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Unit 9
Post office
( Listening)
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Does your family have the phone ?
What is your phone number ?
Does any member of your family have a cell phone ?
UNIT 9 : THE POST OFFICE
PART C: LISTENING
WARMER
answer the following questions
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BEFORE YOU LISTEN
VOCABULARY
1.commune(n)
2.rural network(n)
3.capacity(n)
4.subsciber(n):
a person who pays a fixed sum of money every month for the telephone service
5.upgrade (v) :
develop (v)
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BEFORE YOU LISTEN
VOCABULARY
FILL IN EACH GAP WITH THE CORRECT WORD
DEVELOPED – SUBSCRIBERS- DIGITS –GROWTH-MONTHLY FEES
Over the past few years , Vietnam has quickly …………………………. its telephone system .
Since 2000 , Vietnam has reduced the prices of …………………….for fixed and mobile telephones .
Vietnam ranks second only to China for ………………… ……in the number of telephone ………………………
In 1996 the fixed telephone numbers were changed from six to seven …………………..in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City .
developed
monthly fees
growth
subscribers
digits
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WHILE YOU LISTEN
You will hear some information about the development of Vietnam’s telephone system over the past few years . Listen and do the tasks that follow .
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Task1:
1/ According to the passage, Vietnam ranks
______ for growth in the number of
telephone subscribers?
A. 6th B.2nd C. 30th D. 8th
2/ Vietnam is among the ______countries in
the world that have more than two million
telephones.
A. 6 B. 140 C. 13 D. 30
3/ In 1996, Vietnam began upgrading its ______ networks.
A. mobile phone C. fixed telephone
B. subscriber D. post office

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4/ According to the passage, at present, _____
percent of communes across Vietnam have
telephone services.
A. 90 B. 80 C. 14 D. 93
5/Which aspect of development in VN’s
telecommunication is not mentioned in the
listening passage?
A. The increase in the number of telephone
B. The growth in the capacity of the mobile
phone system
C. The change of the international telephone
system
D. The reduction in monthly telephone fee.
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Task 2: Questions:
1/ According to the passage, which country
has the highest growth in the number of
telephone subscribers?
2/ How many telephones were there in Vietnam
in the early 1990s?
3/ How were the fixed telephone numbers
changed in 1996?


4/ When did the change of mobile telephone
numbers take place?
5/ According to the passage, how many
communal post offices are there in Vietnam?

(China)
(140,000)

(from 6 to 7 digits in HN &
HCMC as well as 5 to 6 digits
in other provinces)

( in 2001)

(6,014)

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AFTER YOU LISTEN
Summarise the main ideas of the listening passage . Your summary should have the following points .
Vietnam’s rapid growth in telephone numbers .
The addition of digits to existing telephone numbers to meet the increasing demands .
The reduction in monthly telephonen fees .
The expansion of the telephone networks to Vietnam’s rural areas .
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