3. What is NOT true according to the passage?
A. Having steak and chips for dinner is better than having them for lunch.
B. You should drink coffee at 3.00 p.m. and wine at 6.30 p.m.
C. Adults who didn’t have regular breakfast are more prone to heart diseases than those who did.
D. An evening meal should be delicious as our senses of taste and smell are at their best.
Đáp án: A. Having steak and chips for dinner is better than having them for lunch.
Dịch nghĩa câu hỏi: Theo đoạn văn điều gì là KHÔNG đúng?
A. Ăn bít tết và khoai tây chiên cho bữa tối tốt hơn là ăn vào bữa trưa.
B. Bạn nên uống cà phê lúc 3 giờ chiều và rượu vào lúc 6.30 tối.
C. Người lớn không ăn sáng thường xuyên dễ bị các bệnh tim mạch hơn người ăn sáng thường xuyên.
D. Một bữa tối nên ngon miệng vì lúc này vị giác và khứu giác đang tốt nhất.
Giải thích: Thông tin ở câu đầu của đoạn 5: “Have your evening meal early. It should be delicious - our senses of smell and taste are at their best at this time - but light”. Tác giả khuyên bữa ăn tối nên ăn ngon nhưng ăn nhẹ, do đó ta có thể suy ra bít tết và khoai tây chiên không phù hợp cho bữa ăn tối.
- Phương án B: thông tin ở các câu: “Don’t drink coffee in the morning. Have one at 3.00 p.m.” và “And if you want a small glass of wine, have it before dinner, as 6.30 is when the liver is most efficient at dealing with alcohol.”
- Phương án C: thông tin ở câu cuối của đoạn 2 “Another research team, from Sweden, suggested that people who ate a regular breakfast as teenagers were 32% less likely to be at risk of heart disease as adults.”
- Phương án D: thông tin ở 2 câu đầu của đoạn 5 “Have your evening meal early. It should be delicious - our senses of smell and taste are at their best at this time - but light.”
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?
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__________________________________________________________________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.
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5. Simple changes/ your lifestyle/ can/ boost/ chances/ living/ healthier/ longer.
→ _________________________________________________________Researchers concluded that humans can typically live up to (4) ________years
1. “I’m sorry. I lost your book,” Emma said to me. (apologized)
→ _________________________________________________________3. Nowadays,/ the life expectancy/ people/ United state/ nearly/ 79 years.
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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)
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