Bài giảng English 12 - Period 2, Unit 1: Life stories. Lesson 1: Getting started

TO OUR CLASS 
GUESSING GAME: 
Please give names of the famous people in the pictures 
Michael Jacson 
(March 29th , 1958 
– June 25th , 2009) 
an American musician, dancer, The King of Pop 
Steve Jobs 
(February 24, 1955 – October 5, 2011) 
an American business magnate , industrial designer , investor , and media proprietor . He was the chairman, chief executive officer (CEO), and co-founder of Apple Inc. 
Son Tung M-TP 
Christine Ha 
winning 
the MasterChef title 
MasterChef (American season 3) 
UNIT 1 - LIFE STORIES 
Vocabulary 
 musical 	instrument 
kitchen tools 
Famous chef 
judge 
5. waver (v) /ˈweɪ.və(r)/ 
phân vân 
6. stimulate (v) /ˈstɪm.jə.leɪt/ 
khuyến khích, kích thích 
7.creativity (n) /kriː.eɪˈtɪv.ə.ti/ 
sự sáng tạo 
8.innovation (n) /ˌɪn.əˈveɪ.ʃ ə n/ 
sự đổi mới, sự cách tân 
9.talented (adj) /ˈtæl. ə n.t̬ɪd/ 
= gifted 
có tài năng, có năng khiếu 
10.influential (adj) /ˌɪn.fluˈen.ʃ ə l/ 
có sức ảnh hưởng 
1.musical instrument (n) 
nhạc cụ 
2.famous chef (n) /ˈfeɪməs ʃef / 
đầu bếp nổi tiếng 
3. kitchen tools (n) 
dụng cụ nhà bếp 
4. inspire (v) – inspiration (n) 
truyền cảm hứng 
11. Good luck with your........ 
chúc may mắn với .. 
11. judge (n) /dʒʌdʒ/ 
ban giám khảo 
Task 1: Listen & read 
Task 2: Decide whether the following statements are true (T), false (F), or not given (NG). Tick the correct box.	 
T 
F 
NG 
1 
Quang can’t decide who he is going to talk about 
tomorrow. 
2 
Quang wants to become as famous as Steve Jobs and Michael Jackson. 
3 
Hung likes Michael Jackson’s singing. 
4 
Hung learnt to play a musical instrument because he 
was inspired by Michael Jackson’s songs. 
5 
Both Quang and Hung admire Christine Ha. 
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Task 3. Works in three groups. Share what you know about Steve Jobs, Michael Jackson and Christine Ha. 
1. Nationality 
2. Date of birth 
3. Date of death 
4. Famous for 
Michael Joseph Jackson was an American singer, songwriter, and dancer. Dubbed the "King of Pop“. 
 He is regarded as one of the most significant cultural figures of the 20th century and one of the greatest entertainers in the history of music. 
- Born : August 29, 1958, Gary, Indiana, United States 
- Died : June 25, 2009, Holmby Hills, Los Angeles, California, United States 
- Steven Paul Jobs was an American business magnate, industrial designer, investor, and media proprietor . 
- He co-founded Apple Computers with Steve Wozniak and was the chief executive and chairman of Apple Computer 
- Born: February 24, 1955, San Francisco, California, United States 
- Died: October 5, 2011, Palo Alto, California, United States 
 Christine Huyen Tran Hà is an American chef , writer and TV host . 
 She is the first blind contestant of MasterChef and the winne r of its third season in 2012. 
- Born: May 9, 1979 (age 40 years), Los Angeles County, California, United States 
Task 4: Find the words 
/tuː/ 
/aɪ/ 
/siː/ 
/wʌn/ 
/nəʊ/ 
two 
I 
see 
won 
know 
1.too 
2. eye 
3. sea 
4. one 
5. now 
Homophones 
Đồng âm khác nghĩa 
Task 5: Fill in the sentences with correct form of words 
Task 5. Read the conversation again and write the correct tenses of the verbs in brackets 
I remember how excited I (feel) ..when Christine (create) . . .those great-looking dishes. 
I remember how excited I felt when Christine was creating great-looking dishes. 
Homework 
1 
Learn vocabularies 
2 
Do the task again 
3 
Prepare next lesson: 
The past simple – the past continuous 
4 
Thank you