Unit 7. My neighborhood

Thursday, November 18th 2010.
Unit 7: My neighborhood (cont.)
Lesson 3: Read
Check the old lesson: SPEAK
postcard / Ho Chi Minh City / airmail / 15g / 1,200 dong

A: ____________ this postcard to Ho Chi Minh City.
B: _______________it _________ or _________?
A: I want to send it _________. _____________ is it?
B: I`ll have to __________ it, first. It’s ___________.
That`ll be __________ dong.
A: That`s OK. I send it _____________. Here you are.
B: All right.
Check the old lesson: SPEAK
Where can you go
if you want to buy a lot of things?
shopping area / shopping center
You can go to somewhere more comfortable. Where can you go?
What is opening
in Nam’s neighborhood today?
Thursday, November 18th 2010.
Unit 7: My neighborhood
Open your books to page 67.
Look at the text and advertisement,
then answer the question.
Lesson 3: Read
A place where you can buy food, books; you can eat, drink, see a movie or play games…
All the shops are under one roof.
a shopping mall
Tran Phu Shopping Mall
Everything under one roof
* 50 air-conditioned
specialty stores
* 4 movie theaters
Special discounts during the first two weeks!
* children`s play area
* 10 restaurants
Open daily 8 am - 10 pm
Come and bring your friends!
Opening today !


There are some new words in this advertisement.
Other new words:
resident (n):
owner (n):
concerned (a):
take one’s business:
especially (adv):
humid (a):
notice (v):
comfort (n):
product (n):
situation (n):
facilities (n)
available (a):
Grammar
different from …
the same as …
How many tenses are there in the text?
Present Continous
Present Simple
Future Simple
Present Perfect
Answer some questions after reading.
How many days a week is the mall open?
How many stores are there in the mall?
How many people are unhappy about the mall?
Will it be more comfortable to shop in the mall?
What may have to close?
Answer some questions after reading.
How many days a week is the mall open?
How many stores are there in the mall?
How many people are unhappy about the mall?
Will it be more comfortable to shop in the mall?
What may have to close?
1. True or false? Check (  ) the boxes. Then correct the false sentences.
The mall is open daily.
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The mall is open seven days a week.
There are 50 stores in the mall.
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Not everyone is pleased about the new mall.
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Some people are pleased about the new mall.
All the shops are under one roof. That will be very convenient, especially during the hot and humid summer months. Customers will shop in comfort.
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The owners of the small stores on Tran Phu Street think the mall will take their business.
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What is special about the new shopping mall?
b. What facilities are available in the shopping mall?
c. What do the small store owners think about the new shopping mall?
d. What kinds of goods will the stores in the mall offer?
2. Answer the questions.
These are special: …
b. There are … / There is …
c. They think …
d. They offer …
2. Answer the questions.
You can answer like these:
What is special about the new shopping mall?
 All the shops are under one roof. That will be very convenient, especially during the hot and humid summer months. Customers will shop in comfort and won’t notice the weather.
2. Answer the questions.
b. What facilities are available in the shopping mall?
 In the shopping mall, there are 50 air-conditioned specialty stores, 4 movie theaters and 10 restaurants. There is also a children’s play area.
2. Answer the questions.
c. What do the small store owners think about the new shopping mall?
 They think the new shopping mall will take their business.
2. Answer the questions.
d. What kinds of goods will the stores in the mall offer?
 They will offer a wider selection of products, some kinds of goods are at cheaper prices.
2. Answer the questions.
Close your books. Try to remember the meanings of these words.
discount (n)
mall (n)
roof (a)
take one’s business
resident (n)
Are you ready? Do the next exercise.
Fill in the blanks using the new words you have just learnt.
1. It is convenient to buy everything in the ____.
2. Her house’s ____ is bad.
3. The owners of the small stores think the new mall will _____________.
4. The ________ in this area are very friendly.
5. There are special _______ during the first two weeks in the mall.
roof
take their business
residents
discounts
mall

1. Learn the new words by heart.

2. Prepare the section “Write” for the next period.
Homework