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Unit 12 : A life in the day

Unit 12 : A life in the day. Discuss : Which do you think will happen when people become old?. Finding it difficult to sleep Liking routine Going to university Studying foreign languages Watching TV Using the Internet Losing memory. TRUE??? or FALSE???.

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Unit 12 : A life in the day

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  1. Unit 12 : A life in the day

  2. Discuss : Which do you think will happen when people become old? Finding it difficult to sleep Liking routine Going to university Studying foreign languages Watching TV Using the Internet Losing memory

  3. TRUE??? or FALSE??? • Learning a new language at old age is impossible. • A wealthy life always makes people happy. • The attitude towards life will decide whether the life is happy or not. • Mature learners can never gain high degrees.

  4. New vocabulary items Pagoda Buddhism Buddhist

  5. Church Catholicism Catholic How do we call a person who does not belong to two religions above and others as well?

  6. Atheist /'eiθiist/ (n) a person who believes that God does not exist. Eg. I am an atheist. Therefore I consider belief in religion as lunacy. • lunacy: behavior that is stupid or crazy.

  7. All the managers are convened in the meeting.  Convene /kən'vi:n/ (v) to arrange for people to come together for a formal meeting.

  8. centenary (n) a 100th anniversary or its celebration Eg. The firm was built in 1909. So it is celebrating its centenary this year.

  9. cerebral /'seribrəl/ (adj) relating to the brain. Brain

  10. abscess /'æbsis/ (n) a painful swelling in the body, containing thick yellowish liquid.  cerebral abscess : is an abscess caused by inflammation and collection of infected material, coming from local (ear infection, dental abscess), or remote (lung, heart, etc.) infectious sources, within the brain tissue

  11. snatch /'snæt∫/ (v) to take or get something quickly, especially because you do not have much time

  12. Eg. My friend idolizes My Tam so much that she wants to enroll on her fan club.  Enroll on (v) to arrange for yourself or for somebody else to officially join a course, school, etc.

  13. Guided question • Does Mary Hobson think that she is too old to learn or do anything?  No, she doesn’t. She does not think that her memory goes with age. Although she is fairly old, she still learn whatever she want.

  14. Practice • Matching: • Overpowering a. very exciting • Horrendous b. disgraceful • Exhilarating c. fantastic • Marvelous d. very strong • Scandalous e extremely shocking

  15. Work in pairs • List all the disadvantages of being young and the advantages of being old.

  16. Suggested answers • Disadvantages of being young: - fast pace of life - ignore spiritual value - … • Advantages of being old: - spend more time for the family - have a lot of experience - …

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