Getting Started | Tiếng Anh 12 | Unit 1: Life stories we admire - Lớp 12 - Global Success & Bộ Giáo Dục - Đào Tạo

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This unit includes:

LANGUAGE
Pronunciation
Diphthongs /e/ and /ǝu/
Vocabulary
Phrases related to life stories
Grammar
Past simple vs. Past continuous

SKILLS
Reading: Reading for main ideas and specific information in an article about Steve Jobs' life and achievements
Speaking: Talking about the lives of two national heroes of Viet Nam
Listening: Listening for main ideas and specific information in a talk about Walt Disney's life
Writing: Synthesising and summarising information to write a biography of Walt Disney

COMMUNICATION AND CULTURE / CLIL
Everyday English
Expressing pleasure and responding to it
Culture/CLIL
Famous queens in world history

PROJECT
Designing a visual story of a person's life

I. GETTING STARTED

   The diary of Dang Thuy Tram

1. Listen and read. 🎧

   Mark: Hi, Nam. Your book must be very interesting. What are you reading?
   Nam: I'm reading a really good book in English called Last Night I Dreamed of Peace: The Diary of Dang Thuy Tram.
   Mark: Dang Thuy Tram? Who is she?
   Nam: She was born in Hue in 1942. She studied medicine in Ha Noi, and volunteered to join the army at the age of 24, working as a surgeon during the resistance war against the US.
   Mark: That's when she started her diary, isn't it?
   Nam: Yes. She wrote her diary while she was working in a field hospital in Quang Ngai Province. The diary contains personal accounts of her experiences during the war, and shows her love for her family and country.
   Mark: Wow! It sounds interesting. Is she still alive? Nam: Unfortunately, she was killed by the enemy while
she was doing her duty in the jungle in Quang Ngai Province. She was only 27 then.

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   Mark: Oh, that's really sad. But how did people find her diary?
   Nam: An American soldier found it and saved it from being burnt. Then more than 30 years after Tram's death, a copy was returned to her mother. The diary was published in Viet Nam in 2005. It has also been translated into several other languages.
   Mark: That's amazing!
   Nam: Now she is considered a national hero for devoting her youth and whole life to saving other people's lives in the war.
   Mark: Can you lend me the book when you finish reading it? I'd like to read it myself.
   Nam: Sure!

2. Read the conversation again and circle the correct answer to complete each of the sentences.

   1. Dang Thuy Tram was born in Ha Noi / Hue.
   2. Tram wrote about / operated on injured soldiers during the war.u
   3. She died when she was very young / old.
   4. An American soldier kept her diary for 27 years / more than three decades before returning a copy to her family.

3. Find words and a phrase in 1 with the following meanings.

   1. a_______             descriptions of things that have happened
   2. d_______             the end of somebody's life
   3. d_______to         giving time, attention, etc. to something
   4. y_______             the period of time when a person is young

4. Complete the sentences based on the conversation.

   Dang Thuy Tram was a young surgeon. She (1) ______  her diary while she (2) _____ in a field hospital during the war. One day, she (3) _____ while (4) _____ in the jungle. She was only 27 then. An American soldier (5) ______ her diary for many years before returning a copy to her family.