Unit 2

Lesson 6: Skills 2

Write the drawbacks of your city.

Traffic jam
…………

………..

Drawbacks of
city

………….

…………..

…………

I. LISTENING
1. Does your city, or the one nearest to,
have any of these drawback?
- Urban sprawl

đô thị hóa

- Air pollution

ô nhiễm không khí
tiếng ồn

- noise
- Bad weather
- High cost of living
- crime
- Traffic jams
- overcrowding

thời tiết xấu
mức sinh hoạt đắt đỏ
tội phạm
tắc đường
quá đông đúc

I. LISTENING
1. Does your city, or the one nearest to,
have any of these drawback?
- Yes, my city (Pleiku) has all of the drawbacks.

2. Listen and write the missing word
in each gap. 
cities
1. “Some -----------------------have problem with
population crime, or bad weather- here we have traffic
jam”
office
2. Before going to the -----------------------, she has to take
her children to school.
traffic
3. In the evening the ------------------------ is even worse
4. Now so many people have a car, and there aren't enough
roads
-----------------------in the city

3. Listen again and choose the correct answer.
1. What is the most serious in Bangkok?
A. pollution
B. bad weather
C. traffic jam
2. How does Suzan go to work?
A. By car
B. by sky train
C.by metro
3. How long does it take Suzan to go to work everyday?
A. Two hours
B. five hours
C. half an hour
4. In the evening the traffic is -----------A. better
B. worse
C. the same
5. Why is traffic so bad in Bangkok?
A. People move around by boat
B. There aren't enough roads
C. There isn't a sky train or metro

4. Read the paragraph and complete
the outline below
Living in a city has a number of
drawbacks. Firstly, there is the problem of
traffic jams and traffic accidents. The
increase in population and the increasing
number of vehicles have caused many
accidents to happen every day. Secondly,
pollution negatively affects people's
health, and it also has a bad influence on
the environment More and more city
dwellers suffer from coughing or
breathing problems. Thirdly, the city is
noisy, even at night. Noise pollution
comes from the traffic and from
construction sites. Buildings are always
being knocked down and rebuilt. These
factors contribute to making city life more
difficult for its residents.

Topic sentence:
-Living in a city has a
  number of drawbacks
Problem 1:
-There is the problem of traffic
 
jams and traffic accidents.
Problem 2:
-Air pollution negatively affects
 
people's health, and it also has a
bad influence on the environment.
Problem 3: -The city is noisy.
Conclusion: 
 -These factors contribute to
making city life more
difficult for its residents

5. Choose one item from the list in 1. Make an
outline, and the write a paragraph on one of the
topics

Suggestion:

There are a lot of disadvantages of living in a big city, air pollution is among the
most serious problems.
Firstly,
air pollution comes from the factories in the city. Big cities attract a lot of both
inside and outside investments, so the number of factories is increasing quickly.
This makes the air extremely polluted by smoke from factories.

Secondly,
that there are too many transportation means also makes this problem worse.
Exhaust from cars, motorbike is one of the factors that make the air polluted.
Finally
the city is noisy. Noise pollution come from machines, vehicles, industrial
factories. It may affect the mind, health and behavior. It may cause physically
discomfort and temporary or permanent damage to hearing. It causes headache
and irritability. It may cause deafness, stress and high-blood pressure
To conclude
air pollution, which contributes to making more and more people get many serious
diseases, such as lung cancer, tuberculosis and so on, is a big drawback of city life.

Suggestion:

There are a lot of disadvantages of living in a big city, air pollution is
among the most serious problems.
Firstly,

public services such as health service, postal service cost a lot. This is
because the development of big cites is faster and faster, these big cities
become big economic centers of country.

Secondly,

price of food in big city is also much higher than in other area.
Vegetables and fruits, which are really cheap in the villages, cost a lot
in the urban area. This makes it difficult for people to consume healthy
food.
To conclude

it is not easy to live in a big city, especially for the poor and workers
because they have to pay too much for public services while their salary
is too low..

- Learn the new words by heart. ​
- Write a paragraph about the
disadvantages/drawbacks of city life.
- Do exercises E1, 2 in workbook (page 15)​
- Prepare for Unit 2: Looking back (New
words, grammar)​