1. SPEAKING Look at the blog and the photos. What kind of game do you think the people are playing? What do you think happens?

(Nhìn vào blog và các bức ảnh. Bạn nghĩ mọi người đang chơi loại trò chơi nào? Bạn nghĩ cái gì xảy ra?)

2. Read the blog post quickly and check your ideas from exercise 1.

(Đọc nhanh bài đăng trên blog và kiểm tra ý tưởng của bạn từ bài tập 1.)

GPS CHALLENGE

Dear Friends

CLAUDIA'S BLOG

Sorry I haven't blogged for a while. I've been a bit busy lately. You'll find out why... But first of all, have you ever heard of geocaching? It's a kind of treasure-hunting game that uses a GPS device-usually your smartphone-to find small containers called geocaches hidden all over the world. I can definitely recommend it- it's healthy and fun. So how does it work, exactly? Well, the first step is to go to the geocaching website or download the geocaching app onto your phone. Then choose a geocache and start looking. People have been hiding geocaches for more than ten years, so there are literally millions of them around the world, including Antarctica!

Geocaching began around the year 2000. However, similar games did exist in the past. For example, in the middle of the 19^th century, a game called 'letterboxing" became popular in the south of England. People walking in the countryside began to hide boxes of addressed postcards all along the route. When other walkers found a box, they collected the cards and posted them.

In geocaching, the boxes contain a logbook, where the person who finds it can write their name and the date. (They also record the find on the website.) Geocaches often contain a toy or gift, too. You are welcome to take this, provided you replace it with something you have brought with you.

The basic game just involves finding a geocache and recording it online and in the logbook. However, there are lots of variations: multi-cache challenges (each cache leads to the next until the final cache containing the logbook), 'travelling caches' (you move it to a different location and update the information on the website) and webcam caches' (you find a public webcam and capture an image of yourself on the webcam as proof of success). I've tried all of these types, and personally, I've enjoyed the multi-cache challenges the most.

Geocaching is an activity you can do alone or, like me, with a couple of friends, or at events with hundreds of other fans of the game. An example of such an event is the annual "Fumble after Dark' in November in Sweden. I'm seriously thinking about joining it next year. So why don't you get into geocaching too, and I might see you there!

Bye for now!

Claudia

3. Read the Reading Strategy and the questions in exercise 4. Then answer the following questions.

(Đọc Chiến lược đọc và các câu hỏi trong bài tập 4. Sau đó trả lời các câu hỏi sau.)

1. Which questions in exercise 4 ask about

(Các câu hỏi nào trong bài tập 4 hỏi về)

a. the writer's intention?

(dụng ý của người viết?)

b. the writer's opinion?

(ý kiến của người viết?)

c. factual information?

(thông tin thực tế?)

2. How did you decide on the answers to question 1?

(Làm thế nào bạn quyết định các câu trả lời cho câu hỏi 1?)

3. Which question in exercise 4 is about the whole blog post?

(Câu hỏi nào trong bài tập 4 là về toàn bộ bài đăng trên blog?)

4. Read the blog post again. Choose the correct option (a-d).

(Đọc bài viết trên blog một lần nữa. Chọn phương án đúng (a-d).)

1. To take part in geocaching you need

a. a mobile phone with GPS.

b. a mobile phone with GPS and a toy or gift.

c. a mobile phone, a toy or gift and a logbook.

d. nothing-just yourself!

2. The activity of geocaching

a. began in the 19^th century, but only became popular after 2000.

b. was originally only popular in one region of England, but now has fans all over the world.

c. was called "letterboxing' when it was first invented.

d. has similarities with a 19th-century game.

3. When you find a gift in a geocache, you

a. make a note of the gift on the website.

b. can borrow the gift, but have to return it.

c. are allowed to take the gift if you replace it with something else.

d. take a photo of the gift as proof that you have found it.

4. The writer thinks that the most enjoyable kind of geocaching is when

a. you have to find a public webcam.

b. you have to find a series of geocaches.

c. you have to find a geocache and then hide it in a different place.

d. you simply have to find one geocache.

5. The writer believes the 'Fumble after Dark' event

a. is less fun than geocaching with a couple of friends.

b. would be a very enjoyable event to attend.

c. is only suitable for adventurous people.

d. needs to attract more people.

6. The writer has written the blog mainly to

a. suggest that people try geocaching.

b. explain the differences between letterboxing and geocaching.

c. publicise a geocaching event in Sweden.

d. warn readers that geocaching is addictive.

5. SPEAKING KEY PHRASES Work in pairs. Would you like to play this game? Why? / Why not? Use the adjectives, and phrases below to help you.

(Làm việc theo cặp. Bạn có muốn chơi trò chơi này không? Tại sao? / Tại sao không? Sử dụng các tính từ và cụm từ dưới đây để giúp bạn.)

Adjectives

Explaining preferences (Giải thích sự yêu thích hơn)

- I'd find it... It sounds really...

(Tôi thấy nó... Nghe có vẻ thực sự...)

- I'd like to play it because...

(Tôi muốn chơi nó vì...)

- It appeals/doesn't appeal to me because...

(Nó hấp dẫn/không hấp dẫn tôi bởi vì...)

- I'm (not) really into... I'd rather... I can't stand...

(Tôi (không) thực sự thích... Tôi muốn... tôi không thể chịu được...)

- I don't mind..., but...

(Tôi không phiền..., nhưng...)