Unit 8. Country life and city life

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Unit 8: COUNTRY LIFE AND CITY LIFE
Period 45: SPEAK + LISTEN
Friday December 5th 2008
Unit 8: COUNTRY LIFE AND CITY LIFE
Period 45: SPEAK + LISTEN
I .SPEAK:
ADJECTIVES TO DESCRIBE
SOMETHING
beautiful
modern
busy
tall
noisy
dirty
expensive
1. Short adjectives
taller

tall 

darker
dark 
bigger
big 
hotter
hot 
busier
busy 
easier
easy 
Comparative adjectives:
ADJECTIVE + ER
Unit 8: COUNTRY LIFE AND CITY LIFE
Period 45: SPEAK + LISTEN
Unit 8: COUNTRY LIFE AND CITY LIFE
Period 45: SPEAK + LISTEN
2. Long adjectives

beautiful 
more beautiful
expensive 
more expensive
accessible 
more accessible
Comparative adjectives:
MORE + ADJECTIVE
Unit 8: COUNTRY LIFE AND CITY LIFE
Period 45: SPEAK + LISTEN
SPEAK: Look at the pictures. Are there
the same or different ?

THE MODEL: The town is becoming busier.
Form: S+ am/ is / are + V- ing
Use: used to describe changes with “ get”
and “ become”
1. Dialogue
Clerk : Can I help you?
Mrs. Kim: I want to send this (1)______ to (2)_______
Clerk : Do you want to sent it airmail or surface mail?
Mrs. Kim: (3)____________, please. How much is it?
Clerk : I`ll weigh it. It`s (4) ___________
That`s (5) _________
Mrs. Kim: Here you are.
Clerk : Thank you.
Mrs. Kim: You`re welcome.
_parcel_
Qui Nhon.
_Surface mail_
_5 kilograms .
19,200 dong .
2. Similar dialogues
Unit 8: COUNTRY LIFE AND CITY LIFE
Period 45: SPEAK + LISTEN
SPEAK: Look at the pictures and talk about the
changes of the town.
Traffic / town – busy
Buildings – tall
City – beautiful
Streets – dirty / noisy
Food - expensive
The traffic / town is becoming busier.
2. The buildings are getting taller.
3.The city is becoming more beautiful..
4. The streets are getting dirtier / noisier.
5. The food is becoming more expensive.
II/ LISTEN
Unit 8: COUNTRY LIFE AND CITY LIFE
Period 45: SPEAK + LISTEN
LAN
AUNT HANG
Aunt Hang is talking to Lan on the phone .
She is coming to visit Lan in Ha Noi
Period 45 Unit 8 (Cont): SPEAK + LISTEN
I LISTEN: Fill in the missing words.
Lan : Hello .
Aunt Hang: Hello. Is (1) _____ Lan?
Lan : Yes. Who is (2)_______?
Aunt Hang : (3) _______ Aunt Hang. How are you?
Lan : I’m fine. (4) ______ are you phoning (5) _____ ?
Aunt Hang : Hue. I’ m calling to tell you Uncle Chi and I are (6) _______ to visit you next (7) ______.
Lan : Great ! When are you (8) ___________.
Aunt Hang : On (9) ________.We’ve arriving in Ha Noi in the (10) ______(11) ___________.
Lan : OK. Do you want to (12) ______ to (13) _______ mom ?
Aunt Hang : Yes, please.
Lan: Hold on a moment and I’ll (14) _______ her
that
this
It’s
Where
from
coming
week
arriving
Thursday
late
afternoon
speak
my
get
Unit 8: COUNTRY LIFE AND CITY LIFE
Period 45: SPEAK + LISTEN

III.DISCUSSION: Work with a partner. Talk about changes in your hometown.
Unit 8: COUNTRY LIFE AND CITY LIFE
Period 45: SPEAK + LISTEN

Learn the model .
Do Ex 5,6 / P. 51-52 in the ex-book.
Write some sentences, using Present Progressive Tense to describe changes in their school.
Prepare : Lesson 3: READ/ P. 75, 76
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