Đáp án Bài 5 1a. Reading – Unit 1 – Tiếng Anh 9 Right on!. Hướng dẫn: telegraph machine (n): máy điện báo.
Câu hỏi/Đề bài:
5. Think: Read the title and look at the pictures. What do you think the text is about?
(Suy nghĩ: Đọc tiêu đề và nhìn vào hình ảnh. Bạn nghĩ văn bản nói về điều gì?)
COMMNUCATION: PAST AND PRESENT
Today, communication is fast and easy, but how did people communicate in the past? Read on to learn about the way people shared messages 100 years ago and how it is different today.
100 YEARS AGO
When you think of communication 100 years ago, the first thing that comes to mind is speaking face-to-face. However, there were other ways to communicate, too. People often (1) _______ letters by post, but they also used the telephone, the telegraph machine and carrier pigeons. These ways of communication delivered messages across long distances, even hundred of kilometers. Besides, a lot of people kept a (2) _______ about their lives to share with future generations.
TODAY
Today, the Internet deeply changes the way we communicate. People nowadays speak face-to-face often than they did in the past because they (3) _______ a lot of time online. They share information about their lives on social media by (4) _______ new entries. Also, many people keep a blog or a vlog instead of a diary, and they send emails instead of letters. Nowadays, people still use the telephone, but most have a smartphone for calling or sending (5) _______. What will communication be like in 100 years? We wish we knew!
* ‘Blog’ comes from the words ‘web’ and ‘log’. ‘Vlog’ comes from the words ‘video’ and ‘log’.
Hướng dẫn:
telegraph machine (n): máy điện báo
carrier pigeon (n): chim bồ câu đưa thư
deliver (v): giao hàng
generation (n): thế hệ
Lời giải:
The text talks about communication between people in the past and present.
(Văn bản nói về sự giao tiếp giữa con người trong quá khứ và hiện tại.)