UNIT 2. URBANISATION. LESSON 4. SPEAKING
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UNIT 2: URBANISATION
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LESSON 4: SPEAKING
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WARM-UP
Objectives
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*By the end of the lesson, students will be able to: - Use words and phrases related to to people’s life stories - Discussing key features of urbanisation and expressing opinions about a preferable place of living - Do the task in the studentbook
Objectives
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Life in Shanghai city
Lead-in: Life in big cities
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Life in big cities
VOCABULARY
New words
*New words
overcrowded (adj):
chật ních, đông nghịt
overpopulated (adj):
quá đông dân cư
overcrowded (adj):
người ở
flood (v):
tràn đầy, tràn ngập
upgrade (v):
nâng cao
infrastructure (n):
cơ sở hạ tầng
Checking vocabulary
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Bài tập kéo thả chữ
overcrowded (adj): ||chật ních, đông nghịt|| overcrowded (adj): ||quá đông dân cư|| overcrowded (adj): ||người sống ở|| flood (v): ||tràn đầy, tràn ngập|| upgrade (v): ||nâng cao|| infrastructure (n): ||cơ sở hạ tầng||
SPEAKING
1. Read a conversation between two friends about life in big cities. What features do they mention? Are they positive or negative?
1. Read a conversation between two friends about life in big cities. What features do they mention? Are they positive or negative?
Minh:
Ha, I don’t know why so many people are moving from their home villages to big cities these days! They’ve become so overcrowded.
Ha:
Yeah, I agree. They’re really overpopulated. But lots of people still want to become city dwellers.
Minh:
Well, I’m quite happy in my home village. It’s important that some people stay in rural areas and work in agriculture.
Ha:
But there are more employment opportunities in the city. Don’t you want to get a high-paying job in an office instead of working on your parents’ farm? Your standard of living will be higher in the city.
Minh:
I’m not sure; not everyone is lucky. Big cities are flooded with people from rural areas. Many of them are jobless and have to live in slums. I’d rather live in my village.
Ha:
You’re right. It’s essential that the government should build big cities and upgrade the infrastructure in rural areas.
- Answer the questions
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What features do they mention? Are they positive or negative?
Ha and Minh mentioned the positive and negative points of moving from villages to cities.
- Positive features
+ There are more employment opportunities. + People have chances to get high-paying jobs. + People’s standard of living is higher.
- Negative features
+ Big cities are overcrowded and overpopulated. + Many people are jobless/ unemployed. + Some people live in slums.
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*Translate
*Translate
Minh:
Hà, mình không biết tại sao có quá nhiều người đang rời khỏi làng quê ra các thành phố lớn những ngày gần đây! Các thành phố trở nên quá đông đúc.
Ha:
Đúng rồi, mình đồng ý. Chúng thực sự quá đông dân cư. Nhưng nhiều người vẫn muốn trở thành người dân thành phố.
Minh:
Ừ, mình rất vui khi ở làng mình. Việc một số người ở các vùng nông thôn và làm nông nghiệp là quan trọng.
Ha:
Nhưng có nhiều cơ hội việc làm hơn ở thành phố. Bạn không muốn tìm một công việc lương cao ở văn phòng thay vì làm ở ngoài ruộng đồng của ba mẹ? Chất lượng cuộc sống của bạn sẽ được nâng cao hơn ở thành phố.
Minh:
Mình không chắc; không phải mọi người đều may mắn. Các thành phố lớn tràn ngập người dân từ các vùng nông thôn. Nhiều người trong số họ không có việc làm và phải sống trong các khu ổ chuột. Mình thích sống ở làng mình hơn.
Ha:
Bạn nói đúng. Việc chính phủ nên xây dựng các thành phố lớn và nâng cấp cơ sở hạ tầng ở các khu vực nông thôn là cần thiết.
2. Work in pairs. Look at these features of life. Decide whether they are positive (P) or negative (N). Can you think of other features?
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2. Work in pairs. Look at these features of life. Decide whether they are positive (P) or negative (N). Can you think of other features?
1. noisy
2. job opportunities
3. densely populated
4. traffic congestion
5. efficient services
6. air pollution
7. severe shortage of housing
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- Decide whether they are positive (P) or negative (N). Can you think of other features?
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Bài tập kéo thả chữ
||N|| 1. noisy ||P|| 2. job opportunities ||N|| 3. densely populated ||N|| 4. traffic congestion ||P|| 5. efficient services ||N|| 6. air pollution ||N|| 7. severe shortage of housing
- Can you think of other features?
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Bài tập kéo thả chữ
||higher rate of crime (N)|| ||stressful (N)|| ||social and cultural integration (P)|| ||sports facilities (P)|| ||better schools (P)||
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3. Work in groups. Discuss the positive negative features of city life and decide if want to live in an urban or rural area. What your reasons? Present your group's decision to the whole class, using the ideas given bel or your own ideas.
3. Work in groups. Discuss the positive negative features of city life and decide if want to live in an urban or rural area. What your reasons? Present your group's decision to the whole class, using the ideas given bel or your own ideas.
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- Discuss the positive negative features of city life and decide if you want to live in an urban or rural area. What are your reasons?
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Reasons for living in a big city
- more employment/job opportunities - chances to get high-paying jobs - higher living standard - efficient services - sports facilities - better schools...
Reasons for going back to live in rural areas
- cheaper cost of living in rural areas - friendly and helpful people - little or no pollution - low crime rate
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* Sample 1
* Sample 1:
Hello everyone. On behalf of my group, I would like to present to you my group's ideas. After discussing, we come to the conclusion that we like life in the big city more than that in the countryside for a number of reasons. Firstly, jobs are more available in big cities. If we have a good educational background, work experience and a hard-working attitude, the chance that we can find a well-paying job with good working conditions is very high. Secondly, living in big cities is a lot more interesting and fun. There's a lot of entertainment for us to enjoy after a hard day of work or during the weekend. We can go to the cinemas, shopping malls, theatres, museums or join in cultural events that we can't experience in rural areas. There're also a lot of gyms with swimming pools and other sports facilities that satisfy people who are keen on sports. Lastly, living in big cities, people can enjoy better education, public transportation, and health care service. In short, for the above reasons, we prefer living in big cities over the countryside.
* Sample 2
* Sample 2:
Hi guys! Our group has four members. We all agree that rural life is better than urban life. First of all, do all of you guys notice that the cost of living in the countryside is much lower than that in cities? For example, today we have a bunch of bananas that one member of our group bought when she was at her hometown. Surprisingly, it only cost 15,000 dong. However, in Ha Noi yesterday I bought quite the same bunch of bananas that cost me 30,000 dong. Many other goods are also cheaper in the countryside than in cities. Another thing that we like about rural life is people's friendliness and helpfulness. Villagers live next to one another. They are quite friendly, honest and kind to other people. Furthermore, the atmosphere in the countryside is much cleaner and more peaceful than that in cities. My grandparents live in a small rural village. I sometimes visit them at the weekend. The happy feeling of lying on green fields watching birds and kites flying high to the sky lingers on my mind every time I go there. I enjoy going fishing in a river in the near village and love eating the fresh fish I catch there. In cities, I have never had that experience. Nowadays, transportation is much improved so that people in the countryside can easily travel to cities to enjoy modern and convenient things that cities offer. Thanks to these positive things, we really love going back to live in rural areas.
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Homework
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- Summarize the main points of the lesson. - Read the text again - Do exercise in the workbook - Prepare: Lesson 5 - Listening
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