Unit 5 Places in My CityUnit 5 Places in My City

Part One: Vocabulary LinkPart One: Vocabulary Link

Look at the vocabulary box, and read them by yourself.

Fill in the information.

In the neighborhood

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Vocabulary Link

Min Chul is a new student at a university in the U.S. Below are some places in his neighborhood. Match each word in the box with a photo.

bank

gym

movie theater

Internet café

laundromat

post office

library

hair salon

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(7) Where can you have ?

(3) What do you do at ?

Vocabulary Link

(1) What can you do at ? a bank

an Internet café

your haircut

What things can you do at each place in the previous slide? Make a list and then share your ideas with the class.

(2) What can you do at the gym?

(4) Where can you borrow books?

(5) Where can you ?

(6) Where can you send a parcel?

(8) Where can you do your laundry?

Open an account or deposit money.

Do physical exercise

Check e-mail.

In a library

At a movie theater.

a post office

At a hair salon.

a laundromat

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In the neighborhood_A2In the neighborhood_A2

Part Two: Listening --- Where are they?Part Two: Listening --- Where are they?

Do you know the following words in the vocabulary box? Read them out.

Listen to four conversations on p.73, and figure out where the speakers are and what they are doing.

Proper names Pablo Sylvie Min Chul Albany Avenue Bloor Street West

Listen to four conversations. Number the pictures as you listen.

Language Notes

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Part Two: Listening --- Where are they?Part Two: Listening --- Where are they?

Listen again. Why is each person at the place? Check (√) the correct answer.

to change money

to get money

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Keys

to cut her hair

to color her hair

to buy stamps

to mail a letter

to have coffee

to check e-mail

Part Two: Listening --- Where are they?Part Two: Listening --- Where are they?

Part Three: Speaking--- asking for and giving directions.Part Three: Speaking--- asking for and giving directions.

Do you know how to ask for and give directions?

Where’s the International Bank, please?

Asking for directions

To ask about a specific place

To ask about a place in generalWhere can I get a roll of film?

Could you tell me where the Empire State Building is, please?

Excuse me, how do I walk to the Grand Theater from here?

Excuse me, where can I post a letter?Do you know where I can leave my luggage?Is there a movie theater nearby?

Useful Expressions

Part Three: Speaking--- asking for and giving directions.

To get to the theaterGiving directions

walk one block on Center Street

take the bus / subway to …

go straight down the street to the corner

turn left / right at the next traffic light

I’m not sure, but I think …

take a taxi to …

Of course there is one, …

Sorry, I don’t know.

Useful Expressions

Part Three: Speaking--- asking for and giving directions.

Prepositions of place on the corner of the street

in the middle of the block

between the library and the post office

in front of the bank

near / close to the City Hall

in the park next to the train station

right across the café

in the back of / behind the laundromat

opposite the park

Useful Expressions

Part Three: Speaking--- asking for and giving directions.

Pair workPair work You are supposed to take turns asking and answering

about places on the map on p. 73 using the expressions mentioned above.

Part Four: Listening--- Optional Listening 1 In the suburbsPart Four: Listening--- Optional Listening 1 In the suburbs

1. Listen to the listening material, and then complete the following exercises on the book.

2. Repeat Isabel’s description of the city she

lives in.

Part Five: Listening--- Optional Listening 2 A city for a vocationPart Five: Listening--- Optional Listening 2 A city for a vocation

Let’s Familiar with the new words in the recording.

Speaking: How much do you know about the city of Singapore?

Listen to the listening material and complete the exercise on the book.

Video course 1Video course 1

Before Watch

While Watch

After Watch

Part Six: Video course 1 In my neighborhood Part Six: Video course 1 In my neighborhood

read the list of vocabulary items aloud

watch the interview and repeat what the speaker said

circle the words you hear for exercise A on P.66 and check the answers.

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1. Natalie: a pizza

shop

2. Daniel:

a movie theater

a clothing store

a pharmacya night club

laundromats

a supermarket a post office

a trainstation

3. Kevin:

pizzarestaurants

Chineserestaurants

banks

4. Agnes:

a bakery a post office little shops restaurants

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Part Six: Video course 1 In my neighborhood Part Six: Video course 1 In my neighborhood

Part Seven: Speaking ---Where is it? Part Seven: Speaking ---Where is it?

Let’s get to some expressions of giving directions:

Useful Expressions

Location and position Right next door to the pizza shop is a clothing store. Across the street from the clothing store is a pharmacy. I live across from the supermarket. I live very close to the train station. There’s a post office down the road. The book store lies in the middle of the block. It’s on Albany Avenue. It’s on the corner of Bloor Street and Albany Avenue.

Role play: Role play:

Here’s a map of our university. Look at it and work with your desk-mate. You’re supposed to play the role of a freshman and a upperclassman asking for and giving directions.

Game time:Game time:

Make up a group of four, and each member prepares a short description of a certain place on campus. The rest guess what it is based on the given information.

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1. Gian is from a small town in North Dakota.

2. Gian’s town has almost no pollution.

3. Miyuki says food is expensive in Tokyo.

4. Miyuki thinks it’s difficult to get around in Tokyo.

5. Dave thinks Mexico City is clean.

6. Dave doesn’t like Mexico City.

7. Dayanne thinks living in Sao Paulo is inexpensive.

8. Dayanne would like to live in the countryside.

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Watch the interviews and check True or False. Correct the false sentences.

Part Eight: Video course 2 Cities and townsPart Eight: Video course 2 Cities and towns

Part Nine: Video course---You can’t miss itPart Nine: Video course---You can’t miss it

Main characters

Other name mentioned Claudia

Tara Greene Sun-hee Park

Watch the video for the first time, then answer the following two questions:

Where are Sun-hee and Tara going? How do they get to the destination?

SpeakingSpeaking

Go to your group to look at the pictures on p.84 and each group member will talk about one picture according to the story from the video.

3. Watch the video again and check the sentences that are true and correct the false sentences for exercise A on p.85.

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5.6.7.8.

Sun-hee and Tara find a note from Claudia.Claudia wants Sun-hee and Tara to meet her at the office.The restaurant is between MacDougal and Sullivan.Claudia tells Tara and Sun-hee to take the bus to the

restaurant.Sun-hee asks a woman for directions.Sun-hee and Tara can’t understand the directions.Sun-hee and Tara walk to the restaurant.The restaurant is across the street from the subway

station.

4. Watch the video again and fill in the blanks with the information you hear (exercise c).

Autonomous learning tasks Autonomous learning tasks

New century book: unit 5 optional listening 3 & 4

New horizon book: unit 9 III. Listening in: task 1: The Internet on Campus; task 2: Surfing the Net; task 3: Internet Addiction; task 4: A Brief Introduction

New horizon book: unit 9 Part VI. Further listening and speaking tasks 1-3

Supplementary listening materialsSupplementary listening materials

1. Understanding movie clip I: North Spain

2. Understanding movie clip II: Six Days Seven Nights

Supplementary reading materialsSupplementary reading materials

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Suggested writing topicSuggested writing topic

Describe your Hometown 

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