Tiếng Anh 11 Global Success Unit 2 Speaking
Talking about different generations
(Nói về các thế hệ khác nhau)
1. Put the sentences (A-D) in order to complete the conversation. Then practise it in pairs.
(Đặt các câu (A-D) để hoàn thành đoạn hội thoại. Sau đó thực hành nó theo cặp.) Gợi ý đáp án 1. C 2. D 3. A 4. B Lời giải chi tiết
Kevin: Ly, do you live with your extended family?
(Ly, bạn có sống với đại gia đình của mình không?)
Ly: (1) Yes, I do. I live with my grandparents, my parents, and my younger sister.
(Vâng, tôi có. Tôi sống với ông bà, cha mẹ và em gái của tôi.)
Kevin: (2) That's interesting. Have you noticed any differences between the generations?
(Điều đó thật thú vị. Bạn có nhận thấy bất kỳ sự khác biệt giữa các thế hệ nào không?)
Ly: (3) Yes. My grandparents are over 60 now. They hold very traditional views about everything.
(Vâng. Ông bà tôi giờ đã ngoài 60. Họ giữ quan điểm rất truyền thống về mọi thứ.)
Kevin: (4) I see. What about your parents?
(Tôi hiểu rồi. Còn bố mẹ bạn thì sao?)
Ly: Well, they're only in their 40s. I think they're quite open to new ways of thinking. I
can share lots of things with my parents.
(À, họ mới ngoài 40 thôi. Tôi nghĩ họ khá cởi mở với những cách suy nghĩ mới. Tôi có
thể chia sẻ nhiều điều với bố mẹ.)
2. Work in pairs. Talk about the different generations of your family. Use the model
and tips in 1, and the ideas below to help you.
(Làm việc theo cặp. Nói về các thế hệ khác nhau trong gia đình bạn. Sử dụng mô hình và
các mẹo trong phần 1 và các ý tưởng bên dưới để giúp bạn.) Gợi ý đáp án
Kevin: Let’s talk about the different generations of your family. Ly, what’s kind of family do you have?)
Ly: I live in an extended family.
Kevin: Ly, do you think there are any differences between the generations of your family?
Ly: Yes, I do. My grandparents are over 80 now. They hold traditional views about many issues.
Kevin: What’s about your parents?
Ly: My parents open to new ways of thinking but they don’t want big changes in life.
Ly: For my sister and I, we want to make our own decisions and have fixed ideas about
the world. We are also good at using electronic devices.
3. Work in groups. Discuss the following question and then report to the whole class.
(Làm việc theo nhóm. Thảo luận câu hỏi sau và trình bày trước cả lớp.)
What are the most common generation gaps in your families?
(Khoảng cách thế hệ phổ biến nhất trong gia đình bạn là gì?) Gợi ý đáp án
To find extreme viewpoints, I need look no further than my own family. My family has
members whose opinions vary widely. These opinions often result in interesting
conversations, debates, and occasional disagreements at family gatherings. Two
contrasting members of my family are my brother and my father. I understand both of
them fairly well, but their attempts to understand each other are less successful. My father
and my older brother sometimes assume diametrically different viewpoints.
My brother is artistic and creative while my father is pragmatic and technically minded.
One of the more humorous differences between them is their taste in music. My brother is
a born musician who loves music with soul. On the other hand, my father is a scientist and listens to Cheo.
Another often humorous difference between my father and brother is the way they wear
their hair. My brother wears his hair down to his shoulders. My father, on the other hand,
always gets his hair cut when it begins to touch his collar. When my father was growing
up in the sixties, all men wore short hair. However, my brother grew up during the
twenties when people were more liberal in the way they dressed. The length of my
brother's hair bothers my father.
Although my brother and father disagree on many things, they manage to get along very
well. Both of them are open-minded and can appreciate each other's differences.