UNIT 9.
CITIES OF THE WORLD
SKILLS 1
U9. CITIES OF THE WORLD _ SKILLS 1
Read for specific and general information in POSTCARDS
Talk about some famous cities
What do you usually send to your family and friends when you are away on a holiday?
Why?
a letter
a postcard
a gift
1.What is the picture on the postcard of?
2. What do you think is written on this postcard ?
3. What is the purpose of writing and sending postcards while you are on holiday?
The picture is of Stockholm, Sweden.
The sender writes about his/ her stay in the city.
To tell our family or friends 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.
PERFECT (adj) /ˈpɜː.fekt/ /ˈpɜːfɪkt/
Her performance is perfect.
Scientists around the world are trying to _________ a cure for Covid-19.
discover
My sister have rented a bike during her vacation.
AMAZING (adj) /əˈmeɪ.zɪŋ/
E.g. What an amazing performance!
extremely surprising, very good
in general rather than in particular
E.g. The second act was a little long, but overall it was a good performance.
Overall (adj/adv) /ˌəʊ.vəˈrɔːl/

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Checking vocabularies
* Fill the blank with missing letter.
Read the
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LUCKY NUMBER


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

She is there with her family (Mum, Dad, and her brother Phuc).
3. What has the weather been like?
The weather has been perfect. It is sunny.
8. How is Mai feeling? How do you know?
Mai is feeling happy. She used the words such as “fantastic”, “perfect”, “amazing”, “too beautiful for words”.
4. Where is Mai staying?
Mai is staying in a hotel
7. What will she do tomorrow?
She will cycle to discover the city.
5. What has she done so far?
She has visited the Royal Palace and had ‘fika’ in a café in the Old Town.
6. What do you think “fika” means?
It means a leisure break when one drinks tea/coffee
Read 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 sentences used for postcards, near the closing
g. What you will do next?
h. An overall feeling about the place
i. Date
(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! Sweden 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!
(1) September 6th
Date
To : (9) Grandpa and grandma Vu
1234 Hai Ba Trung str. Hoan Kiem, Ha Noi, Viet Nam
(2) Dear Grandpa and Grandma
(8) Love,
Hanh Mai
Opening
e.Closing
a. Address of the person/people who get the postcard.
b.Weather/hotel/
Food.
d. What you have seen or done.
f. A very popular sentence used for postcards, near the closing.
g. What you will do next.
h. An overall feeling about the place.
SPEAKING
Tell your friends about a city that you have just arrived

When?
Who/with?
What/done?
How/feeling?
UNIT 9. CITIES OF THE WORLD
SKILLS 1
Warm up (10 mins)
Reading (15 mins)
III. Speaking (15 mins)
IV. Homework (5 mins)
Do exercise 4, 5 p.33
Learn by heart new words