Grade 8 – Unit 8: Country Life & City Life

Period 46 – Lesson 1:
Getting Started + Listen & Read (P72-73)
I. Getting Started (P72)
City life Country life
- noisy - beautiful views
- tall buildings - fresh air
- kinds of goods - friendly
- entertainments - fresh foods
- traffic jam - quiet/ peaceful
- pollution - fields
- busy - villages
- crowded - harvest
- sport-cultural activities - boring
 II. Listen & Read (P72-73)
A. New words
1. remote area = far away land: vùng (xa, hẻo lánh)
2. medical facilities: cơ sở vật chất về y tế
3. accessible (adj.): có thể tiếp (nhận, cận được)
4. permanently (adv.): = forever : mãi mãi, vĩnh viễn
5. peaceful (adj.): = quiet/ calm (adj.): thanh bình
6. province (n): tỉnh
7. (to) change for the better: thay đổi theo chiều hướng
tốt hơn
 Ex.1: Think of 5 things Na will talk about.
I think I listen

- quiet/ peaceful
- beautiful houses/ place
- clean air, simple life,
friendly people
- electricity
- madical facilities

Ex.2: Read the dialogue, find out and underline the

sentences which express the present progressive tense.
 B. Model sentences

- Things are changing in the countryside now.

- Many remote areas are getting electricity.

C. Practice
Ex. 3: Word cue drill
a. Life in the countryside/ better
 Life in the countryside is getting better.
b. Houses in the country/ modern
 Houses in the country are becoming more modern.
c. Roads in the city/ larger and cleaner
 Roads in the city are getting larger and cleaner.
d. The air in the city/ polluted
 The air in the city is getting more polluted.
 Ex. 4: Read the dialogue again and answer the questions
(P73)
a. Where has Na been?
 She has been to the countryside/ Kim Lien Village.
b. How long was she there?
 She was there for the weekend/ one day.
c. What is her opinion of the countryside?
 The countryside is peaceful and quiet and there is
nothing to do.
d. Na says, “There is nothing to do? What does she mean
by this?
 That means there are no libraries, no movies,
no supermarkets, no zoos ...
e. What are some of the changes that Hoa mentions?
 Many remote areas are getting electricity. People can now
have things like refrigerators, TV and medical facilities and
more accessible.
f. Do you prefer the city or the countryside? Why?
 Ex. 5: Talk about the life in the city and life in the
country.
Life in the city Life in the country

- is more convenient than - is quieter than ...

...
 IV. Homework

1. Redo Ex. 5. Language Focus 3 (P78)

2. Prepare “Speak”