unit 8

Unit 8: Country life and city life.Lesson 1: Getting started + listen and read.. Getting started.City Countryside Noisy Polluted air Tall buildings Unfriendly Entertainments Traffic jam

Warmly welcome the teachers to our class !

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1 What’s the weather like in the winter?

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2 Which word has opposite meaning with “Yes”?

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3 How is the air in the city?

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4 How are the people in the countryside?

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5 Which word has opposite meaning with “short”?

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6 A noun has opposite meaning with “similarity”?

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7 An adjective which has opposite meaning with “free”?

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8 I can stand for the word “and” Who am I?

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9 The word which can stand for “football”?

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10 Which word has opposite meaning with “noisy”?

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11 What’s the weather like in the summer?

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12 An adjective has opposite meaning with “quiet”?

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Unit 8: Country life and city life.

Lesson 1: Getting started + listen and read.

I Getting started.

Now you work with a partner make a list of the differences between the countryside and the city The words in the box may help you.

Ex:

City Countryside

Noisy Polluted air

Quiet Fresh air

I Getting started.

City Countryside

Noisy Polluted air Tall buildings Unfriendly Entertainments Traffic jam Busy Plenty of goods

Quiet Fresh air / foods Short - small houses

Friendly Beautiful views Easy to travel Peaceful Poor goods

Unit 8: Country life and city life.

Lesson 1: Getting started + listen and read.

Unit 8: Country life and city life.

Lesson 1: Getting started + listen and read.

I Getting started.

II vocabulary

It’s accessible to everyone

ascessible (adj): có thể sử dụng được

medical facilities: cơ sở vật chất y tế

Unit 8: Country life and city life.

Lesson 1: Getting started + listen and read.

I Getting started.

II vocabulary

ascessible (adj): có thể sử dụng được

medical facilities: cơ sở vật chất y tế

permanently ( adv) : vĩnh viễn mãi mãi

change for the better: thay đổi cho tốt hơn

Unit 8: Country life and city life.

Lesson 1: Getting started + listen and read.

I : Getting started.

II vocabulary

Vocabulary checking:

III Listen and read.

1 Practice the dialogue with a partner.

Hoa: Hi, Na Have you been away ?

Na : Yes, I went to the countryside for the weekend.

Hoa: Where did you go ?

Na : I went to Kim Lien It’s a village Some of my relatives live there.

Hoa: I’ve heard it’s a beautiful place

Na : It is And it’s very quiet and peaceful I had a really nice weekend, but I don’t want

to live there permanently

Hoa: Why not ?

Na : It’s too quiet There is nothing to do.

Hoa: Yes, but things are changing in the countryside.

Na : Such as ?

Hoa: Many remote areas are getting electricity People can now have things like

refrigerators and

Na : And TV.

Hoa: That too TV is bringing not only information but also entertainment

And medical facilities are more easily accessible too Life in the provinces is definitely changing for the better.

Na : But in the city has so much more to offer

a) Where has Na been?

- Na has been to the countryside.

b) How long was she there?

- She was there for the weekend.

c) What is her opinion of the countryside?

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

d) Na says: ’There is nothing to do.’ What does she mean by this?

- There are no libraries, no movies, no zoos, ect’ to go.

e) What are some of the changes that Hoa mentions?

- Many remote areas are getting electricity People can now have things like refrigerators and TV, and medical facilities are more accessible.

f) Do you prefer the city or the countryside? Why?

- I prefer the city because I can easily get a good job.

2/Answer the questions:

The present progressive to show changes with get and become in the dialogue:

+ Many remote areas are getting electricity.

+ Life in the province is definitely changing for the better.

Unit 8: Country life and city life.

Lesson 1: Getting started + listen and read.

I Getting started.

II vocabulary

III Listen and read.

3 Model sentences

3/ Model Sentences

He is getting taller.

Unit 8: Country life and city life.

Lesson 1: Getting started + listen and read.

I Getting started.

II vocabulary

III Listen and read.

3 Model sentences

3/ Model Sentences

Unit 8: Country life and city life.

Lesson 1: Getting started + listen and read.

I Getting started.

II vocabulary

It is getting (more) expensive.

It is becoming (more) expensive.

III Listen and read.

3 Model sentences

am/ are/ is

What’s your lucky fruit?

4/ Word cue drill

Unit 8: Country life and city life.

Lesson 1: Getting started + listen and read.

I Getting started.

II vocabulary

III Listen and read.

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The school yard

is becoming

It/ get/

dark

Lucky

you!

Lucky you! Lucky you!

The old

man/get/weak

The students / get/ better.

The air city /get/

polluted

The weather/ become/cold.

The old man is

getting weak

It is getting

dark

The students are getting better.

The weather is becoming cold.

The school

yard/ become/

The air city is getting polluted

• Homework

+ At home you learn by heart the new words and read the dialogue between Hoa and Na again.

+ Prepare the next lesson ’ Unit 8: Speak and listen ’

+ Do exereises 3, 4, 5 on page 50, 51, in the work book.

Thank you for your attendance and goodbye!