1. Read the article about a film. Explain in your own words what is unusual about the main character.

(Đọc bài viết về một bộ phim. Giải thích bằng lời của bạn những gì không bình thường về nhân vật chính.)

I USED TO BE older…

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button certainly lives up to its title. It is a very unusual film about a man who lives his life backwards: he is born as an old man and dies as a baby.

The story begins in 1918 when a woman gives birth to a baby with the appearance of an elderly man. The mother dies and the father abandons the baby, who is called Benjamin. Two workers at a nursing home, Queenie and Tizzy, decide to look after Benjamin, who fits in with the elderly residents at the home because he looks so old. But as the years pass, Benjamin becomes physically younger.

At the age of twelve, he meets a young girl called Daisy and gets on with her very well despite having the appearance of an old man, but later they lose touch when Benjamin starts working a job on a boat.

Years later, he catches up with Daisy again in Paris. In their forties, they finally look the same age for the first time - and fall in love. They almost marry and settle down together, but they never go through with it. One reason is that Daisy could never put up with Benjamin's strange condition.

In the end, they run out of time: Daisy is becoming an old woman and Benjamin is becoming a child. He finally dies in Daisy's arms as a baby.

2. Match the highlighted phrasal verbs in the article with their definitions below.

(Nối các cụm động từ được đánh dấu trong bài viết với định nghĩa của chúng bên dưới.)

1. to have a (good/bad) relationship with

2. to complete something

3. to match or equal

4. to use all of your supply of something

5. to succeed in finding or reaching somebody

6. to look and act like part of a group

7. to tolerate or be patient about something

3. Circle the correct words to complete the Learn this! box. Use the examples in the article to help you.

(Khoanh tròn những từ đúng để hoàn thành khung Learn this! Sử dụng các ví dụ trong bài viết để giúp bạn.)

LEARN THIS!

a. A three-part phrasal verb has 'one / two verb(s) and ²one / two particle(s).

b. Three-part phrasal verbs are ³transitive / intransitive (they have a direct object).

c. The object always goes ⁴after / before / between the two particles.

d. In questions, the three parts of the phrasal verb usually stay together.

What kind of course did you sign up for?

4. DICTIONARY WORK Read the Dictionary tip. Then find these phrasal verbs in a dictionary and check the difference in meaning between the two- and three-part phrasal verbs.

(LÀM VIỆC VỚI TỪ ĐIỂN Đọc mẹo từ điển. Sau đó, tìm các cụm động từ này trong từ điển và kiểm tra sự khác biệt về ý nghĩa giữa các cụm động từ hai và ba phần.)

look up / look up to

get away / get away with

make up / make up for

go back / go back on

5. Complete the sentences with two- or three-part phrasal verbs from exercise 4.

(Hoàn thành các câu với cụm động từ hai hoặc ba phần từ bài tập 4.)

1. We sent her a present to ____________the disappointment of missing the music festival.

2. We ____________ his name on the internet to check his story was true.

3. You said you would take us on holiday this summer- you can't ____________ your promise!

4. Did you ____________that story or is it true?

6. Use three-part phrasal verbs from exercises 2 or 4 to replace the underlined words. Ask and answer these questions with your partner.

(Sử dụng cụm động từ ba phần từ bài tập 2 hoặc 4 để thay thế các từ được gạch chân. Hỏi và trả lời những câu hỏi này với bạn của bạn.)

1. Which famous people do you admire?

2. What kind of behaviour is the most difficult to tolerate?

3. What kind of people do you find it easiest to be friendly with?