A conversation to begin
A: Will the new system remove every delay?
B: I’m not sure. It may help, but traffic can still change.
A: Are you certain printed maps will remain?
B: Yes. The plan explicitly includes them.
Tiếng Anh 11
Tiếng AnhLớp 11Phần 3. Unit 3: Cities of the future
Getting Started
Mục tiêu bài học
- Follow the opening exchange, identify speaker intentions and connect the unit topic with useful language.
Bài giảng
Meaning before form
Stative verbs normally use simple forms for states: I know the route. Some verbs use continuous forms for an active or temporary meaning: I am thinking about the plan (considering), versus I think it is useful (opinion). A linking verb connects a subject to a description: The square looks attractive; the air feels fresh. Use an adjective, not an adverb, after a linking verb when describing the subject.
Topic preview: Our ideal district has shaded paths, reliable buses and accessible public information. I am certain that people need safe routes to school. I am less certain that a new app alone will improve travel. For example, a large arrival display may help one passenger, while another needs a printed map or a staffed help point. What happens if the connection fails? A basic timetable should still be available. Who can help someone who cannot read the display? These questions should shape the design before money is spent on more devices. We also need to know what a traffic sensor records and when those records are deleted. My proposal is a small pilot reviewed with residents, not a claim that all delays will disappear. A smart district should make public services useful to different people.
Follow-up: Why keep paper maps?
Response: They provide another access route when a device, connection or user interface is unsuitable.
Khái niệm chính
- Linking final consonants to initial vowels
- Turn off /tɜrn‿ɔf/; an office /ən‿ɔfɪs/; clean air /kliːn‿er/. Link the final consonant smoothly to the following vowel without inserting another vowel. Read: An efficient city needs clean air and open spaces. Do not add an /r/ where neither word has one in the narrated American model.
- Grammar
- Stative verbs normally use simple forms for states: I know the route. Some verbs use continuous forms for an active or temporary meaning: I am thinking about the plan (considering), versus I think it is useful (opinion). A linking verb connects a subject to a description: The square looks attractive; the air feels fresh. Use an adjective, not an adverb, after a linking verb when describing the subject.
Từ vựng
livable
đáng sống
infrastructure
cơ sở hạ tầng
sensor
cảm biến
privacy
sự riêng tư
pedestrian
người đi bộ
efficient
hiệu quả
Ghi nhớ
Follow the opening exchange, identify speaker intentions and connect the unit topic with useful language.
Dễ nhầm
- Do not turn an illustrative example into a claimed observation.
- Keep legitimate accent and wording variants when they preserve meaning.
Bài tập
Đã đúng 0/4 câu
- Câu 1Mức 1Ghép nối
Match each topic expression with its meaning in this unit.
Chạm một ý bên trái rồi chạm ý tương ứng bên phải để ghép cặp.
- Câu 2Mức 1Trắc nghiệm 1 đáp án
I ___ the new bus route is useful. (opinion)
- Câu 3Mức 1Trắc nghiệm 1 đáp án
Please wait; I ___ about your suggestion. (considering)
- Câu 4Mức 2Trắc nghiệm 1 đáp án
The new park looks ___.
Đọc ngữ liệu
Conversation for the following model-analysis tasks
A: Will the new system remove every delay?
B: I’m not sure. It may help, but traffic can still change.
A: Are you certain printed maps will remain?
B: Yes. The plan explicitly includes them.- Câu 5Mức 2Tự luận
State the purpose and audience of this short everyday conversation on “Cities of the future”. Support your answer with one detail.
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- Câu 6Mức 2Tự luận
Explain how the opening introduces the topic. Identify the actual opening sentence.
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- Câu 7Mức 2Tự luận
Select two useful details from the model and explain why including them is better than saying only that the topic is important.
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- Câu 8Mức 3Tự luận
Write a three-sentence summary using only information in the model. Keep any condition or limit that is essential to its meaning.
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0/10 ảnhCó thể chụp nhiều trang. Ảnh được lưu cùng bài làm và giáo viên sẽ chấm trên ảnh.