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UNIT 1: LOCAL
COMMUNITY
GETTING STARTED. P8-9

What place
is it?
LOCAL
COMMUNITY
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Thursday, July 17
, 2025
UNIT 1: LOCAL
COMMUNITY
GETTING
STARTED. P8-9

1 LISTEN AND READ

Vocabulary
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Vocabulary

suburb (n):
/ˈsʌbɜːb/
vùng ngoại ô

Vocabulary

facility (n):
/fəˈsɪlɪti/
cơ sở vật chất

Vocabulary

shopping mall (n)
/'ʃɔpiη mɔ:l/
trung tâm mua
sắm

Vocabulary

craft village (n)
/kra:ft ˈvɪlɪdʒ/
làng nghề thủ
công

Vocabulary

look for (v)
/luk fɔ:/
tìm kiếm

Vocabulary

get on with (v)
/get ɔn wið/
có quan hệ tốt
với

Thursday, July 17, 2025
UNIT 1: LOCAL COMMUNITY
GETTING STARTED. P8-9

Vocabulary

1. suburb (n): ngoại ô, ngoại thành
2. facility (n): cơ sở vật chất
3. shopping mall (n): trung tâm mua
sắm
4. craft village (n): làng nghề thủ công
5. look for (v): tìm kiếm

I really love where I live now.

Questions:
1. What do you see in each picture?
2. What would life in the place in the pictures be like?

I really love where I live now.

1 Listen and read.
Ann: Hi, Mi. Long time no see. How're Mi: It has all the things we need:
shopping malls, parks, and hospitals.
you doing?
Mi: I'm fine, thanks. By the way, we And there's a craft village near our
moved to a new house in a suburb last
house.
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July 17
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, 2025
UNIT 1:
LOCAL
Ann:
Great!
How're
your
new
month.
COMMUNITY
GETTING
neighbours?
Ann:
3 Oh, that's why I haven't seen you
STARTED. P8-9
Mi: They're nice. Last Sunday when I
in the Reading Club very often.
4 Yes. We're still busy moving in, you was looking for the way to the bus
Mi:
station, a lady came and showed me
know.
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the way. I think we will get on with
Ann: How's your new neighbourhood?
Mi: It's much bigger than our old one. them.
The streets are wider, and there are Ann: That reminds me of the time our
family moved to Viet Nam. We didn't
fewer people.
know where to buy stuff for our house,
Ann: What about the facilities?

2 Read the conversation again. Fill in each blank with no
more than TWO words from the conversation.

lasta month
1. Mi's family moved to a new house in
suburb

3

___________.
2. Her new neighbourhood is bigger with wider streets

and ___________.
4
3. There is a __________ near Mi's house.

5 4. Mi thinks she will get on with her new __________.

5. People in Ann's community gave
____________ on where to buy stuff.

her

family

I really love where I live now.

1 Listen and read.
Ann: Hi, Mi. Long time no see. How're
you doing?
Mi: I'm fine, thanks. By the way, we
moved to a new house in a suburb last
month.
Ann: Oh, that's why I haven't seen you
in the Reading Club very often.
Mi: Yes. We're still busy moving in, you
know.
Ann: How's your new neighbourhood?
Mi: It's much bigger than our old one.
The streets are wider, and there are
fewer people.
Ann: What about the facilities?

Mi: It has all the things we need:
shopping malls, parks, and hospitals.
And there's a craft village near our
house.
Ann:
Great!
How're
your
new
neighbours?
Mi: They're nice. Last Sunday when I
was looking for the way to the bus
station, a lady came and showed me
the way. I think we will get on with
them.
Ann: That reminds me of the time our
family moved to Viet Nam. We didn't
know where to buy stuff for our house,

2 Read the conversation again. Fill in each blank with no
more than TWO words from the conversation.

lasta month
1. Mi's family moved to a new house in
suburb
___________.
fewer
people
2. Her
new
neighbourhood is bigger with wider streets
and ___________.
3. There is a __________ near Mi's house.
4. Mi thinks she will get on with her new __________.
5. People in Ann's community gave her family
____________ on where to buy stuff.

I really love where I live now.

1 Listen and read.
Ann: Hi, Mi. Long time no see. How're
you doing?
Mi: I'm fine, thanks. By the way, we
moved to a new house in a suburb last
month.
Ann: Oh, that's why I haven't seen you
in the Reading Club very often.
Mi: Yes. We're still busy moving in, you
know.
Ann: How's your new neighbourhood?
Mi: It's much bigger than our old one.
The streets are wider, and there are
fewer people.
Ann: What about the facilities?

Mi: It has all the things we need:
shopping malls, parks, and hospitals.
And there's a craft village near our
house.
Ann:
Great!
How're
your
new
neighbours?
Mi: They're nice. Last Sunday when I
was looking for the way to the bus
station, a lady came and showed me
the way. I think we will get on with
them.
Ann: That reminds me of the time our
family moved to Viet Nam. We didn't
know where to buy stuff for our house,

2 Read the conversation again. Fill in each blank with no
more than TWO words from the conversation.

lasta month
1. Mi's family moved to a new house in
suburb
___________.
fewer
people
2. Her
new
neighbourhood is bigger with wider streets
craft village
and ___________.
3. There is a __________ near Mi's house.
4. Mi thinks she will get on with her new __________.
5. People in Ann's community gave her family
____________ on where to buy stuff.

I really love where I live now.

1 Listen and read.
Ann: Hi, Mi. Long time no see. How're
you doing?
Mi: I'm fine, thanks. By the way, we
moved to a new house in a suburb last
month.
Ann: Oh, that's why I haven't seen you
in the Reading Club very often.
Mi: Yes. We're still busy moving in, you
know.
Ann: How's your new neighbourhood?
Mi: It's much bigger than our old one.
The streets are wider, and there are
fewer people.
Ann: What about the facilities?

Mi: It has all the things we need:
shopping malls, parks, and hospitals.
And there's a craft village near our
house.
Ann:
Great!
How're
your
new
neighbours?
Mi: They're nice. Last Sunday when I
was looking for the way to the bus
station, a lady came and showed me
the way. I think we will get on with
them.
Ann: That reminds me of the time our
family moved to Viet Nam. We didn't
know where to buy stuff for our house,

2 Read the conversation again. Fill in each blank with no
more than TWO words from the conversation.

lasta month
1. Mi's family moved to a new house in
suburb
___________.
fewer
people
2. Her
new
neighbourhood is bigger with wider streets
craft village
and ___________.
neighbours
3. There is a __________ near Mi's house.
4. Mi thinks she will get on with her new __________.
5. People in Ann's community gave her family
____________ on where to buy stuff.

I really love where I live now.

1 Listen and read.
Ann: Hi, Mi. Long time no see. How're
you doing?
Mi: I'm fine, thanks. By the way, we
moved to a new house in a suburb last
month.
Ann: Oh, that's why I haven't seen you
in the Reading Club very often.
Mi: Yes. We're still busy moving in, you
know.
Ann: How's your new neighbourhood?
Mi: It's much bigger than our old one.
The streets are wider, and there are
fewer people.
Ann: What about the facilities?

Mi: It has all the things we need:
shopping malls, parks, and hospitals.
And there's a craft village near our
house.
Ann:
Great!
How're
your
new
neighbours?
Mi: They're nice. Last Sunday when I
was looking for the way to the bus
station, a lady came and showed me
the way. I think we will get on with
them.
Ann: That reminds me of the time our
family moved to Viet Nam. We didn't
know where to buy stuff for our house,

2 Read the conversation again. Fill in each blank with no
more than TWO words from the conversation.

lasta month
1. Mi's family moved to a new house in
suburb
___________.
fewer
people
2. Her
new
neighbourhood is bigger with wider streets
craft village
and ___________.
neighbours
3. There is a __________ near Mi's house.
useful
4. Mi thinks she will get on with her new __________.
advices
5. People in Ann's community gave
her family
____________ on where to buy stuff.

I really love where I live now.

1 Listen and read.
Ann: Hi, Mi. Long time no see. How're
you doing?
Mi: I'm fine, thanks. By the way, we
moved to a new house in a suburb last
month.
Ann: Oh, that's why I haven't seen you
in the Reading Club very often.
Mi: Yes. We're still busy moving in, you
know.
Ann: How's your new neighbourhood?
Mi: It's much bigger than our old one.
The streets are wider, and there are
fewer people.
Ann: What about the facilities?

Mi: It has all the things we need:
shopping malls, parks, and hospitals.
And there's a craft village near our
house.
Ann:
Great!
How're
your
new
neighbours?
Mi: They're nice. Last Sunday when I
was looking for the way to the bus
station, a lady came and showed me
the way. I think we will get on with
them.
Ann: That reminds me of the time our
family moved to Viet Nam. We didn't
know where to buy stuff for our house,

2 Read the conversation again. Fill in each blank with no
more than TWO words from the conversation.

lasta month
1. Mi's family moved to a new house in
suburb
___________.
fewer
people
2. Her
new
neighbourhood is bigger with wider streets
3
craft village
and ___________.
4
neighbours
3. There is a __________ near Mi's house.
5 4. Mi thinks she will get on with her new __________.
useful

advices
5. People in Ann's community gave
her family
____________ on where to buy stuff.

3 Match each word or phrase with its
definition.

1. suburb

2. facilities
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5

3. community

d a. the people living in a particular
area
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b. to make somebody remember or
think
about
somebody
or
a
something
c c. to have a good relationship with
b

4. get on with

somebody

d. an area outside the centre of a
city nhỡ
nhắc

4 Complete each sentence with a word or phrase
from 3.

1. They don't live in the city centre but in suburb
a ________ of
Ha Noi.
2. I love our new neighbourhood because get
we on
__________
with
the people here.

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facilitie
3. There are enough sports
_________ for people of all
ages in our local park. s
of a place, an occasion,
4. Souvenirs remind
_______ people _____
or a holiday.
communityencourages us to protect the
5. The local __________
environment and keep our neighbourhood clean.

5 QUIZ: What is the place?

Do the following quiz.
Stadiu
1. People watch sports
there.
20 such as football
m
Hospita
2. People go there for health check-ups.
l
3. Parents take their children there so that they can
Schoo
Park
have fun.
l Museu
4. Children learn to read and write there.m
5. Visitors see objects from the past there.

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3

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5

6

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What have you learnt today?

Mi's new neighbourhood.
the lexical items related to the topic Local
community
1.
suburb (n): ngoại ô, ngoại thành
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.

facility (n): cơ sở vật chất
shopping mall (n): trung tâm mua sắm
craft village (n): làng nghề thủ công
look for (v): tìm kiếm
get on with (v): có quan hệ tốt với
remind … of: nhắc nhỡ
stadium; hospital; museum…

. Homework:
- Read again the conversation on page 8.
- Do more exercises in workbook.
- Prepare new lesson: Lesson 2: A CLOSER LOOK 1. P10

PROJECT

Work in groups.
1 Interview some students from your class or from other
classes about the changes they want to make in their
community. Use the questions below.

PROJECT
Work in groups.
1 Interview some students from your class or from other
classes about the changes they want to make in their
community. Use the questions below.

1. Where do you live?
2. What is good about your
community?
3. What is not good about your
community?
4. What changes do you want to make
to improve your community?

PROJECT
Work in groups.
2 Collect the answers. Use the table below.

Student

Question Question Question Question
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2
3
4

2. What is good about your
community?
3. What is not good about your 4. What changes do you want to
community?
make to improve your
1. Where do you live?