Unit 09. Cities of the world. Lesson 1. Getting started

What is it?
Big Ben Tower
London Gherkin
Gardens
by the Bay
Statue
of Liberty
Cities in the world
What nice photos!
Listen and Read
Mai: What nice photos! Have you been to all these places?
Tom: Yes, I’ve been to most of them. This is Rio de Janeiro. It’s an exciting city, but sometimes it’s very hot.
Mai: Is the weather there hotter than in Sydney?
Tom: Oh yes! Sydney isn’t so hot. I’ve been to the beaches there many times with my family. They’re the cleanest and the most beautiful in the world!
Mai: What nice photos! Have you been to all these places?
Tom: Yes, I’ve been to most of them. This is Rio de Janeiro. It’s an exciting city, but sometimes it’s very hot.
Mai: Is the weather there hotter than in Sydney?
Tom: Oh yes! Sydney isn’t so hot. I’ve been to the beaches there many times with my family. They’re the cleanest and the most beautiful in the world!
Modern (adj)
Egg-shaped (adj)
Continent (n)
Place of interest (n)
Building (n)
Exciting (adj)
Country (n)
City (adj)
MATCHING
Thành phố
Địa điểm hấp dẫn
Tòa nhà
Thú vị
Có hình quả trứng
Hiện đại
Đất nước
Châu lục
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Tom and Mai are looking at photos on the computer.
most of the cities.
There are modern building in London as well.
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Tom has never been to New York. The photo is from his brother
True or False?
How many continents are there in the world?
7
Can you name these continents in Vietnamese?
Châu Á
Châu Âu
Châu Bắc Mỹ
Châu Nam Mỹ
5. Châu Đại Dương
6. Châu Nam Cực
7. Châu Phi
Continents
Châu Á: Asia
Châu Âu: Europe
Châu Phi: Africa
Châu Đại Dương: Australia
Châu Bắc Mỹ: North America
Châu Nam Mỹ: South America
Châu Nam Cực: Antarctica
Antarctica Africa Europe Australia
North America South America Asia
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Which continent is lookovered?
Antarctica
Match the words in the blue box to the names of the places in the yellow box.
Continent

Country

City

Capital

Place of interest
Liverpool
Ha Noi
Nha Trang
Asia
Sweden
Ben Thanh Market
the Louvre
Amsterdam
Africa
the USA
Ha Noi
Amsterdam
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Make 8 sentences with 8 new words you’ve just learnt in this lesson
Practice speaking the conversation in Task 1
Learn by heart the names of 7 continents in the world
Get ready for next lesson: A closer look 1