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PRONOUNCIATION

1. Tổng quan về ngữ điệu:
Trong tiếng Anh, câu được chia làm 3 ngữ điệu chính:
Falling Intonation (Ngữ điệu đi xuống)
Rising Intonation (Ngữ điệu đi lên)
Falling & Rising Intonation (Ngữ điệu vừa xuống vừa lên).
2. Đối với câu hỏi trong tiếng Anh:
a. Falling Intonation:
Ÿ Wh-Question (Câu hỏi bắt đầu bằng từ hỏi)
Ví dụ: What’s your name?
Ÿ Tag Question (Câu hỏl láy đuôi) (dùng khi người nói nghĩ là mình đúng)
Ví dụ: You like ice-cream, don’t you?
b. Rising Intonation
Ÿ Yes/No Question
Ví dụ: Do you want to visit Da Lat?
Ÿ Tag Question (dùng khi người nói không chắc mình có đúng hay không)
Ví dụ: How do I look like? I look stupid, don’t I?
Task 1.Choose the words whose underlined part is pronounced differently from others.
1. A. robot B. role C. coffee D. comb
2. A. minor B. simple C. recognise D. climb
3. A. planet B. station C. space D. face
4. A. dressed B. stepped C. talked D. played
5. A. shout B. could C. house D. down
6. A. natural B. solar C. planet D. fact
7. A. window B. show C. grow D. allow
8. A. think B. bath C. clothes D. through
9. A. pollute B. reduce C. reuse D. future
10. A. laundry B. draw C. water D. laugh
11. A. cleaned B. caused C. decided D. studied
12. A. chemist B. cheap C. chair D. child
13. A. fashion B. nature C. planet D. sand
14. A. boxes B. watches C. glasses D. loves
15. A. celebrate B. comic C. city D. exciting
Task 1. Choose the word whose main stressed syllable is placed differently from the others.
1. A. houseboat B. motorhome C. apartment D. cottage
2. A. special B. modern C. wireless D. machine
3. A. appliance B. dishwasher C. countryside D. factory
4. A. robot B. locate C. iron D. cable
5. A. control B. giant C. solar D. software
6. A. computer B. helicopter C. future D. century
7. A. replace B. supply C. provide D. sorrow
8. A. city B. police C. village D. castle
9. A. surround B. mountain C. ocean D. countryside
10. A. apartment B. balcony C. appliance D. invention
11. A. future B. locate C. solar D. wireless
12. A. surround B. cottage C. robot D. planet
13. A. motorhome B. skyscraper C. appliance D. probably
14. A. temperature B. supermarket C. comfortable D. automatic
15. A. holiday B. camera C. internet D. location

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VOCABULARY
New words
Transcription
Meaning
alarm clock
/əˈlɑːm klɒk/
đồng hồ báo thức
bend over
/bend ˈəʊvə(r)/
cúi, uốn cong
comb
/kəʊm/
cái lược
comb the hair
/kəʊm ðə heər/
chải đầu
comfortable
/ˈkʌmfətəbl/
thoải mái
complicated
/ˈkɒmplɪkeɪtɪd/
phức tạp
dangerous
/ˈdeɪndʒərəs/
nguy hiểm
disagree
/dɪsəˈɡri/
không đồng ý
doctor robot
/ˈdɒktər ˈrəʊbɒt/
người máy khám bệnh
factory
/ˈfæktəri/
nhà máy
gardening
/ˈɡɑːdnɪŋ/
việc làm vườn
get dressed
/get drest/
mặc quần áo
guard
/ɡɑːd/
bảo vệ
hedge
/hedʒ/
hàng rào
home robot
/həʊm ˈrəʊbɒt/
người máy gia đình
housework
/ˈhaʊswɜːk/
việc nhà
international
/ɪntəˈnæʃənəl/
quốc tế
laundry
/ˈlɔːndri/
sự giặt là
lift
/lɪft/
nâng, nhấc
minor
/ˈmaɪnə(r)/
nhỏ, bé
opinion
/əˈpɪnjən/
ý kiến
personal computer
/ˈpɜːsənəl kəmˈpjuːtər/
máy tính cá nhân
power
/ˈpaʊər/
năng lượng, sức mạnh
recognise
/ˈrekəɡnaɪz/
nhận ra, nhận diện
replace
/rɪˈpleɪs/
thay thế
robot
/ˈrəʊbɒt/
người máy
role
/rəʊl/
vai trò
shout
/ʃəʊt/
hò hét
show
/ʃəʊ/
màn trình diễn
space robot
/speɪs ˈrəʊbɒt/
người máy không gian
space station
/speɪs ˈsteɪʃn/
trạm không gian
subject
/ˈsʌbdʒekt/
môn học
teaching robot
/ˈtiːtʃɪŋ ˈrəʊbɒt/
người máy dạy học
type
/taɪp/
dạng, loại
understand
/ʌndəˈstænd/
hiểu
water
/ˈwɔːtə(r)/
nước
worker robot
/ˈwɜːrkər ˈrəʊbɒt/
người máy công nhân
Task 1. Look at the pictures and complete the blanks.
robots
hedge
laundry
space station
dishes
robot show
gardening
planet
1. ______________
2. ______________
3. ______________
4. ______________
5. ______________
6. ______________
7. ______________
8. ______________
Task 2. Complete with suitable types of robots.

space robot doctor robot home robot
building robot teaching robot worker robot
1. ______________ do housework
2. ______________ educate children
3. ______________ taking care of people’s health
4. ______________ build types of construction works
5. ______________ explore the space
6. ______________ work in factory
7. ______________ work at schools or at home
8. ______________ work at home
9. ______________ work at hospital.
Task 3. Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs in the box.
make recognise do understand lift guard cut speak
1. Home Robots ___________ all our housework, such as cleaning, washing the dishes, etc.
2. Security Robots can patrol streets or ___________ your home.
3. ASIMO can ___________ the faces and voices of multiple people speaking.
4. Nao Robot ___________ Japanese, English, and Chinese and can answer your questions about banking.
5. Worker robots are good at ___________ heavy things.
6. The Bosch robot could ___________ either a latte, a cappuccino or a coffee.
7. Will future robots be able to ___________ human emotions?
8. Bill Shane now ___________ his grass with a robotic lawnmower.
Task 4. Complete each blank with a correct word.

1. In the future, robots will help us ___________ the laundry.
2. My robot will help me do the ___________. It will grow and take care of the plants in our small garden.
3. Will robots be ___________ to understand what we say?
4. Robots in the past ___________ talk, but now they can.
5. Space robots can build space ___________ on the Moon and other planets.
6. Home robots can do all the ___________, such as cooking, cleaning, washing the dishes.
7. In ten years, robots will wake you up in the morning and ___________ your bed.
8. Doctor robots can help ___________ people in a hospital.
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GRAMMAR
1. Comparative of adjective
Short adjectives and Long adjectives
Short adjectives (tính từ ngắn)
Long adjectives (tính từ dài)
Tính từ ngắn là những tính từ gồm 1 hoặc 2 âm tiết.
- nice
- long
- happy
Tính từ dài là những tính từ gồm từ 3 âm tiết trở lên
- intelligent
- beautiful
- expensive
Để chuyển sang dạng so sánh ta thêm “r/er” vào cuối tính từ ấy.
- nice gnicer
- long glonger
Nếu tận cùng của tính từ là “y”, ta đổi “y” g “ier”
- dry drier
- happy ghappier
Để chuyển sang dạng so sánh ta thêm “more” lên trước tính từ dài.
- intelligentgmore intelligent
- expensive g more expensive
Với các tính từ kết thúc bằng -ed, -ing, -fill, -less, khi chuyển sang dạng so sánh hơn, ta đều coi nó là tính từ dài
boredgmore bored interesting gmore interesting
carefulgmorecareful helpless gmore helpless
Với các tính từ kết thúc bằng một nguyên âm đơn + phụ âm đơn, ta gấp đôi phụ âm
hotghotter big gbigger
Các tính từ đặc biệt khác
oldgolder/elder good gbetter
fargfarther/ further bad gworse
a.Comparative of short adjectives
S + be + adj-er + than ...
Ví dụ:Phong is taller than Trang. (Phongcao hơn Trang.)
Long is bigger than Quan. (Long to hơn Quân.)
b.Comparative of long adjectives
S + be + more + adj + than ...
Ví dụ:
Thang is more intelligent than Hung.(Thắng thông minh hơn Hùng.)
Your house is more modern than my house. (Ngôi nhà của bạn hiện đại hơn ngôi nhà của tớ.)
Task 1. Change these adjectives into comparative form.
No.
Adjective
Adjective in comparative form
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
intelligent
old
large
boring
narrow
busy
quiet
ambitious
colorful
comfortable
big
hot
beautiful
good
far
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Task 2. Complete the sentences with correct form of adjectives.

1. She can’t stay (long) ______________ than 30 minutes.
2. Well, the place looks (clean) ______________ now.
3. The red shirt is better but it’s (expensive) ______________ thanthe white one.
4. Being a firefighter is (dangerous) ______________ than being a builder.
5. The weather this summer is even (hot) ______________ than last summer.
6. Your accent is (bad) ______________ than mine.
7. Hot dogs are (good) ______________ than hamburgers.
8. French is considered to be (difficult) ______________ than English.
9. I think scuba diving is (fascinating) ______________ than climbing.
10. He thinks this test was (difficult) ______________ than the last one.Task 3. Give the correct form of the word given to complete the sentences.
1. Robots can help people solve_______ problems such as discovering the universe or reducing pollution.
(COMPLICATE)
2. Robots can do something_______ like looking after children in the future.
(USE)
3. Robots will be_______ to help people in many fields such as curing some diseases or teaching languages. They are very useful for people in the future.
(ABILITY)
4. Its difficult for him to _______these flying robots because they are very small.
(RECOGNITION)
5. _______, he decided to buy a domestic robot to help him tidy up his room.
(FINAL)
Task 4. Find the mistake in the four underlined parts A, B, C or D of each sentence.
1. If you don’t study your mathematics, you can’t be able to do the exercises.
A B C D
2. My niece can read by the time she was four years old.
A B C D
3. Most ants could lift objects that are ten times heavier than their own bodies.
A B C D
4. Tom won’t be able to working in the shed because he is ill.
A B C D
5. Bob was in an accident, but he won’t be able to remember how he had hurt himself.
A B C
D
6. That’s my sister over there. She stands next to the window.
A B C D
7. Tom can’t listen to music because his CD player was broken.
A B C D
8. We couldn’t hear the teacher because the students was very noisy.
A B C D
9. Robots can work everywhere on the world, including on the seabed or in a volcano.
A B C D
10. Teaching robots can explain the lessons again or help students on their homework.
A B C D
11. A robot can builds houses, apartments and offices.
A B C D
12. Scientists are working on how to invent a intelligent robot.
A B C D
13. The children can work in groups when they were at school yesterday.
A B C D
14. Children couldn’t stayed at home alone when they were 5 years old.
A B C D
15. I don’t agree of you that a robot will be able to understand what people say.
A B C D
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SPEAKING
Task 1. Match …......... Then practice.
1. What will robots in the home be able to do?
a. Big Hero 6.
2. When will robots replace teachers in a classroom?
b. To save labour and reduce cost
3. Some people believe that robots will take over the world one day.
c. They are used to teach students a number of subjects such as science, maths and language.
4. Which is your favourite movie about robots?
d. They will be able to do all the housework, and even guard your house.
5. If you had a robot, what would you like it to do?
e. No doubt about it. They will help us do a lot of things.
6. Why do we need robots?
f. I don’t think so. Robotsare only tools to help us get things done.
7. How are robots used in education?
g. About two decades, I think.
8. In the future, robots will be more useful to us.
h. I’d like it to do all my exercises and homework.
Task 2. Make questions for the underlined parts.
1. …………………………….
Sofia is a humanoid-like robot.
2…………………………….
Sofia robot was activated on February 14, 2016.
3…………………………….
Space robots are mainly used on the International Space Station.
4…………………………….
Zenbo robot can take photos, capture video, make calls, tell stories and play music.
5…………………………….
A cockroach-inspired robot took two years to build.
6………………………………
Nao robot speaks Japanese, English, and Chinese.
7. ……………………………
Athena robot was created by PhD student Alexander Herzog and Jeannette Bohg.
8. ……………………………
Kuratas robot is 3.8 metres tall.
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LISTENING
Task 1. Listen and decide if each statement is true (T) or false (F). (Track 23)
No.
Statement
True or false
1.
Robots are special machines that follow instruction and can move.
____________
2.
Robots neither make mistakes nor complains.
____________
3.
There are robots which can make cars but there are no robots which can do household chores.
____________
4.
In the future, it seems that there are not as many robots as now.
____________
5.
Robots have no capability to fight wars.
____________
Task 2. Listen again and complete the text.

Unless fires telephone calls mistakes life
volcanoes instructions dangerous robots vacuum
ROBOTS
A robot is a machine. But it is not just any machine. It is a special kind of machine. It is a machine that moves. It follows (1) ____________. The instructions come from a computer. Because it is a machine, it does not make (2) ____________. And it does not get tired. And it never complains. (3) ____________ you tell it to!
Robots are all around us. Some robots are used to make things. For example, robots can help make cars. Some robots are used to explore (4) ____________ places. For example, robots can help explore (5) ____________. Some robots are used to clean things. These robots can help (6) ____________ your house. Some robots can even recognize words. They can be used to help answer (7) ____________.
In the future, we will have even more (8) ____________. They will do things that we can’t do. Or they will do things that we don’t want to do. Or they will do things that are too dangerous for us. Robots will help us fight (9) ____________. They will help us fight wars. They will help us fight sickness. They will help us discover things. They will help make (10) ____________ better.
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