LISTENING

Contents:

• LISTENING TASK 1• LISTENING TASK 2

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LISTENING TASK 1

Warm-up:

Look at these pictures and then answer the questions

Questions:• Can you guess which country do they

come from?

• Is Japan a large country?

• Is its population large? Do you know how many people are there in Japan?

• Do Japan’s population increase or decrease in recently years?

• How the Japan’s government react toward this problem?

Japan

New vocabularies:• wrenching (adj): violent• catastrophic (adj): very bad, harmful or

unsuccessful• ceudalism (n): the social system that existed during

the Middle Ages in Europe in which people were given land and protection by a nobleman, and had to work and fight for him in return

feudal (adj)• decline (v): to become smaller, fewer, weaker, etc.

Cont.• powerhouse (n): a group or an organization

that has a lot of power– Ex: China has been described as an ‘emerging

economic powerhouse’.• manufacturing (n): the business or industry of

producing goods in large quantities in factories, etc.

• confront (v): face with sth• trend (n): trend (towards / in sth) a general

direction in which a situation is changing or developing

• exceed (v): to be greater than a particular number or amount

Cont.• looming (n): explosion• implode (n): to fail suddenly and completely

implosion (n)• contraction (n): the process of becoming smaller• slump (n): a period when a country’s economy or a

business is doing very badly• conspicuous (adj): easy to see or notice; likely to

attract attention• measure (n): method• energetic (adj): having or needing a lot of energy and

enthusiasm

Listen carefully to the talk about Japan’s population status and then answer the questions

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•LISTENING PART 1

•LISTENING PART II

Discussion• Work in groups of 4 and discuss

the following question: Is Vietnam’s population is increasing or decreasing? What is the reaction of our government to this issue?

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LISTENING TASK 2

Warm-up:• You’re going to watch a short

film about one famous place. After that, answer the questions followed.

Questions:• What is the special thing that you saw

from the film?

• Which country does it belong to?

• Do you know which city is the capital of Egypt?

• How many people live and work in Cairo? Where do they mainly come from? What do people do their?

Pyramid, Phinx statues

Egypt

Cairo

New vocabularies:• metropolitan (adj): connected with a large or

capital city.– Ex: metropolitan districts / regions

metropolis (n): a large important city (often the capital city of a country or region)

• religious (adj): connected with religion or with a particular religion

• institution (n): a large important organization that has a particular purpose, for example, a university or bank – Ex: an educational / financial, etc. institution

Cont.• housing (n): the job of providing houses, flats /

apartments, etc. for people to live in– Ex: the housing department Ç the council’s housing

policy

• rural (adj): connected with or like the countryside >< urban (adj)– Ex: rural areas, a rural way of life

• civilization (n): a society, its culture and its way of life during a particular period of time or in a particular part of the world – Ex: the civilizations of ancient Greece and Rome

Cont. • ancient (adj): belonging to a period of history

that is thousands of years in the past – Ex: ancient history / civilization

• chaotic (adj): in a state of complete confusion and lack of order – Ex: The traffic in the city is chaotic in the rush hour

• artisan (n): a person who does skilled work, making things with their hands = crafts·man

• depict (v): to show an image of sb/sth in a picture

• intricate (adj): having a lot of different parts and small details that fit together

Listen carefully to the talk about Cairo’s population status and then answer the questions

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DiscussionWork in groups of 4 and discuss this

question:

1. Is the living standard of Vietnamese good or not good?

2. What are the reasons for Vietnamese people in rural areas immigrate to urban areas? Is it good or bad for our country’s economy?

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