Unit 15. Cities

WELCOME TO OUR CLASS
10A3
*. Warm up :*
WHAT IS
IN EACH PICTURE? WHERE IS IT?
The Big Ben Tower
LONDON
The Eiffel Tower
PARIS
The Statue of Liberty
NEWYORK
One – pillar pagoda
Hoan Kiem lake
Van Mieu – Quoc Tu Giam
Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum
HA NOI
Unit 15 : CITIES
Period 90 : Reading
c. Times Square
d. Central Park
a. The Empire State Building
b. The United Nations Headquarters
I. Pre- reading : * Match the names to the pictures
- What do you know about New York City?
- It’s famous for skyscrapers and the Statue of Liberty
* Answer the question?
Read the text about New York
* Vocabulary:
locate: (v,) [lou`keit] định vị, nằm ở
2. Mingle (v) [`miηgl ] with : hoà vào
3. Metropolitan (adj)[,metrə`pɔlitən] thuộc về thủ phủ,khu đô thị lớn
4. finance: (n) [`fainæns] Tài chính
5. characterize (se): (v,)[`kærəktəraiz]: đặc trưng hóa
6. art gallery [ɑ:t] [`gæləri] phòng tranh nghệ thuật
7. Ice – free > < ice




Phú Mỹ Hưng
Task 1. The words in A appear in the reading passage. Match them with their definitions in B.

II. While – reading
Task 2: Decide the following statements are true (T) or false (F).
T
(New York City is located in the southern part of New York State)
F
(New York Harbour is ice – free in all seasons.)
T
(It developed at the point where the Hudson and Passaic mingle with
the water of the Atlantic Ocean.)
T
( It’s the home of the United Nations.)
T
The city was founded by the Dutch in 1624.
Task 3: Answer the questions
Where is New York city?

2. What is its population ?


3. Why was New York originally called New Amsterdam ?


4. What makes New York an unusual city ?


5. What places in New York are visitors attracted to ?







Task 3: Answer the questions
It’s in the southeastern part of New York State.
It has a population of more than 7 million in the city and 19 million in the whole metropolitan region.
New York has originally called New Amsterdam because it was founded by the Dutch.
New York is an un unusual city because It is the home of the United Nations and the centre of global finance, communications, and business.
Visitors to New York are attracted by places such as the Statue of Liberty the Empire State Building, Wall Street and the Broadway theatre district.
II. Post – reading : find the right information to fill in the table.
southeastern New York State
946 square km
more than 7 million in the city and
19 million in the whole metropolitan region
Fort Amsterdam
1624
hundreds of tall offices and apartment buildings
Statue of Liberty, Empire State building, Wall Street, Broadway theatre district
Homework
Learn new vocabulary by heart ,summarise the test , using in formation in post –reading.
Prepare part B
THANK YOU
VERY MUCH


where are they ?
Ho Chi Minh’s mausoleum
VIET NAM
Temple of literature
VIET NAM
Merlion Park - Singapore
TORONTO - CANADA
Sydney – Australia
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GOODBYE & see you in new York.