1. 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 …. .

2. 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?

3. 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 sát
tầm nhìn, quang cảnh

4. 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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7
2
3
4
8
5
6

5. Task 1:Task 1: Listen to the two radio news stories andListen to the two radio news stories and
tick the words you hear in the right columntick 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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2
3
4
5
6
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healthy
strong
young
cloudy
highest
wonderful

6. 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 homes
have risen
two meters has stopped
cloudy strong wind
90-year-old American woman climbs Mount Whitney
twenty-third 4,418
California
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.

7. 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.

8. 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 1
1. What has happened during the1. What has happened during the
night?night?
2. Why have many people left their2. Why have many people left their
homes?homes?
3. How deep are some roads under3. How deep are some roads under
the water?the water?
4. Has the rain stopped at the4. 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 2
1. How many times has the old1. 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 the4. What does she say about the
view from the top?view from the top?
5. Why does she climb it so5. Why does she climb it so
often?often?
6.Does she stop climbing6.Does she stop climbing
mountain because of her oldmountain because of her old
age?age?

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