*Trịnh Thị Mai Dung * Quang Trung secondary school
*UNIT 2: CITY LIFE *Lesson 1: Getting started
*Match the picture with the correct name.
*Sydney Opera House Sydney Harbour Royal Botanical Gardens *Harbour Bridge Bondi Beach Royal National Park
*Bondi Beach
*Royal Natioanal Park
*Sydney Harbour
*Harbour Bridge
*Sydney Opera House
*Royal Botanical Gardens
*Natural features
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*Man-made features
*Bondi Beach – Sydney Harbour – Royal National Park
*Sydney Harbour House – Harbour – Royal National Gardens
*Answer the following questions.
*1. What can you see in the picture?
*2. Do you know these two boys?
*3. Where are they now?
*4. What are they talking about?
*_Duong: _Hey, Paul! Over here! _Paul: _Hi, Duong! How's it going? Getting over the jet lag? _Duong: _Yes, I slept pretty well last night. Hey, thanks so much for showing me around today. _Paul: _No worries, it'll be good fun. _Duong: _So, are you from around here? _Paul: _Me? Yes, I was born and grew up here. Sydney's my hometown. _Duong:_ It's fabulous. Is it an ancient city? _Paul:_ No, it's not very old, but it's Australia's biggest city, and the history of our country began here. _Duong: _Wow! So what are the greatest attractions in Sydney? _Paul: _Well, its natural features include Sydney Harbour, the Royal National Park, and Bondi Beach. Man-made attractions such as the Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney Opera House, and the Harbour Bridge are also well known to visitors. *_Duong: _What about transport? _Paul: _Public transport here is convenient and reliable: you can go by bus, by train, or light rail. Taxis are more expensive, of course. *_Duong: _And is Sydney good for shopping? _Paul: _Of course! You know, Sydney's a metropolitan and multicultural city, so we have a great variety of things and foods from different countries. I'll take you to Paddington Market later, if you like. _Duong: _Wonderful. What about education? Are there many universities? _Paul: _Sydney has five big universities and some smaller ones. The oldest of them was set up in 1850, I believe. _Duong: _Oh, it sounds like a good place to get higher education. I like this town!
*1. It is Duong\'s first _________ to Sydney. 2. In Paul\'s opinion, Sydney is not _________ an city. 3. Sydney Harbour is a _________ attraction of Sydney. 4. The shopping is good because of the _________ of things. 5. Duong thinks Sydney may be a good place to _________.
*a. Complete the sentences with information from the conversation.
*visit
*ancient
*natural
*variety
*study
*b. Find the word in the conversation to match these definitions.
*1. tiredness from traveling across different tome zones
*2. an attraction
*3. that can be trusted
*4. belonging to a very large city
*5. including people of different races, religons, languages, and traditions
*jet lag
*a feature
*reliable
*metropolitan
*multicultural
*c. Answer the questions.
*Where did Paul grow up? * 2. What is the biggest city in Australia? * 3. How is the public transport in Sydney? * 4. Why is,there a great variety of things and foods in Sydney? * 5. When was the first university built in Sydney?
*- He grew up in Sydney.
*- Sydney is.
*- It is convenient and reliable.
*- Because it is a metropolitan and multicultural city.
*- In 1850.
*d. Think of other ways to say these expressions from the conversation.
*1. "How\'s it going?” 2. "Getting over the jet lag? 3. "I slept pretty well" 4. "No worries"
*4. No problem/ Never mind
*1. How are you?
* 2. Recovering from the jet lag?
* 3. I slept quite well"
*2. Replace the word(s) in italics with one of the words from the box.
*1. There is not a lot of _world _news in this newspaper. 2. I do my shopping in the _neighbourhood _shops, not in the town centre. 3. At weekends the city centre is always _packed _with people. 4. My friend's family has just moved to a _nearby _town. 5. There is far too much pollution nowadays in _city _areas.
*international
*local
*crowded
*neighbouring
*urban
*crowded – international – local – urban – neighbouring
*3. Work in pairs to do the quiz.
*1. Which city is the oldest? *Ha Noi B. Hue C. Can Tho *2. Which city is in Oceania? *Baghdad B. Amsterdam C. Canberra *3. Which city is the best-known city in North America? *Chicago B. Vancouver C. New York *4. Which city is in Africa? *Luanda B. Athens C. Buenos Aires *5. Which city has the World Heritage status? *Bac Giang B. Vinh C. Hoi An *6. Which is a capital city? *A. Rio B. Moscow C. Osaka
*CITY QUIZ