Bài giảng Tiếng Anh 9 (Global Success) - Unit 2: City life, Lesson 1 - Trường THCS Thái Sơn

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Unit 2 CITY LIFE
 LESSON 1: GETTING STARTED
 How is your city? WARM-UP OPTION 1
 Answer the questions:
 1/ Can you name some big cities in Viet 
 Nam and in the world?
 THINK! 2/ Can you describe something you know 
 about these cities?
 (population, traffic, tourist attractions, .) WARM-UP OPTION 1
 Answer the questions:
 3/ Do you want to live there?
 4/ Can you describe where you live? Is it a 
 THINK!
 city or town?
 5/ Do you like living there? WARM-UP OPTION 2
 - Work in teams.
 - You have 2 minutes think about 
 City advantages and disadvantages. 
 DEBATE
 Advantages team Disadvantages team WARM-UP OPTION 2
 DEBATE TIME (2 minutes)
 Advantages team Disadvantages team PRESENTATION
 a large number of vehicles 
 close together and unable to 
 traffic jam (n) move or moving very slowly.
 /ˈtræf.ɪk ˌdʒæm/
 kẹt xe PRESENTATION
 a situation in which a place 
 is too blocked or crowded, 
congested (adj) causing difficulties.
 /kənˈdʒes.tɪd/ 
 tắc nghẽn (giao 
 thông PRESENTATION
 an area or piece of land 
 where construction work is 
construction site (n) taking place
 /kənˈstrʌkʃn saɪt/
 công trường 
 xây dựng PRESENTATION
 A railway system in which 
 electric trains travel through 
underground (n) tunnels below ground.
 /ˌʌndəˈɡraʊnd/
 hệ thống tàu 
 điện ngầm PRESENTATION
 having or causing an 
 itchy (adj) itch
 /ˈɪtʃi/
 ngứa, gây ngứa PRESENTATION
 downtown (n) 
 /ˌdaʊnˈtaʊn/ in or to the central 
 part of a city
 khu trung tâm 
 tp, thị trấn PRESENTATION
unreliable (adj) 
 not able to be 
 /ˌʌn.rɪˈlaɪə.bəl/
 trusted
 không đáng tin PRESENTATION
 grand (adj) important and large in
 /ɡrænd/ degree
 hoành tráng PRESENTATION
 pricey (adj) 
 expensive
 /ˈpraɪ.si/
 đắt đỏ PRESENTATION
 New words Pronunciation Meaning
 1. traffic jam (n) /ˈtræf.ɪk ˌdʒæm/ kẹt xe 
 tắc nghẽn (giao 
 2. congested (adj) /kənˈdʒes.tɪd/
 thông)
 công trường xây 
 3. construction site (n) /kənˈstrʌkʃn saɪt/
 dựng
 hệ thống tàu điện 
 4. underground (n) /ˌʌndəˈɡraʊnd/
 ngầm PRESENTATION
 New words Pronunciation Meaning
 khu trung tâm tp, 
 5. downtown (n) /ˌdaʊnˈtaʊn/
 thị trấn
 6. unreliable (adj) /ˌʌn.rɪˈlaɪə.bəl/ không đáng tin
 7. grand (adj) /ɡrænd/ hoành tráng
 8. pricey (adj) /ˈpraɪ.si/ đắt đỏ PRACTICE
Look at pictures on p.28
 1. What do you see in 
 each picture? 
 traffic jam / 
 traffic congestion, ..
 2. Are the things in the 
 pictures common in your 
 home town? PRACTICE
 1 Listen and read.
Trang: Hi, Ben. Sorry I couldn’t get online earlier. I got stuck in a traffic 
jam and came home late.
Ben: No problem, Trang. Did you go by bus?
Trang: No. My dad picked me up. I rarely use the bus. It’s slow and 
packed with people. 
Ben: I mostly get around by underground. It’s more reliable than the 
bus. 
Trang: That’s great. 
Ben: But traffic congestion is terrible in London. You know, the more 
crowded the city gets, the more congested the streets are. PRACTICE
 1 Listen and read.
Trang: Yeah  and the more polluted they may become. There’s a 
construction site in my neighbourhood. It’s dusty, so people easily get 
itchy eyes.
Ben: It must be noisy, too. The noise probably makes people feel 
stressed sometimes.
Trang: That’s right. But new buildings make the city look modern and 
attractive. Do you remember the grand building downtown?
Ben: Of course. How’s it now? When I left Viet Nam, they nearly 
finished it.