Unit 10. Our houses in the future. Lesson 6. Skills 2

Saturday, March 25, 2017
- Hey, guys. Do you still remember the future house you already read about in Lesson 5?
- I would like to check your memory with this table. Those who have got good answers will get good marks.
Warm up:
Revision
villa
on the ocean
trees, a garden, a swimming pool
robots, smart T.V
NEW LESSON
SKILLS 2
UNIT 10
OUR HOUSES
IN THE FUTURE
Vocabulary
bờ biển
quang cảnh
- coast (n)
- view (n)
- spacious (a)
- satellite (n)
- contact (v)
- operate (v)
- preserve (v)
rộng rãi
vệ tinh
tiếp xúc
vận hành, chạy (máy móc)
bảo quản
Checking vocabulary:
bờ biển
quang cảnh
- coast (n)
- view (n)
- spacious (a)
- satellite (n)
- contact (v)
- operate (v)
- preserve (v)
rộng rãi
vệ tinh
tiếp xúc
vận hành, chạy (máy móc)
bảo quản
LISTENING
1. Listen to Nick and Linda talking about their dream houses. Which house would each prefer? Write their names under the correct pictures.
Linda: (villa by the sea, with a swimming pool and a garden)
Nick: (apartment in the city)
2. Listen to the conversation again. What is important to Nick? What is important to Linda? Tick () the columns.
2. city view
1. park view
7. quiet
6. cable TV
5. garden
4. swimming pool
3. sea view
Audio script:
N: Can you tell me about your dream house, Linda?
L: Well, my dream home is a big villa near the coast with a great view of the sea. It has a swimming pool, and it has a garden too.
N: What kind of garden?
L: A flower garden, you know. And my dream house will be a quiet one. You see, no noise.
N: My dream house is completely different.
L: Really? What is it like?
N: It’s an apartment in the city. And it has a super cable TV so I can watch films from other planets.
L: Oh, that sounds great!
N: And I don’t need a yard or a garden. In front of the house I want it to have a nice park view, and at the back, I want it to have a great city view.
L: That sounds interesting too. But I think it’ll be...
WRITING
3. Work in pairs. Discuss the following ideas
about your dream house.
1. What type of house it is
2. Where it is located
3. What it looks like
4. What surrounds it
5. What appliances it has
S1: What type of dream house is it?
S2: It’s a villa.
S1: Where is it located?
S2: It’s by the sea. …
Example:
4. Now fill in the table about your dream house.
5. Use the information in 4 to write about your dream house.
in the countryside
country house
5 rooms
many trees and green fields
an automatic dishwasher to wash & dry dishes, an automatic washing machine to wash clothes, a super smart TV to watch TV programmes from satellites and contact friends, solar and wind power to operate all appliances
Modal writing 1:
Outside my window I can see a river and a lake. It`ll be a spacious house and there will be 5 rooms in it. My future house will have an automatic dishwasher to wash and dry dishes and an automatic washing machine to wash clothes. I also have a super smart TV to watch TV programmes from satellites and contact friends from all over the world. I will have solar and wind power to operate all appliances.  It’ll be a wonderful place for me to live in.
My future house will be in the countryside. It is surrounded by many trees and green fields.
5. Use the information in 4 to write about your dream house.
near the coast
villa
10 rooms
rows of coconut tree
a big garage to store super cars, a modern fridge to preserve food, cook meals, an automatic dishwasher to wash dishes, a washing machine to wash clothes, a super smart TV to surf the internet, watch favourite programmes from space or contact friends, wind power and solar energy to run all appliances
There will be a big garage so that I can store my super cars there. It’ll have wind power and solar energy to run all appliances such as a modern fridge to preserve food and cook meals, an automatic dishwasher to wash dishes and a washing machine to wash clothes. They can be controlled by voice. There will be a super smart TV, so I might surf the internet, watch my favourite TV programmes from space or contact friends on other planets. I might also join online classes on TV and I might not go to school. It’s a wonderful house isn’t it?
My dream house will be a large villa. It is near the coast, surrounded by rows of coconut tree and the blue sea. It’ll be a big house with ten rooms.
Modal writing 2:
Now you have ten minutes to write about your dream houses and then present them to the class!
Yes, through the lesson we can now listen to get information about dream houses; write about a dream house.
Please tell me what you have learnt today.
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HOMEWORK
- Learn the new words by heart.
- Listen to the recording again.
- Do exercise E1,2 in workbook (pages 31).
- Prepare for Unit 10: LOOKING BACK & PROJECT.
Goodbye!
See you again!
THANKS FOR YOUR ATTENTION!