EVERYDAY ENGLISH FROM AUSTRALIA Series 2 TING ANH THNG DNG AUSTRALIA Lot 2

Bi 12: talking about routines (Ni v hnh ng thng xy ra)

Part 1 - THE DIALOGUE (i thoi) Ch Mai Linh s k cho cc bn nghe v mt ngy Ch nht c bit ca ch y khi cn H ni.

Dialogue 1: MAI LINH: Sunday is always a special day for me. I usually wake up at about seven-thirty, and listen to the radio in bed for a while. I never do that during the week! Then I have breakfast and do the shopping. We plan a special meal on Sundays. My children really enjoy that, because I don't have time to cook a proper meal for them during the week. I always clean the house and do the washing when we get home. Then, about 11:30, I start preparing the lunch. In the afternoon we sometimes visit friends. In the evening I watch TV, and I usually go to bed at 11 o'clock.

Part 2 - VOCABULARY (t vng) a garden [ 'gadn ] a market [ 'makt ] a radio [ 'reIdio ] tennis [ 'tns ] a weekend [ wik'nd ] cui tun qun vt my pht thanh, rai ch vn

always [ 'lweIz ] often [ 'fn ] sometimes [ 'smtaImz ] special [ 'spel ] ever [ 'v ] never [ 'nv ] to be tired [ bi 'taId ] to visit [ 'vizt ] to wake up [ weIk 'p ]

lun lun

thng thng

thnh thong

c bit

mi mi

khng bao gi, khng khi no

mt mi

thm ving

thc dy

Part 3 - LESSON: talking about routines (ni v hnh ng thng xy ra) Khi ni v cc hnh ng thng xuyn xy ra chng ta dng trng t nng din. Sau y l cc trng t c sp xp theo th t, t mc thng xuyn nht cho ti khng bao gi: always usually (normally) (regularly) often (frequently) sometimes never

Cc trng t ny c t ngay trc ng t trong cu. Th d: I usually go to bed at 11 o'clock. We often visit relatives on the weekend. Ti thng i ng lc 11 gi. Chng ti hay i thm h hng vo ngy ngh cui tun.

ng t nng din c t sau ng t 'to be'. Th d: I am always happy on the weekend. He is often tired at night. Ti lun lun cm thy sung sng vo k ngh cui tun. Anh y hay mt mi vo ban m.

Part 4 - PRONUNCIATION (cch pht m) phn bit cc m /u/ nh trong t 'food' [ 'fud ] v m // nh trong t 'foot ' [ 'ft ], cc bn cn phi luyn nghe v ni. Cc bn hy luyn hai cu sau. Usually I use a ruler. [ 'ju (u)lijaIjuzrul ] Could I have some fruit juice? [ kdaI hv sm frut 'us ] Cc bn luyn hai cu sau y. Khi ni cc bn nn thn trng v hai cu ny kh hn. I'd choose a good cookery book, full of beautiful pictures. [ aid tuze gd kkri_bk flv bjutfl piktz ] He could look at the book, and it would give him good ideas. [ hi kd lkt bk nd It wd gI v him gdaIdIz ] Anh ta c th xem cun sch v c th rt ra nhng kin hay (v nu n). Ti s chn mt cun sch dy nu n hay c tht nhiu hnh p. Cho ti xin nc tri cy nh? Ti thng dng thc k.

Part 5 - PRACTICE (luyn tp) Cc bn nhn vo bn tng kt di y v cuc thm d kin ca 20 ngi v nhng hot ng gii tr trong ngy ngh cui tun ca h: always watch TV ride bike eat out play sport visit friends TOTAL 5 3 5 4 5 22 usually 5 4 5 5 5 24 often 5 2 3 3 5 18 sometimes 4 8 3 5 3 23 never 1 3 4 3 2 13

By gi cc bn hy ni v kt qu ca cuc thm d kin, v s dng cc trng t nng din. Th d: Only one person never watches TV on a weekend.

Part 6 THE SERIAL (chuyn c tng k) Episode 12: I usually tell Judy my plans, but this time I decided not to. But I did tell Mandy. 'I'm going to phone Hong Kong,' I told her. When I arrived at the hotel, Dave was waiting to see me. 'A funny thing happened last night,' he said. 'Cotton's assistant came back.' 'The man who says he's Cotton's assistant,' I corrected him. 'What did he want this time?' 'He brought this again,' said Dave, taking the small numbered-disk from his pocket. He wanted to know if I had the key to the safe.' And' I prompted. 'Well the key was there, so I opened the safe, and there was nothing in it. Strange, eh? You don't know anything about a package do you, Joe?' 'Not a thing,' I said innocently. I couldn't tell Dave about the briefcase under my bed, now could I? On the way home I went to the Post Office to phone Hong Kong. I didn't want anyone at the hotel to know about the call, and I didn't want Judy to know either. I took Cotton's card from my pocket and dialled the number. I don't often make overseas phone calls, and I was quite nervous. But the voice which answered was very clear. It was Diana Cotton. I introduced myself and then I said, 'I'd like to speak to your father, please.' 'I'm afraid he's not here,' Diana Cotton replied. 'He's at the Royal Hotel in Melbourne until next week.' 'But I work at the hotel, Miss Cotton,' I said. 'He isn't here. The university doesn't know where he is either.' Diana was surprised and upset. 'My father always tells me his plans,' she said. 'Something is wrong. He's in danger.' I agreed, so I told Diana about the briefcase, and about the small, red-faced man who was looking for it. I told her everything except where the briefcase was.

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