Good afternoon
everybody
Welcome to
our class
Finding the picture:
Students work into groups: A and B
The groups choose the numbers then answer the questions/ filling the gaps to open the numbers.
The group that find the content of the picture first will win.
Each number has information about the picture
The group that has wrong answer, other group will replace.
Students have 10 seconds to think
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This is New York city
Lesson 15: cities
Number 1: Ho Chi Minh city is the .........center of Vietnam.
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Economic/commercial
Number 2: The high building is called ............
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Sky-scraper
Number 3: This is the richest country that is in
North America
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United states
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Number 4: What is its name?
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Statue of
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B. The United Nations Headquarters
D. Central Park
C. Times Square
The Empire State Building
Match the names to the pictures
The Empire State Building
B. The United Nations Headquarters
C. Times Square
D. Central Park
I- Vocabulary:
to mingle: Ice-free:
Metropolitan region: to found:
to take over: unusual:
Exercise: Complete the following sentences:
China is the country that ........... our country more than
1000 years.
2. Vietnam is an ............. country because of the hot weather.
3. English is .............from 3 languages.
4. Ho Chi Minh city is the ...................of Vietnam
5. Our school has been............... for 10 years.
6. In China they learn English in an ........way. They always
shout when they see a new word
Keys: 1. took over 2. ice-free 3. mingled
4. metropolitan 5. founded 6. unusual
Read in silence following the tape:
Do the tasks below
Task 1: Match A with its definition in B










Task 2: Decide whether the statements are true (T) or false (F)
1. New York is the name of both a state and a city

2. New York Habour has a lot of ice in winter

3. New York is on two rivers

4. The United Nations Building is in New York

5. New York belonged to the Dutch when it was
founded
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Task 3: Answer the questions:
1. Where is New York city?
2. What is its population?
3. Why was New York originally called New
Amsterdam?
4. What makes New York an unusual city?
5. What places in New York are visitor attracted to?
It`s in the Southeastern part of New York State.
It has a population of more than seven million in the city and 19 million in the whole metropolitan region.
New York was originally called New Amsterdam because it was founded by the Dutch.
It is the home of the United Nations and the centre of global finance, communication and business, which make it an unusual city.
Visitor are attracted to places in New York, such as the Statue of Liberty, the Empire State Building, Wall street and Broadway theatre district.
Read the text again then fill in the chart with some information about New York
1. New York
2. 26 million
3. The Hudson and the Passaic
4. 946 square kilometer
5. Dutch/ 1624
6. Fort /New Amsterdam
7. New York
8.The home of the United Nations
The centre of global finance/
communication/ business
9.The Statue of Liberty
The Empire State Building
Wall street
Broadway theatre district
Work in groups of four: Say the main ideas of the text basing on the summary