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Kinh tÕ - X· héi

Bµi 4          Ai ®©y?
Lesson 4     Who is this?

I. Héi tho¹i (Conversations)

1. Giíi thiÖu nh÷ng ng­êi trong ¶nh
(Introducing people in the album)

A.   §©y lµ ai?
       Who is this?
B.    §©y lµ bµ tí.
       This is my grandmother.
A.   Ai ®©y?
       Who is this?
B.   §©y lµ «ng tí.
       This is my grandfather.
A.   Cßn ®©y lµ bè cËu ph¶i kh«ng?
       And this is your father, isn't it?
B.   å, kh«ng. §Êy lµ b¸c tí.
      Oh, no. That is my uncle.
A.   B¸c cËu tr«ng gièng bè cËu qu¸.
       Your uncle takes after your father very much.
       ¤ng Êy lµm nghÒ g×?
       What is his job?
B.   ¤ng Êy lµ luËt s­.
      He is a lawyer.
      CËu cã biÕt ai ®©y kh«ng?
      Do you know who this is?
A.   Nhµ b¸o Phan Quang ph¶i kh«ng?
      Is he journalist Phan Quang?
B.   Kh«ng. §©y lµ gi¸o s­ Vâ Quý.
      No. This is Prof. Vo Quy.
      ¤ng Êy nghiªn cøu chim ViÖt Nam.
      He does his research on birds in Vietnam.
A.   ¤ng Êy lµm viÖc ë ®©u?
       Where does he work?
B.   ¤ng Êy lµ b¹n bè tí.
      He is my father's friend.
      ¤ng Êy còng d¹y häc ë Tr­êng §¹i häc Quèc gia.
      He teaches at the National University, too.
      Cßn ®©y lµ gi¸o s­ Phan Huy.
      And this is Prof. Phan Huy.
      ¤ng Êy lµ mét nhµ sö häc næi tiÕng thÕ giíi.
      He is a famous historian in the world.
A.   Tí biÕt gi¸o s­ Phan Huy.
       I know Prof. Phan Huy.
B.   CËu  cã biÕt ng­êi nµy kh«ng?
      Do you know this person?
A.   µ, chÞ Kim TiÕn, ph¸t thanh viªn trªn ti-vi.
      Oh, Mrs. Kim Tien, speaker on the T.V.
B.   CËu ®· gÆp chÞ Êy lÇn nµo ch­a?
      Have you ever met her?
A.   Ch­a. Tí ch­a gÆp.
       No. I haven't.
       Cßn ai ®©y?
       And who is this?
B.   §©y lµ «ng Nh­ Thä.
      This is Mr. Nhu Tho.
      ¤ng Thä lµm viÖc ë Tæng côc Du lÞch ViÖt Nam.
     He works at the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism.
      Ng­êi ®øng c¹nh lµ «ng §ç Quang Trung.
     The person standing next to him is Mr. Do Quang Trung.
         ¤ng Êy lµ Tæng côc tr­ëng Tæng côc Du lÞch.
         He is the head of the National Administration of  Tourism.  
A.   Ai ®©y? Bé tr­ëng TrÇn Hoµn ph¶i kh«ng?
       Who is this? Is he Minister Tran Hoan?
B.   §óng. ¤ng Êy lµ mét nh¹c sÜ kh¸ næi tiÕng.
      Right. He is a rather famous musician.
      Ng­êi ngåi c¹nh lµ Bé tr­ëng Th­¬ng m¹i.
      The person sitting at his side is the Minister of Trade.

2. Cïng b¹n vÒ th¨m quª (Back to home village with a friend)

a) H¶i Anh mêi Quúnh Ch©u vÒ quª
    (Hai Anh invites Quynh Chau to go to her home village)

H   Quúnh Ch©u! CËu ®i ®©u ®Êy?
      Quynh Chau! Where are you going?
Q   å, H¶i Anh! L©u l¾m kh«ng gÆp cËu.
      Oh, Hai Anh! I haven't seen you for a long time.
      CËu cã kháe kh«ng? Gia ®×nh thÕ nµo?
     How are you? How about your family?
H   C¶m ¬n. B×nh th­êng.
      O.K. Thank you.
      Ngµy mai tí vÒ quª.
      I am going back to my home village tomorrow.
      CËu ®i víi m×nh nhÐ?
      You 'll go with me, right?
Q   Quª cËu ë ®©u? Cã xa kh«ng?
      Where is your home village? Is it far from here?
H   ë Th¸i B×nh. C¸ch ®©y mét tr¨m ba m­¬i c©y sè.
     In Thai Binh. It is 130km from here.
Q   Cã gÇn b·i biÓn §ång Ch©u kh«ng?
      Is it near Dong Chau beach?
H   RÊt gÇn. Chóng ta cã thÓ t¾m biÓn hµng ngµy.
      Very near. We can have a sea bathing every day.
Q   å, rÊt thó vÞ. §­îc.
      Oh, very interesting. O.K.

b) H¶i Anh giíi thiÖu nh÷ng ng­êi th©n trong gia ®×nh víi Quúnh Ch©u
    (Hai Anh introduces the relatives to Quynh Chau)

H   §©y lµ «ng néi m×nh.
      This is my paternal grandfather.
     Tr­íc ®©y «ng lµm viÖc ë Së Y tÕ.
     Formerly he worked at the Public Health Department.
Q   Ch¸u xin lçi. N¨m nay «ng bao nhiªu tuæi ¹?
      Excuse me. How old are you (this year)?
O   ¤ng b¶y t¸m råi ch¸u ¹.
      I am seventy eight.
H   §©y lµ bµ néi tí.
      This is my grandmother on the spear side.
      Bµ tí b¶y m­¬i tuæi.
      My grandmother is seventy.
      Cßn kia lµ chó tí.
      And that is my uncle.
      Chó tí vÒ h­u c¸ch ®©y 5 n¨m.
      He retired 5 years ago.
Q   Tr­íc ®©y chó lµm viÖc ë ®©u ¹?
      Where did you work formerly?
C   Chó lµm viÖc ë Nhµ m¸y Cao su Sao vµng.
      I worked at the Sao Vang Rubber Factory.
Q   å, gÇn nhµ ch¸u.
      Oh, near my house.
C    ThËt µ?
       Really?
H   §©y lµ cËu tí.
      This is my mother's brother.
Q   ¤ng ngo¹i vµ bµ ngo¹i cËu kh«ng sèng ë lµng nµy µ?
      Don't your maternal grandfather and grandmother on the distaff side live
       at this village?
H   ¤ng bµ ngo¹i tí mÊt khi tí cßn nhá.
      They died when I was only a child.

II. Ng÷ ph¸p (grammar)

   1. The word "m×nh" (I, my) in this lesson and the word "tí" in lesson 1 are the same meaning (Tõ "m×nh" trong bµi nµy vµ tõ "tí" trong bµi 1 cïng nghÜa).

   CËu ®i ®©u ®Êy?
   Where are you going?
   M×nh (tí) ®i th­ viÖn.
   I am going to the library.

   §©y lµ ai?
   Who is this?
   §©y lµ bè m×nh (tí).
   This is my father.

   2. "b¸c", "chó", "cËu" mean "uncle" in English. But in Vietnamese, they are different words ("b¸c", "chó", "cËu" - cã nghÜa "uncle" trong tiÕng Anh nh­ng trong tiÕng ViÖt chóng lµ nh÷ng tõ kh¸c nhau).

   * "b¸c" is one's father's elder brother [or father's elder sister]
      ("b¸c" lµ anh [hoÆc chÞ] cña bè).
   * "chó" is one's father's younger brother ("chó" lµ em trai cña bè).
   * "cËu" is one's mother's younger brother ("cËu" lµ em trai cña mÑ).

   Bè t«i b¶y m­¬i tuæi.
   My father is seventy years old.
   B¸c t«i b¶y l¨m tuæi.
   My uncle (father's elder brother) is seventy five.
   Chó t«i s¸u l¨m tuæi.
   My uncle (father's younger brother) is sixty five

   MÑ t«i s¸u hai tuæi.
   My mother is sixty two.
   CËu t«i s¸u m­¬i tuæi.
   My uncle (mother's younger brother) is sixty.

   3. Sentences which have predicative verbs are often used to express action or activity of the subject (Nh÷ng c©u cã vÞ ng÷ ®éng tõ th­êng ®­îc dïng ®Ó biÓu thÞ hµnh ®éng hoÆc ho¹t ®éng cña chñ thÓ).

   Examples (VÝ dô):

   ChÞ Êy h¸t.
   She sings.
   Misaki häc tiÕng ViÖt.
   Misaki studies Vietnamese language.
   S¸ng nay t«i dËy sím.
   I got up early this morning.

   Questions (C©u hái)

   a) ... lµm g×? (What....... do?)

   Buæi s¸ng chÞ Êy th­êng lµm g×?
   What does she often do in the morning?
   ChÞ Êy häc tiÕng Anh.
   She studies English.
   ChÞ Êy ®äc s¸ch.
   She reads books.

   b) cã + verb + kh«ng?

   B©y giê anh cã häc kh«ng?
   Do you study now?
   Cã. T«i cã häc.
   Yes. I do.
   Kh«ng. T«i kh«ng häc.
   No. I don't.

   C« Êy cã yªu anh kh«ng?
   Does she love you?
   Cã. C« Êy cã yªu t«i.
   Yes. She loves me.
   Kh«ng. C« Êy kh«ng yªu.
   No. She doesn't.

4. "ë ®©u?" means "where?" ("ë ®©u?" cã nghÜa lµ "where?")

   ChÞ lµm viÖc ë ®©u?
   Where do you work?
   T«i lµm viÖc ë Bé Gi¸o dôc.
   I work at the Ministry of Education.

   Anh häc tiÕng ViÖt ë ®©u?
   Where do you study Vietnamese?
   T«i häc ë Tr­êng §¹i häc Quèc gia ViÖt Nam.
   I study it at the Vietnam National University.

   5. "®©u" also means "where" but it is often placed after the directional verbs such as "®i", "®Õn" (go), "vÒ" (go back), "ra" (go out), "vµo" (go in), "lªn" (go up), "xuèng" (go down)... ("®©u" còng cã nghÜa lµ "where" nh­ng nã th­êng ®i sau c¸c ®éng tõ chØ h­íng nh­ "®i", "®Õn", "vÒ", "ra", "vµo", "lªn", "xuèng",...).

Cannot say (Kh«ng thÓ nãi):
   B©y giê anh ®i ë ®©u? (-)
   B©y giê anh vÒ ë ®©u? (-)

Say (H·y nãi):
   B©y giê anh ®i ®©u?
   Where are you going now?
   B©y giê anh vÒ ®©u?
   Where are you going back to now?

   T«i ®i th­ viÖn.
   I am going to the library.
   T«i vÒ quª.
   I am going back to my home village.

6.   §©y lµ ai? = Ai ®©y?
      Who is this?
      Kia lµ ai? = Ai kia?
      Who is that?

III. Thùc hµnh (practice)

1.   §©y lµ ai? / Ai ®©y? Who is this?
      §©y lµ chÞ t«i.     This is my elder sister.

* Use the following words to answer the question Ai ®©y?
   (Dïng c¸c tõ sau tr¶ lêi c©u hái "Ai ®©y?")

   * Replace "b­u ®iÖn" by the following words
   (Thay tõ "b­u ®iÖn" b»ng c¸c tõ sau)

3. ChÞ lµm viÖc ë ®©u?
   Where do you work?
   T«i lµm viÖc ë Bé Th­¬ng m¹i.
   I work at the Ministry of  Trade.

* Use the following to answer the question
   (Dïng c¸c tõ sau tr¶ lêi c©u hái)

   Anh lµm viÖc ë ®©u?    Where do you work?

4. ChÞ häc tiÕng ViÖt ë ®©u?
   Where do you study Vietnamese?

   * Replace "häc tiÕng ViÖt" by the following to make new questions, then answer them (Thay "häc tiÕng ViÖt" b»ng nh÷ng côm tõ sau ®Ó t¹o ra nh÷ng c©u hái míi råi tr¶ lêi nh÷ng c©u hái ®ã).

5. CËu cã biÕt Gi¸o s­ NguyÔn L©n kh«ng?
    do you know Prof. Nguyen Lan?
   Cã. Tí cã biÕt.
   Yes. I do. (Affirmative answer)
   Kh«ng. Tí kh«ng biÕt.
   No. I don't  know. (Negative answer)

* Replace "biÕt gi¸o s­ NguyÔn L©n" (know Prof. Nguyen Lan) by the following to make new questions, then answer them in the affirmative and in the negative (Thay côm tõ "biÕt gi¸o s­ NguyÔn L©n" b»ng c¸c côm tõ sau ®Ó t¹o ra nh÷ng c©u hái míi sau ®ã tr¶ lêi c¸c c©u hái ®ã d­íi d¹ng kh¼ng ®Þnh vµ phñ ®Þnh).

6. Complete the following conversation
   (Hoµn thµnh ®o¹n héi tho¹i sau)

   A ......................................?
     Who is this?

   B     §©y lµ bè........................
     This is.................... father.

   A    Bè cËu............................?
       ..................... is your father?

   B    Bè tí n¨m m­¬i tuæi.
         My father is fifty years old.

   A   Bè cËu.........................?
         .................. is your father's job?

   B   Bè tí lµ kü s­.
        My father is an engineer.

   A   Bè cËu cã...................?
         Does your father.................?

   B   Cã. Bè tí thÝch chÌ.
        Yes. My father likes tea.

   A    .............................................?

   B   Kh«ng. Bè tí kh«ng thÝch r­îu.
        No. My father doesn't like alcohol.

7. Introduce members in your family: their name, age, career, office, hobby (H·y giíi thiÖu c¸c thµnh viªn trong gia ®×nh b¹n: tªn, tuæi, nghÒ nghiÖp, c¬ quan, së thÝch).

iv. ®äc hiÓu (reading comprehension)

Gia ®×nh t«i - My family

   Gia ®×nh t«i cã s¸u ng­êi: «ng, bµ, bè, mÑ, anh t«i vµ t«i.

   ¤ng bµ t«i rÊt giµ. N¨m nay «ng t«i 80 tuæi. Tr­íc ®©y, «ng t«i lµ c«ng nh©n ë Nhµ m¸y Xe löa Gia L©m (Hµ Néi). Bµ T«i 75 tuæi. Tr­íc ®©y, bµ lµ y t¸ ë BÖnh viÖn B¹ch Mai. ¤ng bµ t«i ®Òu ®· vÒ h­u c¸ch ®©y 20 n¨m.

   Bè t«i lµ gi¸m ®èc Nhµ m¸y «-t« Hßa B×nh. N¨m nay  bè t«i 55 tuæi. Bè t«i nãi th¹o tiÕng Ph¸p vµ tiÕng Trung Quèc. Bè t«i ®· ®i n­íc ngoµi nhiÒu lÇn.

   MÑ t«i vµ Vô tr­ëng Quan hÖ quèc tÕ Bé Th­¬ng m¹i. Tr­íc ®©y, mÑ t«i häc ë Tr­êng §¹i häc Kinh tÕ quèc d©n Hµ Néi. MÑ t«i, anh t«i vµ t«i cã thÓ nãi chuyÖn víi nhau b»ng tiÕng Anh.

   Anh t«i tèt nghiÖp Tr­êng §¹i häc Ngo¹i giao c¸ch ®©y 7 n¨m. HiÖn nay anh t«i lµm viÖc ë Vô §«ng-Nam ¸, Bé Ngo¹i giao.

   T«i lµ sinh viªn n¨m cuèi cïng cña Tr­êng §¹i häc Quèc gia ViÖt Nam. T«i häc ë khoa LuËt. T«i muèn trë thµnh luËt s­.

   T«i cã mét b¹n rÊt th©n. ChÞ Êy tªn lµ DiÔm H­¬ng. DiÔm H­¬ng lµ b¹n cïng líp. ChÞ Êy lµ ng­êi yªu cña anh t«i.

My Family

   There six people in may family: My grandfather, my grandmother, my father, my mother, my brother and I.

   My grandparents are old. My grandfather is 80 years old. He used to be a worker at the Gia Lam Train Factory in Hanoi. My grandmother is 75 years old. She used to be a nurse at Bach Mai hospital. My grandparents retired 20 years ago.

   My father is 55 years old. He is the director of Hoa Binh automobile factory. He speaks French and Chinese very well. He travels abroad all the time. My mother is the director of the international relations department of the Ministry of Trade. She went to the National Economic University in Hanoi. My mother, my brother and I can talk to one another in English.

   My brother graduated from the Institute of International Relations seven years ago. He is working at the South East Asian department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. I am a senior student at the National University of Vietnam. I am a law student. I want to become a lawyer.

   I have a very close friend. Her name is Diem Huong. She is my classmate. She is my brother's girlfriend.

Tõ ng÷ - Vocabulary

anh                      elder brother                    giµ                                old

tr­íc ®©y             formerly                     c«ng nh©n                     worker

nhµ m¸y              factory                        «-t«                               car

xe löa                  train                            ®· vÒ h­u                      retired

c¸ch ®©y             ago                              n¨m                              year

gi¸m ®èc            director                        th¹o                              fluently

n­íc ngoµi        abroad                         nhiÒu lÇn                      many times

vô tr­ëng            head                            vô                                department

quan hÖ               relation                       quèc tÕ                         international

bé                       ministry                       th­¬ng m¹i                   trade

tr­êng ®¹i häc   university                     kinh tÕ                          economics

quèc d©n            national                        cã thÓ                           can

nãi                      speak                           víi nhau                 with each other

b»ng                    in                                tiÕng Anh                     English

tiÕng Ph¸p           French                        ngo¹i giao                 foreign affairs

§«ng-Nam ¸     Southeast Asia            cuèi cïng                      last

khoa                    faculty                        luËt                               law

muèn                   want                           trë thµnh                       become

luËt s­                 lawyer                         b¹n cïng líp                classmate

V.Bµi tËp (Exercises)

a) Translate the following sentences into English

(DÞch c¸c c©u sau sang tiÕng Anh)

1. ¤ng cËu cã thÝch cµ phª kh«ng?

2. Bè chÞ cã uèng r­îu kh«ng?

3. T«i kh«ng biÕt chÞ Êy.

4. C« Êy kh«ng yªu t«i.

5. Bè t«i lµm viÖc ë Bé Ngo¹i giao.

6. Anh t«i d¹y ë Tr­êng §¹i häc Ngo¹i giao.

7. ¤ng ®i ®©u ®Êy ¹?

8. MÑ chÞ bao nhiªu tuæi?

9. Con trai t«i t¸m tuæi.

10. §©y lµ Thñ t­íng Vâ V¨n KiÖt.

b) Translate the following sentences into Vietnamese

(DÞch c¸c c©u sau sang tiÕng ViÖt)

1. Where are you going now?

2. I am going to the post-office.

3. Do you know Doctor Ali?

4. Yes. I know him.

5. Where does your mother work?

6. Who is this?

7. This is President Bill Clinton.

8. I like tea. I don't like alcohol.

9. Do you know where a book-shop is?

10. My father retired 4 years ago.

c) Find incorrect sentences and correct them

(T×m vµ ch÷a c©u sai)

1. ¤ng cËu mÊy tuæi?

2. CËu ®i ®©u ®Êy ¹?

3. MÑ chÞ lµ b¸c sÜ ph¶i kh«ng?

4. B©y giê anh ®i ë ®©u ®Êy?

5. §©y lµ anh cña bè t«i.

6 ChÞ cã ¨n cµ phª kh«ng?

7. Bµ ngo¹i lµ mÑ cña chó.

8. Anh lµm viÖc ë ®©u?

d) How do you answer the following questions?

(B¹n tr¶ lêi nh÷ng c©u hái sau nh­ thÕ nµo?)

1. B¸c lµ anh cña bè ph¶i kh«ng?

2. Chó lµ anh cña bè ph¶i kh«ng?

3. CËu lµ anh cña mÑ ph¶i kh«ng?

4. Bµ lµ bè cña bè ph¶i kh«ng?

5. ¤ng Bill Clinton lµ Tæng thèng Ph¸p ph¶i kh«ng?

e) Fill in the blanks with the correct words

(§iÒn tõ thÝch hîp vµo chç trèng)

1. .......... lµ anh cña bè.

2. .......... lµ em trai cña mÑ.

3. .......... lµ em trai cña bè.

4. CËu häc tiÕng ViÖt ................. ®©u?

5. §©y kh«ng ph¶i lµ .................. b¸c t«i.

6. Anh vÒ.................... ®Êy?

VI. Gi¶i ®¸p bµi tËp (Key to the exercises)

a)

1. Does your grandfather like coffee?

2. Does your father drink alcohol?

3. I don't know her.

4. She doesn't love me.

5. My father works at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

6. My elder brother teaches at the University of Foreign Affairs.

7. Where are you going?

8. How old is your mother?

9. My son is eight years old.

10. This is Prime Minister Vo Van Kiet.

b)

1. B©y giê anh (chÞ, «ng ...) ®i ®©u ®Êy?

2. T«i ®i b­u ®iÖn.

3. Anh (chÞ, ...) cã biÕt b¸c sÜ Ali kh«ng?

4. Cã. T«i biÕt «ng Êy (anh Êy).

5. MÑ anh (cËu, ...) lµm viÖc ë ®©u?

6. §©y lµ ai? /Ai ®©y?

7. §©y lµ Tæng thèng Bill Clinton.

8. T«i thÝch chÌ. T«i kh«ng thÝch r­îu.

9. Anh (chÞ, ...) cã biÕt hiÖu s¸ch ë ®©u kh«ng?

10. Bè t«i vÒ h­u c¸ch ®©y 4 n¨m.

c)

1. ¤ng cËu bao nhiªu tuæi?

2. CËu ®i ®©u ®Êy? /Cô ®i ®©u ®Êy ¹?

3. Correct

4. B©y giê anh ®i ®©u ®Êy?

5. §©y lµ b¸c t«i.

6. ChÞ cã uèng cµ phª kh«ng?/ ChÞ cã ¨n c¬m kh«ng?

7. Bµ ngo¹i lµ mÑ cña cËu.   or

  Bµ ngo¹i lµ mÑ cña mÑ.     or

   Bµ néi lµ mÑ cña chó.

8. Anh lµm viÖc ë ®©u?

d)

1. V©ng. B¸c lµ anh cña bè.

2. Kh«ng. Chó kh«ng ph¶i lµ anh cña bè.

   Chó lµ em cña bè.

3. Kh«ng. CËu kh«ng ph¶i lµ anh cña mÑ.

  CËu lµ em trai cña mÑ.

4. Kh«ng. Bµ kh«ng ph¶i lµ bè cña bè.

  Bµ lµ mÑ cña bè.

5. Kh«ng. ¤ng Bill Clinton kh«ng ph¶i lµ Tæng thèng Ph¸p.

  ¤ng Êy lµ Tæng thèng Mü.

e)

1. B¸c lµ anh cña bè.

2. CËu lµ em trai cña mÑ.

3. Chó lµ em trai cña bè.

4. CËu häc tiÕng ViÖt ë ®©u?

5. §©y kh«ng ph¶i lµ b¸c t«i.

6. Anh vÒ ®©u ®Êy?