A conversation to begin
A: I’m delighted that our biography display is ready.
B: So am I. The timeline is much clearer now.
A: It was a pleasure working with you.
B: Likewise. Checking the dates together really helped.
Tiếng Anh 12
Tiếng AnhLớp 12Phần 1. Unit 1: Life stories we admire
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
Past simple carries completed events in a life story; past continuous gives an action in progress or background: While the team was testing the design, the director called. Two simultaneous background actions may both be continuous. When and while do not determine the tense automatically; choose the meaning. Keep historical dates sourced and distinguish achievement from personal evaluation.
Topic preview: I would like to compare General Võ Nguyên Giáp and Võ Thị Sáu using the verified historical notes, rather than invent conversations between them. Giáp was born in Quảng Bình in 1911 and died in Hà Nội in 2013. His military leadership is associated with the victory at Điện Biên Phủ in 1954. Võ Thị Sáu was born in 1933 in Bà Rịa Province and died at Côn Đảo in 1952. Their lives differ greatly in length and role, but both are remembered in the history of resistance to French colonial rule. I admire courage and commitment; that is my evaluation, not another date to add to the timeline. A responsible comparison should explain each person’s contribution without assuming that every detail of a dramatic retelling is documented. It should also recognise the wider people and circumstances behind a historical event.
Follow-up: How would you make the presentation vivid without inventing dialogue?
Response: Use a clear timeline, an attributed source and my own explanation of why a verified event matters.
Khái niệm chính
- Diphthongs /eɪ/ and /əʊ/
- Age /eɪdʒ/, brave /breɪv/, wrote /roʊt/, hero /ˈhɪroʊ/. The printed /əʊ/ is commonly /oʊ/ in American English; both are valid. Glide within one syllable rather than pronounce two separate vowels. Read: The brave hero wrote a page about hope. en-US narration must not be graded against a uniquely British starting vowel.
- Grammar
- Past simple carries completed events in a life story; past continuous gives an action in progress or background: While the team was testing the design, the director called. Two simultaneous background actions may both be continuous. When and while do not determine the tense automatically; choose the meaning. Keep historical dates sourced and distinguish achievement from personal evaluation.
Từ vựng
achievement
thành tựu
biography
tiểu sử
determination
sự quyết tâm
career
sự nghiệp
admire
ngưỡng mộ
collaboration
sự cộng tác
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
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Đọc ngữ liệu
A: I’m delighted that our biography display is ready.
B: So am I. The timeline is much clearer now.
A: It was a pleasure working with you.
B: Likewise. Checking the dates together really helped.- 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
The company ___ in 1976.
- Câu 3Mức 1Trắc nghiệm 1 đáp án
While the team ___ the film, the producer called.
- Câu 4Mức 2Trắc nghiệm 1 đáp án
At nine that evening, the artist ___ sketches.
- Câu 5Mức 2Tự luận
State the purpose and audience of this short everyday conversation on “Life stories we admire”. Support your answer with one detail.
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0/10 ảnhCó thể chụp nhiều trang. Ảnh được lưu cùng bài làm và giáo viên sẽ chấm trên ảnh.
- Câu 6Mức 2Tự luận
Explain how the opening introduces the topic. Identify the actual opening sentence.
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0/10 ảnhCó thể chụp nhiều trang. Ảnh được lưu cùng bài làm và giáo viên sẽ chấm trên ảnh.
- 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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0/10 ảnhCó thể chụp nhiều trang. Ảnh được lưu cùng bài làm và giáo viên sẽ chấm trên ảnh.
- 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.
0 từ
0/10 ảnhCó thể chụp nhiều trang. Ảnh được lưu cùng bài làm và giáo viên sẽ chấm trên ảnh.