Crossword puzzle

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1. VTV1 ….. at 5:35 and the last programme is on at 23:30.

s t a r t s

2. Which …. do you often watch? – It’s VTV1.

c h a n n e l

3. “ Family Secrets” is the funniest ….. I’ve watched.

c o m e d y

4. One of the mass media I like is …………………

t e l e v i s i o n

5. We get information and entertainment from TV ……. our eyes and ears.

t h r o u g h

The key word is …. .

1. How often do you listen to the radio?2. How many hours per week do you listen to it?3. What programme do you like listening to and why?

I. Vocabulary:

2. heavy rain ['hevi rein] trận mưa to

1. cloudy (adj) ['klaudi] nhiều mây, u ám

4. to cause (v) [k :z]ɔ gây ra

5. flood (n) [fl d]ʌ lũ, lụt

6. to rise (v) [raiz] (rose - risen) dâng lên

3. strong wind [str ηɔ wind] gió mạnh, gió to

7. to climb (v) [klaim] leo trèo

8. view (v) [vju:] (n)

quan sáttầm nhìn, quang cảnh

strong wind

to rise

view

cloudy

to climb

flood

to cause

heavy rain

II. Listen to these words and then put them in the correct order.

cloudy

to cause

strong wind

heavy rain

flood

to rise

view

climb

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Task 1:Task 1: Listen to the two radio news stories and Listen to the two radio news stories and tick the words you hear in the right column tick the words you hear in the right column under News story 1 and News story 2under News story 1 and News story 2

Adjectives News story 1News story 1 News story 2News story 2

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healthy

strong

young

cloudy

highest

wonderful

Heavy rain causes floods all over the country Heavy rain during the night (1)…………… .. ….... all over the country

today. Many people (2)…………………………because rivers (3)……………Some roads in the north-west are under (4)…………….....of water. The rain (5) ………………..at the moment, but it’s still (6)…………and there’s a (7) ………….... Because of the bad weather, people can’t go out to work.

has caused floods

have left their homeshave risen

two meters has stoppedcloudy strong wind

90-year-old American woman climbs Mount Whitney

twenty-third 4,418California

wonderful young and healthy

A ninety-year-old woman has climbed Mount Whitney in California for the ……………… time. At ………….. metres, Mount Whitney is the highest mountain in ………………. The woman says the view from the top is ………….., so she tries to climb it often. She also says that the mountain has kept her …………….………...In spite of her old age, the woman tries to climb the mountain very often.

1. What has happened during the night? Heavy rain has caused floods all over the country.

2. Why have people left their homes? Because rivers have risen.

3. How many times has the old woman climbed Mount Whitney?

She has climbed Mount Whitney twenty three times.4. Why does she climb it so often?

Because it has kept her young and healthy.

Close your book. Recall the two news stories and answer the following questions about the news stories. Use the answers to those questions to tell your classmates about them. Chose one of the news stories only.

News story 1News story 11. What has happened during the 1. What has happened during the

night?night?2. Why have many people left their 2. Why have many people left their

homes?homes?3. How deep are some roads under 3. How deep are some roads under

the water?the water?4. Has the rain stopped at the 4. Has the rain stopped at the

moment?moment?5. Is there a strong wind?5. Is there a strong wind?6. Why can’t people go out to work?6. Why can’t people go out to work?

News story 2News story 21. How many times has the old 1. How many times has the old woman climbed Mount Whitney?woman climbed Mount Whitney?2. How high is Mount Whitney?2. How high is Mount Whitney?3.Is it the highest in California?3.Is it the highest in California?4. What does she say about the 4. What does she say about the view from the top?view from the top?5. Why does she climb it so 5. Why does she climb it so often?often?6.Does she stop climbing 6.Does she stop climbing mountain because of her old mountain because of her old age?age?

- Rewrite the content of the 2 radio news stories.- Prepare the next lesson: Unit 7: Writing