UNIT 9:
THE POST OFFICE

LISTENING
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CROSSWORDS
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- The class is divided into two groups (A & B)
- Each group takes turns to choose the across words (16). You will get 10 marks if you find the correct answer.
One, two or three red letters from the key word will appear in each across word.
- 9 red letters of the key word are arranged in disorder. The group that can guess the key word correctly will get a special gift.
Rules
They are ________ . (7 letters)
numbers
Vietnamese students have to pay school ___ when they go to school. (3 letters)
fee
People often go to the ____ ____ to post letters. (10 letters)
post office
This library is open to everyone. It is a _____ library. (6 letters)
public
This is a _______house. (6 letters)
mobile
They are learning Information _________. (10 letters)
Technology
Vocabulary:
subscriber (n):
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rank (v):
network (n):
upgrade (v):
digit (n):
commune (n):
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someone who subscribes to a product, a service or an organization
người đăng ký thuê bao
mạng lưới
xếp hạng
to improve the quality or usefulness of something, such as a machine or a computer program
nâng cấp
chữ số
xã
communal (adj)
A. Pre-Listening:
New words & difficult words
Commune (n) xã
Communal growth: sự phát triển công cộng
Digit subscriber:
Rural network: mạng lưới nông thôn
Capacity (n):
- rank second only to:
- fixed telephone network:
- upgrade (v): nâng cấp
- reduce the price of…:
- monthly fee:
Let`s play a game
B. While-Listening:
Congratulation
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Lucky number
A. 6th.
B. 2nd.
C. 30th.
D. 8th.
1. According to the passage, Vietnam ranks
______ for growth in the number of
telephone subscribers?

A. 6.
B. 140.
C. 13.
D. 30
2.Vietnam is among the ________ countries in
the world that have more than two million
telephones.

A. mobile phone.
B. subscriber.
C. fixed telephone.
D. post office.

3. In 1996, Vietnam began upgrading its ______
networks.

A. 90.
B. 80.
C. 14.
D. 93
4. According to the passage, at present, ______
percent of communes across Vietnam have
telephone services.

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.
5. Which aspect of development in VN’s
telecommunication is not mentioned in the
listening passage?

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)

Congratulation!
Congratulation!
Vietnam telephone system
by adding one digit in telephone system in ______.
quickly _________ and ranks 2nd to China.
In the ______, Vietnam will expand the telephone.
Mobile phones were introduced and ____________.
Work in groups
developed
1996
upgraded
future
Group Work. Summarize the main ideas of the listening passage with some points:
C. Post-Listening:
- Vietnam’s rapid growth in telephone
numbers
- The addition of digits to existing telephone
numbers to meet the increasing demands.
- The reduction in monthly telephone fees
- The expansion of the telephone networks to
Vietnam’s rural areas.
Homework:

Learn by heart the new words.
3. Write all answer into notebooks.
4. Prepare for the new lesson (Unit9: Writing).


Thank for your observing and see you again
Good health and success to all of you
ranks
Rank
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This is an Internet ________.
network
digits
The number has seven _______.
My phone number is
I live in Dong Ha City. What about you?
I live in Gio viet __________.
commune
Consolidation
1. subscriber (n):
2. rank (n):
3. network (n):
4. upgrade (v):
5. digit (n):
6. commune (n):
xã
xếp hạng
mạng lưới
nâng cấp
chữ số
người đăng ký thuê bao