EVERYDAY ENGLISH FROM AUSTRALIA Series 1

TING ANH THNG DNG AUSTRALIA Lot 1

Bi 5: describing things (m t vt)


Part 1 - THE DIALOGUE (i thoi)

Lawrie Bruce mun tm hiu kin ca ngi mua hng v mt siu th mi c khnh
thnh. Anh phng vn ba ngi mua hng.

Dialogue 1:

LAWRIE: What's the new supermarket like?
SHOPPER 1: Big.
SHOPPER 2: It's good.
SHOPPER 3: Marvellous. It's cheap. It's very cheap.

Cng cu hi y, Lawrie phng vn thm ba khch hng na

Dialogue 2:

LAWRIE: What's the new supermarket like?
SHOPPER 4: It's large.
SHOPPER 5: Spacious.
SHOPPER 6: It's very modern.

Sau Lawrie ni chuyn vi ng Gim c siu th. Trong bi hc qua i, bi hi thoi
c chia thnh tng phn nh.

Dialogue 3:

LAWRIE: Alan*, tell me more about the new supermarket.
(*Alan l tn gi ca ng Gim c. y l cch gi thn mt.)
MANAGER: Well, it's bigger than the old one, of course. It's 3,000 square metres.


LAWRIE: What about the old one?
MANAGER: Oh, it was about 1,500 square metres. This one's twice as big.
LAWRIE: Is it cheaper than the old one?
MANAGER: Oh, yes, it's cheaper and better. And it's more modernand more
convenient than the old one.


Part 2 - VOCABULARY (t vng)

Supermarket
[ 'su'pma:kt ]
Siu th
Convenient
[ kn'vi:ni:nt ]
Thun tin, tin li
Good-looking
[ gud'luki ]
p, p trai
Marvellous
[ 'ma:vls ]
K diu, tuyt diu
Spacious
[ 'speis ]
Rng ln, rng ri
He's dark and slim
[ hi:z da:k_n 'slim ]
Anh y c b tc mu en v dng
ngi mnh khnh.
It's better/bigger than the old one
[ its 'bet/ 'big n i:_'uld wn ]
N tt hn/to hn ci c.
It's more modern than the old one
[ its 'm: 'mdn n i:_'uld wn ]
N hin i hn ci c.
It's twice as big
[ its 'twais_z 'big ]
N ln gp i.
It's 3,000 square metres
[ its 'ri: 'auznd 'skw 'mi:tz ]
Siu th c tng din tch 3.000 mt
vung.


She's got fair hair and blue eyes
[ i:z gt 'f 'hr_n 'blu:_'aiz ]
Ch y c b tc vng hoe v i mt
xanh.
Tell me more about it
[ 'tel mi: m:r_baut t ]
Hy k cho ti nghe thm v
What's it/he/she like?
[ wts_t(h)i:/i: 'laik ]
Ci/anh/ch y nh th no?
What about the old one?
[ 'wt_baut i_uld wn ]
Th cn siu th c th sao?
What does he/she look like?
[ 'wt_dz (h)i:/i: 'luk laik ]
Anh/ch y trng nh th no?

Part 3 - LESSON (bi hc)

1. Describing things (m t vt)

Khi ngh ai m t vt g, chng ta dng t like. Cu tr li thng l : It's + adjective
(tnh t ); hoc ch c adjective.

Examples:

What's it (the new supermarket) like? It's big.
Big.

Bn cng c th dng mu cu sau:

Tell me about the new supermarket. It's big.
Big.


2. Describing people (m t ngi)

C hai cch hi vi t like.

What's Lawrie like?



Khi hi cu ny, thng ngi hi mun bit v bn cht con ngi c hi; th nhng i
khi n cng c dng hi v hnh dng ca ngi c hi.

What does Lawrie LOOK like?

Mu cu ny ch dng hi v hnh dng ca ngi c hi - tc l hnh dng, din mo
ca Lawrie.
Ch : cc ng t c th dng thay th trong mu cu ny:

What does it SOUND like? ['saund laik ]
What does it FEEL like? ['fi:l laik ]
What does it TASTE like? ['teist laik ]


3. Comparing (so snh)

It's bigger than the old one.
It's cheaper than the old one.
It's more modern than the old one.
It's more convenient than the old one
It's better* than the old one.

*Better, tnh t so snh hn ca tnh t good. Cp tuyt i l best.

It's twice AS big AS the old one.
It's three time AS big AS the old one.

Nhng v d trn ch ni v so snh. Nu cc bn mun bit chi tit hn, ngh xem sch
ng php ting Anh.
Ch : The old one.
T one y c ngha ch siu th c. Trong ting Anh, t one c dng nh mt i t thay
th cho mt danh t, khi danh t c nhc ti ln th hai.

Examples:

The new supermarket is big.
The old one was small.




Part 4 - PRONUNCIATION (cch pht m)

Ch : cch vit tt 's ch hai tnh hung khc nhau.
She's nice l c tt ca She is nice
She's got fair hair l c tt ca She has got fair hair
Khi nghe hai cu so snh sau y:
It's bigger than the old one.
It's cheaper than the old one
Xin cc bn lu , cc t bigger v cheaper u c hai m tit. Trng m ca t ri vo m
tit th nht, bi vy n c c to v r hn m kia.
Cc bn tp c:

Bigger [ 'big ]
Cheaper [ 'ti:p ]

Xin cc bn lu , t than trong cu so snh v khng c nhn m nn n c c tt
l [n]
Cc bn luyn c hai cu trn v khi c xin cc bn ch ti cc m tit c nhn.
[ its 'big n i 'uld 'wn ]
[ its 'ti:p n i 'uld 'wn ]
Cc bn tp c tip hai cu sau:

It's more modern than the old one.
[ its 'm 'md:n n i 'uld 'wn ]
It's more convenient than the old one.
[ its 'm kn'vi:njnt n i 'uld 'wn ]

Xin cc bn lu , t convenient c ba m tit v trng m ca t ri vo m tit th hai.
Hai cu hi sau y nghe tng gn nh ging nhau khi chng c c nhanh. Xin cc bn
lu s khc nhau:

What's_he like?
[s]
What's_she like?
[ ]



Bi hc qua i gm nhng ni dung sau:
1. Siu th : Ca hng to, rng trong nh, bn cc loi thc n v cc loi hng ho
khc. Phng thc bn hng l t phc v. Sau khi t chn cc mt hng mun mua,
khch hng ra tr tin ti quy li ra.
2. June v Lawrie: hai ngi ni v c im ca nhau. Qua bi hi thoi gia hai ngi,
cc bn hiu r h nh th no.
3. S khc nhau gia hai tnh t high v tall. Tall thng dng t chiu cao ca
ngi, cn high dng t chiu cao ca vt (nh ngi nh, nh tng, ni v.v..)
4. T good c ngha khc nhau theo tng vn cnh. V d :

The supermarket's good
(I like this supermarket, the place is nice)
The child's good
(The child behaves well)
Good! I've finished
(I'm so happy because I've finished what I
was doing)
Have a good day
(You are wishing someone a happy and
enjoyable day)


Part 5 - PRACTICE (luyn tp)

in vo ch trng mt trong cc t sau. Mi t ch c dng mt ln.
CHEAP CONVENIENT FAIR BLUE TWICE SLIM

1. The new supermarket is as big as the old one.
2. Lawrie is dark and
3. June has . hair and .. eyes.
4. The new supermarket is more ... than the old one.
5. It's very .............. too

Xin xem li gii cui Bi 8


END OF LESSON 5




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