Unit 1_ A visit from a penpal

Capital cityClimate Unit of currency Official religion & others National language Compulsory second language  Listen & complete the information about Malaysia & find info about other

Unit 1: a visit from a pen pal

Imagine a foreign pen pal is coming to stay with you for a week, what activities are you planning

for him/her during the

visit?

 Do you have a pen pal/key pal?

How did you get to know him or her?

How long have you been corresponding to each other?

Have you ever arranged to meet each other?

Do you know these places?

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Listen and check the places they visited.

Answer these Qs.

Area

1 to ( with sb) = to exchange letters Note:

e.g _ (n U.) : the letters a person receives

_ _ (n C.): a person who writes letters to another person /

A persons who regularly writes to a newspaper/ radio station

2 A _ is a place of worship for followers of the Islamic faith.

Muslims often refer to the _ by its Arabic name, masjid Arabic.

Capital city

Climate

Unit of currency

Official religion

( & others)

National

language

Compulsory

second language

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Listen & complete the information about Malaysia & find info about other countries.

WORD FORMATION:

Complete part of Maryam’s letter for her parents using the correct forms of the words given.

Dear mom & dad,

I’m having a great time in Viet Nam

Viet Nam is being(INDUSTRY)_titiempi_titiempi_titiempi_titiempi_titiempi_titiempi_titiempi_titiempi_titiempi_titiempi_titiempi

& (MODERN) _titiempi_titiempi_titiempi_titiempi_titiempi_titiempi_titiempi_titiempi_titiempi_titiempi_titiempi but the capital

city still preserves its many

(HISTORY)_titiempi_titiempi_titiempi_titiempi_titiempi_titiempi_titiempi_titiempi_titiempi_titiempi_titiempi sites I was

(IMPRESS) _titiempi_titiempi_titiempi_titiempi_titiempi_titiempi_titiempi_titiempi_titiempi_titiempi_titiempi by the (BEAUTY)

_titiempi_titiempi_titiempi_titiempi_titiempi_titiempi_titiempi_titiempi_titiempi_titiempi_titiempi city and the (FRIEND)

_titiempi_titiempi_titiempi_titiempi_titiempi_titiempi_titiempi_titiempi_titiempi_titiempi_titiempi people I really enjoy the

(TROPIC) _titiempi_titiempi_titiempi_titiempi_titiempi_titiempi_titiempi_titiempi_titiempi_titiempi_titiempi climate, which is

not (DIFFER) _titiempi_titiempi_titiempi_titiempi_titiempi_titiempi_titiempi_titiempi_titiempi_titiempi_titiempi from our

climate much.

Lan showed me to a lot of

(INTEREST) _titiempi_titiempi_titiempi_titiempi_titiempi_titiempi_titiempi_titiempi_titiempi_titiempi_titiempi places I also

came to pray in the (PEACE) _titiempi_titiempi_titiempi_titiempi_titiempi_titiempi_titiempi_titiempi_titiempi_titiempi_titiempi

mosque in Ha Noi

I wish I had more time to know this

country (GOOD) _titiempi_titiempi_titiempi_titiempi_titiempi_titiempi_titiempi_titiempi_titiempi_titiempi_titiempi

I invited Lan to come and visit us

next summer She said it would be

difficult because she was still (DEPEND)

_titiempi_titiempi_titiempi_titiempi_titiempi_titiempi_titiempi_titiempi_titiempi_titiempi_titiempi on her parents.

Note:  _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

Fill in each blank with one suitable word:

1 Japan _four main islands Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, and Kyushu

2 A Japanese lunch is a light meal and may _ of tsukemono, salted fish, and tsukudani, seafood or vegetables cooked and preserved in soy sauce, in _ to rice or noodles

3 The Socialist Republic of Vietnam _of the former Democratic Republic of Vietnam (North

Vietnam) and the former Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnam)

4 Education in Vietnam is universal and _ for children ages 6 to 11

5 The _language of the country is Vietnamese

6 It is _for all motorcyclists to wear helmets after Dec.15th, 2007

7 English is a _subject at this level

8 Is English an _language in your country?

9 The cancer patient _to God for an end to her sufferings

10 I don’t want to _too much on my parents

11 The unit of _of Lao is kip

12 Are you still in _with your friends from college?

13 I’ve lost _with all of my friends from kindergarten

14 I’m trying to get in _with Jane Do you know her number?

2 Going away to college has made me more _ (depend)

3 It was the first time that she had lived _ (depend)

4 People of different religions living in _ coexistence (PEACE)

5 All the _ groups in the country live together in peace (RELIGION)

6 The (DIVIDE) _ of Vietnam resulted from the defeat of the French by Communist-inspired nationalists in 1954 A (LONG) _ civil war resulted in a victory for the Communist north, and

(REUNIFICATE) _occurred in mid-1975

Rewrite these sentences:

1 Lan & her pen-pal, Maryam started corresponding over two years ago

Lan & her pen-pal, Maryam have _ two years

2 It seems very difficult to me to have a trip abroad

3 If only I had more time to get to know your beautiful country better.

I _ _ better

Complete these WISH-sentences: (I N S I D E O U T R e s o u rc e Pa c k)

I wish …

I wish it was _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ t o d a y.

I wish I was _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ right now.

I wish I had more _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

I wish I didn’t have to _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

If only I had _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ when I was younger.

I wish I could meet _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

I wish my life was _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

I wish my parents would _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

I wish I could speak _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

I wish I could play _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

If only I could _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ this evening.

I wish my teachers would _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

I wish my country was _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

I wish I wasn’t so _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

I wish I had _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ last year.

I wish I knew _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

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