Unit 8. Country life and city life
Lesson 2. Listen and speak.
Thursday, December 10th 2009
*Telling the differences between the picture 1 and picture 2 .
Picture 1
Picture 2
Suggested answers
-bikes
-small houses
-quiet
-fresh air
-cars, motorbikes
-big houses, tall buildings
-noisy
-polluted air
Unit 8: COUNTRY LIFE AND CITY LIFE
Period 45: lesson 2 - SPEAK + LISTEN
I .SPEAK:
ADJECTIVES TO DESCRIBE
SOMETHING
beautiful
modern
busy
tall
noisy
dirty
expensive
quiet
small
taller

tall 

darker
dark 
bigger
big 
hotter
hot 
busier
busy 
easier
easy 
1- Comparative short adjectives:
ADJECTIVE + ER
Unit 8: COUNTRY LIFE AND CITY LIFE
Period 45: lesson 2 - SPEAK + LISTEN
Unit 8: COUNTRY LIFE AND CITY LIFE
Period 45: lesson 2 - SPEAK + LISTEN

beautiful 
more beautiful
expensive 
more expensive
colorful 
more colorful
2- Comparative long adjectives:
MORE + ADJECTIVE
I. SPEAK: Look at the pictures. Are they the
same or different ?
The town is becoming busier.
Form: S+ am/ is / are + V- ing
Use: used to describe changes with “ get”
and “ become”
Traffic / town – busy
Buildings – tall
City – beautiful
Streets – dirty / noisy
Food - expensive
The traffic is becoming busier.
The buildings are getting taller.
The city is becoming more beautiful.
 The streets are getting dirtier / noisier.
 The food is becoming more expensive.
Unit 8: COUNTRY LIFE AND CITY LIFE
Period 45: lesson 2 - SPEAK + LISTEN
The town is becoming busier.
+ Talking about the changes of the town:
town
Unit 8: COUNTRY LIFE AND CITY LIFE
Period 45: lesson 2 - SPEAK + LISTEN

III.DISCUSSION:
Work with a partner. Talk about changes in
your hometown.
My hometown is becoming more beautiful
II/ LISTEN
Unit 8: COUNTRY LIFE AND CITY LIFE
Period 45: lesson 2 - SPEAK + LISTEN
LAN
AUNT HANG
Aunt Hang is talking to Lan on the phone .
She is coming to visit Lan in Ha Noi
II LISTEN: Fill in the missing words.
Lan : Hello .
Aunt Hang: Hello. Is (1) _____ Lan?
Lan : Yes. Who is (2)_______?
Aunt Hang : (3) _______ Aunt Hang. How are you?
Lan : I’m fine. (4) ______ are you phoning (5) _____ ?
Aunt Hang : Hue. I’ m calling to tell you Uncle Chi and I are (6) _______ to visit you next (7) ______.
Lan : Great ! When are you (8) ___________.
Aunt Hang : On (9) ________.We’ve arriving in Ha Noi in the (10) ______(11) ___________.
Lan : OK. Do you want to (12) ______ to (13) _______ mom ?
Aunt Hang : Yes, please.
Lan: Hold on a moment and I’ll (14) ___ her
that
this
It’s
Where
from
coming
week
arriving
Thursday
late
afternoon
speak
my
get
Unit 8: COUNTRY LIFE AND CITY LIFE
Period 45: lesson 2 - SPEAK + LISTEN
II LISTEN:
Lan : Hello .
Aunt Hang : Hello. Is that Lan?
Lan : Yes. Who is this ?
Aunt Hang : It’s Aunt Hang. How are you?
Lan : I’m fine. where are you phoning from ?
Aunt Hang : Hue. I’ m calling to tell you Uncle Chi and I are coming to visit you next week.
Lan : Great ! When are you arriving?
Aunt Hang: On Thursday .We’ve arriving in Ha Noi in the late afternoon.
Lan : OK. Do you want to speak to my mom ?
Aunt Hang : Yes, please.
Lan : Hold on a moment and I’ll get her
1- Who is talking to Lan on the phone?
+ Aunt Hang is talking to Lan on the phone
2- Are Uncle Chi and lan come to visit Mrs Hang?
+ No, Uncle Chi and Aunt Hang come to visit Lan
3- When are they arriving?
+ On thursday
+ Answer the questions:
Learn the model sentence .
Do Ex 5,6 / P. 51-52
Write some sentences, using Present Progressive Tense to describe changes in their school.
Prepare : Lesson 3: READ
Good bye! See you again!
Good bye! See you again!
thank you for your attention!