UNIT 4: SPECIAL EDUCATION I. PRONUNCIATION: A. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others: 1. a. proper b. opposite c. biology d. continue 2. a. quarter b. although c. want d. tall 3. a. aunt b. broad c. bought d. draw 4. a. airport b. forty c. sorrow d. normal 5. a. watching b. quantity c. smallest d. wander 6. a. disabled b. forced c. believed d. realized 7. a. rubbish b. suburb c. lunch d. consume 8. a. deaf b. teach c. reading d. seat 9. a. pity b. children c. blind d. finger 10.a. provide b. course c. force d. talk 11.a. commune b. rob c. condition d. follow 12.a. organize b. money c. force d. for 13.a. sport b. stall c. talk d. shake 14.a. sorrow b. employ c. organize d. work 15.a. occupation b. opposition c. obligation d. obtain B.Choose the word whose syllable is stressed differently from the rest. 1. a. photography b. determined c. exhibition d. professional 2. a. disabled b. atomic c. impossible d. professor 3. a. nationality b. disability c. activity d. demonstration 4. a. information b. important c. impossible d. intelligent 5. a. family b. condition c. teacher d. children II. GRAMMAR: Exerice 1: Rewrite the sentences, using the + adjective instead of the underlined phrases. 1. People who have lots of money have comfortable lives. - The rich have comfortable lives. 2. We live near a special school for people who can’t hear. 3. The old soldiers were holding a service for those who had died. 4. The government should do more for people who do not have enough money. 5. I’m doing a course on caring for people who are mentally handicapped. 6. We need to provide more shelters for people who are without place to live. 7. People with severe disabilities need full-time care. 8. Life must be hard for people who do not have a job in our society today. 9. What can we do to feed people who do not have enough to eat ? 10. Braille is a reading system for people who are unable to see. Exercise 2: Fill in the blank with the suitable word the injured the poor the sick the rich the unemployed the young the old the vietnamese the famous the blind the deaf the dumb the unemployed the new 1. __________ were taken to hospital right away. 2. ________ do not have much money to buy these expensive things. 3. ___________ need to be looked after carefully. 4. ___ should give away some money to the poor. 5. __________ must learn how to respect the old. 6. We are raising money to help ______________ 7. ___________ are to replace the old. 8. It’s dangerous for____ to cross the street alone. 9. 9.______ should save money while waiting for another job. 10. 10._______________ are a friendly people. 11. 11._____________ have lots of experience. 12. 12.__ cannot see, but they can smell very well. 13. 13.I don’t like ____________ at all. Most of them are rich but unkind 14. 14.You can never force ____ to make a speech 15. Exercise 3: Complete the sentences with “Used to” or “Be used to”. 16. 1. Jane (work) ………………………… for the telephone company, but now she has a job at the post office. 17. 2. This work doesn’t bother me. I (work) …………………….…….…hard. I’ve worked hard all my life. 18. 3. Dick (have) ……………… ……….… mustache, but he doesn’t any more. He shaved it off because his wife didn’t like it. I (see, not) …………………….… him without his mustache. He still looks strange to me. 19. 4. When I was a child, I (think) …………………………………… anyone over 40 was old. Of course, now that I’m middle-aged, I agree with those who say, “Life begins at 40.” 20. 5. It (take) …………………………….…… weeks or months to cross the Atlantic Ocean from Europe to America, but now it takes only a matter of hours. 21. 6. Even though Jason is only 12, he (fly) ……………………….……… on airplanes. His father is a pilot and has taken Johnson with him in a plane many times. 22. 7. Michael (take) ………………………………….… care of himself. He left home when he was 15 and has been on his own ever since. 23. 8. When I was growing up, my mother often sent me to the neighborhood store to get something for her. And each time I went there, Mr. Ditmar, the owner, (give) ……………………………… me a piece of candy 24. Exercise 4: Write a sentence for each of the following using “used to” or “didn’t use to”. 25. 1. Dennis gave up smoking two years ago. 26. - Dennis used to smoke a lot. 27. 2. When Barbara was in Italy, she stayed with an Italian family. 28. 3. I quite like drinking coffee in the morning, although I wasn’t keen on it when I was younger. 29. 4. We seem to have lost interest in our work. 30. 5. I don’t mind traveling by train now. 31. 6. I went to the church when I was a child. 32. 7. Since we’ve lived in the countryside, we’ve been much happier. 33. 8. Mr Micheal grew tulips but he doesn’t any more. 34. 9. I prefer listening to classical music now, although when I was young I couldn’t stand it. 35. 10. My sister looked so fat when she returned from Paris. 36. Exercise 5: Use WHICH to combine each pair of sentences. 37. 1.John is always late for class. This annoys the teacher. 38. 2.People today put advertisement on TV or in newspapers . This makes it possible to produce more thing to sell. 39. 3. He passed the exam with high grades. This made everybody in the family happy. 40. 4. We have lots her phones number. This makes it difficult to contact her. 41. 5. Jane couldn’t come to my birthday party. This made me feel sad. 42. 6. She has promised herself to be on time to work everyday. That is a good idea. 43. 7. Tim has found a new job. That is Lucky. 44. 8. She usually comes to work on time. That pleases her boss. 45. 9. He lost the money. This made him sad. 46. 10.She has been working all day. This is why she is very tired. 47. 11.They have good children. It makes them feel proud. 48. 12.The man looked supicious. That was why we called the police. 49. 13.He often tells jokes. That is humorous of him. 50. . is a good idea. 43 . 7. Tim has found a new job. That is Lucky. 44 . 8. She usually comes to work on time. That pleases her boss. 45 . 9. He lost the money. This made him sad. 46 . 10. She has been. in the family happy. 40 . 4. We have lots her phones number. This makes it difficult to contact her. 41 . 5. Jane couldn’t come to my birthday party. This made me feel sad. 42 . 6. She has promised. strange to me. 19. 4. When I was a child, I (think) …………………………………… anyone over 40 was old. Of course, now that I’m middle-aged, I agree with those who say, “Life begins at 40 .” 20. 5. It (take)