BÀI GIẢNG DẠNG VĂN BẢN (SCRIPT)

Môn học: Tiếng Anh Căn Bản 4

Unit 8: Appearance

Topic 3: Pink and Blue

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1 Hi, everyone. I’m Hang Ho. Welcome back with Part 8C. In this part, you’ll
practice reading for details. You’ll know how to use the word like effectively in
English. After this unit, you can recognize information is mentioned in the text or
not. At the end of the lesson, you’ll practice sharing opinions on some topics and
giving examples or explanation to protect your ideas.

2 First, look at these two photos in the magazine article. Please say three things
which are the same or similar and three things which are different.

Alright, the similarities between these two photos are everything’s the same
colour, both photos have clothes, both photos have toys

The differences between them are the girl’s things are pink and the boy’s are
blue, the girl has lots of dolls and dresses while the boy has cars and football
shirts

3 Now, read the article and match these headings with the paragraphs (1–5).

You know the heading should provide the main idea of a paragraph. So to do this
kind of exercise, you should read each paragraph to find the main ideas. Alright,
let’s try.

Have you got your answers? Let’s correct!

The 1st heading Are all girls the same should be for paragraph 2

The 2nd heading Why does this happen? should be for paragraph 4

The 3rd heading How it started should be the heading should be for paragraph 1
 The 4th heading Boys’ favourite colour and toys should be the heading should be
for paragraph 3

The 5th heading Differences between the past and the present should be the
heading of should be for paragraph 5

4 Look at these words from the article. Match the words (1–8) with the definitions
(a–h).

With this kind of excersise, what should we do first?

Yeah, we should locate these words first. Let’s find out where they are in the
passage. After that, you can read the words around that word to guess the meaning
of it.

Let me take the word toy as an example. You can find the word toy in the first
paragraph. There were plastic toys, animals, dolls, books, clothes, jewelry, make-
up and things for school. And everything was pink. Suppose that I didn’t know
what the word toy means, I could guess the meaning of it basing on the context. I
see some examples of toys like animals, dolls, books, jewelry, make-up and things
for school. And in the paragraph, they say everything was pink, so I can look at the
photo and recognize the pink things are toys: an object for children to play with.

Alright, let’s try to apply this strategy and match the words (1–8) with the
definitions (a–h).

Definitions a objects you wear on your body, e.g. around your neck, on your ears,
etc. It’s jewellery.

Definitions b an object for children to play with is toy

Definition c: a picture or a short film to sell a product or service. It’s advertisement

Definition d: different from others. It’s unusual

Definition e: a toy like a person or a baby. It’s doll.

Definition f: something you put on your face (to improve or change your
appearance). It’s make-up.

Definition g a large animal which lived millions of years ago. It’s a dinosaur.
 Definition h a person in a story who can do amazing things, e.g. Superman,
Batman. It’s superhero.

You see, with this reading strategy, you can find the defintion of the words without
spending so much time looking up the dictionary.

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5 Read the article again. Decide if the information in these sentences (1–7) is:

• in the article (✓).

• not in the article (✗).
This kind of exercise helps you practice reading for details. I suggest you should
read and underline key words in each statement before you read the article again
and decide if the information in these sentences (1–7) is in the article or not.

For example, the key words in number

1. are Jeongmee is a photographer from South Korea

2. She thinks her daughter is similar to other girls of her age

3. All girls in every country love pink.

4 The types of toys in the girls’ and boys’ rooms were also different.

5 Jeongmee thinks it’s because of television and advertising.

6 In the past, children had lots of different colours in their bedrooms.

7 Jeongmee Yoon thinks pink for girls and blue for boys is bad.

And now, you read the article again. You only need to find these keywords in the
article and decide whether the statement occurs in the passage or not.

Do you have your answers?

You see, statements 1, 2, 4 and 5 are mentioned in the passage.

Statement 3: the article only mentions the USA and South Korea, so we can’t say
All girls in every country love pink
 Statement 6: the references to the past don’t mention bedrooms. So we can’t say In
the past, children had lots of different colours in their bedrooms

Statement 7: no comment is made on whether she thinks this is good or bad. So we

can’t say Jeongmee Yoon thinks pink for girls and blue for boys is bad.

6 Read the sentences with the word like. Replace like in each sentence (1–3) with the
words which have a similar meaning (a–c).

1. we can replace like by such as

2. we can replace like with love

3. we can replace like with similar to

So, you see, the word like seems to be powerful in English. It can contain the
meanings like such as. You can use like with this kind of meaning when you want
to give examples. And like also means love or similar to.

7 Ok, let’s play around with ‘like’. Please complete these sentences in your own
words

1. When I was a child, I liked …

2. In my living room, I have possessions like …

3. I often wear … , like other people of my age.

Have you got your answers?

Let see my EXAMPLE ANSWERS

1. When I was a child, I liked sport / cars / riding bikes.

2 In my living room, I have possessions like a TV set and a vase.

3 I often wear jeans and hoodies, like other people of my age.

8 Ok, now let’s share your opinions on some types of topics.

Please choose the options to complete the sentences with your opinion.

1. The information in the article is surprising / not surprising.

 2 The article is interesting / not interesting.

3 What the article says is true / not true in every country.

4 What the article says is true / not true for most boys and girls.

5 Boys and girls make different colour choices because of TV and advertising
/ other things.

9 Alright, let’s share your opinions from Exercise 7 and give reasons for your
answers. You can post your ideas on our general discussion forum and enjoy the
ideas of your friends.

I think the information in the article is surprising because …

In my opinion, it’s not true in my country because ...

That’s it for Unit 7c. Thank you!