Ủ 13 - B3

Before the invention of special breathing equipment, man couldn’t swim freely under water.. A pearl diver, for example, couldn’t stay underwater for longer than two minutes.. But now, wi

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Thursday, March 18th , 2010

UNIT 13 : ACTIVITIES

LESSON 5 : B3 (P136,137)

1 Vocab

- scuba diving : Lặn có sử dụng bình dưỡng khí

- a vessel : tầu, thuyền

- a pearl diver : thợ lặn ngọc trai

- (to) explore : Thám hiểm

- Special breathing equipment (n) : Thiết bị thở đặc biệt

- (to) invent : Phát minh

T / F predictions

F T

2 Before the invention of special breathing

equipment, man couldn’t swim freely under water.

3 Now, scuba – diving is a popular sport.

water.

4 Jacques Cousteau invented special TV cameras F

5 We can learn more about the undersea world

thanks to Jacques Cousteau’s invention.

the deep sea diving vessel

diving vessel

2 Reading

UNIT 13 – B3 (P136, 137)

Most of the world’s surface is water We may know the land very well, but you know very little about the ocean

Until recently, man could not stay under water for long A pearl

diver, for example, couldn’t stay underwater for longer than two

minutes But now, with special breathing, a diver can stay underwater for a long time After invention of this equipment, man could swim

freely underwater and scuba – diving became a popular sport

A French, Jacques Cousteau (1910 – 1997), invented a deep-sea diving vessel in the early 1940s In the vessel, he could explore the ocean of the world and study underwater life

Now, we can explore the oceans, using special TV cameras as well

We can learn more about the sea world thanks to this invention

* Comprehension questions

1 How long could a pearl diver stay underwater ?

2 How can a diver stay underwater ?

3 When did Jacques Cousteau die ?

4 Did he invent the deep sea diving vessel in the

year 1840s ?

5 What could he study ?

6 Can we explore the oceans using special TV

cameras ?

UNIT 13 – LESSON 5 – B3 (P136,137)

1 How long could a pearl diver stay

underwater ?

He could stay underwater for

about two minutes.

2 How long can a diver stay underwater now ?

He can stay

underwater for a

long time.

4 Did he invent the deep sea

diving vessel in the year 1940s ?

Yes, he did

6 Can we explore the oceans using special TV cameras ?

Yes, we can

* Play a game : Make sentences

inventions Phrase verbs Sentences with “ We couldn’t

- learn about the sea

Before special breathing equipment, we couldn’t explore the oceans …

- get home quickly

- visit places,

UNIT 13 - LESSON 5 - B3 (P136,137)

* grid

* Structure with “ could ’’

Last year, I couldn’t dive under the water Now I can dive under the water.

UNIT 13 – LESSON 5 – B3 (P136,137)

CONSOLIDATION

- Learnt by heart vocab

-Translate the text into Vietnamese

- Do exercises in the workbook