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KIÒU THÞ THU H¦¥NG (Chủ biên)
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NGUYÔN THÞ Hµ LILY – TRÞNH MINH PH¦¥NG NEWS LISTENING PRE-INTERMEDIATE
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Tiếng Anh óng vai trò ngày càng quan tr ng của
chúng ta. Trong quá trình hội nhập và phát triển, người học tiếng Anh
không những phải trau dồi các kĩ năng ñọc, viết mà còn phải nghe, nói
tốt mới có thể giao tiếp ñược. Nghe tốt là nhân tố quan trọng giúp con
người giao tiếp thành công. Tuy nhiên, kĩ năng nghe không phải là kĩ năng dễ.
Để giúp người học có thêm cơ hội luyện tập và làm chủ các kĩ
năng nghe hiểu tiếng Anh, nhóm tác giả trân trọng giới thiệu ñến các
thày cô giáo và các em học sinh, sinh viên bộ sách luyện nghe “News
Listening ” biên soạn dựa trên ngữ liệu các bản tin tiếng Anh.
Chủ ñề của các bản tin ñược lựa chọn khá rộng: từ các chủ ñề
quen thuộc với cuộc sống hàng ngày như Giáo dục, Giải trí, Sức khỏe
ñến các chủ ñề về Quan hệ Quốc tế và Vấn ñề Toàn cầu.
Các kĩ năng ñưa ra luyện tập cũng ñược sắp xếp theo trình tự ñộ ă ầ ậ ự ñượ
khó t ng d n. Các bài t p th c hành trong sách c thiết kế ña
dạng, hiệu quả và sinh ñộng. Do ñó, người học có thể sử dụng tài liệu
này ñể học trên lớp và luyện tập ở nhà mà vẫn ñảm bảo tính hữu hiệu và hệ thống.
Dù ñã có nhiều cố gắng nhưng bộ sách cũng không thể tránh khỏi
thiếu sót. Nhóm tác giả rất mong nhận ñược những ñóng góp thiết
thực từ bạn ñọc ñể bộ sách có thể hoàn thiện hơn trong những lần tái bản sau.
Chúc các bạn thành công. Nhóm tác giả 3 about:blank 3/11 18:02 29/7/24 U1 L-đã mở khóa - tacn 1 4 about:blank 4/11 18:02 29/7/24 U1 L-đã mở khóa - tacn 1 CONTENTS Lờ ñầ i nói
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SECTION I: EDUCATION, ENTERTAINMENT, HEALTH AND SOCIAL ISSUES UNIT 1
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UNIT 5 ...................................................................................................27
SECTION II: TECHNOLOGY, CULTURE, SCIENCE AND ECONOMY UNIT 6
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UNIT 8 ...................................................................................................43 UNIT 9
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SECTION III: FOREIGN RELATIONS, INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND GLOBAL ISSUES UNIT 11
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UNIT 13 ...................................................................................................65
UNIT 14 ..................................................................................................69
UNIT 15 ...................................................................................................73 TAPESCRIPTS
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UNIT 10........................................................................................................84
UNIT 11........................................................................................................85
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UNIT 15........................................................................................................88 5 about:blank 5/11 18:02 29/7/24 U1 L-đã mở khóa - tacn 1 ANSWER KEY
SECTION I: EDUCATION, ENTERTAINMENT, HEALTH AND SOCIAL ISSUES
UNIT 1..........................................................................................................90
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UNIT 4..........................................................................................................93
UNIT 5..........................................................................................................94
SECTION II: TECHNOLOGY, CULTURE, SCIENCE AND ECONOMY
UNIT 6..........................................................................................................96
UNIT 7..........................................................................................................97
UNIT 8..........................................................................................................98
UNIT 9..........................................................................................................99
UNIT 10......................................................................................................101
SECTION III: FOREIGN RELATIONS, INTERNATIONAL
ORGANIZATIONS AND GLOBAL ISSUES
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UNIT 12......................................................................................................105
UNIT 13......................................................................................................108
UNIT 14......................................................................................................110
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EDUCATION, ENTERTAINMENT,
HEALTH AND SOCIAL ISSUES UNIT 1 I. WARM-UP
1. News round-ups: Talk about the latest breaking news in the world/ region/ country.
2. Chat: In pairs, share with partners your knowledge and ideas of the
following topics or words.
Africa/ starvation/ food aid/ natural disaster/ landslide/ Rio de Janeiro/ drug
dealing/ criminal/ social evil.
3. Reaction: What should be done to deal with these situations? Complete
this table with your partner(s). Problems How serious? Solutions Starvation Poverty Heavy rainfall Drug trading Social evils 7 about:blank 7/11 18:02 29/7/24 U1 L-đã mở khóa - tacn 1
4. Disasters: In your opinion, which disaster would bring the worst
consequences? Do weather forecast reports work effectively in your country? • hurricane • earthquake • flood • drought • bird flu epidemic • tsunami
5. In your country: In pairs/ groups, put the following in order of which you
think is most important for government spending. ______ Education ______ Sports promotion ______ Wildlife preservation ______ Transportation ______ Social welfares ______ Healthcare services ______ Rural infrastructure II. BEFORE LISTENING
1. True/ False: Before listening to the news, guess whether the following
statements are True (T) or False (F).
a. United Nations World Food Program provides food to poor countries.
b. South Africa is suffering from starvation.
c. Starving patients can be treated by feeding only.
d. Hunger is the single gravest threat to the world's public health (WHO).
e. Millions of people are waiting for food aid to survive.
f. Hunger is also a threat in developed countries.
g. The lack of food is the only reason for starvation.
2. Synonym match: Match the following words taken from the pieces of news with their synonyms. 1. flood (n) a. grieve 2. landslide (n) b. executive 3. official (n) c. deluge 4. urge (v) d. avalanche 5. mourn (v) e. push 8 about:blank 8/11 18:02 29/7/24 U1 L-đã mở khóa - tacn 1
3. Explanation match: Match the words taken from the pieces of news with their explanations. 1. discover (v)
a. a relation or connection between people or things 2. victim (n)
b. behavior involving physical force intended to hurt or kill 3. violence (n) c. the government in power 4. link (n)
d. find unexpectedly or during a search
5. administration (n) e. an organized course of action to achieve a goal 6. campaign (n)
f. a person injured or kill as a result of a crime, accident
III. WHILE LISTENING
GAP FILL: Listen and fill in the gaps. Piece 1:
The United Nations World Food Program says it will begin sending (1)
……………………………… to Somalia and (2)……………………………… on
Wednesday. The UN airlift (3)……………………………………………. begin
Tuesday, but the flights were not (4)…………………………………. Kenya. The
director of the World Food Program told VOA that airplanes will carry food to
Mogadishu, (5)………………………………………………. and northern Kenya
near the (6)………………………………………. . She said the UN agency is
bringing resources and people from other parts of the world to help. UN and
American officials say more than 11 million people now need (7)………………..
to survive. The World Food Program chief said that in Somalia about one third of
the population could (8)………………………………….. . Many of the victims
are children. The UN said (9)…………………………………. is needed to help
them. It is asking for almost (10)………………………………… in donations. Piece 2:
Officials in Brazil say (1) ………………………………. have killed at least
102 people. Heavy rains began Monday and continued into Wednesday. The
(2)………………… of Rio de Janeiro has received (3) ……………………… in
more 20 years. Officials say (4) ………………………………… of rain fell in
the city of Rio de Janeiro in 24 hours. That would (5) ……………………………
for daily rainfall in the city. Officials said (6) ………………………………….
carried away buildings in areas where many poor people live. (7) ………………
for the second day since the rains began. (8) …………………………………. 9 about:blank 9/11 18:02 29/7/24 U1 L-đã mở khóa - tacn 1
Sergio Cabral has called for three days of (9) ………………………………….
for those who die. The city's mayor (10) …………………………………. people
to stay home. The rain is expected to continue until Friday. Piece 3:
(1)…………………………………. say they have discovered the bodies of
12 people in a rural area of (2) …………………………………. . The officials
said they believed the people were (3) …………………………………. linked to
the drug trade. The top law (4) …………………………………. in Nayarit state
says the (5)………………………… were found Tuesday near the city of Xalisco.
(6)………………………… had been reported in the area (7) ……………………
More than 15,000 people have died in (8) …………………………………. in
Mexico since President Felipe Calderon (9) …………………………………. in
2006. His administration has (10)…………………………………. against the illegal drug trade. IV. AFTER LISTENING
1. Word search: Look in your dictionary/ computer to expand your vocabulary
on these following topics: Food aid, Natural disaster, Social evils. Food aid Natural disaster Social evils
• Share your findings with your partners.
• Make questions using the words you found.
• Ask your partner/ group your questions.
2. Article questions: Look back at the article and write down some questions
you would like to ask the class about the text.
• Share your questions with other classmates/ groups.
• Ask your partner/ group your questions. 10 about:blank 10/11 18:02 29/7/24 U1 L-đã mở khóa - tacn 1
3. Find headings: In pairs/ groups, think of a suitable heading for each piece
of news. Check your answers with different partners.
4. Vocabulary: Circle any word you do not understand. In groups, pool
unknown words and use dictionaries to find their meanings.
5. Test each other: How much do you know about UNWFP, WHO, FAO and
their roles in the fight against starvation?
6. Retell the news: Work with your partner and retell each piece of news.
7. Further discussion • Global hunger
• Natural disasters in Vietnam
• Drug trafficking and its impacts on people and society V. WRITING
Write about food aid for 10 minutes. Correct your partner’s paper. VI. HOMEWORK
1. Vocabulary extension: Choose several of the words from the news. Use a
dictionary or Google’s search field (or another search engine) to build up more
associations/ collocations of each word.
2. Internet: Search the Internet and find out more about the penalties for
drug traffickers. Share what you discover with your partner(s) in the next lesson. 11 about:blank 11/11