Unit 2: Sensations | Tiếng Anh 8 (Friends Plus) - Lớp 8 - Giáo Dục Việt Nam

2 VOCABULARY • Senses

I can ask and answer questions related to the senses.

Language focus reference p100

THINK! How many senses are there? Which do you think you use most? Which is your strongest sense?

1 Look at photos 1-5 and match them with the senses in the box.

2🔊1.13 Read the magazine quiz and complete the table with the words in blue. Listen and check.

3 Do the quiz. Which sense is the most important for you? Compare your result with a partner's.

What's your strongest sense?

Are you a visual person, who likes looking at things? Perhaps you prefer to use your sense of hearing and listen to things? Do our quiz and make a note of your choices to see which senses are most important to you.

1 You are in a restaurant and you ask the waiter to bring you the most unusual dish on the menu. When the dish arrives, what do you do first?

Smell it.      Ask someone about it.

Feel it.         

Look at it closely.

2 Which two of these things do you prefer?

The taste of a delicious meal

The sight of a beautiful sunset

The smell of flowers in the summer

The sound of beautiful music

3 What do you think about books?

I like to hold and smell them when they're new.

I really like recipe books. I can almost taste the food when I read them.

I prefer audio books or listening to stories.

4 Choose the two conditions which you think are most difficult.

Colour-blindness, when you can't see some colours.

Tone-deafness, when you can't sing or play instruments very well because you don't have a 'good ear'.

Losing sensation in some of your toes or fingers.

5 Which two of these activities do you prefer to do to relax?

Have a warm drink

Listen to music

Exercise and then have a shower or a bath

4 🔊1.14 Watch or

5 USE IT! Work in groups. Ask and answer the questions. Use some of the key phrases.

C Journalist Lucy Mangan has been anosmic since birth. So she can't smell anything, even the fragrances of roses. She has never tried different perfumes in a shop. As 75-95% of the food flavour comes from its smell, meals haven't had much flavour. Although she can feel the different textures of lasagne, steak or fish, they're all quite tasteless.

3 Find synonyms in the text for the words below.

1 incredible                     3 artificial

2 identify                         4 organic

4 VOCABULARY PLUS Use a dictionary to check the meaning of the words in blue in the text.

5 USE IT! Talk about which objects and places smell best to you. Which of them bring back memories?

I love the smell of bánh xèo. It really reminds me of my grandma's house.

It brings back memories of visiting her house when I was little.

Follow your nose ...

..................................................................................................
Meet three people whose sense of smell has made a difference to their lives.

A Helen Keller - a famous activist - was deaf and blind herself. With an extraordinary sense of smell, she could identify people's jobs by the odour on their clothes. When a person passes,' she said, 'I get a scent impression of where he has been. For her, a smell can remind us of another time and place.

B James Bell has worked for a perfume company for over twenty years. He says, 'To develop a superior sense of smell, you must train it, like a concert pianist.' After passing a 'smell test', James studied perfumery in France, where he learned to recognise about 2,800 synthetic and 140 natural materials. Since then he has helped to create the world's favourite fragrances.

1 Read the article. Then complete the headings for paragraphs A-C with the words in the box.

A Scent and ......................

B Training a ......................

C Life without .....................

2🔊1.15 Read and listen to the article again and write true or false. Correct the false sentences.

1 Helen Keller had a good sense of smell.

2 She says there's a connection between smells and memory.

3 A person with a normal sense of smell can become a professional perfumer.

4 James Bell failed his first 'smell test' at the perfume company.

5 Lucy could smell everything when she was a baby.

Present perfect: affirmative and negative

1 Cover the article on page 20. Complete the sentences with the words in the box. Then check your answers.

1 He has ................. to create fragrances.

2 She has ................ anosmic since birth.

3 She has never................. different perfumes.

4 Meals haven't ................. much flavour.

2 Read the sentences in exercise 1 again. Then choose the correct words to complete the rules.

3 Complete the sentences with the correct present perfect form of the verbs in brackets.

Water-slide tester t's an amazing job in the world! I ...................... (visit) a lot of cities with my company, and I ......................(try) a lot of great water slides. They .................. (not decide) on the next destination, but I'm hoping for a trip to Hồ Chí Minh City.

 
4 Read the Study Strategy. Complete the
sentences using the present perfect form of the verbs.

1 You .................... any breakfast!

2 We  .................... a lot of English today.

3 I ..................... that film. Is it good?

4 The match......................It starts in ten minutes.

5 She.....................a fantastic new bike.

for and since

5 Study the examples and complete the rules
with for and since.

James has worked for a perfume company for twenty years. Lucy hasn't had a sense of smell since birth.

6 Complete the sentences with the present perfect form of the verbs in brackets and for
or since.

1 I .......................this happy.....................weeks. (not feel)

2 We ......................him ......................last month.(not see)

3 They.......................that dog ......................years. (have)

4 She........................in London......................2010. (live)

7 USE IT! Talk about experiences using the present perfect. Use the time expressions below.

I have never visited Hue.

I haven't watched TV for weeks.

1 🔊11.16 Match adjectives 1-6 with the extreme adjectives in blue in the questionnaire. Then listen and check.

1 fantastic                    4 scary

2 interesting                5 horrible

3 tasty                          6 tired

1 fantastic wonderful

2🔊1.17 Listen and order photos A-C. Which questions from the questionnaire are the people answering?

3 Read sentences 1-5 in exercise 4. Decide what type of answer you should be listening for: age, noun, distance, reason or adjective.

1 Nina rode an alpaca when she was...
............................................age

4 🔊1.17 Listen again and complete the sentences. Were your answers in exercise 3 correct?

1 Nina rode an alpaca when she was ...................................

2 Her friend thinks that alpacas probably smell  ...................................

3 The furthest that Jo has ever cycled is  ...................................

4 A durian is a type of. ..................................

5 People can't take durians on buses because  ...................................

5 USE IT! Work in pairs. Read the
Feelings questionnaire again and answer the questions for you. Then ask and answer the questions with a partner.

Present perfect: questions

1 Complete 1-5 with the words in the box. How do you say ever in Vietnamese?

1 Have you ........................ ridden a horse?

2 No, I ........................ .

3 ........................ you guys been to a theme park? 

4 ........................ your brother been on a rollercoaster?

5 No, he......................... .

2 Read the sentences in exercise 1 again. Then choose the correct answer to complete the rule.

3 Order the words to make questions. Then ask and answer the questions with a partner.

1 a frightening film/you/have/lately/seen/?

2 this year/has/improved / your English/?

3 cooked a meal/ever/for you/your friends/ have/?

4 what/you/today/eaten/have /?

5 in the last five years/countries/ have/ visited/you/what/?

4 Write questions for the answers using the present perfect and the words in brackets.

1 Yes, I've cooked spaghetti. (ever)

2 I've bought a tablet. (What)

3 They've moved to Los Angeles. (Where)

4 He's invited six people. (How many)

5 Yes, it finished at two o'clock. (meeting)

Present perfect and past simple

5 Study examples a-d. Then answer questions 1-3.

a I've eaten a few interesting things since we came to Asia.

b I ate some last year at a market.

c I've ridden an alpaca.

d I rode the alpaca when I was six years old.

1 Which verbs are in the present perfect and which are in the past simple?

2 Which sentences describe a finished action at an exact time in the past?

3 Which sentences describe an action at some time in the past?

6 🔊1.18 Read the dialogue and choose the correct words. Then listen and check.

Zoe  

Sam   No, not recently. We have been/went to a water park last month though.

Zoe   Really? Did you enjoy / Have you
enjoyed it?

Sam   Yes, it was awesome. What's the most amazing ride that you've ever tried?

Zoe   It was the roller coaster at Sun World
Bà Nà Hill. Did you try / Have you tried it?

Sam   No, I've never been / I didn't go there.

7 USE IT! Make a dialogue with a partner on either idea A or B. Use the present perfect and past simple forms.

A be/ anywhere interesting

B see/any good films

Have you been anywhere interesting recently?

Yes, I went to Can Tho at the weekend.

Louise  Have you

Grace  Actually, I've never been / had bowling. I've heard it's a bit boring.

Louise  You've never been / made bowling? Seriously? Let's try it next weekend. We can invite Lori and Jack, too.

Grace  It doesn't sound much fun to me, but
we'll see what they say. I'm hungry. Have you had / taken lunch?

Louise No, I haven't ate / eaten since breakfast. Let's have lunch together.

Grace What do you fancy eating?

Louise I don't know. Fish and chips, I suppose.

Grace Wait a second. There's a great restaurant really near here. Come on.

Louise OK.

Grace Here it is.

Louise Can't we

Grace Why not try something different? The food here is delicious. I think you'll enjoy it.

Louise OK. I'll give it a try.

Grace Great.

1🔊1.19 Choose the correct words in the dialogue. Then watch or listen and check. What does Louise want to do next weekend? Where does Grace suggest going for lunch?

2 🔊1.19 Cover the dialogue and complete the Key Phrases. Watch or listen again and check.

3 Practise the dialogue with your partner.

4🔊1.20 PRONUNCIATION: Stress for emphasis Listen and repeat the sentences. Which sentence has more stressed words? Why?

Have you been to Bowl You Over?

You've never been bowling? Seriously?

5 Work in pairs. Read situations 1-3. Take turns to suggest doing something after school. Use the key phrases.

1 watch a scary film

2 go for a bicycle ride

3 play a video game

What do you fancy doing?

Let's watch a scary film after school.

It doesn't sound much fun to me.

6 USE IT! Work in pairs. Read the situation. Then prepare and practise a new dialogue. Use the key phrases and the dialogue in exercise 1 to help you.

Student A: You want to go camping in the countryside at the weekend. Listen to what your friend suggests instead and respond.

Student B: You don't want to go camping in the countryside at the weekend. You fancy watching a film then having dinner. Suggest what type of film and food you want.

WIN

a sensational holiday!

Enter the You haven't lived until ... competition.

Describe the sights, sounds, tastes and feelings that visitors to your country can experience. Our winner will spend two weeks in Australial

1 Read the magazine advert and last year's winning entry about the Mekong delta. What do you have to do to enter the competition? What's the prize? What do we learn about the residents in Southern Việt Nam?

Language point: Intensifiers

2 Find the words in the box in the Experience the Mekong delta in Southern Việt Nam text. What type of word (adjective, noun or verb) do they always come before?

3 Study the examples and answer the questions.

very soft✓                     very delicious X

really soft✔                   really delicious✓

absolutely soft X           absolutely delicious✓

1 Which adjective is an extreme adjective (it describes a strong opinion): soft or delicious?

2 Do we use very with normal or extreme adjectives?

3 Can we use really with both normal and extreme adjectives?

4 What other intensifiers can we use with adjectives? Find examples in the text.

4 Read the key phrases and find them in the Experience the Mekong delta in Southern Việt Nam text. Think of how to complete the first two phrases about your town.

Experience

the Mekong delta

in Southern Việt Nam

Because you haven't lived until...

...you've seen the life around the river like floating markets. Besides, the Mekong delta has got many fruit orchards or rice fields and extremely beautiful sights, and they're all worth seeing.

...you've heard Đờn Ca Tài Tử - folk music. The sound of a variety of instruments like a flute, a 16-string zither, a violin and a guitar is really amazing, and very soft! It's quite an experience.

...you've tasted bánh xèo. It's one of the most popular dishes in the Mekong delta. Don't forget to try other excellent local specialities, like pop rice, lemongrass chicken or grilled snakehead fish. It's absolutely delicious!

...you've felt the warmth of the residents. So do a homestay in a traditional village from October to April because the temperature is comfortable for travelling. We're looking forward to seeing you.

5 USE IT! Follow the steps in the writing guide.

A TASK

Write an entry for the 'You haven't lived until...' competition. Use information about a place you like and know well. Include some of the key phrases.

B THINK AND PLAN

Brainstorm ideas and decide whether they belong in the paragraph on sights, sounds, tastes or feelings.

C WRITE

Use your notes from B to write a first draft of your description.

D CHECK

• adjectives and intensifiers

• ordering your ideas in a logical way

VOCABULARY Popular interests

1 Complete the crossword.

1 It's a new smartphone.............................. .

2 She's got 100,000...............................on Twitter.

3 It's only a short..............................People will
forget about it soon.

4 ...............................a comment on my blog.

5 How many...............................does that video have ?

6 Social .............................. are changing ways of
communication.

7 We use electronic.............................., such as tablets.

READING Crazes

2 Choose the correct words.

1 Jack is in a basketball team. They generally/ obviously play about once a week.

2 It generally/amazingly takes more time to get from London to Rome by car than by plane.

3 Obviously/Amazingly, some people spend over two hours on social media every day.

4 I thought this app was free, but apparently/ amazingly I have to pay £3 for it.

LANGUAGE FOCUS used to

3 Complete the sentences using the correct form of used to and the verb in brackets.

1 She.........................................(not like) hip hop music, but she loves it now.

2 .........................................(your brother/watch) a lot of cartoons?

3 They ......................................... (go) to the cinema often. Now, they watch films online.

4 I .........................................(take) that bus, but I don't any more.

5 He ......................................... (not have) a laptop, but he bought one last year.

6 What time .........................................(eat) dinner when you were younger?

 VOCABULARY AND LISTENING Fashion

4 🔊1.21 Listen to Lena telling her friend Ethan about their trip to Italy. Which clothes did Lena and her family bring from England and which ones did they buy in Italy? Write E for England or I for Italy.

............ baggy hoodie 

............ black boots

............ black trousers

............ colourful hat jeans

............ patterned jacket

............ plain white blouse

............ shorts

............ short-sleeved tops

............ summer dresses

............tight skirt

............ trainers

LANGUAGE FOCUS Past continuous; Past simple and past continuous

5 Choose the correct answers.

Japanese inventor Satoshi Tajiri ............... Pokémon, or pocket monsters, in 1995. By 1999, children

1 a used to create           4 a didn't happen

  b created                         b wasn't happening

 c was creating                  c doesn't happen

2 a were asking               5 a was celebrating

b asked                              b used to celebrate

c asking                             c celebrated

3 a sold                            6 a still buying

b was selling                       b were still buying

c used to sell                      c still bought

I can talk about what people were doing in the past.                 MY EVALUATION

SPEAKING Expressing preferences

6 Complete the conversation with the phrases. Then practise with your partner.

Molly Hey, Hannah. What are you up to?

Hannah Oh, hi, Molly. I'm looking for some jeans.

Molly Did you find anything?

Hannah Not really ..................... in here, but they're expensive.

Molly Mmm, you're right. Look - that's a
really cool jacket.

Hannah Yeah, ..................... . Why don't you try it on?

Molly .................... .

Hannah I think .................... .Go on, try it on!

I can comment on people's clothes.                  MY EVALUATION

 WRITING A fact file

7 Choose the correct words.

Fact file: Flared trousers

The beginnings

American sailors were the first to wear flared trousers in the 19 century. ................... days,  trousers with a wide leg below the knee were practical for many reasons. ..................., they were easy to roll up when cleaning the ship or to take off when they got wet.

Craze of the 1960s and 1970s

A comeback

There were a few times when flared trousers came back,

1 a In these         b In those          c On these

2 a Such as          b Like                c For example

3 a The sixties was the decade

b In the sixties

c These days

4 a like                  b of                   c as

5 a At                    b When            c For

6 a On                   b In                   c At

7 a decade            b times             c days

8 a example          b such               c for instance

9 a such                b like                 c instance

VOCABULARY Senses

8 Complete the words.

1 Tone-d................ makes it difficult to play a musical instrument well.

2 We can't t................ the objects in the museum.

3 Beethoven lost his h................ when he was thirty, and was deaf for the rest of his
life.

4 You need to have near-perfect s................ an airline pilot.

5 We lost s ................ in our toes when we were walking in the snow. 

6 Can you t ................ the sugar in your tea?

READING The importance of smell

9 Choose the correct words.

1 'What's your favourite chewing gum flavour/fragrance?' 'I love mint and strawberry.'

2 This cake has a creamy texture / scent.

3 When we walked into the gym, we noticed a strong flavour/ odour of sweat.

4 Mia opened the window and the texture/ scent of garden flowers filled the room.

5 I got my first scent/perfume as a birthday present from my parents.

6 I love the odour/fragrance of spices in the kitchen.

I can identify the main idea in a paragraph. MY EVALUATION

 LANGUAGE FOCUS Present perfect: affirmative and negative; for and since 10

10 Complete the sentences using the correct present perfect form of the verbs and for or since.

1 They.........................(not eat) ice cream....................ast summer.

2 .................... (she/have) problems with
her hearing....................... long?

'Yes, she.....................'

3 He.......................(be) colour-blind

......................he was born.

4 l ...................... (take) this bus every day ...................... six months.

5 We ......................  (not see) our cousins
....................... ages.

VOCABULARY AND LISTENING Sensations and experiences

11 🔊1.22 Listen to a radio programme about people's experiences at birthday parties. Match Grace's and James's experiences 1-10 to adjectives a-j.

Grace:

1 the birthday party ........................               a. delicious

2 the place........................                              b. disgusting

3 the girls looked ........................                   c. wonderful

4 the food ........................                              d. exhausted

5 the cupcakes ........................                       e. amazing

James:

6 the birthday party ........................              f. awful

7 waiting in a queue ........................             g. nice

8 the rides weren’t ........................                h. terrifying

9 the cinema tickets........................               i. furious

10 the popcorn ........................                     j. miserable

LANGUAGE FOCUS Present perfect: questions; Present perfect and past simple

12 Complete the dialogues with the present perfect or past simple form of the verbs in brackets.

Ruth: Have you ever broken (you / ever / break) something really expensive?

Oscar: Yes, I .................... It ................... (be) three or four years ago. I

Alex: ................... (you / ever / meet) a celebrity?

Sara: No, I ..................., but my uncle

Alex: ................... (he / see) her since she

Sara: No, he .................... .

SPEAKING Planning free time

13 Choose the correct words. Then practise with your partner.

Zach: Hey, Dan. Have you seen this horror film, Zombies Attack?

Dan: I’ve never seen a horror film.

Zach: You’ve never seen a horror film? Seriously? I think you ’ll / are / have enjoy this. I’ve hear / hearing / heard it’s good.

Dan: It doesn’t sound much

Zach: OK. What do you want / fancy / try eating?

Dan: Why not try / want / fancy something different? What about some Indian food?

Zach: Can’t / Will / Are we have pizza? I’ve never had Indian food.

Dan: Really? It’s delicious.

WRITING A competition entry

14 Read the advert and complete the text with the words.

WIN £500

Tell us about a place where you like to spend time. Write about the sights, smells and feelings you can experience there. Encourage others to visit this place. The winner will receive £500 and their entry will be published in VISIT Britain magazine.

St Nicholas Market

My favourite place in Bristol is St Nicholas Market. It’s

If you ever come to Bristol, don’t forget