TIẾNG ANH 6-UNIT 9. CITIES OF THE WORLD (Skills 1)

Imagine you have just arrived in that city and want to tell your friends about it.. Make notes below.[r]

Warm up Small interview

- What you usually send to your family and

friends when you are away on a holiday?

- Can you tell the class the reasons why?

= wonderful

: cung điện Hoàng gia - fantastic (a)

- the Royal Palace (n) - rent - rented (v)

- discover (v) - overall (a)

: thuê

: khám phá

= wonderful

: cung điện Hoàng gia - fantastic (a)

- the Royal Palace (n) - rent - rented (v)

- discover (v) - overall (a)

: thuê

: khám phá

1 Look at the postcard.

1 What is the picture on the postcard of?

2 What you think is written on this postcard? 3 What is the purpose of writing and sending

postcards while you are on holiday?

1 Look at the postcard.

Love from Sweden

3 What is the purpose of writing and sending postcards while you are on holiday?

We send postcards to tell friends/relatives that we are having a good time at an interesting place, but we still miss them and we want to share our feelings with them and let them know more about us.

1 What is the picture on the postcard of?

2 What you think is written on this postcard?

The photo is of Stockholm, Sweden

(1) September 6th

(2) Dear Grandpa and Grandma, (3) Stockholm is fantastic!

(4) The weather has been perfect It‛s sunny! The hotel and the food are ok.

(5) We had “fika” in a café in the Old Town The Royal Palace (pictured) is too beautiful for words! Swedish art & design is so amazing! Phuc loves it!

(6) Mum and Dad have rented bikes Tomorrow we‛re cycling around to discover the city.

(7) Wish you were here! (8) Love,

Hanh Mai

To:(9) Grandpa and Grandma

Hoan Kiem, Ha Noi VIET NAM

1 What city is Mai in? 2 Who is with her?

3 What has the weather been like? 4 Where is Mai staying?

5 What has she done so far?

6 What you think ‘fika’ means? 7 What will she tomorrow?

8 How is Mai feeling? How you know?

3 Read the text again and answer the

1 What city is Mai in? 2 Who is with her?

3 What has the weather been like? 4 Where is Mai staying?

5 What has she done so far?

3 Read the text again and answer the

questions.

She is in Stockholm, Sweden.

She is there with her family (parents and brother) The weather has been perfect It is sunny.

Mai is staying in a hotel.

Mai is feeling happy because she used the words such as “fantastic”, “perfect”, “amazing”, “too beautiful for words”.

6 What you think ‘fika’ means?

7 What will she tomorrow?

8 How is Mai feeling? How you know? 3 Read the text again and answer the

questions.

‘Fika’ (a Swedish word) means a leisure break when one drinks tea/coffee and perhaps has some biscuits with friends and family

4 Read the text again and match the headings with the numbers.

a Address of the person / people who get the postcard

b Weather / hotel / food c Opening

d What you have seen or done e Closing

f A very popular sentence used for postcards, near the closing

g What you will next

h An overall feeling about the place i Date

1 Date

2 Opening

3 An overall feeling about the place 4 Weather / hotel / food

5 What you have seen or done 6 What you will next

7 A very popular sentence used for postcards, near the closing

8 Closing

9 Address of the person / people who get the postcard

4 Read the text again and match the headings with the numbers.

4 Choose a city Imagine you have just arrived in that city and want to tell your friends about it Make notes below.

• When did you arrive? • Who are you with?

• Where are you staying? • What have you done?

Model making notes

• When did you arrive? • Who are you with?

• Where are you staying? • What have you done?

• What are you doing tomorrow? • How are you feeling?

just arrived in Phu Quoc a friend

hotel

talked to local people, taken photos, gone swimming, had a barbecue

When to arrive: _

Who to be with: _

Where to stay:

What have done:

What to tomorrow: _

How to feel:

I/We have just arrived in Phu Quoc I come here with a close friend,

Trang

We are staying in a hotel near the beach

We’ve talked to local people, taken photos, gone swimming, had a barbecueWe will join a scuba-diving tour I/We feel happy and excited

5 In pairs, use your notes to tell your partner about your city Then, listen and write down notes about your partner’s city in the space below.

We’ve just arrived in Phu Quoc and we are having a great time here on the Island The weather has been sunny The beaches are so clean with the blue sea and white sand I come here with a close friend, Trang We stay in a hotel near the beach The hotel and the food are great The local people are very friendly Trang has taken many photos with them We've gone for a swim all day and had a barbecue dinner with full of seafood on the beach.

Tomorrow we'll join a scuba-diving tour to explore the colourful coral reefs

I’m very happy and so excited about the journey I think it might be the most unforgettable experience of my life.

My family and I have just arrived in London this afternoon

I'm staying at Soho hotel in the city centre The hotel is very big, clean and beautiful

Well, we've just taken a taxi from the airport to the hotel Then we've had a dinner here Next, we've walked along the Thames River and seen Big Ben

Tomorrow I'm going to visit some of the most famous landmarks such as Buckingham Palace, Houses of Parliament and Tower of London I also want to try the most popular drink and food here like tea, and fish and chips

I'm very excited about this journey I think it might be the most fantastic experience of my life

Yes, through the lesson we now can

read for specific and general

information in texts, including

postcards; tell about a city that we have just visited.

- Learn the new words by heart.

- Read the postcard in (page 32) again.

- Practise telling about a city that you have just visited.

- Do exercise C1,2; D1,2,3 (pages 18,19) in workbook.