Bài giảng Tiếng Anh 9 - Unit 2: City life, Lesson 6 - Trường THCS Thái Sơn

 UNIT 2: CITY LIFE
Lesson 6: Skills 2 p.23 Write the drawbacks of your city. 
 Traffic jam
 Pollution
 Drawbacks of 
.. ..noise
 city
 . Over crowding I. LISTENING
 2. Listen and write the missing word 
 in each gap.
1. “Some ------------------------cities have problem with 
 population crime, or bad weather- here we have traffic 
 jam”
2. Before going to the ------------------------office , she has to take 
her children to school.
 traffic
3. In the evening the ------------------------ is even worse
4. Now so many people have a car, and there aren’t enough 
------------------------roads in the city 3. Listen again and choose the correct answer.
1. What is the most serious in Bangkok?
A. pollution B. bad weather C. traffic jam
2. How does Suzan go to work?
A. By car B. by sky train C.by metro
3. How long does it take Suzan to go to work everyday?
A. Two hours B. five hours C. half an hour
4. In the evening the traffic is ------------
A. better B. worse C. the same
5. Why is traffic so bad in Bangkok?
A. People move around by boat 
B. There aren’t enough roads 
C. There isn’t a sky train or metro 4. Read the paragraph and complete 
 the outline below
Living in a city has a number of Topic sentence:
 -Living in a city has a
drawbacks. Firstly, there is the problem of
traffic jams and traffic accidents. The number of drawbacks
 Problem 1:
increase in population and the increasing -There is the problem of traffic
number of vehicles have caused many
 jams and traffic accidents.
accidents to happen every day. Secondly, Problem 2:
pollution negatively affects people’s -Air pollution negatively affects 
health, and it also has a bad influence on people’s health, and it also has a 
the environment More and more city bad influence on the environment.
dwellers suffer from coughing or breathing
 Problem 3:
problems. Thirdly, the city is noisy, even at -The city is noisy.
night. Noise pollution comes from the Conclusion:
traffic and from construction sites. -These factors contribute to
Buildings are always being knocked down making city life more
and rebuilt. These factors contribute to difficult for its residents
making city life more difficult for its
residents. 5. Choose one item from the list in 1. Make an
outline, and the write a paragraph on one of the
topics Suggestion:
There are a lot of disadvantages of living in a big city, air pollution is among 
the most serious problems. 
Firstly, air pollution comes from the factories in the city. Big cities attract a lot 
of both inside and outside investments, so the number of factories is increasing 
quickly. This makes the air extremely polluted by smoke from factories. 
Secondly, that there are too many transportation means also makes this 
problem worse. Exhaust from cars, motorbike is one of the factors that make 
the air polluted. 
Finally, the city is noisy. Noise pollution come from machines, vehicles, 
industrial factories. It may affect the mind, health and behavior. It may cause 
physically discomfort and temporary or permanent damage to hearing. It 
causes headache and irritability. It may cause deafness, stress and high-blood 
pressure
To conclude, air pollution, which contributes to making more and more people 
get many serious diseases, such as lung cancer, tuberculosis and so on, is a big 
drawback of city life. - Do EX in part D p.27-28 in MLH’s 
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