English 10 Unit 15 Reading

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The Big Ben Tower
LONDON
The Eiel Tower
PARIS
The Statue of Liberty
NEWYORK

One – pillar pagoda
Hoan Kiem lake
Van Mieu – Quoc Tu Giam Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum
HA NOI
c. Times Square
d. Central Park
a. The Empire State Building
b. The United Nations Headquarters
I. Pre- reading : * Match the names to the pictures
- What do you know about New York City?
- It’s famous for skyscrapers and the Statue of Liberty
* Answer the question?
Read the text about New York
Read the text about New York
* Vocabulary:
1. locate: (v,) [lou'keit] định vị, nằm ở
2. Mingle (v) ['miηgl ] with : ho+ v+o
3. Metropolitan (adj)[,metrə'pɔlitən] thuộc về thủ phủ,khu đô thị lớn
4. finance: (n) ['fainæns] T+i chính
5. characterize (se): (v,)['kærəktəraiz]: đặc trưng hóa
6. art gallery [ɑ:t] ['gæləri] phòng tranh nghệ thuật
7. Ice – free > < ice
Phú Mỹ Hưng
Task 1. The words in A appear in the
reading passage. Match them with their
denitions in B.
A B
1. Metropolitan region a. Not covered with ice
2. Take over b. Mix with

3. Unusual c. Get control of
4. Ice-free d. City and large area around it
5. Mingle with e. Special
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.
II. While – reading
Task 2: Decide the following statements are true (T) or false (F).
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(New York City is located in the southern part of New York State)
F
(New York Harbour is ice – free in all seasons.)
T
(It developed at the point where the Hudson and Passaic mingle with
the water of the Atlantic Ocean.)
T
( It’s the home of the United Nations.)
T
The city was founded by the Dutch in 1624.
Task 3: Answer the questions
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 ?
5. What places in New York are visitors attracted to ?
Task 3: Answer the questions
It’s in the southeastern part of New York State.
It has a population of more than 7 million in the city and 19 million

in the whole metropolitan region.
New York has originally called New Amsterdam because it was founded
by the Dutch.
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.
Visitors to New York are attracted by places such as the Statue of Liberty the
Empire State Building, Wall Street and the Broadway theatre district.
II. Post – reading : find the right information to fill in the table.
City New York
1. Location
2. Area
3. Population
4. First name
5. Founded
6. Characteristics
7. Places of
interest
southeastern New York State
946 square km
more than 7 million in the city and
19 million in the whole metropolitan region
Fort Amsterdam
1624
hundreds of tall offices and
apartment buildings
Statue of Liberty, Empire State
building, Wall Street, Broadway
theatre district
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Learn new vocabulary by heart ,summarise

the test , using in formation in post –reading.
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Prepare part B
Ho Chi Minh’s mausoleum
VIET NAM
Temple of literature
VIET NAM
Merlion Park - Singapore
TORONTO - CANADA
Sydney – Australia
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Thanks for your present
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GOODBYE & see you in new York.