Giáo án môn Tiếng anh lớp 11 - Unit 8: Postal and telecommunications services

UNIT 8 POSTAL AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICES 
PHONETICS
1 Write the words from the box in the correct part of the table according to the stress pattern.
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 Stress pattern
 Word
1. ooOo
2. Oo
3. Ooo 
4, oOo 
5, oooOo 
6. Ooooo 
7. ooOoo 
8. oO 
9. oOoo 
10. oooooOo
2 Pick out the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others.
1. A. route B. pollution C. uniform D. shoe
2. A. guess B. succeed C. promise D. pleasant
3. A. publish B. stadium C. uncle D. rugby
4. A. father B. theater C. mother D. though
5. A. revolution B. smoke C. program D. sociable
6. A. private B. smile C. particular D. decide
VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR
3 Complete the sentences with an appropriate form of the word in brackets.
1. Scientists have established a ____________ between cholesterol levels and heart disease. (connect)
2. Val works for an ___________ agency. (advertise)
3. Although it won a lot of awards, the film was not a __________ success. (commerce)
4. Paolo has excellent ____________ skills. (communicate)
5. 2 000 copies of the booklet have been printed and are available for _____________. (distribute)
6. His books have gained in _____________ in recent years.(popular)
7. She has a highly ___________ mind. (invention)
8. You may be ___________ if you do not pay the bill.(disconnect)
4 Choose a word in the box to complete the sentences.You will need to use some words more than once.Then write post, phone or e-mail at the end of each sentence to show the context.
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1. I’ll get back ____________ you as soon as possible
2. Please hang ___________. 
3. She’s ____________ the other line. 
4. I need to pick __________my messages. 
5. Can you speak ___________ please?
6. I had a postcard ___________ Jonathon. 
7. We keep ___________ touch by e-mail. 
8. Type__________ your password. 
9. Hold ____________, I’ll get him for you. 
10. I’ll call _____________ later. 
5 Complete the sentences with a verb from the box.
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1. He was able to _____________ his story with hard evidence.
2. I like, to _____________ through magazines at the weekend
3. It was terribly heavy so we had to _____________ it across the room.
4. The children decided to __________ their pictures onto a huge poster.
5. We’re going to _________ a new central heating system in our house.
6. You can click on a file and _____________ it to somewhere else on your computer.
7.You can cut a section of text and _____________ it somewhere else in the document.
8. You have to ____________ a program on your computer before you can use it.
9. You need a program like Internet Explorer if you want to ____________ the Net.
10. You should always _____________ everything you do just in case you have problems.
 6 Fill in each space with one suitable word.
Radio waves are a mystery. (1) _____________ scientists assume that they are a form of electrical energy, no one as yet has been able to prove it. But even though scientists are not quite sure (2) ____________ radio waves are, they are constantly learning (3) ____________ to make use of them. One of the first scientists to (4) _____________ with their use was an Italian named Marconi. In 1987, he formed a wireless company to install wireless sets in ships at sea, in lightships, and in lighthouses along the coast of England. With (5) ____________experiment, he believed a ship in danger of (6) ____________could radio for help. Two years later, he was (7) ____________right. A lightship, pounded and damaged by heavy seas, (8) ___________ a nearby station and got help in time to (9) _____________ loss of life. After Marconi’s success, other scientists in Europe and America started experimenting with radio waves, but it was not (10) __________ 1920 that regular broadcast began.
7 Correct the mistakes in these sentences.
I. I studied English in my first school, but I don’t remember learning something there.
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2. We had one teacher who always brought music tapes and she played it for we to learn the words.
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3. I think they were hers favorite songs, but in our class no really understood the words.
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4. She put us in groups to discuss the songs, but every talked about different something in his groups.
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5. And no ones were trying to practice his English very much.
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6. I only remember the words of one song that went like that:
“You can’t always get what your want, but if you try sometimes you get what your need.”
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7. That was interesting words and obviously I did learn somethings from that teacher.
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8 Turn the sentences into reported speech.
1. “If I had known, I’d have come earlier,” she said.
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2. He said, “Unless John tells the truth, somebody will get hurt.”
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3. “I really think you should join the tennis club this summer,” she said.
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4. “If you practiced more, you might be able to make a career out of music,” her teacher said.
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5. “I wouldn’t have had the accident if the brakes had been repaired properly,” he said.
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6. “He’ll be sent to prison if he commits a further offence,” said the magistrate.
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7. “You can stay here, as long as you like,” he said.
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8. “I wish Bob would buy himself a new suit,” said Maggie.
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9 Complete the second sentence in such a way that it means the same as the first one.
1. “You stole the jewels!” the inspector said to him.
The inspector accused ________________________________--_________________
2. If it doesn’t rain soon, millions of pounds’ worth crops will be lost. 
Unless _______________________________________________________________
3. “Don’t move or I’ll shoot!” the bank robber said to the clerk.
The bank robber threatened _______________________________________________
4. The drama critic of the “Daily News” regards the new play as a major breakthrough.
According to __________________________________________________
5. Although the team played well, they lost.
Despite________________________________________________________
6. Galileo is considered to be the father of modern astronomy.
Galileo is regarded_______________________________________________
7. The only way you can become a good athlete is by training hard every day.
Only by________________________________________________________
8. He speaks more persuasively than his brother. 
He is a __________________________________________________________
READING
10 Read the text and decide which answer best fits each space.
 THE TELEPHONE IN THE US
The telephone was invented in 1876 by Alexander Graham Bell, a Scotsman who became a US citizen. The word “telephone” had been (1) _____ existence since the 1830s and had been (2) ________to a number of inventions designed to produce sound. Bell had become interested in the possibility of long-distance speech (3) ______ his work with the deaf. He was twenty- eight and his assistant, Thomas Watson, was (4) ______twenty-one when they (5) _____ their great success on 10th March 1876. Despite their long and.(6) _____ association, Bell’s first communication by telephone was not “Tom, come here, I want you”, (7) ___ “Mr. Watson, come here, I want you”. (8) ______ with excitement, Bell and Watson demonstrated their invention to a US telegram company. The company wrote to Bell, (9) ____ that his invention was testing. However, after (10) ________ it careful consideration, they had (11) _______ to the conclusion that it had “no future”. Fortunately for Bell, others could see the possibilities.(12) _______ four years of its invention, the US had 60,000 telephones. In the next twenty years that (13) _______ increased to over 6 million. Today, ninety-three per cent of US homes have a phone, a (14) _____ of phone ownership no other nation comes near to equaling. Each US household makes or receives (15) ______ average 30,516 calls per year, an astonishing statistic.
1. A. in B.with C.to D.out
2. A. joined B.named C.employed D.applied
3. A. through B.as C.because	 D.along
4. A. quite B.just C.simply D.lately
5. A. managed B.achieved C.succeeded D.fulfilled
6. A. narrow B.attached C.close D.near
7. A. but B.otherwise C.instead D.although
8. A. Whole B.Deep C.Entire D.Filled
9. A. saying B.informing C.describing D.referring
10. A. regarding B.giving C.taking D.bearing
11. A. reached B.come C. arrived D. brought
12. A. Under B.From C.Within D.About
13. A. figure B. count C. measure D. extent
14. A. grade B. height C. level D. rank
15. A. on B.by C. at D. for
11 Read the text and decide if the statements are true (T) or false (F).
 INTERNET SECURITY
Sitting in front of your own computer screen in the comfort of your own home, it is easy to feel safe and secure as you browse on—line and send e-mails to friends. Even professionals, though, need to take certain precautions as there are some quite unpleasant individuals out there.
Begin by making it a rule never to give out details of where you live to anyone unless you are absolutely sure you can trust that person. The same goes for any stranger who asks you for your phone number: if in doubt, just say “no”.
Never arrange to meet someone you’ve previously only communicated with on-line if you’re not completely sure about them. If you do agree to meet, tell friends or family where you’re going. Better still, make sure you meet in a public place and take a friend along with you.
Don’t send your photo to strangers and don’t assume any pictures they may send you are necessarily what they really look like. Remember that people using chatroorns and sending e-mails have been known to pretend to be much younger than they really are in order to befriend teenagers. And if anyone should send you a message that makes you feel at all uncomfortable, switch off your .computer and tell a friend or relative about it.
Finally, never let anyone have any of your passwords, no matter who they say they are or what they want them for.
1. People always feel insecure when they browse on-line.
2. You can give out details of where you live to anyone on—line because they are trustworthy.
3. You shouldn’t arrange to meet someone you’ve previously only communicated with on-line unless you are completely sure about them.
4. People using chatrooms have been known to pretend to be much younger than they really are.
5. If necessary, you can let a few people have some of your passwords.
WRITING
12 A. Put the letter in the correct order.
1. Dear Mr. Gammack,
2. Further to our telephone conversation, you are aware that over forty of our guests suffered food poisoning, caused directly by the food you provided.
3. I am writing in connection with the catering services which you provided on 27th October for my daughter, Benita Molly Shepherd’s wedding.
4. To add insult to injury, I was presented, by one your staff on my way to hospital, with a bifi which was $12,000 over the agreed price. In the circumstances I think my reaction was understandable. I also think that a court of law will find in my favor.
5. Having taken all of the above into consideration, I have now spoken with my solicitors. You will be hearing from them in due course.
6. Your staff, furthermore, were clearly untrained and unsuitable for this type of work. They provoked a fight when the
ambulance arrived, as a result of which my son—in-law, Mr. Vinnie Shepherd, was later arrested.
7. Yours sincerely,
Stephen Shepherd
B. Find and underline phrases in the letter which mean the same as the following.
1. with reference to 2. as a direct result of
3. with regard to 4. I was asked to pay
5. above the sum in the contract 6. agree with me
7. when the time is right 8. moreover
9. inappropriate for the job