TIẾNG ANH 6-UNIT 9. CITIES OF THE WORLD (Skills 1)

Imagine you have just arrived in that city and want to tell your friends about it.. Make notes below.[r]

Teacher: Nguyen Thi Thu Tam

Warm up Small interview

- What do you usually send to your family and

friends when you are away on a holiday?

- Can you tell the class the reasons why?

NEW LESSON

= wonderful : cung điện Hoàng gia

1 Look at the

postcard.

1 What is the picture on the postcard of?

2 What do you think is written on this postcard?

3 What is the purpose of writing and sending

postcards while you are on holiday?

Love from Sweden

1 Look at the postcard.

Love from Sweden

3 What is the purpose of writing and sending

postcards while you are on holiday?

We send postcards to tell friends/relatives that we are having a good time at an interesting place, but we still miss them and we want to share our feelings with them and let them know more about us.

1 What is the picture on the postcard of?

2 What do you think is written on this postcard?

The photo is of Stockholm, Sweden

The sender writes about his/her stay in the city.

(1) September 6th

(2) Dear Grandpa and Grandma,

(3) Stockholm is fantastic!

(4) The weather has been perfect It‛s

sunny! The hotel and the food are ok.

(5) We had “fika” in a café in the Old Town

The Royal Palace (pictured) is too beautiful

for words! Swedish art & design is so

amazing! Phuc loves it!

(6) Mum and Dad have rented bikes

Tomorrow we‛re cycling around to

discover the city.

(7) Wish you were here!

1 What city is Mai in?

2 Who is with her?

3 What has the weather been like?

4 Where is Mai staying?

5 What has she done so far?

6 What do you think ‘fika’ means?

7 What will she do tomorrow?

8 How is Mai feeling? How do you know?

3 Read the text again and answer the

questions.

1 What city is Mai in?

2 Who is with her?

3 What has the weather been like?

4 Where is Mai staying?

5 What has she done so far?

3 Read the text again and answer the

questions.

She is in Stockholm, Sweden.

She is there with her family (parents and brother) The weather has been perfect It is sunny.

Mai is staying in a hotel.

She has visited the Royal Palace and had ‘fika’ in

a café in the Old Town.

Mai is feeling happy because she used the words such as “fantastic”, “perfect”, “amazing”, “too beautiful for words”.

6 What do you think ‘fika’ means?

7 What will she do tomorrow?

8 How is Mai feeling? How do you know?

3 Read the text again and answer the

questions.

‘Fika’ (a Swedish word) means a leisure break when one drinks tea/coffee and perhaps has some biscuits with friends and family

She will cycle to discover the city.

4 Read the text again and match the headings

with the numbers.

a Address of the person / people who get

f A very popular sentence used for

postcards, near the closing

g What you will do next

h An overall feeling about the place

1 Date

2 Opening

3 An overall feeling about the place

4 Weather / hotel / food

5 What you have seen or done

6 What you will do next

7 A very popular sentence used for postcards,

near the closing

8 Closing

9 Address of the person / people who get the

postcard

4 Read the text again and match the headings

with the numbers.

How a postcard

is organized.

4 Choose a city Imagine you have just arrived

in that city and want to tell your friends about

it Make notes below.

• When did you arrive?

• Who are you with?

• Where are you staying?

• What have you done?

• What are you doing tomorrow?

• How are you feeling?

Model making

notes

• When did you arrive?

• Who are you with?

• Where are you staying?

• What have you done?

• What are you doing tomorrow?

• How are you feeling?

just arrived in Phu Quoc

a friend

hotel

talked to local people, taken photos, gone swimming, had a barbecue

join a diving tour happy and excited

I/We have just arrived in Phu Quoc

I come here with a close friend, Trang

We are staying in a hotel near the beach

We’ve talked to local people, taken photos, gone swimming, had a barbecue We will join a scuba-diving tour I/We feel happy and excited

5 In pairs, use your notes to tell your partner about

your city Then, listen and write down notes about your partner’s city in the space below.

Model telling your partner about your

city

We’ve just arrived in Phu Quoc and we are having a great time here on the Island The weather has been sunny The beaches are so clean with the blue sea and white sand I come here with a close friend, Trang We stay in a hotel near the beach The hotel and the food are great The local people are very friendly Trang has taken many photos with them We've gone for a swim all day and had a barbecue dinner with full of seafood

My family and I have just arrived in London this afternoon

I'm staying at Soho hotel in the city centre The hotel is very big, clean and beautiful

Well, we've just taken a taxi from the airport to the hotel Then we've had a dinner here Next, we've walked along the Thames River and seen Big Ben

Tomorrow I'm going to visit some of the most famous landmarks such as Buckingham Palace, Houses of Parliament and Tower of London I also want to try the most popular drink and food here like tea, and fish and chips

I'm very excited about this journey I think it might be the most fantastic experience of my life

Model 2- Talking about the city you’ve just arrived

Yes, through the lesson we now can read for specific and general information in texts, including postcards; tell about a city that we have just visited.

Please tell me what you

have learnt today

- Learn the new words by heart.

- Read the postcard in 2 (page 32) again.

- Practise telling about a city that you have just visited.

- Do exercise C1,2; D1,2,3 (pages 18,19)

in workbook.

- Prepare for Unit 9: SKILLS 2.