Sách giáo viên Tiếng Anh 9 Thí điểm 2 tập (Pilot English 9 for Teacher)

SKILLS 2
Listening
1 Draw Ss’ attention to the pictures. Elicit what they
find interesting about them (a person relaxing on
a planet in a spacesuit, people pulling suitcases for
holidays in the universe, etc.)
Key: The recording is about space tourism.
For a more able class, T may ask if Ss know anything
about space tourism. Ss then may have a discussion
as a class about what kind of services they think
might be offered.
2 Have Ss read the questions first. Remind them
that they can only write no more than three words
to answer the questions. Allow Ss to listen to the
recording several times and give them plenty of time
to complete this task.
Key:
1. recreational, leisure, business
2. International Space Station
3. ‘Spacewalk’
4. manned spaceflight
5. costly, dangerous, unsustainable
3 Before playing the recording again, challenge Ss to
match the numbers to their references with what
they remember from the last listening. Then Ss listen
to either check or complete the task.
Key: 1. D 2. C 3. A 4. E 5. B
Audio script:
Dreaming of a holiday sunbathing on Mars, or
playing some sports at a lunar resort and spa? While
it may take decades for these ideas to come true,
space tourism, which is space travel for recreational,
leisure, or business purposes is becoming more
realistic. Since 2001, the American company Space
Adventures has flown tourists to the International
Space Station to live and work alongside professional
astronauts for up to 10 days. The company now offers
a service called ‘Spacewalk’ where clients can leave
the ISS and float above the Earth. It also plans to
launch by 2018 its ‘Circumlunar Mission’, which takes
clients to within 100 kilometres of the moon’s surface.
Virgin Galactic, the world’s first spaceline, has been
preparing to launch its first manned spaceflight. By
2015, almost 700 people from more than 50 different
countries have paid deposits at the price of $250,000
per ticket. The possibility of travelling into space
sounds wonderful, but it has been criticised as well.
People say it’s costly, dangerous, and unsustainable,
since its growth could cause environmental problems
including speeding up global warming.
Writing
Persuasive language for advertisements
4 Explain that advertisements are written in a
special way to persuade customers to buy or
use a product or service. Have Ss analyse the
first advertisement and underline the words or
phrases that make it sound more persuasive.
Then ask Ss to work in pairs to analyse the last
two advertisements. If time allows, T may bring
in other print advertisements or TV commercials
(in English or Vietnamese) for the analysis.
After Ss have completed the task, introduce the
Language skills box. For a more able class, ask
Ss to add more adjectives that they think may be
used in advertisements.
Key:
‘ Become a lunar explorer. Join the greatest
private expedition of our time.’
‘An amazing, life-changing experience.’
‘Ready To Become An Astronaut?’
5 Ask Ss to look out for hints in the words used
when doing this task. For example, ‘shine’ may
go with ‘shampoo’, ‘bar’ with ‘chocolate’, etc.
Once Ss have finished, ask them to pay attention
to the way the advertisements are written. Do
they use any of the advertising techniques they
have learnt so far? T may ask Ss to discuss which
advertisements they like the most, and why.
Key:
1. a bakery slogan
3. a coffee product
5. a tourism slogan
2. a shampoo product
4. a fuel-efficient car
6. a chocolate product
6 This task can be done as a group writing task.
Ss may work in small groups of three or four to
decide together what their advertisements will be
like. Remind Ss to select advertising techniques
they have learnt (strong adjectives, active verbs,
imperatives, comparatives, questions, etc.) for
their text. Then have Ss work individually to write
their advertisements.
Suggested answers:
1. Watch miracles happen as our extra-mild
detergent removes all your stubborn stains!
An excellent way to protect your clothes.
2. Have you tried our new delicious and healthy
yoghurt? Its tasty freshness will brighten
your day!
3. The most stylish bicycle ever. Designed with
you in mind.
Unit 10/ Space Travel
55T