Bài giảng Tiếng Anh Lớp 10 - Tiết 89, Unit 15: Cities (Reading)

THE UNITED NATIONS HEADQUARTERS 
TIMES SQUARE 
CENTRAL PARK 
THE EMPIRE STATE BUILDING 
UNIT 15 
CITIES 
Warm up : 
-Stick some pictures of some large cities in the world for the students to recognize (HANOI, LONDON, PARIS, NEW YORK, SYDNEY) 
- Questions : 
1.Which city among these belongs to the USA? 
2.Have you ever been to New York? 
WHAT COUNTRY IS IT? 
WHAT IS THE MOUNTAIN WHICH SNOW COVERS ALL YEAR ROUND? 
FUJI 
JAPAN 
WHAT COUNTRY IS IT? 
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 
WHAT STATE IS THIS BUILDING LOCATED IN? 
NEW YORK STATE 
WHAT COUNTRY IS IT? 
WHAT IS THE ANIMAL WHICH SYMBOLIZES AUSTRALIA? 
KANGAROO 
AUSTRALIA 
Before you read 
Choose the best answer to complete these sentences: 
1.New York is the .......... of ............... 
a. capital/ the USA 
b. home/ the United nations 
c. state/ The USA 
d. b and a are correct 
2.The city was founded by ........... 
a. the Dutch 
b. the French 
c. the American 
d. the Asian 
3.New Yorkers are people who come from .............. 
a.Vietnam 
b.only the United States 
c.all over the US and many parts in the world 
4.It is famous for......................... 
a. its interesting places. 
b.its largest and finest habour 
c.its high buildings, art galleries and musiums 
d. all a, b, c, d 
Task 1. The words in A appear in the reading passage. Match them with their definitions in B. 
	 A B 
a. not covered with ice 
metropolitan 
 region 
b. mix with 
c. get control of 
d. city and large area 
 around it 
e. special 
5. mingle with 
4. ice-free 
3. unusual 
2. take over 
Task 2: Scan the passage in 1 minute to find the right information to fill in the table . 
City 
New York 
Location 
Area 
Population 
First name 
Founded 
Characteristics 
Places of interest 
southeastern New York State 
946 square km 
more than 7 million 
Fort Amsterdam 
1624 
hundreds of tall offices and apartment buildings 
Statue of Liberty, Empire State building, Wall Street, Broadway theatre district 
60 
30 
15 
45 
Free Pratice: Work in 2 groups. 
+ Each group will discuss to create a quiz of a certain city for the other to guess. 
Example: 
+ It is located in Central Vietnam 
+ It has many World Cultural Heritage sites. 
+It is the ancient capital of our country. 
Hue city