t31 tiet89 u15 reading

TIMES SQUARE
THE UNITED
NATIONS
HEADQUARTERS

THE EMPIRE STATE
BUILDING

CENTRAL PARK


Warm up:
• -Stick some pictures of some large cities in
the world for the students to recognize
(HANOI, LONDON, PARIS, NEW YORK,
SYDNEY)
• -Questions:
• 1.Which city among these belongs to the
USA?
• 2.Have you ever been to New York?


WHAT IS THE
MOUNTAIN WHICH
SNOW COVERS ALL
YEAR
ROUND?
WHAT
COUNTRY IS IT?

WHAT
STATE IS
THIS
WHAT COUNTRY IS IT?
BUILDING
LOCATED
IN?

THE UNITED STATES
OF AMERICA


WHAT COUNTRY IS IT?

WHAT IS THE ANIMAL WHICH
SYMBOLIZES AUSTRALIA?


Before you read
• Choose the best answer to complete these
sentences:
• 1.New York is the .......... of ...............
• a. capital/ the USA
• b. home/ the United nations
• c. state/ The USA
• d. b and a are correct
• 2.The city was founded by ...........
• a. the Dutch
• b. the French
• c. the American

• d. the Asian


• 3.New Yorkers are people who come
from ..............
• a.Vietnam
• b.only the United States
• c.all over the US and many parts in the world
• 4.It is famous for.........................
• a. its interesting places.
• b.its largest and finest habour
• c.its high buildings, art galleries and musiums
• d. all a, b, c, d


Task 1. The words in A appear in the reading
passage. Match them with their definitions in B.

A

B

1.metropolitan
region

a. not covered with ice

2. take over

b. mix with

c. get control of
d. city and large area
around it
e. special

3. unusual
4. ice-free
5. mingle with


Task 2: Scan the passage in 1 minute to
find the right information to fill in the table.
City
Location
Area
Population
First name
Founded
Characteristics
Places of
interest

New York
southeastern New York State
946 square km
more than 7 million
Fort Amsterdam
1624
hundreds of tall offices
and apartment buildings

Statue of Liberty, Empire State
building, Wall Street,
Broadway theatre district


Free Pratice:

Work in 2 groups.

+ Each group will discuss to create a quiz
of a certain city for the other to guess.

Example:

Hue city

+ It is located in Central Vietnam
+ It has many World Cultural Heritage
sites.
+It is the ancient capital of our
country.