Sau khi hc 14 bi, chng ti hy vng by gi cc bn c th theo di cc cuc i thoi trong lot bi mt cch d dng m khng cn nhn vo sch. Nh vy t bi ny tr i, ch mt phn ca cc bi i thoi s c in thnh vn bn.
Dialogue 1:
Vo mt bui chiu Ch nht ma tm t, hai a tr, Ben v Debi, khng i ra ngoi chi c. Chng phi chi trong nh v tru nhau.
DEBBIE: It's my book! BEN: It's not! It's mine! DEBBIE: It's mine! BEN: Ow Mum! She hit me! DEBBIE: I did not*. He took my book. BEN: It's not yours. It's mine! DEBBIE: Mum, it's not his. It's mine! MOTHER: Stop it!
*Khi ni, ngi ta thng dng I didn't nhiu hn l I did not. Khi dng I did not lc c ngha l chng ta mun nhn mnh ph nh v thng dng khi bo v kin ca chng ta trong mt cuc tranh lun.
Dialogue 2:
Ben v Debbie quyt nh chi bng bn git thi gi.
DEBBIE: Oh 21-16. Your game. BEN: You aren't playing very well.
DEBBIE: My bat's too light! BEN: Try mine it's heavier DEBBIE: OK. Oh yes, yours is heavier than mine. BEN: I'll try yours. Hmm, yes - it's lighter. DEBBIE: Another game? BEN: OK. Whose serve is it? DEBBIE: It's mine. Ready?
Dialogue 3:
Tay cm quyn truyn, b m bc vo phng v hi hai a con xem quyn truyn y l ca ai.
MOTHER: Ben, Debbie! Whose comic is this? BEN: What's that, Mum? MOTHER: Whose comic is this? BEN: It's not mine! MOTHER: Debbie, is this yours? DEBBIE: No. MOTHER: Well. Whose is it? DEBBIE: Oh, it's Robyn's
Part 2 - VOCABULARY (t vng)
Trong ting Anh, c mt s t ch mu sc nh: en, trng, nu, xanh, xm nhiu khi cng nh l tn h ca ngi. V vy, khi chng l tn h, th cc tn u c vit hoa.
a bat [ bt ] ci vt
a table tennis bat [ 'teibl tens bt ] ci vt bng bn a cat [ kt ] con mo a classmate [ 'kla:smeit ] bn hc a colleague [ 'kli:g ] bn ng nghip a favourite (of mine) [ 'feivrt (v main) ] mt ngi bn thn Mum [ mm ] m (cch gi thng tc) a relative [ 'reltiv ] h hng a tune [ tjun:n ] giai iu belong to [ b'l t/tu: ..] thuc v ai? hit [ hit ] nh trng, bn trng put [ put] t, your game [ geim ] bn thng vn ny ri your point [ pint ] im l ca bn your serve [ s:v ] n lt bn giao bng
Whose serve is it? [ 'hu:z 's:v_z_t ] n lt ai giao bng? Ow! [ au ] i au (t cm thn) What's that? [ 'wts t ] I beg your pardon Ti khng nghe r bn ni g.
Xin li bn ni g ? Heavy [ 'hevi ] nng Ben [ ben ] tn thn mt ca Benjamin [ bendmn ] Debbie [ 'debi: ] tn thn mt ca Deborah [ 'deb()r ] Robyn [ 'rbn ] tn con gi Robin [ 'rbn ] tn con trai
Part 3 - THE LESSON: possession (s hu cch)
Khi chng ta mun bit ai l ch nhn ca mt vt g, chng ta hi:
Whose book is it/this?
Nu nh ngi c hi bit vt cc bn cp ti th cc bn ch vic hi:
Whose is it/this? Whose are they/these? Who does this (book) belong to? Who do these (books) belong to? Is this yours? Are these yours?
Nu cc bn mun ni ci ny hoc nhng ci ny l ca ai, cc bn c th dng bn mu cu sau y:
a) John owns that book. b) It's John's book. c) It's John's. d) It belongs to John.
Bn cu trn u c ngha nh nhau. Nhng trong cu (a) ng t own s khng dng khi danh t ch ngi lm b ng trong cu. Trong cu (d) ch ng l mt t ch vt chng ta khng ni ngi ny thuc quyn s hu ca ngi kia. ng t own nhn mnh nt ngha s hu. Nu c ngi v ngi nghe u bit vt th c cp ti l g th dng mu cu (c). Xin cc bn lu ti cch cu to v s dng ca cc i t s hu trong cc cu sau y.
It's my bike It belongs to me It's MINE It's your car It belongs to you It's YOURS They're his bats They belong to him They're HIS It's her car It belongs to her It's HERS
Hy so snh hai cu sau y:
It's John's back It's the back of the chair.
Cu u tin ni r mt b phn hoc s vt thuc quyn s hu ca ngi. Cu th hai ni ln mt phn, b phn ca mt vt hoc s vt nht thit phi dng gii t of. Sau y thm mt vi v d khc:
That is my aunt's house. That is my aunt's.
Nhng
That's the end of the lane The girl's desk
Nhng
The height of the building
Trong ting Anh, mc d s hu cch c dng mt s trng hp, nhng chng khng ch s s hu. V d nh nhng cu sau y:
Your serve. n lt bn giao bng. Her point. qu ch y c im. His bus. xe t anh y s i.
Trong bi hc, cc bn s nghe hai cu c ngha khc nhau rt t nh:
She's a friend of mine. C y l mt trong nhng bn ca con. (Con c nhiu bn v bn y l mt trong nhng ngi bn). Thng thng cc bn nn p dng mu ny.
She's my friend. C y l bn ca con. Khng nhng ch c ngha l bn y l mt ngi bn bnh thng m cn c ch mt ngi bn thn nht.
Part 4 - A RIDDLE (cu )
Cc bn hy gii cu sau:
It belongs to you, it's yours. But others use it more than you do. What is it? Ci g thuc v bn, n l ca bn nhng ngi khc li dng n nhiu hn bn. Cc bn th on xem l ci g?
END OF LESSON 15
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