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1. In Vietnam, how do people greet each other?

 In Vietnam, people bow, people kiss, people shake hands or people hug.
2. How do people exchange business cards?
 In some countries, people use two hands and look at the card carefully. (formal)
 In some countries, people accept a card with one hand and quickly put it in a pocket.
(informal)
3. What topics should people avoid during the small talk?
 In some places, it’s not polite to ask people about how much money they make, how
old they are, or when married they are,… But in other places, people think those
topics are appropriate.
4. Write advice for visitors about how to behave in your country?
 You should: Respect at temples, always wear a helmet, and wear suitable clothes,…
 You shouldn’t: Don’t blow your nose at the table, how much money they make, how
old they are, or when married they are,…
5. – You look familiar.
- What have you been up to?
- We should keep in touch.
- I could show you around.

Unit 1 - Lesson 1 + 2 + 3 + 4
I. Grammar
 Definite time in the past  simple past tense
Vd: We met in 1999 and again in 2004.
 Indefinite time in the past  present perfect
Vd: I’ve met Bill twice.
II. Question
 Life experience (Bạn đã bao giờ làm điều gì đó chưa)
- Have you ever ... before ?
 Yes, I have.
 No, I haven’t.
 Recent experience (Bạn đã thử chưa (gần đây))
- Have you already ... yet ?
 Yes, I have already ...
 No, I haven’t ... yet.
III. Vocabulary
- Climb Mt. Fuji: leo núi Phú Sĩ
- Go sightseeing in New York: đi tham quan New York
- Go to the top of the Eiffel Tower: leo lên đỉnh tháp Eiffel
- Try Korean food: thử đồ ăn Hàn Quốc
 - Take a tour of the Tower of London: tham quan tháp ở Lôn Đôn
- Take pictures of the Great Wall: chụp ảnh ở Vạn Lí Trường Thành
- Thumb: ngón cái
- Index finger: ngón trỏ
- Middle finger: ngón giữa
- Ring finger: ngón áp út
- Pinkie: ngón út
- Palm: lòng bàn tay
- Fist: bàn tay nắm lại
- Palm up: lòng bàn tay đưa lên
- Palm down: lòng bàn tay đưa xuống
- Gesture: cử chỉ
- Assume: cho rằng, nghĩ rằng
IV. Speaking practice with ever and before
1. sung in the shower
2. travelled alone
3. cooked dinner for someone
4. practiced speaking English about a topic many times
5. gone out without your phone
6. stayed up all night
7. been late for school
8. forgot (forgotten) your best friend's birthday
9. tried Beijing duck
Ex: Have you ever traveled alone? or Have you traveled to Dalat once before ?
V. Speaking practice with Present perfect
1. (visited) Dalat once
2. (studied) English for a long time
3. (swum) in a river
4. (kist) an animal
5. (eaten) sushi
6. (gone) to the cinema alone
7. (seen) a ghost
8. (sung) a song in public
9. (lost) my phone
10.(made) a phone call in English
Ex: I have visited Dalat once.
VI. Describecibe an interesting experience
 S + be + Anj  Điều gì đó tác động lên bản thân mình.
Ex: The safari was fascinating.
 - Fascinating: bị lôi cuốn, bị thu hút
- Thrilling: cảm thấy kịch tính, hồi hộp
- Frightening: cảm thấy sợ hãi
- Disgusting: cảm thấy kinh khủng, dở tệ
 S + be + V-ed Cảm xúc của mình đối với điều gì đó.
Ex: They were fascinated.
- Fascinated: lôi cuốn, thu hút
- Thrilled: kịch tính
- Frightened: đáng sợ, sợ hãi
- Disgusted: kinh khủng, dở tệ
 Grammar
- Present perfect + for + length of time (how long)
- Present perfect + since + point of time (when it started)

lately, presently: gần đây just: vừa mới Today

Ex: I have finished my practiced English.

Ex: I have just finished my practice English.
Ex: Mary has felt depressed lately/recently.
OR Lately/presently, Mary has felt depressed.
+ still: nhấn mạnh sự việc chưa làm bao giờ.
Ex: I still have visited Ninh Kieu Quay.
+ so far: có hay không cũng được
Ex: I have visited Ninh Kieu Quay so far.
+ I’ve gone to… : đi chưa về
+ I’ve been to… : đi về rồi
+ I’ve always wanted to do something…. : tôi luôn muốn làm điều gì đó….
+ The first time
And + I’ve…
Then
+ It’s on me = It’s my treat: để tôi trả.
VII. Top Notch 2 – Unit 1 – Lesson 4 Listening
INTERVIEW ONE
MC: This is Nick Krakauer, and you’re listening to World Reflections. We’re talking today with
Nancy Sullivan from Minneapolis in the United States. Hi, Nancy.
Nancy: Hi, Nick.
MC: So, Nancy, I understand you’re a real traveler – that you’ve visited over twenty-five
countries around the world.
Nancy: That’s right.
MC: Tell us some of the places you’ve been to.
Nancy: Well, I’ve been to countries all over . . . North and South America, Europe, Asia.
MC: What have been the most fascinating places for you to visit?
Nancy: Hmmm . . . Well, I like visiting countries where the culture is really different from my
own. That’s what I find most interesting. Different body language, different foods, you know.
MC: You told me earlier you’ve been to India. What was that like?
Nancy: Oh, India is fantastic.
MC: And what was so different about it?
Nancy: Well for one thing, when people say “yes,” they shake their heads from side to side
instead of up and down, like I do.
INTERVIEW TWO
MC: Nick Krakauer here, hosting World Reflections. Today’s guest is Andrew Barlow from
Perth, Australia. G’day, mate!
Andrew: G’day to you.
MC: So Andrew, I understand you’ve been a teacher overseas, is that correct?
Andrew: I have been, yes.
MC: And I understand you have an interesting story about something you ate once in one of
those countries.
Andrew: That’s right.
MC: Tell us about it.
Andrew: Well, this happened when I got my first teaching job in a very small village. The
people in the village wanted to thank me for coming, so they prepared a meal with a lot of really
delicious dishes.
MC: That must have been nice.
Andrew: It was. But there was one thing that I thought was kind of, well, disgusting. They had
these tiny little fish that were still alive. They were moving on the plate.
MC: Whoa!
Andrew: Yeah. You’re supposed to put one in your mouth and swallow it whole.
MC: Oh, boy!
Andrew: Look, I was their guest and I didn’t want to be impolite, so I tried one. But I could feel
it moving as it went down into my stomach. I tried a few, to be nice. But I just didn’t know how
to say, “Thanks, but no thanks,” without being rude.
INTERVIEW THREE
MC: We’re back on World Reflections. My next guest is Mieko Nakamura from Sendai, Japan.
Welcome, Mieko.
Meiko: Hi, Nick.
MC: Mieko, I’ve been told that you’ve traveled a lot and you’ve done some unusual things.
Meiko: I have.
MC: That you especially like to do, well, things that would be kind of frightening for most
people.
Meiko: I guess that’s true. But not scary to me. Just very exciting.
MC: So tell us about what you’ve done.
Meiko: Well for one thing, I’ve gone swimming with sharks. Twice!
MC: What?!
Meiko: Swimming with sharks.
MC: For real? And you didn’t find that scary?
Meiko: Well, I didn’t do it alone. I was with a group. But swimming so close to the sharks was
really thrilling.
MC: And what else?
Meiko: Last year I climbed Mount Everest.
MC: The world’s highest mountain?
Meiko: Yes.
MC: I’ll bet it was really cold.
Meiko: It was. But I was really thrilled to be standing on the top of the world.
 TALK ABOUT YOUR RECENT VACATION
Yes, I have. I’ve been to Da Lat city with my family. The weather was very cold in the morning
but it was warmer in the afternoon. We stayed at a hotel near the city center. On the first day, we
visited Da Lat Flower Festival. There were many kinds of flowers. Then we went to the Valley
of Love. The landscape here was so beautiful and romantic. We had a very happy vacation. I felt
fascinated.