1. What are these pictures about?
City life
Country life

2. Unit 8 : COUNTRY life and cIty life
Lesson 1 : Getting Started & Listen and Read
I. Getting started
Work with a partner. Make a list of the differences between the countryside and the city. The words in the box may help you
noisy fresh air friendly
tall buildings kinds of goods fresh foods
beautiful views entertainments traffic jam

3. Unit 8 : COUNTRY life and cIty life
Lesson 1 : Getting Started & Listen and Read
I. Getting started
Make a list of the differences between the countryside and the city.
quiet
noisy
tall buildings
beautiful views
fresh foods
frienly
kinds of goods
entertainments
polluted air
fresh air
hard life
traffic jam

4. Unit 8 : country life and City life
Lesson 1 : Getting Started & Listen and Read
Lesson 1 : Getting started – Listen and read
I. Getting started
II. Listen and read
1. New words
relative (n):
hä hµng
permanently ( adv):
l©u dµi, vÜnh viÔn
remote area (n-phrase):
vïng s©u, vïng xa
medical facility (n-phrase):
thiÕt bÞ y tÕ
accessible ( adj ) :
cã thÓ tiÕp cËn ®­îc
Nam has a computer at home . It means the Internet is more easily accessible for him

5. Fill in the gaps with suitable words
accessible
remote area
medical facilities
permanently
1. Computers are now ……………… for school children.
2. There are a lot of modern ………………………….....in the countryside nowadays.
3. Her work is boring, so she doesn’t want to work there ……………….
4.Nam Giang is a ………………..of Quang Nam province

6. F T F T T F T T T F True or False Statement Check Guess the weekend
1. Na went to the countryside for two days. F T F
the weekend
2. Many things are changing in the countryside. T T
3. Na wants to live there permanently. F
doesn’t want T
4. Hoa prefers the countryside because people are friendly and the air is clean. T T F

7. Unit 8 : COUNTRY life and cIty life
Lesson 1 : Getting Started & Listen and Read
I. Getting started
II. Listen and read Na
Hoa

8. -2 2
+ 2- Extra turn 3 -1 1
Gift
+ 1 6
- 5
No mark
- 3 4 4 1 2 5 3 6 8

9. LuËt Ch¬i
Trong trß ch¬i nµy cã 6 « sè t­¬ng øng víi 6 c©u hái cña bµi tËp 2 . Hai ®éi chän sè vµ tr¶ lêi c©u hái . NÕu tr¶ lêi ®óng sÏ quay nãn ®Ó lÊy ®iÓm. NÕu tr¶ lêi sai ®éi b¹n cã quyÒn tr¶ lêi . Chóc c¸c b¹n may m¾n.

10. -2 1 6 - 3 2 3 -1 + 1 - 5 4 4 1 2 5 3 6 Gift No mark + 2- Extra turn10

11. Hoa’s opinion and Na’s opinion.
- The countryside is too quiet. There is nothing to do.
- She doesn’t want to live there permanently.
- The city has so much more
to offer
Things are changing in the
countryside
Life in the provinces is definitely changing for the better.
She prefers the
Hoa Na

12. Do you prefer the city or the country? Why?
question 6
Make sentences to show your ideas, using the word cues.
Do you prefer the city or the country? Why?
The countryside / quiet (peaceful)
The city / modern
Life / simple
Life/ comfortable
The air / fresh
There / many entertainments
There / many fresh foods
There / many kinds of goods
There / a lot of beautiful views
The roads / wide
People / friendly
Travelling / convenient
Things / cheap
The countryside / boring. There / nothing / do
Examples:
- Life is simple in the countryside. - Life is comfortable in the city.

13. Write a passage about your opinion, beginning with:
I prefer the city (the countryside) because ...

14. Unit 8 : country life and City life
Lesson 1 : Getting Started & Listen and Read
I. Getting started
Homework
II. Listen and read
1. New words
- Learn by heart the new words and structure.
- Read and translate the text.
Answer the question:
Do you prefer the countryside or the city? Why?
- Prepare: Speak (unit 8).
relative (n):
permanently ( adv):
remote area (n-phrase):
medical facility (n-phrase):
accessible ( adj ) :
2. Grammar
* S + be + getting/ becoming + …
3. Practice
a. Practice the dialogue with a partner
b. Answer the questions

16. Unit 8 : COUNTRY life and cIty life
Lesson 1 : Getting Started & Listen and Read
I. Getting started
Make a list of the differences between the countryside and the city.
noisy
fresh air
friendly
tall buildings
kinds of goods
fresh foods
beautiful views
entertainments
traffic jam
Countryside
City
quiet
small cottages
polluted air
land products