UNIT 1: A DAY IN THE LIFE OF …
Hello everyone, my name is Lam. I’m a cyclo driver in Ho Chi Minh City. I usually have a busy working day. I get up at five thirty in the morning. I start work at six. My first passenger is usually an old man. I take him from District 1 to District 5. After I drop him at a café near Ho Chi Minh City College of Education, I pedal to Thai Binh market. My next passenger is a lady who does shopping there every two days. I help her put all her perchases into the cyclo and then take her to her shop in Tran Hung Dao Street. At about ten therty I ride off toward Nguyen Thi Minh Khai School. There I park my cyclo, chat with some of my fellows and wait for my third passengers. They are two school pupils, a girl and a boy. I take them home. At twelve I have lunch at a foot stall near Ben Thanh Market. After lunch, I park my cyclo under a tree, take a short rest and then continue my afternoon’s work.

UNIT 2: SCHOOL TALKS
* Conversation 1:
A: So, what are you taking this semester, Lan?
B: Well, I’m taking English.
A: Me too. Whose class are you in?
B: Miss Lan Phuong’s.
A: How do you like the class?
B: I really enjoy it.
* Conversation 2:
A: Are you enjoying yourself, Nam?
B: Yes, I am.
A: Would you like to get something for drink?
B: Not right now, thanks.
* Conversation 3:
A: Son, how do you like the weather in Nha Trang?
B: Oh, it is great.
A: So, when did you get here?
B: I arrived yesterday.
A: How long are you going to stay?
B: For a week.
A: Do you wan to swim?
B: Sure.
* Conversation 4:
A: Hoa, how do you like it here?
B: It’s very nice. The hotel is big and my room is comfortable.
A: Are you travelling with your friends?
B: No, I’m travelling alone.
A: Would you like to go some where for a drink?
B: That’s great.
UNIT 3: PEOPLE’S BACKGROUND
Bob: Congratulations! You are now the Olympic Champion.
Sally: Thanhs. Yes, I’m very happy.
Bob: Our reader want to know about you.
Sally: That’s nice! Well, ask me your questions.
Bob: First of all, tell me some thing about yourself.
Sally: Well, I was born in 1980. I got a general education at local schools and when I was 15, I joined the Stars Sport Club near my home.
Bob: Where is your home?
Sally: In Manchester.
Bob: I see. And do you live alone?
Sally: No, I live with my family, my parents and two brothers.
Bob: What do you do in your free time?
Sally: Well, I don’t have much free time, but I like different sport – basketball and swimming, for example – and just sitting at home and reading.
Bob: What soft of book do you like?
Sally: Oh, love stories – romantic books.
Bob: And what do you want to be in the future?
Sally: I want to be a sports teacher. I’m a student at college. I want to get my teacher’s diploma.
Bob: I see. Now tell me …
UNIT 4: SPECIAL EDUCATION
If you ask any member of the Vang Trang Khuyet Club which time of day they enjoy most, and they will agree: their photography lesson.
The Vang Trang Khuyet Club’s members come from the Nhan Chinh school for deaf children, Xa Dan secondary school fof deaf and mute children, and Ha Noi literature and art club for mentally retarded children.
“ Whenever we hold a camera, wandering around and taking in our suroundings through a lens, we can forget the sorrow of our disabilities,” says club member Nguyen Minh Tam.
The six-month-old photography club, which comprices 19 deaf, mute or mentally retarded children, is now having its first exhibition in Hanoi.
More than 50 colour photos are on display at the exhibition room featuring the beauty of daily life through the eyes of these disabled children. The subjects are simple and peaceful: old men reading books on the sides of Hoan Kiem lake, labourers hard at work, or chickens looking for food.
The children’s passion for taking pictures has stimulated them and helped them escape their sorrow.
UNIT 5: TECHNOLOGY AND YOU
Well, I wasn’t worried when my son bought a computer. After a lots of children have parents who don’t understand computers