Unit 5 Places in My City

Part One: Vocabulary Link  Look at the vocabulary box, and read them by yourself.  Fill in the information.

In the neighborhood 1. 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 ( )

(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 . In a library At a movie theater. a post office At a hair salon. a laundromat At ________ ____________ watch movies __________ ________________. _________. __________. In the neighborhood_A2

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 2 ( ) 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 ( ) √ √ √ √ Keys to cut her hair to color her hair to buy stamps to mail a letter to have coffee to check Part Two: Listening --- Where are they?

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 general Where 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 theater Giving 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 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 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 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 1 Before Watch While Watch After Watch 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.

√ 1. Natalie: a pizza shop 2. Daniel: a movie theater a clothing store a pharmacya night club laundromats a supermarket a post office a train station 3. Kevin: pizza restaurants Chinese restaurants banks 4. Agnes: a bakery a post office little shops restaurants ( ) √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ √ Part Six: Video course 1 In my neighborhood

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:  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:  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.

False 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. ■ True _____ True _____ Check True _____ True_____ True _____ True _____ True_____ True _____ Watch the interviews and check True or False. Correct the false sentences. Part Eight: Video course 2 Cities and towns

Part 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?

Speaking  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.

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  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 materials  1. Understanding movie clip I: North Spain  2. Understanding movie clip II: Six Days Seven Nights

Supplementary reading materials  最新大学英语快速阅读 1 Unit 8

Suggested writing topic  Describe your Hometown

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