Tiếng Anh thông dụng ở Australia - Loạt 2 - Bài 15: describing locations

 EVERYDAY ENGLISH FROM AUSTRALIA – Series 2 
TIẾNG ANH THÔNG DỤNG Ở AUSTRALIA – Loạt 2 
Bài 15: describing locations (mô tả nơi chốn, vị trí) 
Part 1 - THE DIALOGUE (đối thoại) 
Chị Mai Linh sẽ tả cho các bạn nghe buồng ngủ của chị ấy. 
Dialogue 1: 
MAI LINH: My bedroom is a square room with a door in the middle of one 
wall. Opposite the door is a window and below the window is my 
desk and chair. Standing in my doorway, I can see my wardrobe, 
which takes up the entire wall on my left, and I can see my bed 
lying against the wall on my right with it's head against the same 
wall as the window. Between the bed and the window is a small 
table. Near the foot of my bed and against the wall behind the 
door is a chest of drawers. 
Chị Mai Linh sẽ kể tiếp cho các bạn nghe một số đồ đạc kê ở trong buồng ngủ. 
Dialogue 2: 
MAI LINH: There's a clock on the little table. There are some books on the 
desk, and behind the books is a lamp. My slippers are under the 
bed. On the wall above the bed head is a photograph of my 
parents. In the middle of the room there's a small round rug. 
Anh Terry sẽ tả phòng làm việc của anh ấy. 
Dialogue 3: 
TERRY: My office is a rectangular room with no windows. The door is in 
the centre of a shorter wall. Against the wall opposite the door are 
my desk and chair. In the corner on the left of my desk is a filing 
cabinet and opposite the filing cabinet in the corner behind the 
door, is another filing cabinet. In the middle of the longer wall to 
the right of the door and against the wall, is a long table and 
against the wall opposite the table is a bookcase. 
 Part 2 - VOCABULARY (từ vựng) 
a bed head 
[ 'bɛd hɛd ] 
đầu giường 
a book case 
[ 'bʊk∪keIs ] 
tủ sách 
a chest of drawers 
[ tʃɛst∪əv 'drəz ] 
tủ com-mốt (có nhiều ngăn kéo rộng) 
a doorway 
[ 'dɔweI ] 
cửa ra vào 
a filing cabinet 
[ 'failIŋ kæbənət ] 
tủ đựng tài liệu 
foot of the bed 
[ 'fʊt∪əv θə 'bɛd ] 
chân giường 
a pot plant 
[ 'pɒt plant ] 
cây cảnh 
slippers 
[ 'slIpəz ] 
dép đi trong nhà 
a typewriter 
[ 'taIpraItə ] 
máy chữ 
a wardrobe 
[ ' w:adroʊb ] 
tủ quần áo 
entire 
[ ən 'taIə ] 
toàn bộ 
against 
[ ə 'geIinst ] 
dựa vào, áp vào 
 behind 
[ bə 'haInd ] 
phía sau 
below 
[ bə 'loʊ ] 
phía dưới 
between 
[ bə 'twin ] 
giữa, ở giữa 
in the centre 
[ In θə∪'sɛntə ] 
ở trung tâm 
opposite 
[ 'ɒpəsIt ] 
đối diện 
Part 3 – LESSON: describing locations (mô tả nơi chốn, vị trí) 
Khi tả đồ vật, chúng ta cần phải nói rõ chúng ở đâu bằng những giới từ như: 
'IN' (ở trong) hay 'ON' (ở trên, tại.) Thí dụ: 
The bread is in the cupboard on the shelf. Bánh mì để trong ngăn tủ trên cái giá. 
The shop is on the corner. Cửa hàng ở góc đường. 
The television is in the corner. Máy truyền hình đặt ở góc nhà. 
Chú ý: Có sự khác nhau giữa nhóm từ 'in front of' và 'opposite'. Từ 'opposite' thường mang 
nghĩa đối diện, trong khi nhóm từ 'in front of ' không mang nghĩa đó 
'Next to', 'near' và 'by' để chỉ những vật gì rất gần những vật khác. Thí dụ: 
• The chair is next to the desk. 
• The chair is near the desk. 
• The chair is by the desk. 
Cái ghế ở gần cái bàn giấy. 
 Part 4 - PRONUNCIATION (phát âm) 
Có nhiều giới từ được bắt đầu bằng một nguyên âm. Các bạn luyện đọc các từ sau và cố gắng 
phân biệt sự khác nhau: 
/ i / /ɒ/ /ʌ / 
in on under 
ring wrong rung 
sing song sung 
middle model muddle 
Part 5 - PRACTICE (luyện tập) 
Bạn hãy nhìn vào hai bức ảnh sau đây và nói rõ các điểm khác nhau. Bạn nên rủ một bạn 
khác cùng làm bài tập này. Các bạn hãy hỏi nhau các câu hỏi về vị trí của đồ vật để tìm ra sự 
khác nhau. 
 Part 6 – THE SERIAL (chuyện đọc từng kỳ) 
Vocabulary: 
to arrest bắt giữ 
Episode 15: 
Detective Baker left, and Diana went to bed. 'She's very calm.' I said. 'Do you 
think she's all right?'. 'She's too calm,' was Judy's reply. 'She isn't upset at all. I don't 
believe she cares about her father. There's something strange about that young 
woman.' 
Mandy looked at her watch, and said that Ben would be home. She would call 
him to tell him the news about Henry Cotton. She went to the phone, which was on the 
wall in the kitchen, and closed the door. I winked at Judy. 'Romance is in the air,' I said, 
and Judy smiled. 
Next morning Diana had breakfast with us as usual. I looked at her closely. She 
was pale, and she was worried, but I didn't think that she's been crying. 
'I'm going away for a few days,' she told us. 'Thank you for your kindness.' She 
didn't tell us where she was going, and she took all her things. I must say Judy and I 
were not sorry to see her go. Later that day the detective came to our place again, 
wanting to see Diana, but we couldn't tell him where she was. 
'Never mind,' the detective said. 'If we need her, we'll find her.' 
'Did Cotton kill himself?' I asked. 
'Well… it certainly looks like it. Why? Do you know something about it?' 
'I knew Cotton,' I said. 'He was a very famous scientist. He was working on an 
important project. He was about to make an important discovery. I don't believe he 
would kill himself, that's all.' The detective looked at me sternly. 
'Is there something else you want to tell us, sir?' he asked. 
'Yes,' I said. I went to the bedroom and took the briefcase from under the bed. I 
went back to the living room and gave it to Detective Baker. 
'What's this, then?' he asked. And I told him everything I knew. 
END OF LESSON 15 
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