Unit 3: Adventure | Tiếng Anh 8 (Friends Plus) - Lớp 8 - Giáo Dục Việt Nam

3 VOCABULARY • Natural features

I can express my preferences about places and activities.

Languge focus reference p101

 THINK! Can you name two natural features that Việt Nam is famous for? Which ones have you visited?

1 Complete the table with the words in blue in the quiz. Then compare your answers with a partner’s.

2 🔊 1.23 Do the quiz with a partner. Then listen and check your answers.

WORLD OF ADVENTURE

WE’VE FOUND SOME OF THE BEST PLACES IN THE
WORLD FOR ADVENTURES. DO OUR COMPETITION QUIZ FOR A CHANCE TO WIN THE ADVENTURE OF A LIFETIME!

3 🔊 1.24 Watch or listen to Max, Alicia and Elizabeth talking about places and activities. What place would each person like to visit?

4 USE IT! Work in pairs. Ask and answer questions 1–4 using the key phrases.

23 March, 3.29 p.m.

Follow the dream

Hey! Do you dream of exotic places? Of trips to distant deserts and mountains? Do you dream of adventure? Well, Liz Clark has been living that dream, and I’ve been following her inspirational blog.

After finishing university, Liz learned to sail as one of her old professors offered to lend her his yacht for as long as she wanted it.

In October 2005, she set off on her journey. Liz found it hard to leave behind her friends and family, but she's been travelling to many fascinating places for over fifteen years. Among other countries, she has stopped off in Mexico, Costa Rica, Panama and the Galapagos Islands.

When she stops somewhere, she surfs, does yoga and writes her blog. Adverts on Liz’s blog have been paying for her trip. There are beautiful beaches, crystal clear water and perfect surf in her photos.

But life on the ocean can also be difficult. ‘It feels so great to inspire others to live their dreams,’ says Liz, ‘I’ve worked hard and it hasn’t always been easy or fun.’

She also gets very lonely, but she keeps going. She’s looking for some company on the boat to stay with her as she carries on her journey around the world. Liz, I think I’ll join you! Does anyone else want some adventure?

1 Read the blog post and answer the questions to identify the purpose of the text.

1. Who is writing? Why?

2. Who is the author writing for?

3. What question does she want her readers to answer?

2🔊 1.25 Read and listen to the text again and answer the questions.

1. How long has Liz Clark been travelling?

2. How did she get her yacht?

3. What does Liz do when she stops somewhere?

4. How does Liz pay for her trip?

5. Why does Rachel offer to join Liz on her journey?

3 VOCABULARY PLUS

Use a dictionary to check the meaning of the phrases in blue in the text.

4 USE IT! Work in pairs. Think of three advantages and three disadvantages of going on a trip on your own.

1 Study the examples of the present perfect simple and continuous from the blog on page 32. Then complete rules 1–3.

Present perfect simple

She has stopped off in Mexico ...

‘I’ve worked hard.’

‘It hasn’t been always easy or fun.’

Present perfect continuous

Liz Clark has been living that dream ...

I’ve been following her inspirational blog ...

Adverts on Liz’s blog have been paying for her trip.

2 🔊 1.26 PRONUNCIATION: /ə/ and /æ/
Listen to the examples. How do we pronounce have and has when they are in their weak forms?

Have (/ə/) you been travelling?

Yes, I have (/æ/).

Has (/ə/) it been fun?

Yes, it has (/æ/), but it hasn’t (/æ/) been easy, and the weather has (/ə/) been terrible.

3 Read the text and choose the correct form of the verbs.

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

1 I ..................... (swim) in the Atlantic.

I remember it clearly. 

2 They ..................... (run) for hours, so they're feeling tired.

3 We .....................  (visit) Argentina a couple of times.

4 .....................  (you/sit) in the sun for long? Your face is very red.

5 USE IT! Work in pairs. Ask and answer questions using the present perfect continuous, the words in the box and the ideas below.

... English recently?       What music... to recently?

... in this town for long? How ... lately?

What... all day?               How long... this book?

Have you been speaking a lot of English recently?

Yes, I have. I've been talking to my pen pal online.

Sophie

21 ikes Sophie Hey George, how are you? We're still on our trip in Kenya and   it's been/it's been being fantastic. I've been sitting/I've sat in a jeep for the last three hours and the animals don't seem shy. I haven't been using / I haven't used binoculars because they come very close. Look at this photo which I've been taking/I've taken from the jeep. This is such a great experience - we've had / we've been having a great time. I don't want it to end!

YOUR TOP FIVE

EXTREME

ADVENTURES

Take a look at these amazing achievements and choose 'like' on your favourite to vote.

1🔊 1.27 Look at pictures A-D below. Match the prepositions in the box with the actions. Say what each person is doing. Then listen and check.

walk through        ......................

.........................         ......................

......................        ......................

......................        ......................

He's walking through the forest.

2 Read Your Top Five Extreme Adventures and check the meaning of the sports verbs in blue. Then choose the correct prepositions.

3🔊1.28 Listen to a TV programme about the achievements in exercise 2. Put the sports that are mentioned in the correct order.

Sail around/ on the world alone at the age of fourteen. (Laura Dekker) ♡

Climb

Dive over/off a 27-metre-high cliff into a lake. (Gary Hunt)♡

Surf .../off a thirty-metre wave. (Garrett McNamara)♡

Cycle down/ under a mountain at 222 kilometres per hour. (Éric Barone)♡

4 🔊1.28 Listen again and answer the questions.

1 What did Éric Barone cycle over?

2 How old was Laura Dekker when she finished sailing around the world?

3 Has anyone younger beaten her record?

4 Where were the teenage Everest climbers from?

5 According to the presenter, which person has the most votes?

5 Read the Study Strategy. Close your book and make a note of three things you learned from the TV programme. Compare your answers with a partner's.

6 USE IT! Work with a partner. Ask and answer questions about adventure activities. Use the ideas below.

Do you like the look of...? Have you ever tried...?

Would you like to try...?   What do you think of ...?

Present perfect simple + just

1 Study these sentences from exercise 3 on page 34. Then answer the questions.

We've just seen the videos about them. I've just finished a sailing trip.

1 Do we use the present perfect with just to talk about recent events or events a long time ago?

2 What's the position of just in an affirmative present perfect sentence?

2 Complete the sentences with just and the present perfect simple form of the verbs in brackets. Then write the question form.

I've just done my first parachute jump. (do)

Have you just done your first parachute jump?

1 I ............................ something funny. (see)  

2 Sam ............................ into the lake. (dive)

3 We ............................ past my friend's house (drive)

4 He ............................ the world record again. (break)

3 Explain the situations with your own words.
Use the correct present perfect simple form with because and just.

My left ski is broken...

My left ski is broken because I've just had an accident.

1 The team are celebrating. ....................................

.............................................................................................

2 I haven't got any money now..............................

.............................................................................................

3 My room is tidy.........................................................

............................................................................................

4 He looks frightened................................................

............................................................................................

Present perfect simple + still, yet and already

4 Study sentences 1-3. Then match them with rules A-C.

1 Have you decided yet?

2 I still haven't decided.

3 He's already decided.

 
5 Complete the rules with still, yet or already.

6 Order the words to make sentences.

1 my friends and I/our next adventure/decided on / already/ have

2 I've / a surfboard/ already / borrowed

3 still/transport / organised/haven't/we

4 we/bought/yet/any food/haven't

7 Read Nam's wish list. Write sentences about what he has and hasn't done. Use still, yet and already.

8 USE IT! Think about what you have and haven't done today, this year and in your life. Write sentences about each time period with the present perfect and still, yet or already.

I've already had two classes today.

I still haven't been swimming this year.

I haven't been abroad yet.

Daisy Oh, hey, Neil!

Neil Oh, hi, Daisy. I haven't seen you for ages.

Daisy I know. I've been ........................

Neil Really? What have you been up to? Daisy I've just got back from an .......................... in Zambia.

Neil Wow! Was it good?

Daisy It was amazing! I've done a lot over the last few weeks. I went ........................
on the Zambezi River and I saw the Victoria Falls.

Neil That sounds great. Did you take many

Daisy Yes, I've already posted .........................!

What about you? Have you been doing anything special?

Neil Not really. I've been studying ........................We've got exams all week.

Daisy Oh. Good luck with that.

Neil Thanks. Bye, Daisy. It was good to see you again.

1🔊1.29 Complete the dialogue with the phrases in the box. Then watch or listen and check. Where has Daisy just been? What has Neil got all week?

2🔊1.29 Study the Key Phrases. Cover the dialogue and try to remember who says the phrases, Daisy (D) or Neil (N). Watch or listen again and check.

3 Work in pairs. Practise the dialogue.

4 Work in pairs. Match the phrases. Then ask and answer the two questions with your partner.

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

1 Look at the photo. Then check the meaning of the words in blue in the Football FAQs and read the text. Do you pass or throw the ball when you play football? Do you think it's a difficult sport? Would you like to do it? Why / Why not?

2 Which paragraph in the Football FAQs tells
readers ...?

1 the ideal location to do this sport

2 what they need to practise the sport

3 where the sport began

4 how to play football

5 a team sport for a variety of fitness levels

Language point: Relative clauses

3 Match the words in blue in the Football FAQs with the words in the box.

4 Complete sentences 1-5 with who, which or where.

1 That's the shop ..................... I bought my board.

2 Mike's the friend ..................... lent me his life jacket.

3 Equipment ..................... is expensive isn't always the best.

4 I watched a video ..................... showed the
best techniques.

5 I don't know anybody ..................... has tried it.

Football FAQs

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