02.

/ æ / - /eɪ/ - /e/
 Lips: Open, not rounded
 Tongue: Lowest of all the front vowels. Flat on the floor of the mouth. \
 Common spelling patterns for /æ/ - a (hat, apple, man, answer, …)

1. bad 7. sand 13. match 19. plan 25. handsome

/b æ d/ /s æ nd/ /m æ tʃ/ /pl æ n/ /ˈh æ n səm/

2. back 8. math 14. act 20. man 26. sandwich

/b æ k/ /m æ θ/ /æ kt/ /m æ n/ /ˈs æ n wɪtʃ/

3. tag 9. band 15. expand 21. catch 27. attitude

/t æ ɡ/ /b æ nd/ /ɪkˈ sp æ nd/ /k æ tʃ/ /ˈæ tɪ tjuː d/

4. cat 10. tank 16. rank 22. attach 28. example

/k æ t/ /t æ ŋk/ /r æ ŋk/ /əˈ t æ tʃ/ /ɪɡˈz æ m pl/

5. gas 11. answer 17. language 23. can 29. salad

/ɡ æ s/ /ˈæ n sər/ /ˈl æ ŋ ɡwɪdʒ/ /k æ n/ /ˈs æ ləd/

6. land 12. attract 18. animal 24. plant 30. attack

/l æ nd/ /əˈ tr æ kt/ /ˈæ nɪ ml/ /pl æ nt/ /əˈ t æ k/

1. /ðɪs/ /ɪz/ /ðə/ /læst/ /tʃæns/ /tə/ /ɡɪv/ /mi/ /ən/ /ˈækjərət/ /ˈænsər/.

2. /ˈdænɪ/ /hæd/ /ə/ /ˈsænwɪtʃ/ /ænd/ /ə/ /ˈsæləd/ /ɪn/ /ðə/ /ˌkæfəˈtɪriə/.

3. /ˈnæsɪ/ /hæs/ /ə/ /bæd/ /ˈætɪtuːd/ /ɪn/ /hər/ /ˈspænɪʃ/ /klæs/.

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 /eɪ/ /e/
 Lips: Not rounded, relaxed.  Lips: Father apart than for /eɪ/ and relaxed.
 Tongue: Tense. Move from the mid-high to high  Tongue: Relaxed, mid-high position.
position.

1. gate 7. chase 13. nature 19. said 25. expensive

/ɡ eɪ t/ /tʃ eɪ s/ /ˈn eɪ tʃər/ /s e d/ /ɪkˈs pen sɪv/

2. late 8. data 14. pain 20. pen 26. weather

/l eɪ t/ /ˈd eɪ tə/ /p eɪ n/ /p e n/ /ˈwe ðər/

3. cake 9. behave 15. maintain 21. men 27. session

/k eɪ k/ /bɪˈh eɪ v/ /meɪnˈteɪn/ /m e n/ /ˈs e ʃn/

4. date 10. flavour 16.tale 22. bed 28. president

/d eɪ t/ /ˈfl eɪ vər/ /t eɪ l/ /b e d/ /ˈpre zɪ dənt/

5. take 11. rain 17. game 23. friend 29. educate

/t eɪ k/ /r eɪ n/ /ɡ eɪ m/ /fr e nd/ /ˈe dʒu keɪt/

6. mate 12. transfer 18. amaze 24. effort 30. Wednesday

/m eɪ t/ /tr æ n sˈfɜːr/ /əˈm eɪ z/ /ˈe fərt/ /ˈw e nz deɪ/

/æ/ - /e/ /eɪ/ - /e/

bag – beg man – men sack - sex based – best spatial – special fame – fem
pan – pen than – then marry - merry age – edge lanes – lens date – debt
band – bend had – head axe - ex fail – fell blade – Bled fade – fed
gas – guess gas – guess dad - dead main – men mace – mess shade – shed
shall – shell cattle – kettle flash - flesh paint – pent saint – sent spade – sped
spanned – spend slapped – slept jam - gem raced – rest flayed – fled hake – heck
track – trek vat – vet pat - pet sakes – sex paste – pest rained – rend

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1. Improve (verb) /ɪmˈpruːv/ - become better = enhance /ɪnˈhæns/
E.g. The quality of education is rapidly improving.
In the afternoon the weather improved slightly and we were able to go out.
The singer’s voice has improved with age/ time/ practice.
2. Difficult (adj.) /ˈdɪfɪkəlt/ = hard = tough = challenging
E.g. It’s difficult for them to get here much before seven o’clock.
 make s.th difficult – Shortages of food during the war made life very difficult.
 find s.th difficult – He’s finding it difficult to get a job.
3. Struggle with s.th (verb) /ˈstrʌɡl/ = have difficulty (in s.th)
E.g. Passengers struggle with bags and briefcases.
4. Bring attention to s.th (verb) = give prominence to s.th
5. Stunning (adj.) /ˈstʌnɪŋ/ = beautiful = extremely attractive or expressive
E.g. a stunning view of the lake
What I liked most about the ‘Planet Earth’ series was its stunning photography

Task for Communication:

How can you improve these things? Ask questions and complete the chart.

Speaking Listening Vocabulary

talk a lot in class listen to English songs keep a vocabulary notebook
speak English with your friends label things in your room

E.g. “How can I improve my English?” You can listen to English songs.
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50,000 pilgrims visit Huong Pagoda on festival’s opening day
More than 50,000 pilgrims were at the Huong Son complex in Hanoi Sunday, overwhelming roads and cable cars.

Tens of thousands of devout Vietnamese flocked to the Huong

Son complex on Sunday, the first day of the Huong Pagoda
festival.

The Huong Pagoda, in Huong Son Commune, Hanoi's rural

district of My Duc, is a collection of many temples and pagodas
built amidst mountains and forests.

Every year, on the sixth day of the first lunar month, February 10
this year, the three-month Huong Pagoda festival opens.

The festival, one of the grandest religious festivals in the country,

attracts hundreds of thousands of Buddhists in the early days of
the Lunar New Year.
From early Sunday morning, the entrance to Thien Tru Pagoda, one of the main pagodas in the religious complex, was
overflowing with people. This year, in an effort to ensure security and manage the place better, the organizing committee has
not allowed business booths in the temple, caves, on narrow roads and at the Nam Thien Mon Gate.

"This year, the festival’s opening day is still a public holiday, and the weather is warm, so the number of pilgrims has
increased dramatically compared to other years," said Nguyen Van Hoat, chairman of My Duc district people's committee.

The entrance to Thien Tru Pagoda was obstructed as many

pilgrims climbed over the fence to get in.

According to the festival organizing committee, more than

125,000 visitors visited the complex from February 7 to 9.
On Sunday morning, more than 50,000 pilgrims thronged
the sacred complex.

Pilgrims prayed and made offerings at the pagoda’s altars,

invoking divine blessings, peace and luck for the New
Lunar Year.

A child sits on his father’s shoulders as people wait in line.

Thousands waited patiently in line for hours in front of the
cable car station to catch a car to reach the Huong Tich
cave.

In 2018, the Huong Pagoda festival welcomed 1.4 million pilgrims, ticket sales fetched VND112 billion ($4.8 million). This
year, 1.5 million tickets have been printed.

The Huong Tich Cave, the heart of the Huong Son landscape, had no empty space Sunday morning. On the entrance to the
cave, on a high cliff to the left, five words, "Nam Thien De Nhat Dong" (The best cave in the South sky) are carved. These
were the words given in 1770 by Trinh Sam, a Lord from the Trinh family which ruled the country at the time.

The Huong Pagoda festival lasts from the sixth day of the first lunar month to the last day of the third lunar month, that is,
from February 10 to May 4 this year. This is the longest Lunar New Year festival in the country.

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