Soạn bài tiếng Anh lớp 8 Unit 2 Making Arrangements

1. GETTING STARTED

Match each object with its name. 

a fax machine                        an address book                        

a public telephone                  a mobile phone

a telephone directory              an answering machine

Đáp án

a) an answering machine

b) a mobile phone

c) a fax machine

d) a telephone directory

e) a public telephone

f) an address book

2. LISTEN AND READ

Hoa: 3 847 329

Nga: Can I speak to Hoa, please? This is Nga.

Hoa: Hello, Nga.

Nga: I’m going to see the movie Dream City at 6.45 this evening. Would you like to come?

Hoa: Of course, but wait a minute. I have to ask my aunt and she’s downstairs. Hold on... OK, Nga. Aunt Thanh says I can go. Oh, where's it on?

Nga: At Sao Mai Movie Theater. It’s a bit far from your house, I'm afraid.

Hoa: Well, I know where it is, but I’m using my cousin’s bike tonight.

Nga: OK, Hoa. Let’s meet outside the theater.

Hoa: Is 6.30 all right?

Nga: That’s fine. See you at 6.30.

Hoa: Bye Bye, Nga.

Task 1. Practice the dialogue with a partner. 

Task 2. Read the dialogue again. Decide who did and said each of the following things. Then ask a partner these questions to check your answers. 

Who:

a) made the call?

b) introduced herself?

c) invited the other to the movies?

d) arranged a meeting place?

e) arranged the time?

f) agreed to the time?

Đáp án

a. Nga made the call.

b. Nga introduced herself.

c. Nga invited Hoa to the movies.

d. Nga arranged the meeting place.

e. Hoa arranged the time.

f. Nga agreed to the time.

3. SPEAK

Task 1. Put the sentences below in the correct order to make a complete conversation. 

a)   I’m fine. I’m going to a pop concert at the City Concert Center tonight. Would you like to come?

b)   Hello. 9 210 752

c)   It’s The Kids in Town. You like it, don’t you?

d)   Bye.

e)   Yes. What time can we meet?

f)   Hello. Can I speak to Eric, please? This is Adam.

g)   That’s fine. See you at 7.15. Thank you, Adam.

h)   Bye, Eric.

i)   Which band is it?

j)   Hello, Adam. How are you?

k)   Is 7.15 OK? The concert starts at 7.45. Let’s meet inside the center, at the café comer.

Đáp án

1 - b             2 - f             3 - j             4 - a

5 - i              6 - c            7 - e             8 - k

9 - g            10 - h           11 - d

Task 2. Complete the dialogue. Ba and Bao are making arrangements to play chess. Practice the dialogue with a partner. Then make similar. 

Ba: Hello. 8 257 012

Bao: ___________

Ba: Hello Bao. How are you?

Bao: ___________

Ba: Great. Me too.

Bao: ___________?

Ba: I'm sorry. I can’t play chess tonight I'm going to do my homework.

Bao: ___________

Ba: Yes. Tomorrow afternoon is fine.

Bao: ___________

Ba: At the Central Chess Club? OK. Let’s meet at the front door.

Bao: ___________

Ba: Great. See you tomorrow afternoon at 2.00 o'clock. 

Đáp án

Ba:  Hello. 8 257 012.

Bao: May/ Can I speak to Ba, please? This is Bao.

Ba:  Hello, Bao. How are you?

Bao: I'm fine, thanks. How about you?

Ba:  Great. Me too.

Bao: Can you play chess tonight?

Ba:  I'm sorry. I can't play chess tonight. I'm going to do my homework.

Bao: How about tomorrow afternoon?

Ba:  Yes. Tomorrow afternoon is fine.

Bao: I'll meet you at the Central Chess Club.

Ba:  At the Central Chess Club? Let's meet at the front door.

Bao: Is 2.00 OK?

Ba:  Great. See you tomorrow afternoon at 2.00 o'clock.

4. READ

On March 3, 1847. Alexander Graham Bell was born in Edinburgh. He was a Scotsman although he later emigrated, first to Canada and then to the USA in the 1870s.

In America, he worked with deaf-mutes at Boston University. Soon, Bell started experimenting with ways of transmitting speech over a long distance. This led to the invention of the telephone.

Bell and his assistant, Thomas Watson, conducted many experiments and finally came up with a device that they first introduced in 1876. Bell said on the telephone: ‘Mr. Watson, come here. I want you.' This was the first telephone message.

Traveling all over America, Bell demonstrated his invention to the public at countless exhibitions, and by 1877 the first telephone was in commercial use. 

Task 1. True or false? Cheek (✓) the boxes. Correct the false sentences. 

Đáp án

Task 2. Put the events in the correct order.

Alexander Graham Bell...

a) went to live in the United States.

b) successfully demonstrated his invention.

c) worked with Thomas Watson.

d) was born in Scotland.

e) went to live in Canada.

f) invented the telephone.

g) worked with people who could neither speak nor hear.

Đáp án

1 - d              2 - e           3 - a

4 - g              5 - c           6 - b              7 - f

5. LISTEN

Listen to the telephone conversation. Fill in the missing information.

Đáp án

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