Unit 7. My neighborhood

What is there in your neighborhood?

Getting started
Listen and read
GETTING STARTED
Match the names of the places with the pictures:
grocery store
hairdresser’s
drugstore
swimming-pool
stadium
wet market
grocery store
stadium
drugstore
swimming- pool
wet market
hairdresser’s
Nam
Na
1.Nam has lived in the neighborhood for:
A. seven years B. eight years
C. nine years D. ten years
2.Is there a restaurant close by the neighborhood?
GUIDING QUESTIONS:
close by
Nam: Hi. My name’s Nam.
Na: Hello. Nice to meet you, Nam. I’m Na.
Nam: Are you new around here?
Na: Yes. We’ve been here since last week.
Nam: I’m sure you’ll like this neighborhood.
Na: I hope so. How long have you lived here?
Nam: Oh, we’ve lived here for about 10 years.
Na: You must know the area very well.
Nam: I do.
Na: Is there a restaurant close by? My mother is too tired to cook tonight.
Nam: There is one just around the corner.
Na: What is the food like?
Nam: It’s very good. We like to eat there. It serves Hue food and the pancakes are delicious. You should try them.
Na: I will
Nam: Hi. My name’s Nam.
Na: Hello. Nice to meet you, Nam. I’m Na.
Nam: Are you new around here?
Na: Yes. We’ve been here since last week.
Nam: I’m sure you’ll like this neighborhood.
Na: I hope so. How long have you lived here?
Nam: Oh, we’ve lived here for about 10 years.
Na: You must know the area very well.
Nam: I do.
Na: Is there a restaurant close by? My mother is too tired to cook tonight.
Nam: There is one just around the corner.
Na: What is the food like?
Nam: It’s very good. We like to eat there. It serves Hue food and the pancakes are delicious. You should try them.
Na: I will
KEY:
1.Nam has lived in the neighborhood for ten years
2. Yes, there is.
New words:
serve (v)
pancake ( n)
delicious ( adj ) = tasty
Nam: Hi. My name’s Nam.
Na: Hello. Nice to meet you, Nam. I’m Na.
Nam: Are you new around here?
Na: Yes. We’ve been here since last week.
Nam: I’m sure you’ll like this neighborhood.
Na: I hope so. How long have you lived here?
Nam: Oh, we’ve lived here for about 10 years.
Na: You must know the area very well.
Nam: I do.
Na: Is there a restaurant close by?
My mother is too tired to cook dinner tonight.
Nam: There is one just around the corner.
Na: What is the food like?
Nam: It’s very good. We like to eat there. It serves Hue food and the pancakes are delicious. You should try them.
Na: I will
We’ve been here since last week
We’ve lived here for about ten years
My mother is too tired to cook tonight
Notes:
We`ve lived here for about 10 years.
I, we, they, you …
She, he, it,…
have
has
lived
been
...
We have lived here for about 10 years.

?Present perfect tense:
Past Participle
(V+ed/V3)
2007
2008
2009
?Present perfect tense:
I, you, we, they …
She, he, it,…
have
has
lived
been
...
We have lived here for ten years.
We have been there since last week.
For: a period of time ( kho?ng th?i gian)
Since: a point of time ( di?m th?i gian)
Past Participle
(V+ed/V3)
Na has been there since last week.
2/The present perfect with for and since
Notes:
2.Complete the sentences.
Use the words from the dialogue:
a. Na is ...... to the neighborhood.
b. She and her family arrived ...................
c. Na’s mother is very .....
d. There is a ..................... in the area.
e. The restaurant serves food from .........
f. Nam thinks the…. ................. are tasty.
new
restaurant
pancakes
tired.
Hue.
last week
Questions
b) How long has Nam lived in that neighborhood?
He has lived there for 10 years.
a) Is Na old to the neighborhood?

c) what kind of food does the restaurant serve?
The restaurant serves Hue food.
No, she isn’t

Homework:
-Do exercise: 1 & 2 on P 44 - Workbook

-Prepare Unit 7: Speak-listen
-Learn the vocabulary and the notes by heart.