Tiếng Anh 10 - Lets's practise 1

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1. W: Well, I’m just reading about a famous ballet dancer called Gillian Lynne. When she [1] was a little girl her teachers at school complained that she didn’t pay attention and was always fidgeting and disturbing her classmates. So her mother arranged for her to see a HOW DID YOU STUDY, DAD? psychologist to find out what her problem was. D = Daughter F = Father M: Oh right. W: Anyway, the psychologist talked to the girl’s mother, and then he put some music on D: Hi Dad, sorry I’m late, what are you looking at? the radio and left Gillian on her own in his office. He told the mother to watch Gillian F: I’m reading a website called Degree courses you didn’t know existed. You should through a window and as soon as they left the room, the little girl got up and started read it. dancing. D: Sounds like fun. Yeah, I’ve been thinking about what I should apply for at M: Ah - that’s so clever! university. W: I know - the psychologist realised that Gillian didn’t have a problem, she just had a F: Well, you’ve put so much effort into your end-ofschool exams. You can look forward gift for dancing. to dropping the subjects you don’t like and focusing on something you love. M: So what did the mother do? D: Is that how it was for you, Dad? W: She sent her daughter to a dance school and Gillian ended up being a famous ballet F: No, not really. You’re much more gifted academically than I was and self- dancer and choreographer. disciplined! M: Wow, that’s a great story. D: You make me sound like a swot! I just like studying. F: You are a swot compared with me. I struggled a lot at school. I just couldn’t settle [3] down in class – I was really disruptive. In fact, I nearly got expelled a few times. D: No!! You haven’t told me this before! NOT REALLY! JUST BY CHANCE F: No, but now, that you’re leaving school, I can tell you about all the times I got into trouble. But it was different back then. Our teachers were extremelystrict. In fact, some OK, a memorable day out. Hmm, let’s see. Right, so I’m going to tell you about a great of them were real bullies, and if you had a problem you couldn’t talk to them – not like day out I had at the local lake. This took place about a month ago, on a Saturday, and I now. If you weren’t a good student, the teachers just gave up on you. had been working really hard studying after school in the evenings and at weekends. I D: So why weren’t you a good student? You’re really clever! hadn’t been out for weeks and I felt like I really needed a break. So I called F: Hahaha, thank you. I didn’t know then but I was dyslexic. I still am, but I’ve learned my friend, Lisa and we decided we would take a picnic and go to the lake not far from how to deal with it and it’s not a problem. But I fell behind at school and only scraped our village. The weather wasn’t great, but we went anyway and as soon as we got there, through my exams. the sun came out. Initially, we were the only people there, but it’s a popular spot and, as D: So how did you get such a good job? expected, other people soon started arriving. As we were sitting there on our blanket, F: Oh, that’s another story. Right now we’re supposed to be talking about you and the another group of teenagers came and sat down right next to us. They were really university course that’s going to set you up for a great future! How about this one? A friendly and we chatted for a bit, then someone got a bat and ball out. All of a sudden, surfing degree in Plymouth – now that looks like fun! the weather changed and out of the blue, it started pouring with rain. We were going to D: Ha ha surfing! Very funny go and then someone said we might as well go for a swim as we were wet anyway. Swimming in the rain was fantastic and fortunately, after it stopped raining, the sun [2] came out again and we ended up staying all afternoon. Eventually, the evening came and it started to get cold so we headed home. Without a doubt it was one of the best I JUST LIKE DANCING, MUM! days I’ve had in ages and a welcome break from studying. We’re planning to meet our M = Man W = Woman new friends again as soon as we’ve finished our exams. Funnily enough, the best days are often the ones you don’t really plan. M: What are you reading? W: Oh this? It’s a book about people who become successful because they do what they love doing. M: Oh, that sounds good. What sort of thing? TTV PRACTISE LISTENING & SPEAKING