COLLEGE OF FOREIGN ECONOMIC RELATIONS

DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES

ENGLISH 2

Coursebook: English Plus 2

Margaret Helliwell
Cambridge University Press 2014
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UNIT 1

In this unit students can:

 welcome a visitor in a business situation.
 use the present tense.
 ask questions with wh-words.
 understand a conversation about commuting.
 talk about the ideal workplace.
 ask people to describe things.
 understand a text about working on an oil rig.
 understand different attitudes to time and punctuality 3
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David Tan from Singapore is visiting Le Thi Mai and

Tran Thanh Ly at their office in Hanoi. Listen to their
conversation.

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 conference (n) UK /ˈkɒnfərəns/ - US /ˈkɑːn.fɚ.əns/: a

large formal meeting where a lot of
people discuss important matters such as business, politics, or science,
especially for several days. (hội nghị)
e.g. I’m attending a conference about Studying abroad on Tuesday.
 sales conference (n) UK /seɪlz ˈkɒnfərəns / - US / seɪlz
ˈkɑːn.fɚ.əns/ (n) : an event or series of meetings at which a
company's employees who are involved in selling its products are told
about new products and services and discuss ways in which they can
be sold effectively. (hội nghị bán hàng)
e.g. I got a lot of new ideas at sales conference last week.
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 work (n) /wɜːk/: an activity, such as a job, that a person uses

physical or mental effort to do for money. (công việc)
 work (v): to do a job that you are paid for. (làm việc)
work on + project/ task work for + person/ company.
work with + people work at + particular place/ organization
 floor (n) /flɔːr/: the flat surface that you stand on inside a building.
(sàn, tầng)
e.g. Our office is on the second floor of the building.
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 enormous (adj) UK /ɪˈnɔːməs/ - US  /əˈnɔːr.məs/ : very big

in size or in amount. (to lớn, khổng lồ, bao la)
e.g. He earns an enormous salary = He earns a lot of money.
 project (n) UK /ˈprɒdʒekt/ - US  /ˈprɑː.dʒekt/: a carefully
planned piece of work to get information about something, to build
something, to improve something, etc. (đề án, dự án)
e.g. We are working on a customer research project.
 share (v) UK /ʃeə/ - US /ʃer/ : to have or use something with
other people .(chia sẻ)
e.g. All the employees in my department have to share the printing
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 comfortable (adj) /ˈkʌmftəbəl/: making you feel

physically relaxed, without any pain or without being too hot or
cold, etc. (dễ chịu, thoải mái)
e.g. My hotel room is very comfortable.
 restroom (n) /ˈrest.ruːm/: a room with toilets that is in a public
place, for example in a restaurant. (nhà vệ sinh)
e.g. Excuse me, are there restrooms near here?
 corridor (n) UK /ˈkɒr.ɪ.dɔːr/ - US/ˈkɒrədɔː/: a long narrow
passage on a train or between rooms in a building, with doors leading
off it. (hành lang, lối đi)
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SIMPLE PRESENT
TENSE

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Simple present tense

TO BE (am / is / are)
1. FORM:
Positive Negative Question

am am Am
S+ is + … S + is + NOT + … Is + S + …?
are are Are
e.g.
I am a student.  I’m not a student.  Am I a student?
She is a student.  She is not a student.  Is she a student?
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2. USES:
We use “to be” in the simple present tense to:
1) talk about jobs
e.g. I’m a doctor. He is a farmer.
2) describe the relationships at work/ in family, etc. or introduce yourself/ someone.
e.g. Rush is my colleague/ co-worker.
He is my brother/ father.
I am …
These are my sisters.
3) describe things or people
e.g. This table is round/ square/ oval/ new/ old.
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Simple present tense
ORDINARY VERBS
1. FORM:
Positive Birds fly in the sky.
S + V +… He rings the bell.

Negative Birds don’t fly in the sky.

He–doesn’t
S + don’t / doesn’t + bare inf. +…ring the bell.

Question Do birds fly in the sky?

Do / Does + S + bare –Does he…?
inf. + ring the bell?
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2. USES: Simple present tense is used

1. to talk about daily habits or routines
e.g. I go to school every day.
He often gets up at 6 a.m.
Note:
Simple present tense is often used with Adverbs of frequency such as: always,
usually, often, sometimes, rarely, seldom, hardly ever, never
Adverbs of frequency often come before ordinary verbs.
Simple present tense is also used with time expressions: on Monday(s), once a
week, twice a month, every day, every week, every (six months), in the
morning(s)/evening(s), at 10 o’clock, etc.
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2. to describe the truth

e.g. The sun rises in the East.
The earth goes around the sun.
Water boils at 1000C.
3. to describe facts or things that are true (permanent situation) for a long time
e.g. My parents live in London.
4. to talk about a schedule or timetable of flights, trains, buses, undergrounds
e.g. The trains leaves at 8 tomorrow morning.
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3. SPELLING
We add ‘s/es’ to the verbs that go after Third person singular subjects
(He/She/It)
Add “s” to most of the verbs.
e.g. I want an apple.  He wants an apple.
We work in Sales Department  Mary works in Marketing Department.
They say nothing.  She says nothing.
We open a showroom next week The museum opens at 8 a.m.

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 Add “es” to the verbs that end in -o, -s, -sh, -ch, -x, -z
e.g. go => goes miss => misses
wash => washes watch => watches
fix => fixes fizz => fizzes (produce a lot of bubbles
and make a long sound like an “s”)

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Verbs end in a consonant + y, change “y” into “i”, then add “es”
e.g. to study => studies
They study hard. She studies hard for her final exam.
Note: (A vowel before ‘y’  only add ‘s’ after –y.)
e.g. play  plays
play => plays, stay => stays
Children play football very well. The child plays tennis very well.

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How to pronounce ‘-s’ and “-es” ending (Third person singular verbs)
1. Voiceless sounds: /k/, /p/, /t/, /f/ + s  we pronounce /s/
e.g. to book  books to stop  stops to export  exports
to laugh  laughs to cough  coughsto cut  cuts
2. Sound ending in: /s/, /ʃ/, /z/, /ks/, /tʃ/,/dʒ/ + es  we pronounce /iz/
e.g. to miss  misses to wash  washes to mix  mixes to close 
closes to watch  watches change  changes
3. The remaining verbs + s  we pronounce /z/
e.g. to come  comes to move  moves
to run  runs to go  goes
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PRESENT
CONTINUOUS

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I. FORM
a) Positive I am playing football with my friends.
am He is cooking rice.
S + is + V-ing + …
are We are going to Saigon Square.
b) Negative
am I am not playing football.
S + is + not + V-ingShe
+…isn’t going school today.
are
They aren’t doing homework.
c) Question
Am
Is she reading books in the library? ? Are
Is + S + V-ing + …
you watching TV tonight?
Are
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II. USES:
The Present Continuous is used
1) to describe activities happening now/ at the moment of speaking. (now, at
present, at the moment)
e.g. It is raining now.

2) to describe activities happening around now, but not necessarily at the moment
of speaking.
e.g. I am studying at COFER

3) to describe temporary actions (today)

e.g. He usually drinks tea for breakfast, but today he’s drinking coffee instead.
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4) to describe fixed future arrangements or definite arrangements in the near
future. (appointment; meeting; conference)
e.g. We are going to Dalat next week.
I’m meeting Peter tonight. He’s taking me to the theatre.

5) to describe bad habits/ annoying habits.

e.g. He is always making noise in class.

6) to describe changing and developing situations

e.g. The climate is getting warmer.
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STATE VERBS (stative verbs)

We don’t use state verbs in the present continuous. State verbs
include:
 Mental state: know, understand, realize, recognize, believe,
feel, think, remember, forget, want, need…
 Emotional state: love, like, dislike, hate, fear, mind, care…
 Sense: taste, smell, hear, feel, see…
 Possession: have, own, belong…
 Other existing states: seem, appear, cost, owe, consist of, look…
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chaotic (adj) UK /keɪˈɒt.ɪk/ - US /keɪˈɑː.t̬ ɪk/: without any order;

in a completely confused state. (lộn xộn, hỗn loạn)
e.g. The traffic in the city is chaotic in the rush hour.
aggressive (adj) /əˈɡres.ɪv/: behaving in an angry threatening way, as
if you want to fight or attack someone. (hung hăng, hùng hổ)
e.g. If I criticize him, he gets aggressive and starts shouting.
honk (n) UK /hɒŋk/ - US /hɑːŋk/ : a loud noise made by a car
horn. (tiếng còi ô tô)
e.g. I’m sick of the noise from the honks during rush hours.
honk (v) if a person presses a honk in a car, it makes a loud noise. (bóp còi)
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horn (n) /hɔːn/: the thing in a vehicle that you use to make a loud sound as
a signal or warning. (còi xe)
traffic (n) /ˈtræf.ɪk/: the number of vehicles moving along road at a particular
time, or the amount of aircraft, trains, or ships moving along a route. (giao thông, số
lượng phương tiện di chuyển)
e.g. There was heavy/a lot of traffic on the roads this morning.
traffic jam (n) /ˈtræf.ɪk ˌdʒæm/: a large number of vehicles close together
and unable to move or moving very slowly. (sự tắc nghẽn giao thông, sự ùn tắc giao
thông)
e.g. I was stuck in a traffic jam for an hour yesterday.
monsoon (n) UK /mɒnˈsuːn/ - US /mɑːnˈsuːn/: the season of heavy
rain during the summer in hot Asian countries. (mùa mưa)
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suburb (n) /ˈsʌb.ɜːb/: an area on the edge of a large town or city where people who
work in the town or city often live. (ngoại ô)
e.g. They live in the suburb where the house prices are lower than in town.
commute (v) /kəˈmjuːt/: to make the same journey regularly between work and home.
(đi lại đều đặn giữa 2 địa điểm)
(n) a regular journey between work and home (việc đi lại đều đặn giữa 2 địa điểm)
e.g. It takes him more than an hour to commute to work from home.
lane (n)   /leɪn/: one of two or more marked paths in a road to keep vehicles travelling in
the same direction a safe distance apart. (làn đường, làn xe, đường dành riêng cho xe cộ đi
hàng một)
e.g. Turn left where the lane meets the main road.
public transportation (n) US /ˌpʌb.lɪk træn.spɚˈteɪ.ʃən/: a  system of vehicles such
as buses and trains that operate at regular times on fixed routes and are used by the public.
(hệ thống vận chuyển công cộng, hệ thống vận tải hành khách công cộng)
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Complete the sentences:

Welcom

Nice

Floor

way
seat

project
comfortable

restroom
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about

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offshore (adj, adv) UK /ˌɒfˈʃɔːr/ - US  /ˌɑːfˈʃɔːr/: away

from or at a distance from the coast. (ngoài khơi, xa bờ)
e.g. The resort is located on an offshore island.
oil rig (n)  /ˈɔɪl rɪɡ/: a large
structure with equipment for removing oil from under
the ground, especially from under the sea. (dàn khoan dầu)
e.g. The oil rig was moved into position this week off Cuba's north-west
coast.
marvelous (adj) UK /ˈmɑː.vəl.əs/ – US /ˈmɑːr.vəl.əs/
extremely good. (kỳ lạ, tuyệt diệu)
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fiber optics (n) UK /ˌfaɪ.bər ˈɒp.tɪks/ - US /ˌfaɪ.bɚ ˈɑːp.tɪks/:

the process of using very thin threads of glass or plastic to carry
information in the form of light, especially on telephone lines. (sợi cáp
quang, cáp quang)
social networking (n)  /ˌsəʊ.ʃəl ˈnet.wɜː.kɪŋ/: the use
of websites and other internet services to communicate with other
people and make friends. (việc giao tiếp trên mạng xã hội)
e.g. Social networking is popular and necessary to a lot of people around
the world.
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• flexible (adj) /ˈflek.sə.bəl/: able to change or be changed easily according

to the situation. (linh hoạt, linh động)
e.g. My schedule is flexible - I could arrange to meet with you any day next week.
• deadline (n) UK   /ˈded.laɪn/ - US   /ˈded.laɪn/: a time or day by which
something must be done. (thời hạn chót, hạn cuối)
e.g. The final deadline for the report is September 12.
• punctual (adj) /ˈpʌŋk.tʃu.əl/: arriving, doing something, or happening at
the expected, correct time; not late. (đúng giờ)
e.g. He's fairly punctual (= he usually arrives on time)
• excuse (v) /ɪkˈskjuːz/: to forgive someone. (tha thứ, miễn thứ)
e.g. Please excuse me for arriving late. – the bus was delayed.
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• show up (phrasal verb) UK /ʃəʊ ʌp/ / US /ʃoʊ ʌp/: to arrive

somewhere in order to join a group of people, especially late or
unexpectedly. (đến hoặc xuất hiện trễ/không mong đợi)
e.g. I invited him for eight o'clock, but he didn't show up until 9.30
We were expecting 30 people to come, but half of them never showed up.
impression (n) /ɪmˈpreʃ.ən/: an idea or opinion of what something or
someone is like (ấn tượng, cảm tưởng)
e.g. My general impression of the product was good.

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Students have to:
- learn new vocabulary in Unit 1.
- do exercises in the workbook from page 1 to
page 12.
- prepare unit 4.

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