1. Unit 8 Is there a post office near here?
Period 4

2. ? ? ? bank C Center Street Fifth Street restaurant Green Street A
Tell your partner where the places are. ?
post office
pay phone
bank C
Center Street
Fifth Street
supermarket
restaurant
hotel ?
Green Street A
post office
library
park
park
hotel
What do you think of your neighborhood? Do you live in a noisy neighborhood/ a quiet …/ a busy…? Tell me something about your neighborhood.
school
hospital B ?
Bridge Street
bank

3. Reading
Read the passages. Match each passage with a map.
Anna
John
Lisa

4. Fast reading Read quickly and fill in the blanks.
There is a __________ in Anna’s neighborhood.
There is a _____________and a __________in John’s neighborhood.
Lisa lives in a ________ neighborhood.
Her favorite place is the__________.
zoo
supermarket
park
noisy
library

5. Anna Read the first passage and answer the questions.
Where does Anna like to spend time on
weekends?
___________________________________
2. What animal does Anna love to watch?
3. How does Anna get to the zoo?
She likes to spend time in the zoo.
She loves to watch monkeys.
Anna

6. How does Anna get to the zoo?
To get to the zoo,
she usually walks out and turns right on Bridge Road. Then she walks along Bridge Road. The zoo is on the right.

7. John Read the second passage and answer the questions below.
1. Where does John live?
_______________________________
2. Where is the big park?
______________________________
3. Where does John often exercise?
4. How does John get to the park?
He lives near a supermarket.
It’s across from the supermarket.
He often exercises in the park.
John

8. How does John get to the park?
To get to the park,
he has to cross Center Street.

9. Lisa Read the third passage and answer the questions below.
Where is the post office?
_______________________________
2. What’s Lisa’s favorite place?
______________________________
3. Can Lisa get to the library easily?
It is between Lisa’s house and a clothes store.
Her favorite place is the library.
Yes, she can.
Lisa

10. How does Lisa get to the library?
She just goes down North Road and turns left. It is across from the park.

11. Read the passages again and answer the questions.
1.What does Anna like doing in the zoo?
2.Does Anna think monkeys are like people?
Why?
3.What does John like to do in the park?
She likes watching the monkeys climbing around.
Yes. Anna thinks that when the monkeys are fighting, they look like her friends and her when they fight.
He likes to exercise at the park.

12. Read the passages again and answer the questions.
4.John thinks the best things do not need money. Do you think so, too?
5. How does Lisa get to the library from her home?
Yes, I think so. The clean air and sunshine are the best things in our life and they are all free for us .
She walks to the library. She goes down North Road and then turns left. The library is across from the park.

13. Look at the map of Cindy’s neighborhood and fill in the blanks. (3a)
library
My house is across from a ______ on Long Street. I usually go shopping at a ___________ near my house. It is between a _________ and the ______. On weekends, I like to play in the _______. To get there, I go along Long Street and turn left on North Street. It is on the right, next to a ______.
supermarket
library
post office
park
hotel

14. Practice:
Draw a map of your neighborhood and write about it. These questions may help you.
1. Where do you live?
2. What is your favorite place in
your neighborhood? Why?
3. How go you get there from your
home?

15. One possible version.
I live in ___________________________
__________________________________
a noisy neighborhood. My house is between a library and a post office. There is a bank across from my house. My favorite place is the Children’s Palace because I can play sports and learn English there. To get there, I have to go along the Center Street, then turn left at the first crossing, then walk along North Street. The Children’s Palace is just on the right.