LISTEN AND READ UNIT 8

relatives weekend quiet remote electricity weekend medical provinces.. HOME WORK[r]

A thick B modern

C same D different

Use these adjectives to make sentences

The book is not as thick as

Saturday , December 5th , 2009

Unit Eight

Period : 44

GETTING STARTED

Noisy

Tall buildings Beautiful views

Fresh air

Kinds of goods

Entertainment Friendly Fresh food

Noisy

Tall building

Beautiful view

Traffic jam

Noisy

Tall buildings Beautiful views

Fresh air

Kinds of goods

Entertainment

Friendly

Fresh food Traffic jam

Quiet GETTING STARTED

City

Noisy

Tall buildings Kinds of goods

Entertainment Traffic jam

Country

Friendly Fresh food

Quiet

LISTEN AND READ

 Hoa : Hi Na Have you been away ?

 Na : Yes I went to the countryside for the weekend  Hoa : Where did you go ?

 Na : I went to Kim Lien It’s a village Some of my relatives live there  Hoa : I’ve heard it’s a beautiful place

 Na : It is And it’s very quiet and peaceful I had a really nice weekend , but I don’t want to live there permanently

 Hoa : Why not ?

 Na : It’s too quiet There is nothing to

 Hoa : Yes , but things are changing in the countryside  Na : Such as ?

 Hoa : Many remote areas are getting electricity People can now have things like refrigerators and …….

 Na : And TV.

 Hoa : That too TV is bringing not only information but also

entertainment And medical facilities are more easily accessible too Life in the provinces is definitely changing for the better

 Na : But the city has much more to offer

New words

1/ be away ( v )

2/ relative ( n ) 3/ peaceful ( adj ) 4/ permanently ( adv )

5/ remote area ( n )

6/ information ( n ) 7/ medical facility ( n )

8/ accessible ( adj )

9/ simple ( adj ) đơn giản có thể tiếp cận được

thiết bị y tế thông tin vùng xa xôi hẻo lánh

vĩnh viễn , mãi thanhbình , hồ bình

Match a word in A with one in B to make a new word or phrase

 A B  1/ fresh a/ facilities  2/ traffic b/ areas  3/ tall c/ tennis  4/ remote d/ jam  5/ country e/ air

LISTEN AND READ

 Hoa : Hi Na Have you been away ?

 Na : Yes I went to the countryside for the weekend  Hoa : Where did you go ?

 Na : I went to Kim Lien It’s a village Some of my relatives live there  Hoa : I’ve heard it’s a beautiful place

 Na : It is And it’s very quiet and peaceful I had a really nice

weekend , but I don’t want to live there permanently

 Hoa : Why not ?

 Na : It’s too quiet There is nothing to

 Hoa : Yes , but things are changing in the countryside  Na : Such as ?

 Hoa : Many remote areas are getting electricity People can now have

things like refrigerators and …….

 Na : And TV.

 Hoa : That too TV is bringing not only information but also

entertainment And medical facilities are more easily accessible too Life in the provinces is definitely changing for the better

 Na : But the city has much more to offer

Choose the word which doesn’t have the same stress as the other words

 1/ remote traffic village noisy

Choose true or False

 1/ Na and Hoa live in the countryside  2/ Na went to the city for the weekend  3/ The village is very quiet

 4/ Na wants to live in the countryside permanently  5/ People can have T.V in the countryside now  6/ Life is simple in the coutryside

 7/ The air is dirty in the countryside

Answer the questions

 a/ Where has Na been ?

 Na has been to Kim Liên village  b/ How long was she there ?  She was there for the weekend

 c/ What is her opinion of the countryside ?

 The countryside is peaceful and quiet and there is nothing to do  d/ Na says “ There is nothing to ”What does she mean by this ?  That means there are no TV, no movies, no zoos… to go.

 e/ What are some of the changes that Hoa mentions ?

Many remote areas are getting electricity People can now have things like refrigerators and TV Medical facilities are more

accessible

f/ Do you prefer the city or the countryside ? Why ?

Multiple choice

 1/ Things …………in the country in Viet Nam

 a/ is changing b/ changes c/ are changing  2/ I went to the countryside ……… the weekend

 a/ for b/ to c/ from

 3/ Life in the countryside is changing ………… the better  a/ at b/ for c/ with

 4/ I prefer city life ……… country life

 a/ more than b/ to c/ from

 5/ TV is bringing ………… informatiom ……… entertainment

 a/ so … that b/ more …than c/ not only …but also  6/ Many remote areas are getting ………

Fill in the gaps in B with opposites of the adjectives in A from the ones in C

A B C

 1/ noisy ≠ ……… small  2/ tall ≠ ……… clean  3/ expensive ≠ ……… free  4/ dirty ≠ ……… cheap  5/ busy ≠ ……… short  6/ big ≠ ……… quiet

quiet short cheap

LISTEN AND READ Hoa : Hi Na Have you been away ?

Na : Yes I went to the countryside for the weekend Hoa : Where did you go ?

Na : I went to Kim Lien It’s a village Some of my relatives live there Hoa : I’ve heard it’s a beautiful place

Na : It is And it’s very quiet and peaceful I had a really nice weekend , but I don’t want to live there permanently

Hoa : Why not ?

Na : It’s too quiet There is nothing to

Hoa : Yes , but things are changing in the countryside Na : Such as ?

Hoa : Many remote areas are getting electricity People can now have things like refrigerators and …….

Na : And TV.

Hoa : That too TV is bringing not only information but also

entertainment And medical facilities are more easily accessible too Life in the provinces is definitely changing for the better

Na : But the city has much more to offer

electricity / weekend / remote / quiet / medical / relatives / prefer / provinces

 Hoa : Hi Na Have you been away ?

 Na : Yes I went to the countryside for the 1

 Hoa : Where did you go ?

 Na : I went to Kim Lien It’s a village Some of my live there

 Hoa : I’ve heard it’s a beautiful place

 Na : It is And it’s very and peaceful I had a really  nice , but I don’t want to live there permanently

 Hoa : Why not ?

 Na : It’s too quiet There is nothing to

 Hoa : Yes , but things are changing in the countryside

 Na : Such as ?

 Hoa : Many areas are getting 6

 People can now have things like refrigerators and …….

 Na : And TV.

 Hoa : That too TV is bringing not only information but also entertainment And

 7 facilities are more easily accessible too Life in the

is definitely changing for the better

 Na : But the city has much more to offer

 Hoa : In many ways , I prefer the countryside Life is simple , people are friendly

and the air is clean

HOME WORK

Learn by heart the new words and

practice writing them.

Write the comparisons between the

country life and the city life in your notebooks.