Unit 15. Cities

The Empire State Building
Times Square
The UN Headsquare
Thong nhat Conference
Hall
Ba Dinh Square
The United Nations
Headquarters
The Empire State
Building
Central Park
Times Square
Where is New York city?
UNIT 15: CITIES
Lesson: READING
I/. Pre – reading:
Question 1: What’s the weather like in New York?
Question 2: What is New York’s population?
Question 3: Who can tell some famous place in New York?
New words:
To be located in / at / on (vp):
Ex: My school is located in a quite street.
To found (v):
Ex: Lien Xa Highschool was found in 2000.
Global finance (np):
To be charaterised by (vp):
Ex: Hanoi is charaterised by numerous lakes, green trees and old, narrow streets.
II/. While – reading:
Task 1: The words in A appear in the reading passage. Match them vith their definitions in B
A B
1. Metropolitan a. not covered with ice
2. Take over b. mix it
3. Unusual c. get control of
4. Ice-free d. city and large are around it
5. Mingling e. special

Answer: 1.d 2.c 3.e 4.a 5.b
Task 2: Decide whether the statements are true (T) or false (F)
Answer: 1.T (line 1-2) 2.F (line 7) 3.T (line 3-5)
4.T (line 18-19) 5.T (line 15-17)

New York is the name of both a state and a city.
New York Harbour has a lot of ice in winter.
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
F
T
T
T
Task 3: Answer the questions
Question 1: Where is New York city?
Answer: It is in the southeastern part of New York State.
Question 2: What is its population?

Answer: 7 million people in the city and 19 million people in the metropotan region.

Question 3: Why was New York originally called New Amsterdam?
Answer: Because it was founded by the Dutch and the capital of the Netherlands was Amsterdam.
Question 4: What makes New York an unusual city?

Answer: It is the home of the UN and the centre of global finance, communications, and business.

Question 5: What places in New York are visitors attracted to?

Answer: The Statue of Liberty, the Empire State Building, the wall street, and the Broadway theatre district.
IV/. Post – reading:
Question: If you could visit New York, which place(s) of interest there would you like to see? Why?
V/. Homework:
Read the passage and answer questions again.
Learn new words by heart.
Prepare unit 15: speaking