze and predict what is going to
become popular next, and what is worth
investing in for product development and
marketing.
2B: Trends in technology

Smart device (n)


Wireless technology (n)
The Internet smart
1. ……………
of things is made up of billions of
………….that
devices
use wireless technology to send information to one
another and to us.
World
2. In 1991, Birth of the ………….connects
Wide Web computers.
3. two
In 2006, ……billion devices are connect to the
Internet.
4. In...2012
….., 10% of cars are connected to the Internet.
5. In ……..,
2020 ……..of
90% cars will be connected to the
Internet.
6. In the future, robots may be able to learn from one
tea
another and work in…… m
to ………
solve problems
Will / be going to
Using will and be going to make
prediction
Will
We use will to make predictions about the
future that we are certain about.
Be going to
We can also use be going to to make
predictions about the future. The meaning
in most cases is the same as using will.
2C: Identifying trends
1. Emerging (a) /ɪˈmɜːdʒɪŋ/
2. Relevant (a) /ˈreləvənt/
3. Distinguish (v) /dɪˈstɪŋɡwɪʃ/
To notice a difference between people or things
4. Fad (n) /fæd/
5. Take advantage of (v) /teɪk//ədˈvɑːntɪdʒ/ /əv/
7. Long – term (a)
8. Commerce (n) /ˈkɒmɜːs/
The buying and selling of goods and service
9. Appeal (v) /əˈpiːl/
To be liked by people
10. Analyze (v) /ˈænəlaɪz/
11. Filter (v)
To separate and remove unwanted materials
12. Predictive tech (n)
2D How to start a movement
• Guts /ɡʌts/ = courage /ˈkʌrɪdʒ/
• Crucial /ˈkruːʃəl/ = extremely important
• Stand out = are noticeable in a crowd
• Lone /ləʊn/ = single
• ridiculed /ˈrɪdəkjuːld/= laughed at
• Leader(N)
• Follower(n)
Vocabulary in context
Emulate /ˈemjəleɪt/ (v) = copy
Sit on the fence = delay making a decision
Nurture /ˈnɜːtʃə/ (v) = help developing
Over-glorified /ˈɡlɔːrɪfaɪd/ (a) = regarded as better than it
really is
Tipping point = there is a change that can not be stopped
1.Emulate
2.Nurture
3.Sit on the fence
4.Over-glorified
UNIT 3: IMPROVING LIVES
3A: Caring for your health
1. Treatment (n) /'tri:tmənt/
2. Cure (n) /kjʊə/
3. Caregiver (n) /ˈkeəˌgɪvə/
4. Monitor (v) /'mɒnitə/
5. Elderly (a) /'eldəli/
6. Suffer from (v) /'sʌfə/
7. Motivate (v) /'məʊtiveit/
8. Wearable (n) /'weərəbl/
Wearable teachnology:
• Wearable technology consists of things that 
can be worn, such as clothing or glasses, 
that contain computer technology or 
can connect to the Internet:
• Wearable technology such as "smart clothes" 
can be used to monitor heart rate.
3B: Tech in healthcare
Grammar
Introduce an effect
So, therefore
Introduce a cause
Because, as, since
Due to, as a result of, because of, owing to
3C: The challenge of Alzheimer’s
* Alzheimer’s /ˈæltshaɪməz dɪˌziːz/
a disease that affects the brain, especially of
old people, and that gradually makes it
difficult to move, talk, or remember things
1.Diabetes (n) /daiə'bi:ti:z/
2.Cancer (n) /'kænsə/
3.Heart disease (n) /'hɑ:tdi'zi:z/
4.Pressure (n) /'pre∫ə/
5. Dementia (n) /di'men∫ə/
An illness that affects the brain and
memory, and makes you gradually
lose the ability to think and behave
normally.
6. Behavior (n) /bi'heivjə/
7. Constant (a) /'kɒnstənt/
Happening regularly or all the time
8. Prevent (v) /pri'vent/
9. Approach (n) /ə'prəʊt∫/
1. Diagnose (v) /'daiəgnəʊz/
2. Struggle (v) /'strʌgl/
3. Concern (v) /kən'sɜ:n/
4. Sensor (n) /'sensə/
5. Detect (v) /di'tekt/
• Question 1: if you take care of
someone, you are a ______
• Answer: Caregiver
• Question 2: Complete the
sentence: Researchers devotes
their lives to find ____ for
fatal diseases.
• Answer: treatments
• Question 3: This diseases
affects your memory. What is
it?
• Answer: Alzheimer’s
• Question 4: Carmen took her
to the doctor, but he said there
was no __ for the common
cold.
• Answer: cure
•Question 5: Sensors can
constantly ___ moisture
levels in the soil.
•Answer: monitor
• Question 6: People are aware
of the importance of diet and
exercise, ____
stay/well/so/and/they/eat/active
• Answer: so they eat well and
stay active
•Question 7: When you have
____, you need to monitor
your blood sugar regularly.
•Answer: diabetes
• Question 8:
developed/due/in/population/to
/an/countries/many/aging,
there is a greater need for
certain kinds of health care.
• Answer: Due to an aging
population in many developed
countries
• Question 9: They were giving
him antibiotics to - r- v - - -
pneumonia
• Answer: prevent
• Pneumonia (n) /njuːˈməʊniə/
• Question 10:
surgical/as/new/of/result/a/tech
niques, patients spend less time
in hospitals after operations.
• Answer: As a result of new
surgical techniques
4A TECHNOLOGY AND DESIGN
Vocabulary
Search (v) (n) /sɜ:t∫/
Rate (v) (n) /reit/
Browse (v) (n) /braʊz/
Button (n) /'bʌtn/
Review (v) (n) /ri'vju:/
Log in (v) /lɒgin/
Download (v) /daʊn'ləʊd/
Logo (n) /'ləʊgəʊ/
• List the apps that you often download.
• Answer these questions:
1. What kinds of apps do you usually
download?
2. Have you ever written an online review?
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3/ Instant Grammar Check – Online
Proofreading | Grammarly
4/ Free Online Grammar Check, Spelling,
and More | PaperRater
Website to create video by yourself

www.powtoon.com
4B USER EXPERIENCE
The ……….
POWER of user reviews

•89%
…..of consumers trust online customer reviews.
• Look for product information online ….
69%
• Search for customer reviews ….64%
50%
• Find a product on a review site ….
43%
• Search for experts’ opinions ….
• Read articles about products ….
42%
• Ask people for advice through their social
networks ….
12%
Grammar
1. The comparative:
a. Đối với những tính từ dạng ngắn (1 âm tiết) và
những tính từ 2 âm tiết trở lên nhưng tận cùng là y,
er, ow, et, le

S1+ be+ adj+er+ than+ S2

b. Đối với những tính từ 2 âm tiết trở lên trừ những


trường hợp ở trên

S1+ be+more+adj+than+ S2
2. The superlative:
a. Đối với những tính từ dạng ngắn (1 âm tiết)
và những tính từ 2 âm tiết trở lên nhưng tận
cùng là y, er, ow,et.

S1+ be+ the + adj + est + S2

b. Đối với những tính từ 2 âm tiết trở lên trừ


những trường hợp đã nêu ở trên:

S1+ be + the most + adj + S2


3. The equative:

S1+be+ (not)as+adj+as+ S2
Special Case
• PAGE 185
4C WEBSITE DESIGN ON A
GIANT SCALE
Vocabulary
- Spam (n) /spæm/ unwanted email
- Abuse (n) /ə'bju:z/ improper use of something
- Offensive (a) /ə'fensiv/
making someone feel hurt or uncomfortable
- Impact (n) /'impækt/ = effect
- Encourage (v) /in'kʌridʒ/
- Intuition (n) /,intju:'i∫n/ natural feeling about something
- Frustrating (a) /frʌ'streitiη/ = annoying
- Attached (a) /ə'tæt∫t/
having a strong liking for something
4D How giant websites design for you
(and a billion others, too)
Unprecedented(a) /ʌn'presidentid/
Constraint (n) /kən'streint/
Audacity (n) /ɔ:'dæsəti/
Humility (n) /hju:'miləti/
Scale (n)
4E Making suggestions

Writing a review of your cell phone or


any websites you have used recently.
5 COMMUNITY BUILDERS
5A Community building
Vocabulary
1. Entrepreneur (n)/ˌɒntrəprəˈnɜː//ˌɑːntrəprəˈnɜːr/
someone who starts a new business
or arranges business deals in order to make
money, often in a way that involves financial risks
2. Community (n) /kəˈmjuːnəti/
the people who live in the same area, town, etc.
3. Underprivileged (a) /ˌʌndəˈprɪvəlɪdʒd/
very poor, with worse living
conditions, educational opportunities, etc than
most people in society
4. Enhance (v) /ɪnˈhæns/
to improve something
5. Facility (n) /fəˈsɪləti/
6. Empower (v) /ɪmˈpaʊə/
Make someone stronger or more confident
Listening
Poverty (n) /ˈpɒvəti/
Unemployment (n) /ˌʌnɪmˈplɔɪmənt/
Low – income family /ləʊ ˈɪŋkʌm/
5B Changing places
Pollution (n) /pəˈluːʃən/
Remove (v) /rɪˈmuːv/
Riverbank (n) /ˈrɪvəbæŋk/
Concrete wall (n) /ˈkɒŋkriːt/ /wɔːl /
Barrier (n) /ˈbæriə/
Walkway (n) /ˈwɔːkweɪ /
Repaint (v) /'ri:'peɪnt/
Pronunciation -ed
• Đuôi /ed/ được phát âm là /id/ khi động
từ có phát âm kết thúc là /t/ hay /d/
• Đuôi /ed/ được phát âm là /t/ khi động từ
có phát âm kết thúc là /s/,/f/,/p/,/ʃ/,/tʃ/,/k/
• Đuôi /ed/ được phát âm là /d/ với các
trường hợp còn lại.
5C Barefoot college
- Barefoot College: The Social Work and
Research Centre
- Rural (a) /'rʊərəl/
- Dental (a) /'dentl/
- Self-sufficient (a) /,selfsə'fi∫ənt/
- Proof (n) /pru:f/
- Significant (a) /sig'nifikənt/
- Recruit (v) /ri'kru:t/
- Ensure (v) /ɪnˈʃʊə/
- Dedication (n) /ˌdedɪˈkeɪʃən/
5D How painting can transform
communities

- Informal (a) /ɪnˈfɔːməl/


- Unfinished (a) /ʌnˈfɪnɪʃt/
- Accomplishment (n) /əˈkʌmplɪʃmənt/
- Transform (v) /trænsˈfɔːm/
Emerge (v) /ɪˈmɜːdʒ/
Notorious (a) /nəʊˈtɔːriəs/
Install (v) /ɪnˈstɔːl/
Approach (n) /əˈprəʊtʃ/
Bottom-up (n)

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