UNIT 4: MY NEIGHBOURHOOD
Lesson 1: Getting started

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Warm-up: Chitchatting

1.Do you know where it is?
2. Have you ever been to Hoi An?
3. Do you remember anything special in Hoi An?

UNIT 4: MY NEIGHBOURHOOD
Lesson 1: Getting started
– Lost in the old town!

1. New words:
- excited about (adj) phấn khích về… /ekˈsaīdid əˈbout/
- cross the road (v) đi qua/ băng qua đường
- famous (adj) nổi tiếng /ˈfeiməs/
- turn left (v) rẽ trái /tərn left/
- turn right rẽ phải /tərn raīt/
- to be/ get lost (v) bị lạc
- go straight (v) đi thẳng /ɡō streit/
- neighbourhood (n): vùng lân cận /ˈneibərˌhəd/

* Vocabulary:
- Cross the road = băng qua đường
- Turn right / left
= rẽ phải / trái
= đi thẳng
- Go / keep straight

- neighbourhood (n):
- to be/get lost:

vùng lân cận
bị lạc

Listen and read.

Lost in the old town!

1. What are Nick, Phong and Khang doing?
2. Where are they? 
3. What might be happening to them?
4. Have you ever got lost?
5. How did you feel? What did you do?

Lost in the old town!
Phong: Wow! We're in Hoi An. I'm so excited.
Nick: Me too. It's so beautiful. Where shall we go
first?
Khang: Let's go to Chua Cau.
Phong: Well, but Tan Ky house is nearer. Shall we go
there first?
Nick & Khang: OK, sure.
Phong: First, cross the road, and then turn left.
Nick: Fine, let's go.
Phong: Wait.
Khang: What's up, Phong?
Phong: I think we're lost.
Nick: Look, there's a girl. Let's ask her.

Phong: Excuse me? Can you tell us the
way to Tan Ky House?
Girl: Sure. Go straight. Take the second
turning on the left, and then turn right.
Phong, Nick & Khang: Thank you.

Find in the conversation the sentences used to make suggestions.

Example: Let's go to Chua Cau.
Phong: Wow! We're in Hoi An. I'm so excited.
Nick: Me too. It's so beautiful. Where shall we go first?
Khang: Let's go to Chua Cau.
Phong: Well, but Tan Ky house is nearer. Shall we go
there first?
Nick & Khang: OK, sure.
Phong: Excuse me? Can you tell us the
Phong: First, cross the road, and then turn left.
way to Tan Ky House?
Nick: Fine, let's go.
Girl: Sure. Go straight. Take the second
Phong: Wait.
Khang: What's up, Phong?
turning on the left, and then turn right.
Phong: I think we're lost.
Phong, Nick & Khang: Thank you.
Nick: Look, there's a girl. Let's ask her.

Find in the conversation the sentences used to make suggestions.

Example: Let's go to Chua Cau.

We can use shall we and let's to make suggestions.
Chúng ta dùng shall we và Let's để đề nghị ai làm việc gì

Read the conversation again.
Put the actions in order.
a.

The girl shows them the way to Tan Ky House.

5

b.

Nick, Khang and Phong arrive in Hoi An.

1

c.

Nick, Khang and Phong decide to go to Tan Ky House.

2

d.

Nick, Khang and Phong get lost.

3

e.

Phong asks a girl how to get to Tan Ky House.

4

Find and underline the following directions in the
conversation.
A.

turn right

C.

turn left

B.

cross the road

D.

go straight

E.

take the second turning
on the left

Lost in the old town!
Phong: Wow! We're in Hoi An. I'm so excited.
Nick: Me too. It's so beautiful. Where shall we go first?
Khang: Let's go to Chua Cau.
Phong: Well, but Tan Ky house is nearer. Shall we go there
first?
Nick & Khang: OK, sure.
Phong: First, cross the road, and then turn left.
Nick: Fine, let's go.

Phong: Excuse me? Can you tell us the way to

Phong: Wait.

Tan Ky House?

Khang: What's up, Phong?

Girl: Sure. Go straight. Take the second turning

Phong: I think we're lost.

on the left, and then turn right.

Nick: Look, there's a girl. Let's ask her.

Phong, Nick & Khang: Thank you.

* Now match these directions with the diagrams below.
turn right

1

2

3
take the
second
turning on
the left

cross the road

5

turn left

4
go straight
A.

turn right

C.

turn left

B.

cross the road

D.

go straight

E.

take the second turning
on the left

Find places
Work in pairs. Give your partner directions to one of the places on the
map, and he / she tries to guess. Then swap.

Example:
A: Go straight. Take the second turning on the left.
It's on your right.
B: Is that the gym?
A: No, try again.

- Learn by heart vocabulary.
- Do the exercises again.
-Be ready for A closer Look 1