bài giảng tiếng anh 11 unit 9 the post office

UNIT 9:
THE POST OFFICE
THE POST OFFICE
LISTENING
LISTENING
ENGLISH 11
A. Pre-Listening:
A. Pre-Listening:
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Pictures
Pictures
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Question-Answer:
Question-Answer:
1/ Is your family on the phone? What is your phone
1/ Is your family on the phone? What is your phone
number?
number?
2/ Does any member of your family have a
2/ Does any member of your family have a
cellphone? What make is it?
cellphone? What make is it?
3/ What do you think are the advantages and
3/ What do you think are the advantages and
disadvantages of a cellphones?
disadvantages of a cellphones?
talk to everyone at almost anytime anywhere, never miss any important
information…, be annoyed at calling when sleeping or having a
meeting…

New words & difficult words
New words & difficult words
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Commune (n)
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Communal growth
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Digit subscriber
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Rural network
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Capacity (n)
- rank second only to:
- fixed telephone network:
- upgrade (v)
- reduce the price of…:
- monthly fee:
Task1:
Task1:
1/ According to the passage, Vietnam ranks
1/ According to the passage, Vietnam ranks
______ for growth in the number of
______ for growth in the number of
telephone subscribers?
telephone subscribers?
A. 6
A. 6
th
th
C. 30

C. 30
th
th
D. 8
D. 8
th
th
2/ Vietnam is among the ________ countries in
2/ Vietnam is among the ________ countries in
the world that have more than two million
the world that have more than two million
telephones.
telephones.
A. 6 B. 140 C. 13
A. 6 B. 140 C. 13
3/ In 1996, Vietnam began upgrading its ______
3/ In 1996, Vietnam began upgrading its ______
networks.
networks.
A. mobile phone
A. mobile phone
B. subscriber D. post office
B. subscriber D. post office
B. 2th
B. 2th
D. 30
D. 30
C. fixed telephone
C. fixed telephone
4/ According to the passage, at present, ______

percent of communes across Vietnam have
telephone services.
A. 90 B. 80 C. 14
5/Which aspect of development in VN’s
telecommunication is not mentioned in the
listening passage?
A. The increase in the number of telephone
B. The growth in the capacity of the mobile
phone system
D. The reduction in monthly telephone fee.
D. 93
C. The change of the international telephone
system
Task 2:
Task 2: Questions:
1/ According to the passage, which country
1/ According to the passage, which country
has the highest growth in the number of
has the highest growth in the number of
telephone subscribers?
telephone subscribers?
2/ How many telephones were there in Vietnam
2/ How many telephones were there in Vietnam
in the early 1990s?
in the early 1990s?
3/ How were the fixed telephone numbers
3/ How were the fixed telephone numbers
changed in 1996?
changed in 1996?
4/ When did the change of mobile telephone

4/ When did the change of mobile telephone
numbers take place?
numbers take place?
5/ According to the passage, how many
5/ According to the passage, how many
communal post offices are there in Vietnam?
communal post offices are there in Vietnam?

(China)
(140,000)
(from 6 to 7 digits in HN & HCMC as well as 5 to 6 digits
in other provinces)
( in 2001)
(6,014)
Post-Listening:
Post-Listening:
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Group Work. Summarize the main ideas of the
listening passage with some points:
- Vietnam’s rapid growth in telephone
numbers
- The addition of digits to existing telephone
numbers to meet the increasing demands.
- The reduction in monthly telephone fees
- The expansion of the telephone networks to
Vietnam’s rural areas.