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Unit 15
cities
Period 1 reading
A. Aims
• Ps can get more knowledge of the city of New York.
• Enlarge their vocabulary related to city.
• Improve their reading ability.
B. Skills
• Understanding new words expressions in context.
• Passage comprehension.
• Deciding on True or False statements.
C. Time allowance
• 45 minutes
D. Aids
• Textbook and pictures
E. Procedure
Time Teacher’s activities Pupils’ activities
8’
I. Pre- reading
Introduce some pictures of some famous cities in the
world, ask Ps name them.
Do you know these places?
What are they?
Where is New York?
What do you know about the city?
Guide Ps to read the places in the pictures:
The Empire State Building
Central Park
Times Square

answer on the board. Check and correct.
Feed back.
3. Task 3
Let Ps work in pairs to read then do the task. Go
around helping them.
Ask Ps to answer individually ask the others to
correct mistakes of their partners.
Feed back.
1. T
2. F It is ice- free in all seasons.
3. T It is on the Hudson and Passaic rivers.
4. T
5. T
Work in pairs to answer the questions.
1. It is in the southern part of New York
State.
2. 7 million in the city and 19 million in the
metropolitan region.
3. Because it was found by the Dutch.
4. Because it was home of the United
Nation, the central of the global finance
communication and business.
5. The Statue of Liberty, the Empire State of
Building, Wall Street and Broadway
theatre district.
5’
III. Post- reading
Go around helping and encouraging them.
Work in groups to discuss.
2’

E. Procedure
Time Teacher’s activities Pupils’ activities
6’
I. Task 1
Guide Ps to do the task and use the questions.
Feedback.
Read and do the task in pairs.
* Answers:
1. d 4.a- e
2. f 5. b- c
3. a- e 6.b- c
10’
II. Task 2
Go around helping Ps speak, encourage them to
speak.
Call on some pairs to ask and answer in front of
the class.
- Work in pairs ask and answer about a city using
given prompts and the questions in the task 1.
Suggested answers:
A: When was New York founded?
B: It was founded in 1624. And what about London?
A: It was founded in 43 A.D.
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15’
III. Task 3
Guide Ps to use the sample conversation to
speak. Read aloud the conversation 2 times
then let Ps work in pairs to practise.
Call on some pairs to read in front of the class.

- Ask Ps to do exercises in workbook.
- Prepare for the next part.
- At home.
F. To instruct Ps how to do the homework
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Unit 15
cities
Period 3 listening
A. Aims
• Ps can get more knowledge of the city of New York.
• Enlarge their vocabulary related to city.
• Improve their listening ability.
B. Skills
• Monologue
 Listening for specific information
 Filling in a table
C. Time allowance
• 45 minutes
D. Aids
• Textbook and pictures

new words.
Listen to the tape 3 times and choose the correct
answer.
1. B 4. A
2. A 5. C
3. B
Read the task and read the table to get the contents.
Listen to the tape 2 times then fill in the table.
Formal name
Liberty lightening the world
Height
46 metres
Weight
205 tons
Material
Cooper and iron
The base
Stone and concrete
Opening time
9.30 a.m_ 5. 00 p.m_ daily except
Christmas Day
8’
III. Post- listening
Guide Ps to work in groups to talk about what
they have listened then ask Ps to present in
front of the class.
- Present what they have listened.
2’
IV. Homework
- Ask Ps to do the exercises.

• Textbook and pictures
E. Procedure
Time Teacher’s activities Pupils’ activities
5’
I. Lead- in
Ask Ps some questions:
Where is London?
What do you know about it?
Answer: