LISTENI NG
LISTENING
Contents:
• LISTENING TASK 1• LISTENING TASK 2
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LISTENING TASK 1
Warm-up:
Look at these pictures and then answer the questions
Questions:• Can you guess which country do they
come from?
• Is Japan a large country?
• Is its population large? Do you know how many people are there in Japan?
• Do Japan’s population increase or decrease in recently years?
• How the Japan’s government react toward this problem?
Japan
New vocabularies:• wrenching (adj): violent• catastrophic (adj): very bad, harmful or
unsuccessful• ceudalism (n): the social system that existed during
the Middle Ages in Europe in which people were given land and protection by a nobleman, and had to work and fight for him in return
feudal (adj)• decline (v): to become smaller, fewer, weaker, etc.
Cont.• powerhouse (n): a group or an organization
that has a lot of power– Ex: China has been described as an ‘emerging
economic powerhouse’.• manufacturing (n): the business or industry of
producing goods in large quantities in factories, etc.
• confront (v): face with sth• trend (n): trend (towards / in sth) a general
direction in which a situation is changing or developing
• exceed (v): to be greater than a particular number or amount
Cont.• looming (n): explosion• implode (n): to fail suddenly and completely
implosion (n)• contraction (n): the process of becoming smaller• slump (n): a period when a country’s economy or a
business is doing very badly• conspicuous (adj): easy to see or notice; likely to
attract attention• measure (n): method• energetic (adj): having or needing a lot of energy and
enthusiasm
Listen carefully to the talk about Japan’s population status and then answer the questions
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•LISTENING PART 1
•LISTENING PART II
Discussion• Work in groups of 4 and discuss
the following question: Is Vietnam’s population is increasing or decreasing? What is the reaction of our government to this issue?
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LISTENING TASK 2
Warm-up:• You’re going to watch a short
film about one famous place. After that, answer the questions followed.
Questions:• What is the special thing that you saw
from the film?
• Which country does it belong to?
• Do you know which city is the capital of Egypt?
• How many people live and work in Cairo? Where do they mainly come from? What do people do their?
Pyramid, Phinx statues
Egypt
Cairo
New vocabularies:• metropolitan (adj): connected with a large or
capital city.– Ex: metropolitan districts / regions
metropolis (n): a large important city (often the capital city of a country or region)
• religious (adj): connected with religion or with a particular religion
• institution (n): a large important organization that has a particular purpose, for example, a university or bank – Ex: an educational / financial, etc. institution
Cont.• housing (n): the job of providing houses, flats /
apartments, etc. for people to live in– Ex: the housing department Ç the council’s housing
policy
• rural (adj): connected with or like the countryside >< urban (adj)– Ex: rural areas, a rural way of life
• civilization (n): a society, its culture and its way of life during a particular period of time or in a particular part of the world – Ex: the civilizations of ancient Greece and Rome
Cont. • ancient (adj): belonging to a period of history
that is thousands of years in the past – Ex: ancient history / civilization
• chaotic (adj): in a state of complete confusion and lack of order – Ex: The traffic in the city is chaotic in the rush hour
• artisan (n): a person who does skilled work, making things with their hands = crafts·man
• depict (v): to show an image of sb/sth in a picture
• intricate (adj): having a lot of different parts and small details that fit together
Listen carefully to the talk about Cairo’s population status and then answer the questions
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DiscussionWork in groups of 4 and discuss this
question:
1. Is the living standard of Vietnamese good or not good?
2. What are the reasons for Vietnamese people in rural areas immigrate to urban areas? Is it good or bad for our country’s economy?
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