unit 9 listening

BEFORE YOU LISTENVOCABULARY 1.communen 2.rural networkn 3.capacityn 4.subscibern: a person who pays a fixed sum of money every month for the telephone service 5.upgrade v : develop

Post office

( Listening)

• Does your family have the phone ?

• What is your phone number ?

• Does any member of your family have a cell phone ?

UNIT 9 : THE POST OFFICE PART C: LISTENING

WARMER answer the following questions

BEFORE YOU LISTEN

VOCABULARY

1.commune(n)

2.rural network(n)

3.capacity(n)

4.subsciber(n):

a person who pays a fixed sum of money every month for the telephone service

5.upgrade (v) :

develop (v)

BEFORE YOU LISTEN

VOCABULARY FILL IN EACH GAP WITH THE CORRECT WORD

DEVELOPED – SUBSCRIBERS- DIGITS –GROWTH-MONTHLY FEES

1 Over the past few years , Vietnam has quickly ……… its telephone system

2 Since 2000 , Vietnam has reduced the prices of ……….for fixed and mobile telephones

3 Vietnam ranks second only to China for ……… ……in the number of telephone ………

4 In 1996 the fixed telephone numbers were changed from six to seven

……… in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City

developed

monthly fees

growth subscribers

digits

WHILE YOU LISTEN

• You will hear some information about the development of Vietnam’s telephone

system over the past few years Listen and do the tasks that follow

1/ According to the passage, Vietnam ranks for growth in the number of

telephone subscribers?

A 6th B.2nd C 30th D 8th 2/ Vietnam is among the countries in the world that have more than two million telephones.

A 6 B 140 C 13 D 30

3/ In 1996, Vietnam began upgrading its

networks.

A mobile phone C fixed telephone

4/ According to the passage, at present, _ percent of communes across Vietnam have telephone services.

A 90 B 80 C 14 D 93 5/Which aspect of development in VN’s

telecommunication is not mentioned in the listening passage?

A The increase in the number of telephone

B The growth in the capacity of the mobile phone system

C The change of the international telephone system

Task 2:

Task 2: Questions:

1/ According to the passage, which country

has the highest growth in the number of

telephone subscribers?

telephone subscribers?

2/ How many telephones were there in Vietnam

in the early 1990s?

3/ How were the fixed telephone numbers

changed in 1996?

changed in 1996?

4/ When did the change of mobile telephone

numbers take place?

numbers take place?

5/ According to the passage, how many

communal post offices are there in Vietnam?

communal post offices are there in Vietnam?

AFTER YOU LISTEN Summarise the main ideas of the

listening passage Your summary

should have the following points

• Vietnam’s rapid growth in telephone

numbers

• The addition of digits to existing telephone numbers to meet the increasing demands

• The reduction in monthly telephonen fees

• The expansion of the telephone networks