Unit 16. People and places

Period 53 , 54
Unit 6: People and Places (cont)
I. Grammar: The past continuous tense (cont)
3. Practice:
Task 1: Match a line in column A to a line in column B to make a complete sentence
Task 2: Write sentences with the cues given, using the continuous past tense
When / I / meet / him / he / wear / boots / . /
When I met him, he was wearing boots.
2. What / you / do / 3 o’clock yesterday afternoon / ? /
What were you doing at 3 o’clock yesterday afternoon ?
3. I / write / my report / 8 o’clock / last night / . /
I was writing my report at 8 o’clock last night.
4. Mary / do / homework / 5.00 o’clock this afternoon / . /
Mary was doing her homework at 5.00 o’clock this afternoon .
5. While / she / clean / the house / her husband / sleep / . /
While she was cleaning the house , her husband was sleeping.
6. It / rain / when / we / go out / . /
It was raining when we went out.

Task 3: Here is another story of an embarrassing incident. Complete the story. Put the verbs in the box in the past continuous or the past simple tense. Use some verbs more than once.
hide
get into
expect
appear
go
put down
hear
clean
help
look
ring
run
fall off
put on
Not get dressed
stand
Language focus: Adjectives in –ing and –ed
Example: embarrass (v)
~ embarrassing (adj)
~ embarrassed (adj)
► Adjectives in -ed:
I was terribly embarrassed by that incident.
I’m interested in the lesson.
=> Chúng ta sử dụng tính từ kết thúc bằng đuôi –ed để miêu tả cảm giác của con người
► Adjectives in –ing
That incident was embarrassing for me.
I find English interesting.
He is very boring. I don’t like him at all.
Chúng ta sử dụng tính từ kết thúc bằng đuôi –ing để nói về những thứ hay ai đó khiến chúng ta có cảm giác như vậy
Note: Tính từ kết thúc bằng đuôi –ing còn có chức năng bổ nghĩa cho danh từ và nó có thể đứng trước danh từ
He is very boring. I don’t like him at all.
= He is a very boring man. I don’t like him at all.
Choose the correct adjectives for each sentence
1. Most meetings are bored / boring
2. I feel very tired / tiring after that walk
3. I thought that Robin’s story was the most interested / interesting
4. Katherine felt very depressed / depressing after her husband left
5. David’s family were frightened / frightening by their experience
6. Why are we so interested / interesting in other people’s lives?
7. That was a shocked / shocking story
II. Vocabulary: Places and buildings
1. Look at the pictures and name the places and buildings
Church [ tʃə:tʃ ]
Temple [templ]
Cinema[‘sinəmə]
Museum [mju:ziəm]
Railway station
[‘reilwei ‘steiʃn]
Castle [‘ka:sl]
Pub [p˄b]
Post office
[pəust ‘ɒfis]
Market [‘ma:kit]
Supermarket [‘sju:pə ‘ma:kit]
Town hall
[taun hɔ:l]
Library [‘laibəri]
School [sku:l]
Cathedral [kə’Өi:drəl]
Nightclub
[nait kl˄b]
Car park
[ka: pa:k]
Bank [bӕŋk]
Bus station
[b˄s ‘steiʃn]
clock tower
[klɔk tauə]
Park [pa:k]
Hospital
[‘hɒspitl]
Main square
[mein skweə]
Hotel [həu’tel]
Theatre [‘Өiətə]
Leisure centre
[‘leʒə ‘sentə]
Police station
[‘pəlis ‘steiʃn]
Garage [‘gӕra:ʒ]
2. Work in groups and arrange the words in the categories
church
clock tower
night club
pub
temple
cinema
museum
railway station
theatre
garage
police station
hospital
cafe
car park
town hall
cathedral
leisure centre
park
school
market
post office
castle
library
bus station
hotel
supermarket
bank
main square
museum
3. Positions
- On the right / On the left
-To the right of … / To the left of …
- In front of >< behind
- Next to
- Near
- In the middle of
- Between … and …
- Opposite
Along
- Just before >< just past
Use the suggestions given to write complete sentences
There / a garden / next to / my house
There is a garden next to my house
2. My house / between / a museum / a shop
My house is between a museum and a shop
3. There / two photocopy stores / near / my school
There are two photocopy stores near my school
4. There / vegetable garden / behind / house
There is a vegetable garden behind the house
5. The bookshop / opposite / post office
The bookshop is opposite the post office
6. Theatre / in front / police station
The theatre is in front of the police station

Period 55 , 56
Unit 6: People and Places (cont)
III. Pronunciation : -a- ; word stress
The vowel –a-
The vowel –a- can be pronounced in several different ways
map
/ӕ/
/a:/
car
radio
/ei/
all
/ɔ:/
signal
/ə/
castle
lake
aren’t
station
park
assistant
again
rapid
calm
saw
natural
came
bald
ancient
water
today
hand
fat
small
way
start
man
final
walk
Task 1: Write the words in the correct columns
Task 2: Work in pairs, find out some more words which have the vowel –a- pronounced in different ways
cat
far
say
tall
about
2. Words with three syllables
newspaper
together
understand
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IV. Reading: The roof of the world
► How do you understand “ the roof of the world”?
The roof of the world is the highest place of the world
► Where is “the roof of the world” ?
It is Nepal
New words
1. Hoot [hu:t]
Peacefully [‘pi:sfʊli]
Monkey [‘m˄ŋki]
2. Adventurous [əd’ventʃərəs]
Tourist [‘tʊərist]
Sightseeing [‘sait, si:iŋ]
Fascinating [‘fӕsineitiŋ]
Crime [kraim]
3. Rapids [‘rӕpidz]
Calm [ka:m]
Huýt còi , rú lên
Yên bình
Con khỉ
Phiêu lưu, mạo hiểm
Khách du lịch
Tham quan, ngắm cảnh
Hấp dẫn, lôi cuốn
Tội phạm
Thác , ghềnh
Yên, lặng, bình tĩnh
4. Recover[ri:’k˄və]
Experience [iks’piəriəns]
Guide [gaid]
Trek [trek]
Equipment [i’kwipmənt]
Luggage [‘l˄giʤ]
Spectacular [spek’tӕkjulə]
Return flight [ri’tə:n flait]
Souvenir [su:və’niə]
Luxury [‘l˄kʃəri]
Ensuite [en swi:t]
Hole [həul]
5. Include [in’klu:d]

Lấy lại, phục hồi, tìm lại được
Kinh nghiệm, sự trải nghiệm
Hướng dẫn viên
Chuyến đi vất vả
Trang thiết bị
Hành lý
Ngoạn ngục
Chuyến bay cứu hồi
Quà lưu niệm
Sự xa hoa
Đi liền với
Hố
Bao gồm
Fill in the blanks with a suitable word in the box
journey
luxuries
fascinating
trek
scenery
experience
sightseeing
spectacular
1. If you’re bored with beaches, but you aren’t fit or adventurous enough to ______ through the Himalayas or the Sahara desert, try Alaska. The _________ to America’s largest and most northerly state was one of the greatest______________ of your life.
2. We spent two days in this _______________ city
3. The ________________ with the mountains and volcanoes was ____________
4. We took a _____________ tour around the city and then went to the airport
5. The rooms are quite small, but had lots of ____________
Unit 6:
People and Places (cont)
IV. Reading: The roof of the world (cont)
Task 1: Match the expressions in column A with their meanings in column B
Task 2: Look quickly through the text and choose the correct answers
Where is the country?
A. between India and Tibet B. in Tibet to the south C. in India to the north
2. What is its capital city?
A. Trisuli B. Pokhara C. Kathmandu
3. How many days did the writer spend in the capital?
A. a week B. two days C. six days
4. Where did he stay?
A. in the 2-star Marshyangdi
B. in the 3-star Marshyangdi
C. in the 4-star Marshyangdi
5. Approximately how much did the holiday cost?
A. £2400 B. £3400 C. £1400
Task 3: Read the text. Which of these did the report writer do?
….. Take a sightseeing tour round Kathmandu
….. Visit the Chitwan National Park
….. Go by boat through the Trisuli rapids
….. Go on a trek into the Himalayas
….. Have a ride on an elephant
….. Spend seven days in India
….. Take a flight in a hot air balloon
….. Fly over Mount Everest
….. Sleep in a tent
….. Buy souvenirs
Task 4: Work in pairs and list adjectives and adverbs which the writer uses to give you a vivid impression of the places and his experiences
adjectives
adverbs
ancient
loudly
golden dramatic
colourful heart-stopping
rich (in culture) exciting
adventurous beautiful
fascinating spectacular
friendly amazing
wonderful
peacefully
suddenly
calmly
Task 5: Choose three adverbs or adjs that best describe: Kathmandu, the trek, the rapids, the holiday in general
Ancient
golden
Peacefully
Amazing
Spectacular
calmly
Heart-stopping
Suddenly
dramatic
Wonderful
Adventurous
fascinating
Rewrite the following sentences
The floor wasn’t strong. We can’t dance on it
The floor wasn’t strong enough for us to dance on
The floor was too weak for us to dance
2. He is lazy. He won’t get up early
He is too lazy to get up early
He isn’t hard enough to get up early
3. He won’t get up early so he never catches the fast train
He won’t get up early enough to catch the fast train
He will get up too late to catch the fast train
4. We aren’t very high. We can’t see the summit (đỉnh)
We aren’t high enough to see the summit
We are too short to see the summit
5. The house was beautiful. I took a picture of it
The house was so beautiful that I took a picture of it
6. It was very dark. He couldn’t see anything
It was so dark that he couldn’t see anything
7.The blue whale is the biggest of all animals => No ……
No animals are bigger than the blue whale / No animal is bigger …..
8. The orange building is not as high as the blue one => The blue….
The blue building is higher than the orange one
9. She is the most intelligent student in my class => Noone ……
Noone in my class is more intelligent than her
10. Peter studies English better than I do. => I ….
I don’t study English as well as Peter