Unit 15: CITIES - READING

10C15
The Big Ben Tower
ENGLAND
The Eiffel Tower
PARIS
HA NOI
Barack Obama – President
New York
The United States
The Statue of Liberty
Period 88
Unit 15: CITIES
Part A: Reading
c. Times Square
d. Central Park
a. The Empire State Building
b. The United Nations Headquarters
I. Before you read
Match the names
to the pictures
b. The United Nations Headquarters
c. Times Square
d. Central Park
a. The Empire State Building
Tòa nhà Empire State là một tòa nhà 102 tầng tại giao điểm của Đại lộ 5 và Phố 34 Wall Street .
Nó được hoàn thành vào năm 1931 và là tòa nhà cao nhất thế giới
cho đến năm 1972 khi tòa nhà World Trade Center (WTC) hoàn thành. Độ cao: 381 m
Sau sự kiện 11 tháng 9, khi tòa nhà World Trade Center bị phá hủy,
Tòa nhà này một lần nữa trở thành tòa nhà cao nhất New York.
Quảng trường Thời đại nằm ở trung tâm Manhattan, New York, nổi tiếng với

những ánh đèn màu, các nhà nhà hát và những rạp chiếu bóng. Vào đêm giao thừa
hàng ngàn người tụ tập tại đây để theo dõi quả cầu lớn chuyển động dần từ nóc toà
nhà số 1 xuống khi thời khắc năm mới đến gần.
- What do you know about New York City?
- It’s famous for skyscrapers and the Statue of Liberty
* Answer the question?
1.to be located: (v, ed) [lou'keit]
2. area: (n) ['eəriə] :
3. finance: (n) ['fainæns] / fi'næns]
định vị, nằm ở
diện tích
* New words:
4. characterize (se): (v,ed)['kærəktəraiz]: đặc trưng hóa
5. attract: (v, ed) [ə'trækt]
attraction: (n) [ə'træk∫n]
thu hút
6. art gallery: (n) [ɑ:t] ['gæləri]
7. museum: (n) [mju:'ziəm]
Tài chính
8. to be founded :
được thành lập
museum
Ice
Ice - free
Phú Mỹ Hưng
metropolitan
B A
a. not covered with
ice

b. mix with
c. get control of
d. city and large
area
around it
e. special
1. metropolitan
region (l
11
)
2. take over (l
16
)
3. unusual (l
17
)
4. ice-free (l
7
)
5. mingle with (l
4
)
II. While you read
Task 1: Match the words in A with their definitions in B
Khu vực đô thị đông dân cư
chiếm đóng
không bình thường = đặc biệt
Không đóng băng
hoà lẫn với
1 New York is the name of both a state and a

city.
2 New York Harbour has a lot of ice in winter.
3 New York is on two rivers.
4 The United nations Building is in New York.
5 New York belonged to the Dutch when it was
founded.
Task 2: Decide the following statements are
true (T) or false (F).
Work in pairs
1. New York is the name of both a state and a city
2. New York Harbour has a lot of ice in Winter
True
False
L:6,7: New York Harbour, which is ice-free in all seasons
L: 1,2: New York City is located in the southeastern part
of New York State
Task 2: Decide the following statements are true
(T) or false (F).
3. New York is on two rivers
L: 3,4,5,6: It developed at the point where the
Hudson and Passaic rivers mingle with the
water of the Atlantic Ocean.
True
L:18,19: New York is the home of the United
Nations
4. The United Nations Building is in New York
True
5. New York belonged to the Dutch when it was founded.
True
L: 15,16: Then city was founded by Dutch in

1642.At first, it was called Fort Amsterdam, and
then New Amsterdam
Task 3: Answer the questions
5. What places in New York are visitors
attracted to ?
1. Where is New York city?
2. What is its population ?
3. Why was New York originally called New
Amsterdam ?
4. What makes New York an unusual city ?
Task 3: Answer the questions
1. Where is New York city?
-
It’s in the southeastern part of New York State.
(L:1,2)
2. What is its population ?
- It has a population of more than 7 million in
the city and 19 million in the whole
metropolitan region (l: 9,10,11)
4. What makes New York an unusual city ?
-
New York is an un unusual city because It
is the home of the United Nations and the
centre of global finance, communications,
and business. (L: 18,19,20)
3. Why was New York originally called New
Amsterdam ?
-
New York has originally called New
Amsterdam because it was founded by the

Dutch. (l: 15,16)