Tiếng Anh 8 Unit 2: Writing Soạn Anh 8 Chân trời sáng tạo trang 25

Bài 1

Read the magazine advert and last year's winning entry about the Mekong Delta. What do you have to do to enter the competition? What's the prize? What do we learn about the residents in Southern Việt Nam?

(Đọc quảng cáo trên tạp chí và bài viết đoạt giải năm ngoái về Đồng bằng sông Cửu Long. Bạn phải làm gì để tham gia cuộc thi? Giải thưởng là gì? Chúng ta học được gì về cư dân Nam Bộ?)

a sensational holiday!

Enter the You haven't lived until ... competition. Describe the sights, sounds, tastes and feelings that visitors to your country can experience. Our winner will spend two weeks in Australia!

Experience the Mekong Delta in Southern Việt Nam. Because you haven't lived until...

... you've seen the life around the river like floating markets. Besides, the Mekong Delta has got many fruit orchards or rice fields and extremely beautiful sights, and they're all worth seeing.

...you've heard Don Ca Tai Tu - folk music. The sound of a variety of instruments like a flute, a 16-string zither, a violin and a guitar is really amazing, and very soft! It's quite an experience.

...you've tasted bánh xèo. It's one of the most popular dishes in the Mekong Delta. Don't forget to try other excellent local specialities, like pop rice, lemongrass chicken or grilled snakehead fish. It's absolutely delicious!

...you've felt the warmth of the residents. So do a homestay in a traditional village from October to April because the temperature is comfortable for travelling.

We're looking forward to seeing you.

Gợi ý đáp án

- We have to ‘describe the sights, sounds, tastes and feelings that visitors to your country can experience’ to enter the competition.

- The prize is ‘2 weeks vacation in Australia’.

- We learn about life around the river like floating markets, Don Ca Tai Tu - folk music, local specialities, and the warmth of the residents in Southern Việt Nam.

Bài 2

Language point: Intensifiers (Từ nhấn mạnh)

2. Find the words in the box in the Experience the Mekong Delta in Southern Việt Nam text. What type of word (adjective, noun or verb) do they always come before?

(Tìm các từ trong khung trong văn bản Trải nghiệm đồng bằng sông Cửu Long ở Nam Bộ. Loại từ nào (tính từ, danh từ hoặc động từ) mà chúng luôn đứng trước?)

Gợi ý đáp án

The sound of a variety of instruments like a flute, a 16-string zither, a violin and a guitar is really amazing, and very soft.

It's absolutely delicious!

(Nó ngon tuyệt!)

=> The words in the box always come before the adjective.

(Các từ trong khung luôn đứng trước tính từ.)

Bài 3

Gợi ý đáp án

1. Delicious is an extreme adjective.

2. We use very with normal adjectives.

3. We can use really with both normal and extreme adjectives.

4. Other intensifiers can we use with adjectives: extremely, excellent

Bài 4

Read the key phrases and find them in the Experience the Mekong Delta in Southern Việt Nam text. Think of how to complete the first two phrases about your town.

(Đọc các cụm từ khóa và tìm chúng trong bài viết Trải nghiệm đồng bằng sông Cửu Long ở miền Nam Việt Nam. Nghĩ cách hoàn thành hai cụm từ đầu tiên về thị trấn của bạn.)

Gợi ý đáp án

*Key phrases in the Experience the Mekong Delta in Southern Việt Nam text:

Don't forget to try other excellent local specialities, like pop rice, lemongrass chicken or grilled snakehead fish.

It's one of the most popular dishes in the Mekong Delta.

It's quite an experience.

We're looking forward to seeing you.

… and they're all worth seeing.

*Complete the first two phrases about my town:

Don't forget to try noodle grilled pork. It's one of the most excellent local specialities in Ha Noi.

Bài 5

USE IT! Follow the steps in the writing guide.

(Thực hiện theo các bước trong hướng dẫn viết.)