Bài giảng Unit 3: Speak and listen

Lan Nam It’s to the west of HCM City. Where is your home village? How far is it from HCM City? It’s about 30 km. How can you get there? I get there by motorbike. How long does it take to get there? It takes me about fifty minutes to get there. What do people there do for a living? They plant rice and raise cattle. Does your village have a river? No. But there is a very big lake. It’s to the south of HCM City. Where is your home village? How far is it from HCM City? It’s about 15 km. How can you get there? I get there by bus. How long does it take to get there? It takes me about 1 hour to get there. What do people there do for a living? They plant rice and vegetables Does your village have a river? There is a rive flowing across the village b) Now ask and answer about your real home village. If you do not have a home village, make up information similar to those in box A or B 3- pick somebody up (v) 1- route (n) 5 westward (adv) NEW WORDS 6- gas station (n) 7- parking lot (n) = car park (n) 4- pond (n) 2. Highway (n) lộ trình, tuyến đường xa lộ, quốc lộ đón ai, rước ai cái hồ về hướng (phía) Tây trạm (cây) xăng bãi đậu xe Click here Name the pictures airport bridge pond bamboo forest highway gas station banyan tree parking lot store Click on the pictures to get key LISTEN You are going to listen to a tape about Ba’s trip to his home village. listen At 6.30 in the morning, the bus collected Ba and his family from their home. After picking everyone up, the bus continued north on Highway Number 1. It crossed Dragon Bridge and stopped at the gas station to get some more fuel. listen Then it left the highway and turned left onto a smaller road westward. This road ran between green paddy fields, so the people on the bus could see a lot of cows and buffaloes. The road ended before a big store beside a pond. listen Instead of turning left towards a small airport, the bus went in the opposite direction. It didn’t stay on that road for very long, but turned left onto a road which went through a small bamboo forest. listen Finally, the bus dropped everyone off at the parking lot ten meters from a big old banyan tree. It parked there and waited for people to come back in the evening. listen B F I A airport pond highway No1 banyan tree store bamboo forest Dragon Bridge parking lot gas station Look at the map and draw Ba’s trip. Click on the letters A, B, C … to get key listen