Cambridge Global English Stage 6
Unit 5: Money
📚 Content of the lesson 📚
● Vocabulary: Money
● Grammar: Comparative adverbs
● Reading: KET Level
Vocabulary: Money
Word Meaning
a waste of money Sự lãng phí tiền bạc; một khoản tiền chi ra
mà không mang lại lợi ích.
afford (something) Đủ khả năng chi trả/mua cái gì đó (thường
là về mặt tài chính).
last (v) Kéo dài, tiếp tục tồn tại hoặc hoạt động
trong một khoảng thời gian.
a charity Tổ chức từ thiện; một tổ chức giúp đỡ
những người khó khăn.
save money Tiết kiệm tiền; giữ lại tiền thay vì chi tiêu.
a brand Thương hiệu; tên gọi, biểu tượng, hoặc thiết
kế dùng để nhận diện sản phẩm/dịch vụ của
một nhà sản xuất hoặc người bán cụ thể.
Exercise: Match the money words from the discussion to a definition
1. a waste of money a. an organisation that provides money and
help
2. afford (something) b. spending money on something that isn’t
useful
3. last (v)
c. keeping money to use in the future
4. a charity
d. a type of product made by a particular
5. save money company
6. a brand e. when something continues to be in good
condition
f. when you have the money to buy something
Grammar: Comparative Adverbs
Tương tự như so sánh hơn của tính từ, so sánh hơn của trạng từ là cách diễn
đạt sự so sánh mức độ hay sự khác biệt giữa hai hành động hoặc tình trạng.
Cấu trúc này được dùng để chỉ ra rằng một hành động hay trạng thái xảy ra
nhiều hơn, ít hơn, nhanh hơn, chậm hơn, tốt hơn, xấu hơn… so với một hành
động hay trạng thái khác.
● Tính từ so sánh sự khác nhau giữa hai danh từ (người, vật, địa điểm).
● Trạng từ so sánh sự khác nhau trong cách một hành động được thực
hiện.
Ví dụ:
● He runs faster than his brother. (Anh ấy chạy nhanh hơn anh trai của
mình.)
● She speaks more clearly than her teacher. (Cô ấy nói rõ ràng hơn giáo
viên của mình.)
● This train arrives earlier than the other one. (Chuyến tàu này đến sớm
hơn chuyến kia.)
● I study more diligently than my classmates. (Tôi học chăm chỉ hơn các
bạn cùng lớp.)
Exercise: Use the correct form of the words to complete the sentences
1. My brother drives, but I drive ________________ than him. (quick)
2. Please speak ________________ next time, the audience didn't
understand your last point. (careful)
3. The children were playing, but the music played even
________________ in the room next door. (loud)
4. She usually cooks, but today, she cooked ________________ than
usual. (good)
5. You need to walk ________________ on the ice, or you might fall.
(slow)
6. A cheetah can run, but a race car moves much ________________
than a cheetah. (fast)
7. She solved the first puzzle, but she solved the second one
________________ than the first. (easy)
8. The teacher waited for the slow student ________________ this
morning than she did yesterday. (patient)
9. He needs to articulate his words ________________ so everyone can
understand his presentation. (clear)
10. We played badly yesterday, but the opposing team played even
________________ than us. (bad)
11.I can sit ________________ on this new sofa than on the old wooden
chair. (comfortable)
12. She visits her grandmother ________________ now that she lives
closer to the village. (frequent)
13. If you kick the ball ________________, we might score a goal. (far)
14. He worked, but she worked ________________ than him on the
project. (little)
15. Speaking ________________ to the customers will improve our
service score. (polite)
16. The new engine runs ________________ than the previous one,
reducing fuel consumption. (smooth)
17. She arrived ________________ at the airport than she had originally
planned. (early)
18. After the mistake, he started taking his studies much
________________. (serious)
19. The meeting started ________________ than the schedule
indicated. (late)
20. The first group studied, but the second group prepared
________________ for the final test. (diligent)
Reading: KET Level
Reading Passage 1
School boat festival
Elena
Our class heard about the school boat festival in our science class. Our
teacher explained that we had to make several different boats so we could
learn what makes boats float on water. First, my group made a sailing boat,
but when we sailed it in the school swimming pool, it sank because there were
holes in the wood! So, we decided to make a boat from old plastic bottles and
that didn’t sink under the water!
Astrid
The boats our class built for the school boat festival were amazing. Our
technology teacher showed us a video about how boats and ships are built.
Then she told us to make a model of a ship using wood, plastic and metal.
After that, we had to make a short film that explained how we made our model
of a ship. Then we took our models to the local park and sailed them on the
lake.
Kumiko
We were really excited and stopped talking when the headteacher told us
about the school boat festival at our whole school morning meeting. We
decided to make a model of a Viking long boat and give it to our English
teacher because her husband is Danish and she’s leaving at the end of the
school year to go and work in his country. We didn’t want to sail it on the river
in case it sank!
1 Whose teacher asked the class to make a boat from different things?
A Elena B Astrid C Kumiko
2 Whose class was interested when they heard about the boat festival?
A Elena B Astrid C Kumiko
3 Whose teacher told the students why they had to make boats?
A Elena B Astrid C Kumiko
4 Whose class wanted to make a present for their teacher?
A Elena B Astrid C Kumiko
5 Whose class recorded a video showing what they learned?
A Elena B Astrid C Kumiko
6 Whose classmates built a boat that didn’t work?
A Elena B Astrid C Kumiko
7 Whose classmates didn’t test their boat on the water?
A Elena B Astrid C Kumiko
Reading Passage 2
Jack Calder
Violin player Jack Calder plays in the Australian band, Ocean Blue.
Jack Calder started playing the violin when he was ten. ‘My music teacher
played and one day he asked if anyone wanted to learn. Some girls put up
their hands and so did I. I didn’t have a violin, but my uncle said I could use
his. The lessons were really hard at first, but playing the violin soon became
important to me.’
After leaving school, Jack moved to Melbourne. For a time, he preferred
listening to music to playing it. The rock music he listened to sounded very
different from violin music, so he bought an electric violin, and started putting
the things he liked about rock music into the music he played on his violin.
A year later, Jack met a small group of Melbourne musicians. ‘We all thought
about music in the same way and started Ocean Blue together. A year later,
we were playing lots of concerts, and our music was selling well. But we didn’t
want this to make us different people. We didn’t want to stop being friends.’
Jack meets many people who think playing the violin is an unusual career, but
he doesn’t agree with them. ‘I think it’s the best thing in the world. I guess I’m
lucky that way. The internet has changed music, but when I walk into a violin
shop it’s like entering another world – one where time has stopped. Someone
has looked after these beautiful old instruments that are two or three hundred
years old. I think that’s amazing.’
1 What do we learn about Jack in the first paragraph?
A He was the only person at school to play the violin.
B He learned to play on an instrument that he borrowed.
C He enjoyed playing the violin as soon as he started learning.
2 What is the writer doing in the second paragraph?
A explaining why Jack thought some music was easy to play
B saying why only a few people liked the music Jack played
C describing how Jack changed the kind of music he played
3 What does Jack say about Ocean Blue?
A Nobody in the band liked travelling far to play in a concert.
B The band members were interested in different kinds of music.
C Everyone wanted to stay friends when the band became successful.
4 Why does Jack think he is lucky?
A He meets lots of people.
B He loves what he does.
C He has an unusual career.
5 Jack thinks it is a good idea
A to keep some things that people used in the past.
B to make more music available on the internet.
C to teach more people to play an instrument.
