E8-Unit 8 Getting Started ( Bai thi hay )

IN THE COUNTRYSIDE IN THE CITY... remote area entertainment medical permanently facilities... GETTING STARTED:- entertainments - fresh foods - fresh air - traffic jam - kinds of goods -

IN THE COUNTRYSIDE

IN THE CITY

Friday, December 14 th , 2012

Lesson 1: - Getting started (p 72)

- Listen and read (p 72-73)

- Language Focus 3 (p 78)

I NEW WORDS:

1 a remote area (n):

3 medical facilities (n):

4 permanently (adv): - vĩnh viễn, mãi mãi

- vùng xa xôi hẻo lánh

- cơ sở/ thiết bị y tế

2 entertainment (n) - sự giải trí

Fill in the blanks with suitable words:

1 My uncle lives in Lai Chau It is a………

2 Television is one of the cheapest forms of………

3 In Lai Chau, the hospitals are having modern…………

4 Lai Chau has many interesting things so my uncle wants to live there ………

remote area

entertainment medical

permanently

facilities

II GETTING STARTED:

- entertainments

- fresh foods

- fresh air

- traffic jam

- kinds of goods

- tall buildings

- friendly

Find out some words about the countryside and the city

Guess what they are talking about?

III LISTEN AND READ:

1 Listen and read, check your guessing (p 72

-73)

2 Read the dialogue, ask and answer the

questions (p.73)

a Where has Na been?

b How long was she there?

c What is her opinion of the countryside?

d Na says “There is nothing to do” What does she mean by this?

e What are some of the changes that Hoa mentioned?

She was there for a weekend

Na has been to Kim Lien village

There is nowhere for entertainment: no libraries, no movies, no

supermarkets, no zoos,…

Many remote areas are getting electricity People can now have modern equipment, and medical facilities are more accessible

The countryside is peaceful and quiet and there is nothing to do

are getting

Grammar

e Many remote areas are getting electricity.

The present progressive tense talks about changes.

3 Complete the sentences: (Language focus 3-p.78)

a The boys are getting taller

b The old men ………

c We should go home It………

d The weather ………

e The students ………

f The school yard ………

are becoming weak

is getting dark

is getting cold are getting better

is becoming cleaner

get become

better cleaner cold

dark tall weak

IV DISCUSSION:

Do you prefer the city or the countryside? Why?

The country

quiet, peaceful

fresh air

fresh foods

friendly

electricity

TV

refrigerators

The city

noisy, busy polluted air traffic jams many kinds of goods tall buildings

modern equipment kinds for entertainment

V Homework:

- Do Language focus 3 in your notebooks

(p.78).

- Prepare Speak + Listen.