WELCOME TO OUR CLASS 9-New Teacher: Nguyen van Phuong Unit 2: CITY LIFE Lesson 2: A closer look Which of the following adjectives describe city life? Put a (√ ) tressful populous exciting delicious historic busy polluted cosmopolitan unemployed annoying forbidden exhausted modern frightening pleased cheerful easy-going downtown rural fashionable 1a Put one of the adjectives in the box in each blank local helpful delicious ancient warm fascinating historic comfortable Dear Oggy, We’re having a fabulous time here in Hoi An You know, it’s a(n) (1) ancient town 30 km from Da Nang The weather is very (2) comfortable warm and sunny Our hotel is small but (3) The staff are friendly and (4) helpful We’ve seen most of the sights of the town The street life here is (5) fascinating We’ve spent a lot of time wandering around and historic looking at the (6) temples, bridges, and houses We’ve local also bought a lot of (7) souvenirs, crafts, and clothing Well the street food in Hoi An is (8)delicious and affordable I wish you could be here with us! Anyway, I hope things are good with you Lots of love, Jack 1b Now underline all the other adjectivesin the message 3 Put the suitable adjective from in each blank fashionable parts of She lives in one of the most the city: there are lots of luxury shops there How ! The roads are crowded and I'm annoying stuck in a traffic jam You can't stop here Parking is in this forbidden street cosmopolitan , there are people This city is very here from all over the world The gallery downtown has regular exhibitions of art modern Nhieu Loc canal in Ho Chi Minh City is much less than before polluted Pronunciation: Stress on pronouns in sentences Most pronouns have strong and weak forms Normally we use the weak form, but if the word is stressed because it is especially important, or because we want to show a contrast, we use the strong form Example: A: That looks pretty easy I think you can it ("you" is weak) B: Well, you it then! ("you" is strong) Listen and repeat, paying attention to the difference in the underlined pronouns Circle the pronouns that sound strong A: B: A: B: A: B: A: B: Can you come and give me a hand? OK Wait for me! Did you come to the party last night? Yes But I didn't see you Look - it's him! Where? I can't see him They told us to go this way Well, they didn't tell us! 5a Listen and mark the underlined words as W (weak) or S (strong) Example: A: Are you going to talk to him (W)? B: No, I think he (S) should talk to me (S) first A: Is he(_) there? W B: No Everybody else is, but he's (_) gone home! S A: Do you know that woman? B: Her(_)? SEr No I don't recognise her(_) W A: I'm afraid we(_) can't stay any longer W B: What you mean 'we' (_)? Sl've (_) got S plenty of time A: Look! Everybody's leaving B: What about us(_)? SShall we(_) go, W too? 5b Work in pairs Practise the exchanges above THANK YOU FOR ATTENTION! GOOD BYE! the end