Work in pairs. You are going to take turns to tell your partner about a situation when you felt embarrassed. React appropriately when your partner is narrating. Use these ideas to help you (Làm việc theo cặp. Bạn sẽ lần lượt nói với bạn của mình về một tình huống mà bạn cảm thấy xấu hổ. Phản ứng thích hợp khi bạn của bạn đang kể lại. Sử dụng những ý tưởng này để giúp bạn)

• set the scene (thiết lập các cảnh)

• say what happened (nói những gì đã xảy ra)

• say how you felt (nói bạn cảm thấy thế nào)

Choose the best options to fill in the blanks (Chọn những phương án tốt nhất để điền vào chỗ trống)

TOURBOAT DISASTER

Last night, twenty tourists (1) on a boat in the Indian Ocean when it started filling with water. The boat turned over, but some of the passengers, including two British women, (2) with it during the night. Twenty-one-year-old Katherine Ostojic and her younger sister, nineteen-year-old Alice, (3) on the part of the boat that was above the water for ten hours. When they (4) any other boats, they decided that they (5) to an island that they could see on the horizon. But the island (6) as near as they thought, and it took them over eight hours to get there. The journey was very (7). When they reached the island, they saw that it had an active volcano. Fortunately, some fishermen found the sisters and rescued them. Katherine and Alice were very (8), and now they are safe in Bali. At the moment, they (9) emails to their parents so that they (10) that their daughters are alive. Because of their adventure, the two girls have changed their travel plans and they are returning to the UK next weekend.

Listen again. Match speakers 1-4 with sentences A-E. There is one extra sentence. (Lắng nghe một lần nữa. Nối người nói 1-4 với câu A-E. Có một câu thừa.)

A. He / She said the wrong thing.

B. He / She needed a change of clothes.

C. He/ She had an accident.

D. He / She spoiled a surprise.

E. He / She didn't know what to say.

Listen to four speakers talking about a past situation. Write adjectives to describe how the situation made all four speakers feel. (Nghe 4 người nói về một tình huống trong quá khứ. Viết các tính từ để mô tả tình huống đó khiến cả 4 người nói cảm thấy như thế nào.)

Read the text again. Match paragraphs A-E of the text with the questions below. (Đọc văn bản một lần nữa. Nối các đoạn A-E của văn bản với các câu hỏi bên dưới.)

In which paragraph does the writer tell us …

1. what caused Christine's phobia?

2. what happened when Christine saw a spider in her car?

3. what Christine hopes for the future?

4. what other kinds of phobias exist?

5. what therapists can do to help?

Read the text and choose the best summary (Đọc văn bản và chọn bản tóm tắt tốt nhất)

a. How therapy can help people with phobias.

b. The top five phobias and how to deal with them.

c. How phobias can affect our lives.

Write a post about a frightening situation for an internet forum called What a fright! Include this information (Viết một bài về một tình huống đáng sợ cho một diễn đàn internet có tên What a fright! Bao gồm thông tin này)

• where you were (bạn đã ở đâu)

• what happened (chuyện gì đã xảy ra)

• how you felt (bạn đã cảm thấy thế nào)

• how you feel about the event now (bây giờ bạn cảm thấy thế nào về sự kiện)