Unit 7 grade 7: Traffic – Skills 2
1. Listening
1.1. Task 1 Unit 7 grade 7
Work in groups. Where do you think this picture was taken? Why is it special? (Teamwork. Where do you think this picture was taken? Why is it special?)
Guide to answer
I think this picture was taken in a city, maybe in Vietnam. It was a long traffic jam. (I think this picture was taken in a certain city, maybe in Vietnam. It had a long line of traffic jams.)
1.2. Task 2 Unit 7 Grade 7
Look at the following headline and check your answers. (Look at the following title and check your answers.)
RECORD BREAKING JAM!
Yesterday, Brazil’s largest city had the world’s longest ever traffic jam. It was 295 kilometers long.
Translated:
FINISHED RECORD-BREAKING!
Yesterday, Brazil’s largest city had the longest traffic jam in the world. It is 295km long.
1.3. Task 3 Unit 7 Grade 7
Now listen to the passage and choose the correct answer. (Now listen to the text and choose the correct answer)
Click to listen
Guide to answer
1. B 2. C 3. A 4. C
Translated:
1. São Paulo in Brazil has the worst traffic jams.
2. Big cities often get stuck in rush hour traffic.
3. The main cause of this problem is population growth.
4. According to the passage, many road users do not obey traffic laws.
Audio scripts:
The most common traffic problem in cities around the world is traffic jams. São Paulo in Brazil has the world’s worst daily traffic jams. According to reports, the historical congestion record was set on June 1, 2012, with 295 kilometers of vehicle queues around the city during the evening rush hour. Some other big cities also suffer from serious congestion in the rush hour.
The main cause of this traffic problem is the increase of the population in big cities. So the number of people using the roads has risen several times. The second reason is that the roads are narrow and sometimes are not good enough. Also, many road users have no respect for traffic rules. As a result, this problem is getting worse and worse.
Translated:
The most common traffic problem in cities around the world is traffic jams. São Paulo in Brazil has the worst daily traffic jams in the world. According to the report, the historical traffic jam record was recorded on June 1, 2012 with 295 km of a string of vehicles circling the city during rush hour. A few other major cities are often severely congested during rush hour.
The main cause of this traffic problem is the increase in population in big cities. Therefore, the number of people participating in traffic has increased many times. The second reason is that the roads are narrow and sometimes not good enough. In addition, many road users do not respect traffic laws. As a result, traffic jams are getting worse and worse.
2. Writing
2.1. Task 4 Unit 7 Grade 7
Tick the traffic problems in big cities in Vietnam. (Tick the traffic problems in big cities in Vietnam)
Translated:
Eg: One of the traffic problems in our big cities is that there are too many people using the roads.
Guide to answer
The traffic problems in big cities in Vietnam: 1, 2, 3, 4, 6.
2. There are too many vehicles on the roads. (There’s too much traffic on the road.)
3. Many roads are narrow and bumpy. (Many roads are narrow and muddy.)
4. There are traffic accidents every day. (There are traffic accidents every day.)
6. Many young people ride their bikes dangerously. (Many young people ride bicycles which are very dangerous.)
2.2. Task 5 Unit 7 Grade 7
Write a paragraph about the traffic problems where you live, or in a town, or a city you know well. Use the cues above, and the following outline. (Write a paragraph about traffic jam problems where you live, or in a town or city you know. Use the suggestions above, and outline below.)
Guide to answer
Da Nang city has bad traffic problems. There are so many vehicles on the streets and alleys, from buses, cars, to motorbikes, bicycles. Moreover, the streets are very narrow and bad. They are easily flooded when it rains heavily. The streets and alleys became bumpy after the rain. Many traffic users don’t obey the traffic rules. They usually drive and ride very dangerously. As a result, there are traffic accidents every day in this city.
Translation
Da Nang city has a bad traffic problem. There is too much traffic on the roads and alleys, from buses, cars, motorbikes, bicycles. Moreover, the roads are very narrow and ugly. They are often flooded when it rains heavily. Roads and alleys become muddy after the rain. Many road users do not obey traffic laws. They often drive and ride bicycles which are very dangerous. As a result, many traffic accidents happen every day in this city.
3. Practice
Choose the correct word A, B or C for each gap to complete the following passage.
When you are in Singapore, you can go about (1) _________ taxi, by bus, or by underground. I myself prefer the underground (2) _________ it is fast, easy and cheap. There are (3) _________ buses and taxis in Singapore and one cannot drive along the road (4) _________ and without many stops, especially on the Monday morning. The underground is therefore usually quicker (5) _________ taxis or buses. If you do not know Singapore very (6) _________, it is difficult (7) _________ the bus you want. You can (8) _________ a taxi, but it is (9) _________ expensive than the underground or a bus. On the underground, you find good maps that tell you the names of the stations and (10) _________ you how to get to them, so that it is easy to find you away.
Question 1: A. at B. in C. by
Question 2: A. bus B. because C. when
Question 3: A. many B. a lot C. few
Question 4: A. quick B. quickly C. quicker
Question 5: A. so B. like C. than
Question 6: A. well B. good C. fine
Question 7: A. to find B. find C. find
Question 8: A. go B. take C. get
Question 9: A. less B. more C. most
Question 10: A. give B. talk C. show
4. Conclusion
At the end of the lesson, students need to do the full homework, practice listening to traffic jams, practice writing about traffic problems in a city or town, and memorize the vocabulary in the lesson:
record (v): record
the worst : worst (superlative)
suffer from: go through
poor quality: low quality
problem (n): problem
narrow (adj): narrow
traffic accidents: traffic accidents
flooded (adj): to be inundated
bumpy (adj): bumpy
dangerously (adv): dangerously
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