Welcome to the

presentation of
group 9
class: 61.NNA-4
Members:
1. Phan Trịnh Phúc An
2. Trương Thùy Mỹ Thịnh
3.Nguyễn Thị Phương Thùy
4. Phạm Mỹ Hạnh
Lesson 10: Quality & Art
 Let’s start with
some new words!!
Vocabulary topic: Quality
Evaluate /ɪˈvæl.ju.eɪt/ (v): to judge or
calculate the quality, importance,
amount or value of something
 Value /ˈvæl.juː/ (v): to give a
jugdement about how much money
something might be sold for
Decay /dɪˈkeɪ/ (v): to become gradually
damaged, worse or less, to cause something
to do this
ex: Sugar makes your teeth decay.
The role of extended family has been decaying for some time.
Contaminate /kənˈtæm.ɪ.neɪt/ (v): to make
something less pure or make it poisonous
Decline /dɪˈklaɪn/ (v): to gradually
become less, worse or lower
Devastate /ˈdev.ə.steɪt/ (v): to destroy a
place or thing completely or cause
great damage
Surpass /səˈpɑːs/ (v):
If one person or thing surpasses another, the first is better than, or
has more of a particular quality than, the second.
Ex: He was determined to surpass the achievements of his older
brothers.

If something surpasses expectation, it is much better than it

was expected to be.
Ex: Conrad Black gave an excellent party that surpassed expectations.
Outclass /ˌaʊtˈklɑːs/ (v):
 If you are outclassed by someone, they are a lot better than
you are at a particular activity.
Ex: The hotel is serviceable, but outclassed by its bistro.

 If one thing outclasses another thing, the first thing is of a

much higher quality than the second thing.
Ex: These planes are outclassed by the most recent designs.
(usually used in passive form)
Wreck /rek/ (v) : »to destroy or badly
damage something
»to spoil a chance, plan, etc.
Ex: The explosion wrecked one house
and shattered nearby windows.
The deal was wrecked by the recent turmoil in
the debt markets.
Worsen /ˈwɜː.sən/ (v): to become worse or
to make something become worse
Ex:  As the company's financial problems worsened,
several director resigned.
 The continued supply of arms to the region will only worsen
the situation.
 Mini game 1: Newton’s
Rules:
apple tree
 You are the thieves wanting to steal apples from Newton’s apple
tree because you believe they have magic.
 However, on the way to Newton’s garden, your gang have
conflicts and decide to divide into 2 teams.
 You really think your mission is easy peasy, don’t you? Think
again! Newton’s tricky than you thought. Each apple has a
question, you have to answer the question if you want to take those
tasty fruit, but you have to take it in order. Mr.Newton doesn’t like
you to cut the line!
What if you answer incorrectly? Well, you know the consequence!
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 1. The inspectors are going to be
evaluating / valuing the performance
of every teacher
 2. In Berkshire, a lorry carrying
chemicals has crashed into a river and
has decayed / contaminated the local
water supply
3. The number of school-leavers going
to university has declined /devastated
since government to this day.
 4. We must never let inflation
surpass / outclass the three percent
mark again.
5. This accident has wrecked
/ outclass Dagli’s chance of
competing in the final
Vocabulary topic: Art
Bestseller /bestˈsel.ə/ (n):a product that
is extremely popular and has sold in
very large numbers
ex: The “Harry Potter” novels were all bestsellers
Taylor Swift’s album soon became bestsellers
 Paperback /ˈpeɪ.pə.bæk/ (n):
A book with the cover made of thick paper
 Lines /laɪn/ (n)
the words that an actor
speaks when performing in a film, play, etc
Lyric /ˈlɪr.ɪk/ (n)
The words of a song
 Curator /kjʊəˈreɪ.tə/ (n):
A person in charge of a museum, library, etc.
 Retrospective /ˌret.rəˈspek.tɪv/ (n)
a show of the work an artist has done in their
life so far
Priceless /praɪs.ləs/ (adj): Worthless /wɜːθ.ləs/ (adj):
A priceless object has such Having no value in
a high value, especially money
 because it is rare, that Not important or
the price of it cannot not unuseful
be calculated
More valuable than any
amount of money and
precious
Job /dʒɒb/ (n): Work /wɜːk/ (n):
something created as
the regular work that
a result of effort, especially 
a person does to earn
a painting, book,
money.
or piece of music
 Mini game 2: Which word is it?
You will see a picture or a definition of a
word.
Your mission is to say out loud which word
is it.
 Which team say the word first gets 1 point
 The team having more points win the mini
game.
Job
 Retrospective
a show of the work an artist has
done in their life so far
 Bestseller
a product that is extremely
popular and has sold in
very large numbers
Lyric
priceless
 Mini game 3:

Catch phrasal
verbs!
 Rules game 2:
First, you will see a couple of pictures
 Next, you have to guess what the
phrasal verbs from the pictures.
 After seeing the meaning, you have to
make a sentence that has the phrasal verb
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Write off
Write off /raɪt ɒf/:
 damage a vehicle so badly that is
not worth repairing
ex: You don’t need to fix this old car. It is
written off.
 decide that someone or something
will not succeed and stop giving them
your attention and energy
ex: A lot of companies seem to write people off
if they are female.
Stand out
Stand out /stænd aʊt/:
 be much more impressive or
important than others.
Ex: The performance of that student stands out
from all his classmate’s.
 be easy to see or notice because
of being different
ex: The black lettering really stands out against
that background.
Pick up
Pick up /pɪk ʌp/: improve or
increase
ex: The truck picked up speed
slowly
Her career only began to pick up
when she was in her forties
Scrape through
Scrape through /skreɪp θruː/: to succeed in
something but with a lot of difficulty.

• ex: He managed to scraped through his final

exams.
Smarten up
Smarten up /ˈsmɑː.tən ʌp/:
 to (cause to) become more clean, tidy,
and stylish.
ex: She’s really smartened herself up since
she finished college.
 to improve your personal appearance or
the appearance of something.
ex: You’ll need to buy a suit and smarten
up a bit for the interview.
 to begin working more effectively.
ex: The industry needs to smarten up its
act in relation to advertising and
promotion.
Now let’s come to the

Mini test