English 10 Unit 15 Reading

The Empire State Building b.. - What do you know about New York City?- It’s famous for skyscrapers and the Statue of Liberty * Answer the question?... 1 New York is the name of both a st

10A3

The Big Ben Tower

LONDON

The Eiffel Tower

PARIS

The Statue of Liberty

NEWYORK

One – pillar pagoda Hoan Kiem lake

Van Mieu – Quoc Tu Giam Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum

HA NOI

c Times Square

d Central Park

a The Empire State Building

b The United Nations Headquarters

I Pre- reading : * Match the names to the pictures

- What do you know about New York City?

- It’s famous for skyscrapers and the Statue of Liberty

* Answer the question?

Read the text about New York

* Vocabulary:

1 locate: (v,) [lou'keit] định vị, nằm ở

2 Mingle (v) ['miηgl ] with : hoà vào

3 Metropolitan (adj)[,metrə'pɔlitən] thuộc về thủ phủ,khu đô thị lớn

4 finance: (n) ['fainæns] Tài chính

5 characterize (se): (v,)['kærəktəraiz]: đặc trưng hóa

6 art gallery [ɑ:t] ['gæləri] phòng tranh nghệ thuật

7 Ice – free > < ice

Phú Mỹ Hưng

Task 1. The words in A appear in the

reading passage Match them with their definitions in B.

1 Metropolitan region a Not covered with ice

4 Ice-free d City and large area around it

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

2 New York Harbour has a lot of ice in winter.

3 New York is on two rivers.

4 The United nations Building is in New York.

5 New York belonged to the Dutch when it was founded.

II While – reading

Task 2: Decide the following statements are true (T) or false (F).

(It developed at the point where the Hudson and Passaic mingle with

the water of the Atlantic Ocean.)

Task 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 ?

Task 3: Answer the questions

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

It has a population of more than 7 million in the city and 19 million

in the whole metropolitan region.

New York has originally called New Amsterdam because it was founded

II Post – reading : find the right information to fill in the table.

City New York

19 million in the whole metropolitan region Fort Amsterdam

1624 hundreds of tall offices and apartment buildings

Statue of Liberty, Empire State building, Wall Street, Broadway theatre district

•Learn new vocabulary by heart ,summarise

the test , using in formation in post –reading.

•Prepare part B

Ho Chi Minh’s mausoleum

VIET NAM

Temple of literature

VIET NAM

Merlion Park - Singapore

TORONTO - CANADA

Sydney – Australia

GOODBYE & see you in new York