Unit 04 Music and Arts Lesson 3 A closer look 2

Compare the two music clubs in the town: Young Talent and Nightingale.... Work in pairs.[r]

I Vocabulary:

• friendly as : thân thi n nh ện như ư

• the same as : gi ng nh ống như ư

• as narrow as : h p nh ẹp như ư

• diferent from : khác so v i ới

• as quiet as : yên tĩnh như

II Grammar:

(not) as as the same as different from

- as + adjective + as to show that two thing are

similar.

- not as + adjective + as to mean something is

'more' or 'less' than something else.

- the same as to show similarity.

- different from to show that two or more things

are not similar.

• Examples:

-Classical music is not as exciting as rock and roll -The price of food is the same as it was last year -City life is quite different from life in

in the country

III Practise:

1 Put as , or from in the gaps:

1 Put as, or from in the gaps:

1 The music festival this year is as good

it was last year.

2 The concert will be boardcast 'live': that means it

comes on TV at the same time it is performed

3 This camera is not as expensive I throught at first.

4 Your taste in art is quite different mine

5 Some people say that Spider-Man 2 is as

boring Spider-Man 1.

6 My mother is always as busy a bee.

III Practise:

1 Put as , or from in the gaps:

2 Put one of these phrases in each gap in the passage:

MY HOMETOWN TODAY

My hometown has changed a lot - it's definitely not (1) is was before It's not (2) _ it was 5 years ago It's much more noisy, but I prefer it now There are more shops and restaurents The

restaurents are (3) _ the ones we had before Now we can eat many different kinds of food - Italian, French, and even Mexican!

There have been so many changes Even the street are not

(4) _ they were before They are wider now to make space for the extra traffic.

One thing hasn't changed thought The people here are

warm and (5) _ before That's one thing that's

(6) it was before.

III Practise:

1 Put as , or from in the gaps:

2 Put one of these phrases in each gap in the passage:

3 Work in pairs Compare the two music clubs

in the town: Young Talent and Nightingale.

3 Work in pairs Compare the two music clubs in the town: Young Talent and

4 Nightingale is not as large as Young Talent.

5 Young Talent is as expensive as Nightingale.

6 Young Talent is not as famous as

Nightingale.

6 Young Talent is not as famous as

Nightingale.

too and either

- too: used to express agreement

with a possitive statement

- either: used to express agreement with a negative statement.

- too: used to express agreement

with a possitive statement

- either: used to express agreement with a negative statement.

III Practise:

1 Put as , or from in the gaps:

2 Put one of these phrases in each gap in the passage:

3 Work in pairs Compare the two music clubs

in the town: Young Talent and Nightingale:

4 Complete the following sentences with ' too '

or ' either ' :

4 Complete the following sentences

with ' too ' or ' either ':

1 My friend likes photography, and I like it, .

2 My mother doesn't enjoy horror films, and my

sister doesn't, .

3 I was not allowed to go to the show, and my

classmates were not, _.

4 I love country music, and I like rock and roll, .

5 When I finish painting my room, I'll do the

kitchen, .

III Practise:

1 Put as , or from in the gaps:

2 Put one of these phrases in each gap in the passage:

3 Work in pairs Compare the two music clubs

in the town: Young Talent and Nightingale:

4 Complete the following sentences with ' too '

or ' either ' :

5 What music and arts are you interested, or not interested in? Make a list by completing the sentences below (You can use the words given ow your own ideas):

1 I'm very interested in _.

2 I think is very boring.

3 Uwhat I like to do most in my spare time is

_.

4 In my spare time, I often .

5 I never _, even if I have time.

III Practise:

1 Put as , or from in the gaps:

2 Put one of these phrases in each gap in the

6 Work in pairs Share your list with your partner Then, report to the class using

too/either.

Examples:

Nam is interested in drawing and I am too.

Phong doesn't like folk music and I don't either.

FIVE LITTLE DUCKS

• Five/Four/Three/Two/One little ducks

Went out one day

Over the hill and far away

Mother duck said

"Quack, quack, quack, quack."

But only four/three/two/one little ducks came back

• Finally: But none of the five little ducks came back.