Presented by :NHU THI BICH NGOC UNIT 15: WOMEN IN SOCIETY E LANGUAGE FOCUS UNIT 132: PHRASAL VERBS: VERB + PREPOSITION (to/at) A VERB+ to Talk/ speak to somebody Who was that man you were talking to? Listen to We spent the evening listening to music Write (a letter) to… I wrote to the hotel complaining about the poor service we had received Apologise to somebody (for…) (XIN LOI) They apologised to me for what happened Explain st to sb (GIAI THICH) Can you explain this word to me? Explain/describe (to sb) what/how/why… I explained to them why I was worried Let me describe to you what I saw B Note: không sử dụng to với động từ: Answer sb/st ; to ask sb: to phone/telephone/call sb Thank sb for st PHRASAL VERBS: VERB + PREPOSITION (to/at) A VERB+ to B Note C Verb + at look/stare (chằm chằm) /glance (liếc) at… , have a look/ take a look at… Why are you looking at me like that? Laugh at… (cười) I look stupid with this haircut Everybody will laugh at me aim(nhắm vào) /point (chỉ /chĩa vào) st at…., shoot/fire (a gun) (bắn) at… Don’t point that knife at me It’s dangerous We saw someone with a gun shooting at birds, but he didn’t hit any D Verbs + at/to với ý nghĩa khác Shout at somebody (when you are angry) Shout to sb (so that they can hear you) He got very angry and started shouting at He shouted to me from the other side of the street me Throw st at st/sb (in order to hit him) Somebody threw an egg at the minister Throw st to sb (for sb to catch) Lisa shouted ‘Catch!’ and threw the keys to me from the window UNIT 133: VERBS + PREPOSITION 2: ABOUT/FOR/OF/ AFTER A VERBS + ABOUT Talk/read/know about …, tell sb about … We talked about a lot of things at the meeting Have a discussion about st (c ó thảo luận về…), but discuss st (thảo luận) We had a discussion about what we should We discussed a lot of things at the meeting Do st about st = st to improve a bad situation If you’re worried about the problem, you should something about it B CARE ABOUT; CARE FOR; TAKE CARE OF Care about sb/st = think that sb/st is important (quan t âm) He is very selfish He doesn’t care about other people We say: “care what/where/how”… etc You can what you like I don’t care what you Care for sb/st = like st (in questions and negatives): Would you care for a cup of coffee? (=would you like….) I don’t care for very hot weather (= I don’tl like ) = look after sb: Alan is 85 and lives alone He needs somebody to care for him Take care of… = look after Have a nice holiday Take care of yourself! VERBS + PREPOSITION 2: ABOUT/FOR/OF AFTER A VERBS + ABOUT B CARE ABOUT; CARE FOR; TAKE CARE OF C VERB + FOR Ask sb for … (hỏi g ì) I wrote to the company asking them for more information about the job But ‘I asked him the way to…’; ‘she asked me my name’ (no preposition) Apply (to a person, a company) (n ộp đơn cho ai); apply for a job (xin việc) I think you’d be good at this job Why don’t you apply for it? Search (a person/a place/ a bag etc ) for… (tìm gì) I’ve searched the house for my keys, but I still can’t find them leave (a place) for another place (rời đâu) I haven’t seen her since she left (home) for the office this morning