Unit 15-reading

HANOI LONDON NEW YORK SYDNEY... Before you read PARIS HANOI LONDON NEW YORK SYDNEY... Before you read The Empire State Building The United Nations Headquarters Times Square Central Park.

HANOI

LONDON

NEW YORK

SYDNEY

I Before you

read

PARIS

HANOI

LONDON

NEW YORK

SYDNEY

High buildings The statue of Liberty

HANOI

LONDON

SYDNEY

I Before you

read

NEW YORK

I Before you

read

The Empire State Building

The United Nations Headquarters

Times Square Central Park

I Before you

1 New York is the of ………

a capital/ the USA b home/ the United Nations

c city/ the USA d b & c are correct

2 The city was founded by………

a The Dutch b the French c the American d The Asian

3 New Yorker are people who come from………

a Vietnam b only the United States

c all over the United States and many parts in the world

4 It is famous for…………

a Its interesting places b its largest and finest harbour

c Its high buildings, galleries and museums d all are correct

II While you

readTask 1: Multiple Choice

1 New York is the of ………

a capital/ the USA b home/ the United Nations

c city/ the USA d b & c are correct

2 The city was founded by………

a The Dutch b the French c the American d The Asian

3 New Yorker are people who come from………

a Vietnam b only the United States

c all over the United States and many parts in the world

4 It is famous for…………

a Its interesting places b its largest and finest harbour

c Its high buildings, galleries and museums d all are correct

II While you

read

Task 2: True of False

1 New York is the name of a state and a city

2 New York harbour has a lot of ice in winter

3 New York is on two rivers

4 Centre of global finance, communications and

business are in New York

5 New York belonged to the Dutch when it was

founded

T

T F

T T

is ice-free in all season

T/F

II While you

readTask 3: Answer the questions

1 Where is New York City?

2 What is its population?

3 Why was New York originally called New Amsterdam?

4 What makes New York an unusual city?

5 What places in New York are visitors attracted to?

The Statue of Liberty, the Empire State Building, Wall Street, and

Broadway theatre district

7 million in the city and 19 million in the whole metropolitan region

Because it was founded by the Dutch

Because it is the home of the United Nations, the centre of the global finance, communications and business

It’s located in the southeastern part of New York State

III After you

read Fill in the chart with some information

1 Name of the City:

2 Population:

3 Total area

4 Two rivers:

5 Founded by whom/when

6 Old names:

7 An unusual city because

8 Places for visiting

 New York

 7 million in the city,19 million in the whole metropolitan

 The Hudson and the Passaic

 The Dutch in 1624

 The home of the United Nations

 the centre of global finance, communications and business

 Fort Amsterdam, New Amsterdam

 The Statue of Liberty,

 the Empire State Building

 Wall Street

 the Broadway theatre

 946 square km

IV Home work

Write a paragraph ( about 80-100 words) about

New York City