THE UNITED NATIONS

HEADQUARTERS

TIMES SQUARE

CENTRAL PARK

THE EMPIRE STATE BUILDING

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 COUNTRY IS IT?

WHAT IS THE MOUNTAIN WHICH SNOW COVERS ALL YEAR ROUND?

WHAT COUNTRY IS IT?

THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

WHAT STATE IS THIS BUILDING LOCATED IN?

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 Ba. not covered with ice1.metropolitan

region

b. mix with

c. get control ofd. city and large area around it

e. special5. mingle with

4. ice-free

3. unusual

2. take over

Task 2: Scan the passage in 1 minute to find the right information to fill in the table.

City New York

Location

Area

Population

First name

Founded

Characteristics

Places of interest

southeastern New York State

946 square kmmore than 7 million

Fort Amsterdam

1624

hundreds of tall offices and apartment buildingsStatue 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:+ It is located in Central Vietnam

+ It has many World Cultural Heritage sites.

+It is the ancient capital of our country.

Hue city