Unit 09. Cities of the world. Lesson 2. A closer look 1

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By: Le Viet Phu
ENGLISH 6
February 19, 2017
Traveling around cities of the world
Warm up:
Look at some cities in the world, then describe them.
London, U.K.
Paris, France
St. Petersburg, Russia
Barcelona, Spain
Singapore
Florence, Italy
Sydney, Australia
Lisbon, Portugal
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Jaipur, India
Shanghai, China
San Francisco, California
Budapest, Hungary
Valparaíso, Chile
Prague, Czech Republic
Edinburgh, Scotland
Busan, South Korea
Mexico City, Mexico
Quebec City, Canada
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Kiev, Ukraine
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Hanoi, Vietnam
 They are beautiful, breathtaking, exciting, peaceful, modern, big …
Chatting
Warm up:
1. Which cities did Mai and Tom talk about at the beginning of the unit?
2. How did Tom describe the three cities?
3. What did he talk about?
4. Which adjectives did he use?
Today, we will learn in detail how people describe the cities in the world.
Now, answer my questions.
Answer key
1. Which cities did Mai and Tom talk about at the beginning of the unit?
Rio de Janeiro, Sydney and New York.
2. How did Tom describe the three cities?
Rio de Janeiro is exciting, it’s very hot. Sydney isn’t so hot, the beaches in Sydney are clean and beautiful. London has bad weather, there are also modern buildings.
3. What did he talk about?
The weather, the beaches and the buildings.
4. Which adjectives did he use?
Exciting, hot, clean, beautiful, bad and modern.
NEW LESSON
UNIT 9
CITIES OF THE WORLD
Venice, Italy
Vocabulary
bị ô nhiễm
ngon, có nhiều hương vị
mặn
mền, tơi mềm
- polluted (a)
- tasty (a)
- salty (a)
- mushy (a)
- sour (a)
- out-going (a)
- generous (a)
- high-rise (a)
- mild (a)
- playwright (n)
chua
dễ gần, thân thiện
rộng lượng
= having many storeys
ôn hòa
nhà viết kịch
Checking vocabulary
bị ô nhiễm
ngon, có nhiều hương vị
mặn
mền, tơi mềm
- polluted (a)
- tasty (a)
- salty (a)
- mushy (a)
- sour (a)
- out-going (a)
- generous (a)
- high-rise (a)
- mild (a)
- playwright (n)
chua
dễ gần, thân thiện
rộng lượng
= having many storeys
ôn hòa
nhà viết kịch
1. Match the words in A with their opposites in B. Some words may have more than one opposite.
A
1. old
2. dangerous
3. quiet
4. dry
5. clean
6. historic
7. boring
8. cheap
9. cold
B
a. safe
b. dirty
c. wet
d. polluted
e. new
f. exciting
g. hot
h. modern
i. expensive
j. noisy
CITY
2. Create word webs.
food
2. Create word webs.
people
2. Create word webs.
building
2. Create word webs.
weather: bad, rainy, hot, cold, wet, etc.
weather
2. Create word webs.
Pronunciation
/əʊ/ and /aɪ/
1. /əʊ/: words with letter: _o_; o_
Ex: cold, both, hole, told, old…

2. /aɪ/: words with letter: _i_; y ; _ie
Ex: like, sky, die, fly, child, my, tie…
3. Listen and write the words you hear in the appropriate column. Then, read the words aloud.
cold
sky
hold
snow
old
clothes
flight
exciting
high
fine
Pronunciation
/əʊ/ and /aɪ/
4. Listen and repeat.
1. New York is an exciting city with many skyscrapers.
2. It’s very cold in Sweden in the winter with lots of snow.
3. I like looking at tall buildings at night with their colourful lights.
4. Write and tell me how to cook that Thai curry.
5. You can go boating on the West Lake. It’s nice!
6. Oxford University is the oldest university in
Britain.
Superlatives of long adjectives
Grammar:
LONG ADJECTIVES
• 2-syllable adjectives (not ending in –y)
Example: famous, peaceful
• All adjectives of 3 or more syllables
Example: expensive, delicious
S + BE + THE MOST + Long ADJ
This is the most expensive car in the world.
This test is the most difficult of all.
Ex:
FORMATION:
Superlatives of long adjectives
Grammar:
in the world
of all
Princess Silvia is …………….………. of all.
Princess Silvia
Princess Maria
the most beautiful
Princess Tasia
beautiful?
More examples:
Henry: "CDs are ……………………….. Nobody uses tapes or floppy disks!"
the most modern
CDs
floppy
modern
tapes
butterfly
frog
fish
The butterfly is ................................ of all.
the most colourful
I think London is ……………….………. of the three cities.
the most expensive
London
New York
Tokyo
5. Complete the fact sheet by choosing one picture. Compare your fact sheet with a classmate. Do you agree with his/her answers?
COUNTRY : BRITAIN
1. Biggest city: London
a. University of Oxford b. University of Cambridge
2. Oldest university:
3. Most popular British writer:
a. Dickens b. Shakespeare
4. Most popular food:
a. fish and chips b. spaghetti
5. Most popular drink:
6. Most common activity:
a. tea b. coffee
a. playing football b. watching TV
6. Read this article about Britain. Then, look at
your fact sheet. Did you have correct answers?
London is Britain’s biggest city.
Oxford University is the oldest university in Britain. It was built in the 12th century.
The playwright William Shakespeare (1564-1616)
is the most popular British writer in the world.
Britain’s most popular food is fish and chips. Tea is the most popular drink.
Britain’s most common leisure activities are watching television and films and listening to the radio.
5. Complete the fact sheet by choosing one picture. Compare your fact sheet with a classmate. Do you agree with his/her answers?
COUNTRY : BRITAIN
1. Biggest city: London
a. University of Oxford b. University of Cambridge
2. Oldest university:
3. Most popular British writer:
a. Dickens b. Shakespeare
4. Most popular food:
a. fish and chips b. spaghetti
5. Most popular drink:
6. Most common activity:
a. tea b. coffee
a. playing football b. watching TV
Yes, through the lesson we can now extend the vocabulary (adjectives) related to ‘cities, food, people, buildings and weather’; practise pronouncing the sounds /əʊ/ and /aɪ/, and know how to make comparison with superlatives of long adjectives.
Please tell me what you have learnt today.
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HOMEWORK
- Learn new words by heart.
- Practise the grammar structure “superlatives of long Adjetive”; practise saying words that have sounds / əʊ / and / aɪ /
- Do exercise A1,2,3 (page 16), B2,3,4 (page 16,17) in the workbook.
- Prepare for Unit 9: A closer look 2.
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See you again!
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