Unit 15. Cities

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Teacher: Pham Quoc Khanh
GRADE 10
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UNIT 15
CITIES
A. READING
The World Trade Center
The Times Square
The United Nations
Headquarters
The Empire State
Building
The Center Park
Answer the questions.
Where is New York?
It is located in the northeast of the United States of America
What do you know about the city?
It is the centre of global finance, communication and business.
Task 1.The words in A appear in the reading passage. Match them with their definitions in B
metropolitan region
take over
unusual
ice-free
mingle with
not cover with ice
mix with
get control of
city and large area around it
special
The suggested answers
1.d 2.c 3.e 4.a 5.b
Task 2.Decide whether the statements are True ( T ) or False ( F )
New York is the name of both a state and a city.
New York Harbour
New York is on two rivers.
The United Nations Building is in New York.
New York belonged to the Dutch when it was founded.
T
T
T
T
F
is ice-free in all seasons
has a lot of ice in winter.
Task 3. Answer the questions.
Where is New York City?
What is its population?
Why was New York originally called New Amsterdam?
What makes New York an unusual city?
What places in New York are visitors attracted to?
It is in the southeastern part of New York state.
Where is New York City?
What is its population?
7 million in the city and 19 million in the metropolitan region.
Ask and answer.
Why was New York originally called New Amsterdam?
What makes New York an unusual city?
Because it was founded by the Dutch.
Because it is the home of the United Nations, the centre of the global finance, communication and business.
What places in New York are visitors attracted to?
The Statue of Liberty, the Empire State Building, Wall Street and Broadway theatre district.
Discuss the following question.
If you could visit New York, which place(s) of interest there would you like to visit ?
Why ?
Redo all the reading tasks
Prepare speaking lesson.
HOMEWORK
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