Unit 12 grade 7: An Overcrowded World – Getting Started
A holiday story (A holiday story)
1. Task 1 Unit 12 Grade 7 Getting Started
Listen and read. (Listen and read)
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Translated:
Male: Welcome back, Phuong! Brazil is amazing, isn’t it?
Direction: That’s right, Nam. And it’s so different!
Male: What do you mean?
Direction: Beaches in the South are very peaceful, while cities like Rio are overcrowded.
Male: What about humans?
Direction: In Rio there are rich people with a high standard of living. But there are also poor people living in the slums.
Male: Life in the slums must be tough.
Direction: That’s right, Nam. But there may be other problems in the slums, like disease and poor healthcare…
Male: Oh, did you see that?
Direction: No, visitors don’t usually go to the slums. It’s too dangerous there.
Male: Maybe there’s little to see and do there?
Direction: Yes. However, I like Brazil and I had a lot of fun there.
Male: Sure, it’s a real experience, isn’t it?
Direction: Right.
a. Read the conversation again, and tick (S) true (T) or false (F) (Read the conversation again, and choose True (T) or False (F))
Guide to answer
1. T 2. T 3. F 4. T 5. F
Translated:
1. Phuong thinks Brazil is interesting.
2. The places in Brazil are very different.
3. Rio’s problems are only in the slums.
4. It is not safe for tourists to visit the slums.
5. Nam thinks Phuong’s trip to Brazil is not worth it.
b. Read the conversation again. Find a word or phrase to match the following. (Read the conversation again. Find a word or phrase to connect the following passages.)
Guide to answer
1. very different – diverse (distinctive)
2. rich – wealthy (rich)
3. big or serious – major (big)
4. small houses in bad condition where poor people live – slums (slum)
5. bad action against the community – crime (Crime)
2. Task 2 Unit 12 Grade 7 Getting Started
Match the words in the box with the pictures. Then listen and repeat the words. (Match the words in the box with the pictures. Then listen and repeat the words)
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Guide to answer
1 – a. overcrowded (overcrowding)
2 C. wealthy (rich)
2 – b. peaceful (peaceful)
3 – e. poor (poor)
4 – d. spacious (widely)
3. Task 3 Unit 12 Grade 7 Getting Started
Use some of the words in 21 to describe a person or a place you know. Use a few words from part 2 to describe a person or place you know.
Guide to answer
Hanoi city is overcrowded with many vehicles.
(Hanoi city is too crowded with many cars.)
In Ha Noi, there are both wealthy people and poor people. It is getting overcrowded these days.
(There are both rich and poor in Hanoi. The city is becoming increasingly overcrowded.)
4. Task 4 Unit 12 Grade 7 Getting Started
Work in groups. Make a list of the problems which you think are connected to an overcrowded area. (Work in groups. Make a list of problems that you think are related to a crowded area.)
Guide to answer
– There is not enough space to play in. (There’s not enough room to play.)
– There is much crime. (There are many crimes.)
– There are too many vehicles. (There’s too much traffic.)
– Pollution such as air pollution, noise pollution increase
(Pollution such as air pollution, noise pollution increases)
– Shortage of food and clean water (Lack of food and clean water)
5. Task 5 Unit 12 Grade 7 Getting Started
Share your list with the class and see if they agree with you. (Share your list with the class and see if they agree with you)
6. Practice
Find the odd one out A, B, C, or D.
Question 1: A. affect B. replace C. effect D. fly
Question 2: A. density B. overcrowded C. crime D. megacity
Question 3: A. explosion B. hunger C. slum D. float
Question 4: A. space B. safely C. poverty D. slum dog
Question 5: A. criminal B. driver C. doctor D. student
Question 6: A. solar B. wind C. water D. storm
Question 7: A. plane B. train C. bus D. cab
Question 8: A. trash B. garbage C. waste D. recycle
Question 9: A. death B. extinction C. survival D. mortality
7. Conclusion
At the end of the lesson, students need to do full exercises, practice reading and understanding the dialogue between Nam and Phuong and remember the words mentioned in the lesson:
- diverse (adj): variety
- in the south: in the south
- peaceful (adj): peaceful
- overcrowded (adj): crowded, overcrowded
- wealthy (adj): rich, prosperous
- high living standard: high living standard
- slum (n): slum
- crime (n): to commit a crime
- disease (n): sickness
- poor healthcare: poor healthcare
- real experience (n): real experience
- worthwhile (adj): worthy
- spacious (adj): wide
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