Bài tập & Lời giải
Earning your parents’ trust
1. Listen and read. (Nghe và đọc)
Nam: Mai, why don't you answer your phone? It keeps ringing.
Mai: It’s my mum who's calling me again. She wants me to contact her from time to time while I’m out.
Nam: My parents usec to be like that. They thought I didn’t have the confidence to deal with difficult situations.
Mark: I had the same experience. It was earning my parents’ trust that took a long time. But I managed to convince them that I'm responsible when I’m out and about.
Mai: It’s my parents who still think I don’t have the skills to be independent. I'm not good at managing my time or money, but I’m independent at home - I can cook, clean the house, and do my laundry!
Nam: That’s a good star! I use a time-management app to plan my weekly schedule including all my activities and responsibilities. Would you like me to help you install it?
Mai: That'd be great. Thanks, Nam.
Mark: I use a money-management app. It’s the app that taught me how to be responsible with money.
Mai: Mark, can you show it to me?
Mark: No problem. My parents also encourage me to take part-time jobs and pay me for doing certain chores around the house.
Mai: Lucky you!
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2. Read the conversation again and decide who has these skills. Put a tick (v) in the correct column.
(Đọc đoạn hội thoại một lần nữa và quyết định xem ai có những kỹ năng này. Đánh dấu (v) vào cột đúng)
Mai |
Nam |
Mark |
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1. Managing money |
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2. Cooking, cleaning and doing laundry |
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3. Managing time |
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3. Find words and a phrase in 1 that have the following meanings.
(Tìm các từ và một cụm từ trong 1 có các nghĩa sau)
1. a belief in your own ability to do things well |
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2. confident and free to do things without help from other people |
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3. things that you must do as part of your duty or job |
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4. the activity of planning how to spend and save money |
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4. Match the two halves to make sentences used in 1.
(Nối hai nửa để tạo câu được sử dụng trong 1)
1. It’s my mum |
a. that took a long time |
2. It was earning my parents’ trust |
b. who still think I don’t have the skills to be independent. |
3. It’s my parents |
c. that taught me how to be responsible with money |
4. It’s the app |
d. who’s calling me again |