UNIT 1:

ALL WORK AND NO PLAY

What are the people doing in each photo?
Andrew: I love to sit on my steps with a cup of
coffee and watch the world go by. It's so relaxing at
the end of a long day or after doing chores. I watch
the neighborhood children play and it helps me
unwind and forget my worries.
1. Relax: nghỉ ngơi, thư giãn
2. Unwind: nghỉ ngơi, thư
giãn
3. Relaxing: sảng khoái
4. Chores: việc nhà
5. neighborhood: khu phố, khu
dân cư
1. Get together: tập trung
2. Instruments: nhạc cụ
3. Together: Cùng nhau
Charlotte: Playing the guitar is always
reLaxing for me. Most days I sit down and
play a little after work. I also get together
with friends who play instruments a few
times a week. We play together and chat
about things.
1. Slush
2. Add
3. Flavor
4. It is an excuse for sb. to V
5. Socialize
6. It is a great way to V
7. Take it easy = relax = unwind
Nathan: After work on Friday evenings, a lot of
people get together to make "slushies" from the
cleanest snow on earth. We put fresh snow in a glass
and add our favorite drink flavors to the snow The
slushies are great but really it's just an excuse for
people to socialize and discuss the week. It's a great
way to take it easy and socialize at the same time.
- Who relaxes alone?
- Who gets together with
other people?
unwind have a long / hard day get together
(with friends) be by yourself take it easy
forget your worries do chores get away
(for a while) socialize work hard

Which relate more to Which relate more to

work? leisure?
 VOCABULARY

WORK LEISURE
• Have a long, hard day • Unwind
• Do chores • Get together
• Work hard • Be by (yourself)
• Take it easy
• Forget your worries
• Get away
• Socialize
Work in group. Answer the questions.
1. How do you unwind after a hard day?
2. Is it usually easy for you to forget your worries?
3. Do you like to get away for a while?
4. Do you enjoy being by yourself?
We are cooking
We are NOT cooking
 am/is/ are
SO do/ does
Neither
Did S
have
 am/is/ are
do/ does
S Did too
have
 am/is/ are NOT
do/ does NOT
S Did NOT either
have NOT
Complete the conversations with the form of “do”,
“be”, or “have”.

1. A: _Do_ you like to ski 3. A: ________you

Did go out

a lot? last night?

B: Yes, I _______.
do B: No, I _______.
didn’t
A: So, _____I. A: I _______.
did I had a good
do
2. A: What _____ time.
are you
doing? 4. A: Have
_______you been to

B: I ______relaxing.
am I Scotland?

had a hard day. haven’t

B: No, I _________.

A: So _________I! A: Neither __________

have I,
did
but I’d like to go.
C(2)
Have you ever been to Florida?
No, I haven’t. Have you?
Yes, I have. I went last year.
4 (2): LISTENING
1. Conference: hội nghị
2. Recognise: nhận ra
3. Presentations: bài
thuyết trình
4. Treadmill: cối xay
guồng
4 (2): LISTENING
1. Conference: hội nghị
2. Recognise: nhận ra
3. Presentations: bài
thuyết trình
4. Treadmill: cối xay
guồng
 My name is Nathan Tift. I
worked as a meteorologist at
Amundsen-Scott South Pole
Station in Antarctica from
October 2000 until November
2001. That's right. A whole year
at the South Pole!
1.7 Reading
a. What do you do for fun there?
b. What time zone are you in?
c. What’s your job there?
d. Do you mind the nonstop sunlight or
darkness?
e. What are your living conditions like?
f. How long are you going to be there?
g. How many people live and work there?
1. What is your job there?

2. Keep an eye on
3. Observation
4. Record

1. Meteorologist
2. What time zone are you in?
2. Have no idea
3. Several
4. Go through
5. Real
Time zone
3. How many people live and work
there?

1. Flight
2. Fixed
4. What are your living
conditions like?

1. feet (foot) = 0, 3048 m

2. loft: gác xép
5. Do you mind nonstop sunlight or
darkness?

1. It seems normal to
2. I’m up = get up
3. Night shift
4. Seem to V
6. What do you do there for fun?
1. Volley bag:
Volley bag is an adapted form of volleyball, invented at the
South Pole because gyms are too small for the conventional
game. It is played with a kind of cushion instead of a ball.

2. A wide variety of experience

3. Volunteer to
4. Wide range of
5. Musical skill

6. What do you do there for fun?

1. Nathan checks the weather regularly for his
job. ……….
T
2. He always know which time zone he is in.
…………….F
F
3. The population in winter changes a lot. …….
4. He lives, works, and eats in the same building.
…………….T
5. He is a very good cook ……………. NI
6. People only do indoor activities at the South
Pole. …………….F
7. He watches a lot of foreign films …………NI
1.Delicious
2.Do the dishes
3.Opposite
4.Can’t stand
5.Mind
6.Iron (ironing)
7.Garbage
8.Take out
1-d. Wash the windows or the car 2-E. Do the laundry

3-B. Take out the garbage

4-F. Mop/ sweep
the floor 5-A. Pay bills 6-G. Iron clothes

7-C. Vacuum the rug or the carpet

 Gerund: V+ ing
a. Subject: Working is my hobby
b. Used after:
- Verbs: Like, love, hate, enjoy, dislike,
can’t stand, mind, fancy, deny, admit,
risk,…
- Prepositions: be interested in; be keen
on, be good/bad at; be fond of …
 Verb + Infinitive
a. It is Adj. +TO + V
b. Used after:
- Verbs: want, plan, need, would like, hope,
decide, agree, refuse, threaten, learn,
seem, need
- Adjectives: happy/pleased / sorry
 Exercise b- 6
1. Alan enjoy ……………..
washing the car
2. Do you mind ……………… doing the chores?
3. We hope to …………….
finish (finish) our work this
afternoon
4. Kyoko doesn’t like ………………….. taking out the
garbage.
5. It is a nice day, so they want …………. the windows.
to wash
6. What are they planning ………………… tomorrow?
to do
7. The children love ………………………. In the park
playing
8. Would you like ……………………. Out for dinner
tonight. to go
 Exercise c- 6
1. I enjoy
2. I don’t mind
3. I can’t stand
4. I love
5. Next weekend, I plan
6. Someday, I’d like
7. Next year, I want
8. After class, I need
1. Wake up
2. Shut up
3. Listen up
4. Throw up

1. Mix up
2. Goof up
3. Hurry up
4. Look up
Going to birthday

Cleaning the car

Swimming
 Positive Negative

1
2
3
 Possitive
- play a lot, games ( that mom and dad don’t
know how to play), play soccer
- summer vacation, playing sports , getting
lots of presents, playing with friends every
weekend, don’t have to pay tax
- don’t have to work as a kid, my parents
give me money for allowance, see my
friends at school, recess
 Negative
1. school, doing chores, cleaning my room
2. chores, doing dishes, can’t watch TV
(when my dad wants to watch a program
that I can’t watch), doing homework.
3. having to go to bed so early, finishing all
the food on my plate, older people telling
me what to do.
 1 2 3
sports and games
friends
homework & school
chores
adults & work
birthdays & presents
food
paying for things
1.Why are you studying English?
2.What areas are the most difficult for you?
Which are the easiest?
1.What do you enjoy about learning English?
2.What do you want to improve in English?
1. Grammar: Make notes with helpful
information
2. Vocabulary: Review a lot
3. Speaking: Practice
4. Listening: Don’t worry if you don’t
understand every word
5. Reading: Think about the topic
before you start
6. Writing: Make notes before you start
Exercise b – 2
1. Do you like to ski a lot?
- Yes, I ……………… do ( So ………….. do I)
2. What …….
are you doing ?
- I …..
am relaxing. I had a hard day. So ……did I
3. ………….
did you go out last night?
didn’t I ………
- No, I ………. did I had a good time
4. ………….
Have you ever been to Scotland?
No, I ……….
have Neither have
…….. I, but I’d like to go