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English 8: Lesson 1
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Country life and City life
City
The city
The country
Words to describe the country and the city
The country
The city
- fresh air
friendly
fresh foods
beautiful views
tall buildings
noisy
traffic jam
entertainments
kinds of goods
small houses
- quiet
- polluted air
unfriendly
Lesson 1: Getting started, listen and read

Saturday, December 23rd, 2017
UNIT 8 COUNTRY LIFE AND CITY LIFE
1. Vocabulary:
peaceful (adj):
permanently (adv):
remote (adj):
medical facility (n):
accessible (adj):
thanh bình
mãi mãi, vĩnh viễn
xa xôi
cơ sở vật chất y tế
có thể tiếp cận được, có thể sử dụng được
Matching to check vocabulary
1. peaceful (adj):
2. permanently (adv)
3. remote (adj):
4. medical facility (n):
5. accessible (adj):
d. thanh bình
a. mãi mãi, vĩnh viễn
e. xa xôi
b. cơ sở vật chất y tế
c. có thể tiếp cận được,
A
B
f. lạc hậu
có thể sử dụng được
* Discuss in your groups:
Where did Na go?
How is Kim Lien`s village?
Does she want to live in Kim Lien permanently? Why?
How is the country changing?
What does Hoa want to live? Why?
2. Answer the questions:
* Time: 4`
Lucky numbers
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
b. How is Kim Lien`s village?
It is beautiful, quite and peaceful.
Congratulation!
You are so lucky!
c. Does she want to live in Kim Lien permanently?
No, because there is nothing to do.
a. Where did she go?
She went to Kim Lien village.
You are so lucky!
Congratulation!
d. How is the country changing?
- Many remote areas are getting electricity.
People can now have things like refrigerators and TV
Medical facilities are more easily accessible.
e. Does Hoa want to live there? Why?
The air is clean
Yes, because life is simple, people are friendly
You are so lucky!
Congratulation!
Hoa:Yes, but things are changing in the countryside.
Hoa:Yes, but things are changing in the countryside.
Hoa: Many remote areas are getting electricity.
Na : Such as?
Na : And TV.
People can now have things like refrigerator and...
Hoa:Yes, but things are changing in the countryside.
Hoa: Many remote areas are getting electricity.
a. Present progressive tense shows the changes:
Things in the countryside.
3. Model sentences:
b. Comparative:
are more easily accessible.
stronger.
is becoming warmer.
The weather
is becoming
Medical facilities
He is
stronger
more easily accessible.
are changing
are changing
is getting
is getting
4. Practice:
* Make sentences with present progressive tense:
a. streets/ get/ busy
b. The old men/ get/ weak
c. it/ get/ cold
The streets are getting busy.
The old men are getting weaker.
It is getting cold.
a. air/ be/ clean
b. Thao/ look/ beautiful
The air is cleaner.
Thao looks more beautiful.
c. people/ be/ friendly
People are friendlier.
* Make sentences using comparative:
Do you like living in the country or the city? Why? Why not?
Do you like living in the country or the city? Why? Why not?
The country
The city
- fresh air
friendly
fresh foods
beautiful views
tall buildings
noisy
traffic jam
entertainments
kinds of goods
small houses
- quiet
- polluted air
unfriendly
Unit 3: A trip to the countryside
- Learn by heart new words
Read and translate the dialogue
Do exercises in work book
Review comparative for the new lesson (Speak and Listen)
Homework