Tiếng Anh 12
Tiếng AnhLớp 12Phần 1. Unit 1: Life stories we admire

Looking back

Mục tiêu bài học

  • Retrieve the unit language and use it in a new, connected product.

Bài giảng

Retrieve and connect

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.

Transfer to communication

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.

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

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.

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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  1. Đọc ngữ liệu

    Writing model for the final two review tasks
    Walt Disney was an American film producer whose work helped expand animation and family entertainment. He was born in Chicago on 5 December 1901 and became interested in drawing as a child. In 1923, he moved to Hollywood and developed a production business with his brother Roy. Mickey Mouse appeared in 1928, and Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs premiered in 1937. Disney later extended his work beyond cinema: Disneyland opened in 1955. He died on 15 December 1966, before Walt Disney World opened in 1971. His career is often associated with imagination and persistence, but it also depended on many artists and technicians. A balanced biography should recognise both his leadership and that collaboration. Source: https://d23.com/about-walt-disney/.

  2. Câu 1Mức 1Trắc nghiệm 1 đáp án

    The company ___ in 1976.

  3. Câu 2Mức 1Trắc nghiệm 1 đáp án

    While the team ___ the film, the producer called.

  4. Câu 3Mức 2Trắc nghiệm 1 đáp án

    At nine that evening, the artist ___ sketches.

  5. Câu 4Mức 2Trắc nghiệm 1 đáp án

    She finished school and ___ a studio.

  6. Câu 5Mức 2Trắc nghiệm 1 đáp án

    While Lan was reading, Nam ___ notes.

  7. Câu 6Mức 2Trắc nghiệm 1 đáp án

    The phone ___ while he was speaking.

  8. Câu 7Mức 2Trắc nghiệm 1 đáp án

    Choose the completed-event sentence.

  9. Câu 8Mức 2Trắc nghiệm 1 đáp án

    They ___ when the lights went out.

  10. Câu 9Mức 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.

  11. Câu 10Mức 3Tự luận

    Read the practice below aloud twice: first slowly, then at a natural pace. Explain the unit’s sound/stress focus and demonstrate it.

    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.

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    Có thể chụp nhiều trang. Ảnh được lưu cùng bài làm và giáo viên sẽ chấm trên ảnh.

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    Ảnh bài làm

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  12. Câu 11Mức 3Tự luận

    Write a short final paragraph or spoken conclusion that preserves the model’s message. Use details already supplied, not invented results.

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    Có thể chụp nhiều trang. Ảnh được lưu cùng bài làm và giáo viên sẽ chấm trên ảnh.

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  13. Câu 12Mức 4Tự luận

    Produce your complete sourced biography synthesised from notes on “Life stories we admire”. Keep the stated audience and genre. Supply specific details and relevant conditions; proposals or example data must be labelled.

    0 từ

    0/10 ảnh

    Có thể chụp nhiều trang. Ảnh được lưu cùng bài làm và giáo viên sẽ chấm trên ảnh.

    Vẽ bài làm

    Ảnh bài làm

    Cuộn chuột hoặc chụm hai ngón để phóng to · kéo để di chuyển · phím R để xoay