Unit 15. Cities

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NGUYEN TRAI
UPPER-SECONDARY SCHOOL
CLASS 10/6
Teacher: Tran Pham Ngoc Quynh
Lucky
numbers
Z
The Han River Bridge – Danang City
The Great Wall - China
The Eiffel Tower – Paris
The
Big
Ben
Tower -
England
The Statue of
Liberty
New York
UNIT 15: CITIES
READING
Match the names with the pictures.
The Empire State Building
The United Nations Headquarters
Times Square
Central Park
The Empire State Building
Times Square
Central Park
The United Nations Headquarters
Vocabulary and Pronunciation
* Be located
Ex: New York City is located in the southeastern part
of New York State.
- Hudson /`hdsən/
- Passaic /pə`seI Ik/
- The Statue of Liberty /ðə `stætju: əv `lIbəti/
- New Amsterdam / `nju: `æmstədəm/
- New Yorkers
* Be characterised
Ex: The giraffe is characterised by its very long neck.
- Finance /`faInæns/
- communications
- harbour
- Broadway /`brכ:dwei/
Reading

Listen to the passage about
New York City.
Task 1:Match the words in A with their definitions in B.
A
metropolitan region
take over
unusual
ice-free
mingle with
B
not covered with ice
mix with
get control of
city and large area around it
special
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 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.
New York is the centre of global finance, communications, and business.
The Golden Gate Bridge is the place where tourists can visit in New York.


F (The Golden Gate Bridge is in San Francisco.)
T
F (It’s ice-free in all seasons.)
T
T
T
T
Task 3: Fill in the chart with some information about New York.
Location
Total population
Two rivers
Total area
Foundation (by whom, time)
Names before
Present name
A special city because it is


Places for visiting
Southeastern of New York State
26 million
The Hudson and the Passaic
946 square km
The Dutch – 1624
Fort Amsterdam, New Amsterdam
New York
Home of UN-centre of global finance, communications, and business.
The Statue of Liberty
The Empire State Building
Wall Street
Broadway Theatre District
Task 4: Talk about New York City.
Task 5: Discuss the following question.

If you could visit New York, which place (s) of interest there would you like to see? Why?
HOMEWORK
Imagine you are a New Yorker, you write to your friend who is living in Vietnam about your city.
Prepare the Vocabulary for Speaking.

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