English Speaking – Class: 1.

1 (3-5-CN)
Lesson 3
Talking about the person you admire
In This Lesson:
1. Lead-in
2. Vocabulary
3. Reading and Speaking
4. Listening and Speaking
5. You talk

Lead-in
1. Tell class about a family member.
2. Who are you close to in your family?
Why?
Vocabulary 1 – Personality
1. Ambitious /æmˈbɪʃ.əs/: có hoài bảo, có ước mơ
2. Hard-working /ˌhɑːdˈwɜː.kɪŋ/: siêng năng, chăm chỉ
3. Patient /ˈpeɪ.ʃənt/: kiên nhẫn
4. Open-minded /ˌəʊ.pənˈmaɪn.dɪd/: cởi mở
5. Reliable /rɪˈlaɪ.ə.bəl/: đáng tin cậy
6. Sociable /ˈsəʊ.ʃə.bəl/: dễ gần, hòa đồng
7. Outgoing /ˌaʊtˈɡəʊ.ɪŋ/: thân mật, chan hòa
8. Independent /ˌɪn.dɪˈpen.dənt/: tự lập, không phụ thuộc vào người khác
9. Helpful /ˈhelp.fəl/: hay giúp đỡ, hữu ích.
10. Optimistic /ˌɒp.tɪˈmɪs.tɪk/: lạc quan
11. Brave /breɪv/: Can đảm
12. Generous /ˈdʒen.ər.əs/: rộng rãi
13. Honest /ˈɒn.ɪst/: thật thà, chân thật
14. Tidy /ˈtaɪ.di/: gọn gàng, ngăn nắp
15. Wise /waɪz/: khôn ngoan, sáng suốt
16. Smart /smɑːt/: lịch sự, bảnh bao
17. Easy-going /ˌiː.ziˈɡəʊ.ɪŋ/: ung dung, vô tư lự
18. Gentle /ˈdʒen.təl/: Hiền lành, dịu dàng, hoà nhã
19. Sincere /sɪnˈsɪər/: thành thật, chân thành
20. Versatile /ˈvɜː.sə.taɪl/: Linh hoạt, nhiều tài, tháo vát,

Phrases to learn
1. Get on with someone
2. Look up to someone
 3. Be in touch with someone
4. Take after someone
5. Be close to someone
6. Quick-witted
7. Self-disciplined

Practice 1
• I have a close friend. His name’s Long. We have been friends since we were
in high school. He’s really hard-working and ambitious. He was an excellent
student and he’s now a doctor in a big hospital.
• Ms Lan is my English teacher. She’s easy-going and helpful. It’s not difficult
to be close to her. She’s always eager to assist the students in class.

Practice 2
Use words in Vocabulary 1
and talk about a person

Vocabulary 2 – Appearance
Have/Has – Have got / Has got
A. Have / Has
+ I have a house. She has a house.
- I don’t have a house. She doesn’t have a house.
? Do you have a house? Yes, I do. / No I don’t.
Does she have a house? Yes, she does./ No, she doesn’t
B. Have got / Has got
+ I have got a book. She has got a book.
- I have not got a book. She has not got a book.
? Have you got a book? Yes, I have./ No, I haven’t.
Has she got a book? Yes, she has./ No, she hasn’t.

Have not = haven’t / has not = hasn’t

Structures to practice
Practice 3
• How tall are you? How tall is your partner/spouse?
• How is he?
(What’s he like? What does he look like?)
• Describe your mother/father to class.
My mother is Kim. She’s slim. She does exercise every day. She’s not very
tall, about 160 centimeters. She’s very beutiful. She’s a kind woman. She
helps many people in my neighbourhood.

Reading and Speaking

Practice 4
Make questions about John and Miko.

Vocabulary: Relationships

Listening and Speaking 1

Listening and Speaking 2
Watch the following youtube below
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zd7rS7s6sts

And answer the questions at the end the video

You talk
Describe a person you admire. You should say:
• who the person is
• what he or she is like
• and why you admire him or her.

Coming lesson
Your daily life