UNIT 4: MY NEIGHBOURHOOD
Period 26: A closer look 1
New words:
The air is:
dirty
dangerous
polluted
(a)
Easy
Not take much time
Convenient (a)
I. New words:
Hẹp, chật hẹp
6.narrow (adj):
Thanh bình, yên bình
5.peaceful (adj):
Buồn chán, tẻ nhạt
4.boring (adj):
Tuyệt vời, xuất sắc
Tiện lợi, thuận tiện
2.convenient (adj):
Ô nhiễm
1.polluted (adj):
3.fantastic (adj):
= Wonderful
Check vocabulary
= Wonderful
narrow
Fantastic
peaceful
Boring
convenient
n......... B. c…………. C. h……
D. b……. E. f……….. F. n….. J. p……
1. Cua Lo is a ..…………........ beach.
A. narrow
B. convenient
C. historic
E. fantastic
J. polluted
F. noisy
D. boring
2. I love it here-everything I want to is only five minutes away. It is so ………………..
3. Life in the countryside is ………....... There aren’t anything to do here.
4. The air in the area is …………...... with smoke from factories.
5. Hoi An is a …………. ......city with a lot of old houses, shops, buildings and theatres, etc.
6. The street is very …………… .....with a lot of traffic so we can’t move fast.
7. Now there are many new shops near here so the streets are busy and ………. during the day.
fantastic
convenient
boring
polluted
historic
narrow
noisy
Fill in each blank with one word from the box. Listen, check and repeat the words.
The country
The city
quiet
noisy
old
new
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OPPOSITES
WATCH OUT!
Sometimes words can have two or more opposite: noisy - quite/ peaceful.
Sometimes words don’t have a perfect opposite: polluted
a.wide
b.inconvenient
e.modern
c.exciting
d.terrible
f.peaceful
g.quiet
2. Match the adjectives with their opposites
unpolluted
Example:
A: Is your neighbourhood historic ?
B: No, it isn’t.
A: Is it noisy ?
B: Yes, it is
1. noisy/No ; quiet/ Yes
2. narrow/No ; wide/ Yes
3. terrible/ No ; modern/ Yes
4. boring/ No ; fantastic/ Yes
3. Work in pairs. Ask and answer questions about your neighbourhood. Use the words in 1 and 2 to help you.
I. Vocabulary:
4. Listen and repeat the words. Pay attention to the sound /i:/ and /I/
exciting cheap historic sleepy expensive
convenient peaceful police noisy friendly
Now, in pairs put the words in the correct column:
friendly
police
noisy
peaceful
expensive
convenient
exciting
sleepy
historic
cheap
/I/
/i:/
I. Vocabulary:
Ii. PRONUNCIATION:
Listen and circle the words you hear
1. Tommy is living / leaving there.
2. Shall we hit / heat the oil first ?
3. This airplane sits / seats 100 people.
4. There’s a ship / sheep over there.
5. Jimmy is finding some tins / teens now.
6. Peter bought a mill / meal last week.
7. Some Tims / teams are coming in.
8. It’s a fish and chip / cheap shop.
6. Listen and practice with the chant
My city is very busy
There are lots of buildings growing
The people here are funny
It’s a lovely place to live in.
My village is very pretty.
There are lots of places to see.
The people here are friendly.
It’s a fantastic place to be.
Homework:
- Learn by heart the new words
- Practice the sounds: /i:/ and /I/ and find more words with the sounds above