7. “I’m sorry for causing so much damage to your car,” Amy said to me.
→ _________________________________________________________Đáp án: Amy apologized to me for making so much damage to my car.
Giải thích: “I’m sorry for making so much damage to your car,” Amy said to me. (“Tôi xin lỗi vì đã gây ra nhiều thiệt hại cho chiếc xe hơi của bạn.” Amy nói với tôi.)
Xét về nghĩa của câu trực tiếp, Amy đang muốn xin lỗi người nghe vì đã gây thiệt hại cho chiếc xe hơi nên ta cần dùng một động từ tường thuật diễn tả sự xin lỗi. Do đó, động từ “apologized” là phù hợp nhất. Ta có cấu trúc: “apologize (+ to somebody) + for + V-ing” (xin lỗi ai vì đã làm gì). Bên cạnh đó, ta cần biến đổi tính từ sở hữu “your” thành “my”.
Dịch nghĩa: Amy xin lỗi tôi vì đã gây ra nhiều thiệt hại cho chiếc xe hơi của tôi.
KỸ NĂNG NÓI (SPEAKING SKILLS)
Talk about an activity you do to stay healthy.
You can use the following questions as cues:
* What is the activity?
* When did you start it?
* How often do you do it?
* Why do you do it?
Useful languages:
Complete the notes:
Now you try!
Give your answer using the following cues. You should speak for 1-2 minutes.
1. I decided to take up + N in order to stay healthy.
2. I started this activity ... ago.
3. I do it every day/ morning/ afternoon/...
4. It has become an integral part of my life because ...
Now you tick!
Did you ...
- answer all the questions in the task?
- give some details to each main point?
- speak slowly and fluently with only some hesitation?
- use vocabulary wide enough to talk about the topic?
- use various sentence structures (simple, compound, complex) accurately?
- pronounce correctly (vowels, consonants, stress, intonation)?
Let’s compare!
Finally, compare with the sample answer on page 190.
Write an essay (150 -180 words) about factors positively affect longevity.
You can use the following questions as cues:
• How does diet affect longevity?
• How does exercise affect longevity?
• How does social interaction affect longevity?
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________Complete each of the following sentences using the cues given. You can change the cues and use others words in addition to the cues to complete the sentences.
1. Longer life expectancy/ be/ consider/ as/ symbol/ better life/ prosperity.
→ _________________________________________________________2. “Our teacher will be happy if we learn all the poems by heart,” Lina says.
→ _________________________________________________________4. “Let’s have a barbecue in the backyard tonight,” my father said (suggested)
→ _________________________________________________________They recommend that we make efforts to improve the (6) ________of life, rather than to extend life expectancy.
2. Smoking/ be/ strongly/ link/ disease/ early death.
→ _________________________________________________________
5. Simple changes/ your lifestyle/ can/ boost/ chances/ living/ healthier/ longer.
→ _________________________________________________________1. “I’m sorry. I lost your book,” Emma said to me. (apologized)
→ _________________________________________________________Researchers concluded that humans can typically live up to (4) ________years
3. Nowadays,/ the life expectancy/ people/ United state/ nearly/ 79 years.
→ _________________________________________________________
4. Only/ way/ live/ longer/ is/ to live/ healthy life.
→ _________________________________________________________4. Good_________is essential if patients want to make a quick recovery.
3. “You shouldn’t let your children eat sweets before going to bed,” Karen’s colleague said to her. (advised)
→ _________________________________________________________