1. Work in pairs. What does the photo tell you about the lives of people who live in this city?

(Làm việc theo cặp. Bức ảnh cho bạn biết điều gì về đời sống của những người sống ở thành phố này?)

2. Read and listen to the dialogue. Who do you agree with more, Anne or Nam?

(Đọc và nghe đoạn đối thoại. Bạn đồng tình với ai hơn, Anne hay Nam?)

Anne: What are you doing? 

Nam: I'm doing my geography project. Look at this photo. It’s shocking that some people have so much and others have so little! The world would be much better if money didn't exist. 

Anne: What do you mean? If money didn't exist, how would you buy things? 

Nam: If you needed something, you would make it. If you couldn't make it, you would swap with somebody else. 

Anne: So if I wanted a new mobile phone, how would I get it? 

Nam: You don't need things like that! I'm talking about essentials: food, clothes, that kind of thing. At the moment, millions of people haven't even got those. 

Anne: If money didn't exist, life wouldn't be better for poor people. 

Nam: No? I think it would. If nobody had any money, everybody would be equal.

3. Read the Learn this! box and complete rule a with infinitive, past simple and would. Then find seven second conditional sentences in the dialogue in exercise 2.

(Đọc phần Learn this! và hoàn thành quy tắc a với động từ nguyên mẫu, thì quá khứ đơn và would. Sau đó, tìm bày câu điều kiện loại hai trong đoạn hội thoại ở bài tập 2.)

LEARN THIS! The second conditional

a. We use the second conditional to describe an unreal or imaginary situation and its result.

If shops didn't exist (imaginary situation), we would buy (result) everything online.

We use the (1) _____ in the if clause and we use (2) _____ + (3) _____ in the main clause. 

b. We can put the main clause first. In this case, we don't need the comma.

I'd buy you a present if I had enough money. 

c. We use could to mean would + be able to. It is also the past simple of can. 

If I won the lottery, I could stop work. 

If she could speak English, she'd get a job in the USA.

4. Match 1-5 with a-e and make second conditional sentences using the correct form of the verbs in brackets.

(Ghép 1-5 với a-e và tạo thành câu điều kiện loại hai sử dụng dạng đúng của động từ trong ngoặc.)

1. If I _____ (need) money, a. I _____ (ask) my dad to buy one for me.

2. lf tablet computers _____ (not cost) so much, b. if I _____ (shop) at the charity shop.

3. I _________ (be) upset c. I ______ (get) holiday job.

4. I _______ (can) buy clothes really cheaply d. I _____ (use) my mum's laptop to send messages.

5. If I _______ (not have) a mobile phone,e. if the coffee shop in my village _____ (close)

5. Complete the money tips with the second conditional. Use the correct form of the verbs below.

(Hoàn thành các mẹo kiếm tiền với câu điều kiện loại hai. Sử dụng dạng đúng của các động từ dưới đây.)

can          get          make          save           sell       swap

Money tips!

• Cosmetics are not cheap. You (1) _____ a fortune if you (2) _____ your own. Olive oil, salt and lemon are three cheap and effective ingredients.

• Clothes shopping costs a lot of money. If you (3) _____ clothes with your friends, all of you (4) _____ something new to wear - for free!

• How many old books, DVDSs and games have you got on your shelves? If you (5) _____ them all online, you (6) _____ use the money to buy new ones!

6. Work in pairs. Ask and answer the following questions.

(Làm việc theo cặp. Hỏi và trả lời những câu hỏi sau.)

What would you do if... (Bạn sẽ làm gì nếu?)

1. there were no shops in your town?

(không có cửa hàng trong thành phố của bạn?)

2. you won 1 billion VND?

(bạn thắng được 1 tỷ Việt Nam đồng?)

3. you could have a free holiday anywhere in the world?

(bạn có chuyến du lịch miễn phí ở bất cứ đâu trên thế giới?)