Contents:
Vocabulary: To lose touch with, To be close to each other, To have a lot in common with each other, To get together outside work, To keep in touch with old friends, To have a good relationship with your neighbours, Enjoy
Grammar: WORD STRESS
Writing: Chart
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1. VOCABULARY:
Bé hãy bấm vào tranh để nghe âm thanh của từ nhé!
To no longer communicate with someone
People who are close know each other very well and like each other a lot, or who see and talk to each other a lot
To share the same interests or have similar characteristics
To get pleasure from something
2. GRAMMAR:
Word stress
When a word has more than two syllables in English, one syllable will receive more importance than the others when it is pronounced. This is the syllable that receives the primary word stress. This means that, compared to the other ones, the vowel sound of that syllable will be slightly.
A stressed syllable combines five features:
- It is l-o-n-g-e-r – com p-u-ter
- It is LOUDER – comPUTer
- It has a change in pitch from the syllables coming before and afterwards. The pitch of a stressed syllable is usually higher.
- It is said more clearly -The vowel sound is purer. Compare the first and last vowel sounds with the stressed sound.
- It uses larger facial movements – Look in the mirror when you say the word. Look at your jaw and lips in particular.
3. WRITING
What is the chart?
A chart is a diagram, picture, or graph which is intended to make information easier to understand.
Types of Charts
There are several different types of charts and graphs. The four most common are probably line graphs, bar graphs and histograms, pie charts, and Cartesian graphs. They are generally used for, and best for, quite different things.
You would use:
- Bar graphs to show numbers that are independent of each other. Example data might include things like the number of people who preferred each of Chinese takeaways, Indian takeaways and fish and chips.
- Pie charts to show you how a whole is divided into different parts. You might, for example, want to show how a budget had been spent on different items in a particular year.
- Line graphs show you how numbers have changed over time. They are used when you have data that are connected, and to show trends, for example, average night time temperature in each month of the year.
- Cartesian graphs have numbers on both axes, which therefore allow you to show how changes in one thing affect another. These are widely used in mathematics, and particularly in Algebra.
Axes
Graphs have two axes, the lines that run across the bottom and up the side. The line along the bottom is called the horizontal or x-axis, and the line up the side is called the vertical or y-axis.
- The x-axis may contain categories or numbers. You read it from the bottom left of the graph.
- The y-axis usually contains numbers, again starting from the bottom left of the graph.
The numbers on the y-axis generally, but not always, start at 0 in the bottom left of the graph, and move upwards. Usually the axes of a graph are labelled to indicate the type of data they show.
Bar graphs generally have categories on the x-axis, and numbers on the y-axis. This means that you can compare numbers between different categories. The categories need to be independent, that is changes in one of them do not affect the others.
A pictogram is a special type of bar graph. Instead of using an axis with numbers, it uses pictures to represent a particular number of items. For example, you could use a pictogram for the data above about ages, with an image of a person to show the number of people in each category.
A pie chart looks like a circle (or a pie) cut up into segments. Pie charts are used to show how the whole breaks down into parts
Line graphs are usually used to show dependent data, and particularly trends over time. Line graphs depict a point value for each category, which are joined in a line. We can use the data from the pie chart as a line graph too.