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This unit includes:
LANGUAGE
Pronunciation
Diphthongs /e/ and /ǝu/
Vocabulary
Phrases related to life stories
Grammar
Past simple vs. Past continuous
SKILLS
Reading: Reading for main ideas and specific information in an article about Steve Jobs' life and achievements
Speaking: Talking about the lives of two national heroes of Viet Nam
Listening: Listening for main ideas and specific information in a talk about Walt Disney's life
Writing: Synthesising and summarising information to write a biography of Walt Disney
COMMUNICATION AND CULTURE / CLIL
Everyday English
Expressing pleasure and responding to it
Culture/CLIL
Famous queens in world history
PROJECT
Designing a visual story of a person's life
I. GETTING STARTED
The diary of Dang Thuy Tram
1. Listen and read. 🎧
Mark: Hi, Nam. Your book must be very interesting. What are you reading?
Nam: I'm reading a really good book in English called Last Night I Dreamed of Peace: The Diary of Dang Thuy Tram.
Mark: Dang Thuy Tram? Who is she?
Nam: She was born in Hue in 1942. She studied medicine in Ha Noi, and volunteered to join the army at the age of 24, working as a surgeon during the resistance war against the US.
Mark: That's when she started her diary, isn't it?
Nam: Yes. She wrote her diary while she was working in a field hospital in Quang Ngai Province. The diary contains personal accounts of her experiences during the war, and shows her love for her family and country.
Mark: Wow! It sounds interesting. Is she still alive? Nam: Unfortunately, she was killed by the enemy while
she was doing her duty in the jungle in Quang Ngai Province. She was only 27 then.
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Mark: Oh, that's really sad. But how did people find her diary?
Nam: An American soldier found it and saved it from being burnt. Then more than 30 years after Tram's death, a copy was returned to her mother. The diary was published in Viet Nam in 2005. It has also been translated into several other languages.
Mark: That's amazing!
Nam: Now she is considered a national hero for devoting her youth and whole life to saving other people's lives in the war.
Mark: Can you lend me the book when you finish reading it? I'd like to read it myself.
Nam: Sure!
2. Read the conversation again and circle the correct answer to complete each of the sentences.
1. Dang Thuy Tram was born in Ha Noi / Hue.
2. Tram wrote about / operated on injured soldiers during the war.u
3. She died when she was very young / old.
4. An American soldier kept her diary for 27 years / more than three decades before returning a copy to her family.
3. Find words and a phrase in 1 with the following meanings.
1. a_______ descriptions of things that have happened
2. d_______ the end of somebody's life
3. d_______to giving time, attention, etc. to something
4. y_______ the period of time when a person is young
4. Complete the sentences based on the conversation.
Dang Thuy Tram was a young surgeon. She (1) ______ her diary while she (2) _____ in a field hospital during the war. One day, she (3) _____ while (4) _____ in the jungle. She was only 27 then. An American soldier (5) ______ her diary for many years before returning a copy to her family.
