unit 15: Cities

WHAT COUNTRY IS IT?THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA WHAT STATE IS THIS BUILDING LOCATED IN?... THE UNITED NATIONS HEADQUARTERS TIMES SQUARE CENTRAL PARK THE EMPIRE STATE BUILDING... New

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WHAT COUNTRY IS IT?

THE UNITED STATES OF

AMERICA

WHAT STATE IS THIS

BUILDING LOCATED IN?

WHAT COUNTRY IS IT?

ITALY

WHAT IS THIS

TOWER CALLED?

THE LEANING TOWER OF

PISA

WHAT COUNTRY IS IT?

WHAT IS THE

MOUNTAIN WHICH

SNOW COVERS ALL

YEAR ROUND?

WHAT COUNTRY IS IT?

WHAT IS THE ANIMAL WHICH SYMBOLIZES AUSTRALIA?

WHAT COUNTRY IS IT?

EGYPT

WHERE WERE PHARAOHS

BURIED?

Pyramids

New York State

THE UNITED

NATIONS

HEADQUARTERS

TIMES SQUARE

CENTRAL PARK

THE EMPIRE STATE

BUILDING

1.metropolitan region

5 mingle with

4 ice-free

3 unusual

2 take over

Scan the text for the positions of the

following words in 1 minute

New York City is located in the southeastern part

of New York State It developed at the point where the Hudson and Passaic rivers mingle with the water of the Atlantic Ocean New York Harbour, which is ice-free in all seasons, is one of the largest and finest in the world With a population of more than 7 million in the city and

19 million in the whole metropolitan region, and the total area of 946 square km, New York is the largest city in the United States.

WHILE YOU READ

Read the passage, and then do the tasks that

follow

mingle with ice-free

metropolitan region

The city was founded by the Dutch in 1624 At first, it was called Fort Amsterdam, and then New Amsterdam

In 1664, the English took over the city and renamed it New York New York is a very unusual city Although it is not the capital of the country, it is the home of the United Nations and the centre of global finance, communications, and business New Yorkers are people who come from all over the United States and many different countries in the world The city is characterised

by its hundreds of tall offices and apartment buildings, some of which are among the tallest buildings in the world Visitors to New York are all attracted by places such as the Statue of Liberty, the Empire State Building, Wall Street, and the Broadway theatre district New York

took over

unusual

Task 1. The words in A appear in the reading

passage Match them with their definitions in B.

A B

a not covered with ice

1.metropolitan

region

b mix with

c get control of

d city and large area around it

e special

5 mingle with

4 ice-free

3 unusual

2 take over

Task 2: Scan the passage in 1 minute to find the right information to fill in the table

Location

Area

Population

First name

Founded

Characteristics

Places of

interest

southeastern New York State

946 square km more than 7 million Fort Amsterdam

1624 hundreds of tall offices and apartment buildings Statue of Liberty, Empire State

Below is a paragraph including 5 false details Scan the passage to find them Do the task in 2 minutes

New York City is located in the southeastern part

of California State It developed at the point

where the Passaic river mingle with the water of the Atlantic Ocean New York Harbour, which has

a lot of ice all the year round, is one of the

largest and finest in the world The city was

founded by the English in 1624 At first, it was

called Fort Amsterdam, and then New

Amsterdam In 1664, the English took over the

city and renamed it New York New York is a very unusual city Although it is not the capital of the country, it is the home of the World Trade

Organization.

California State

Passaic river has

a lot of ice

the English

the World Trade

Organization

1 California State

2 Passaic river

4 the English

ice - free

5 The world trade organization

New york State

The Hudson and Passaic rivers

3 has a lot of ice

Dutch

The united Nations Headquaters

Free Pratice: Work in 2 groups.

+ Each group will discuss to create a quiz

of a certain city for the other to guess.

Example:

+ It is located in Central Vietnam

+ It has many World Cultural Heritage sites.

+It is the ancient capital of our

country.

Hue city