Xuan Tho High School

English Grade 10
A. Reading
Vocabulary
Blind
Deaf
Braille Alphabet
disabled
dumb
mentally retarded
proper
schooling

(a)
(a)
(n)
(a)
(a)
(a)
(a)
(n)

Unit 4: SPECIAL EDUCATION

ui ,m
ic
Bng ch ni
Tn tt
Cm
Chm pht trin tr tu
ng, thch hp
S dy d, s gio dc nh
trng

Oppose
Opposition
Attend
Gradually
Demonstration
Add
Subtract
Raise
Kids = children

(v)
(n)
(v)
(a)
(n)
(v)
(v)
(v)
(n)

Chng i, phn i
S chng i, phn i
Tham d, tham gia
Dn dn
S th hin, s minh ha
Cng
Tr
Gi ln, nng ln
Tr em

Expression
To prevent SO from STH
Ngn chn ai khi ci g
Used to + bare inf
tng lm g.
To be proud of + N/ Ving
T ho v iu g
To open up
M ra
One by one
Ln lt
To realise that + Clause
Nhn ra rng
Not.at all
Khngcht no c
Be satisfied with
Hi lng vi., mn nguyn.
Be opposed to
Phn i
Be different from
Khc vi
Watch + O + V-ing/Vo
Xem ai ang lm g /lm g
Time-consuming
Tn thi gian
Some.others
Mt s . S khc
Make great efforts
N lc ht mnh
B. Speaking
Vocabulary
Lower-secondary:
(n)
THCS
Upper secondary:
(n)
THPT
Tests. Eg: oral tests, fifteen-minute tests, forty-five-minute (n)
S kim tra. Vd: kim tra ming, 15 pht, 45 pht
tests
(n)
Thi c, k thi. Vd; k thi cui k
Examination = exam . eg: the final examination
(n)
Gi gii lao, gi ra chi
Breaks
(n)
Hc k
Semester
(n)
Thnh tht m ni
To be honest
C. Listening
Vocabulary
Photograph
(n,v) Bc nh, chp nh
Mute = dumb (a) Cm
Photographer
(n)
Nh nhip nh, ngi chp nh
Stimulate
(v) Khuyn khch, thc y
Photography
(n)
Thut nhip nh, s chp nh
Exhibition
(n) Cuc trin lm
Photographic
(a)
Thuc thut nhip nh, chp nh
Passion
(n) Nim say m
Photogenic
(a)
Ln nh p, n nh
Sorrow
(n) Ni bun
Surroundings
(n)
Vng ph cn, mi trng xung quanh
labourer
(n) Ngi lao ng chn tay

D. Writing : writing a letter of complaint

Vocabulary
Advertisement
(n) Mu qung co
Complaint
(n) S than phin
complain
(v) Than phin

Resolve
Resolution
Service

(v)
(n)
(n)

Gii quyt
S gii quyt
S phc v

Director
Centre= center
Contact
Expression

(n)
(n)
(n)

Gim c
Trung tm
Lin lc

Body
First of all
Besides
Firsly
Furthermore
At first
Moreover
Secondly
However
Thirdly
To be honest
Also
General speaking
NOTE: A complaint letter has 9 parts
1. -address of sender
2. - date
3.- address of receiver
4-salutation ( Dear sir, )
5-reason for writing
6-complaint
7-solution for the problem
8-closing (yours faithfully, Yours truly, yours respectfully.)
9-signature

Quality
Require

(n)
(v)

Cht lng
Yu cu

closing
Finally
In conclusion
In summary
In brief

E. Language Focus
1. Pronunciation: / / - / /
/ /: pronoucing of the vowel o : top, wrong,.. except : honey, mother , blow .
/ / : pronoucing of a, o,ou : more, call, four .except: father, car, colour, tour, toe, nose,.
2. Grammar and vocabulary
a) THE + ADJECTIVE
Used to describe the group of people as a whole (dng khi ni v mot nhm ngi.)
. the young: nhng ngi tr tui
The unemployed: nhng ngi tht nghip
. the old = the elderly :nhng ngi gi,nhng ngi gi
The homeless: nhng ngi v gia c
. the rich : nhng ngi giu
The sick: nhng ngi bnh
. the poor: nhng ngi ngho
The disabled : nhng ngi tn tt
. the dead : nhng ngi cht
The injured : nhng ngi b thng
NOTE : THE + ADJECTIVE + V(PL)
Eg: The young have the future in their hands
b) S + USED TO + Vo :
=>( used to : tng)
S + didnt + USE TO + Vo
Did + S + USE TO + Vo ?
Eg; He used to smoke 40 cigarettes a day
USE: used to express a past habit:(din t 1 thi quen trong qu kh nhng gi khng cn din ra na.)
Note: used to + infinitive : tng
Eg; I used to eat ice cream when I was a child
be used to/ get used to + v-ing: quen vi .
Eg: I am used to getting up at 5 a.m
c) WHICH as a connector : to refer to the whole of the eariler clause
Eg: Jim passed his driving test. This surprised everybody.
=> Jim passed his driving test, which surprised everybody.
=> WHICH =
the fact that he passed his driving test.