UNIT 9 LISTENING

LISTENING Period: 58 You will listen to the text about Vietnam telephone system and do 2 tasks... According to the passage, Vietnam ranks ______ for growth in the number of telephone

By :Ly Thanh Binh

From:Ban Tan Dinh High

What are they?

Unit 9: THE POST OFFICE

C LISTENING (Period: 58) You will listen to the text about Vietnam

telephone system and do 2 tasks

A Pre-Listening:

Question-Answer:

1/ Is your family on the phone? What is your phone number?

2/ Does any member of your family have a

cellphone? What make is it?

3/ What do you think are the advantages and disadvantages of a cellphones?

disadvantages of a cellphones?

(talk to everyone at almost anytime anywhere,

never miss any important information…, be annoyed at calling when sleeping or having a meeting…)

New words & difficult words

• Commune (n) xã

• Communal growth: sự phát triển công cộng

• Digit subscriber:

• Rural network: mạng lưới nông thôn

• Capacity (n):

- rank second only to:

- fixed telephone network:

- upgrade (v): nâng cấp

- reduce the price of…:

- monthly fee:

1

4

2 3

Lucky number

A 6th.

B 2nd.

C 30th.

D 8th.

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

telephone subscribers?

A 6.

B 140.

C 13.

D 30

2.Vietnam is among the countries in the world that have more than two million telephones.

A mobile phone

A mobile phone.

B subscriber

B subscriber.

C fixed telephone

C fixed telephone.

D post office.

3 In 1996, Vietnam began upgrading its networks.

A 90.

B 80.

C 14.

D 93

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

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.

D The reduction in monthly telephone fee.

5 Which aspect of development in VN’s

telecommunication is not mentioned in the

listening passage?

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?

Vietnam telephone system

by adding one digit in telephone system in

quickly _

and ranks 2nd to

China.

In the , Vietnam

will expand the

telephone

Mobile phones were

introduced and

Work in groups

developed

1996 upgraded

future

1.Learn by heart the new words

3 Write all answer into notebooks

4 Prepare for the new lesson (Unit9: Writing).