Date of pre: UNIT 9: THE POST OFFICE
Date of tea: LESSON 1: READING
Period:

OBJECTIVES:
+ Students read and find the meaning of the words in the context.
+ Skim to get information from the reading; from the contain of the reading to expand and relate the reality.
MATERIALS:
+ Textbook, cassette tapes.
PROCEDURES
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TEACHER’S ACTIVITIES
STUDENTS’ ACTIVITIES


WARM-UP
Give some pictures with the post office, and make questions.
1. What do you see in the pictures?
2. How far is it from your home to the nearest post office?
3. Have you ever been there?
4. How often do you go to the post office?
5. What services do you think the post office offer?
Introduce the new lesson?
THE POST OFFICE
BEFORE READING
Activity1:
Introduce some services that the post office offers.
- Mail and parcel service: chuyển thư và
bưu phẩm.
- Express Mail Service: Chuyển thư nhanh
- Money Transfer Service: Chuyển tiền nhanh.
- Press Distribution: Phát hành báo chí.
- Flower Telegram Service: Điện hoa
- Phone Call and Faxes: Điện thoại v à Fax
- Phone Cards and Internet: các loại thẻ
điện thoại và internet.
- Postal savings: tiết kiệm bưu điện.
Equip with [i`kwip] (v): trang bị (cho ai... cái gì)
Advanced [əd`vɑ:nst] (a) : tiến bộ, tiên tiến
Spacious [`spei∫əs] (a) rộng rãi; có được nhiều chỗ, kiếm được nhiều chỗ

Transaction [træn`zæk∫n] (n) sự buôn bán; sự giao dịch
Parcel service [`pɑ:s(ə)l `sə:vis] gói; bưu kiện
Surface mail [`sə:fis`meil] (n) thư từ.. chuyển bằng đường bộ, đường sắt, đường biển
Express mail service [iks`pres meil] (n): dịch vụ chuyển phát nhanh.
Receipient [ri`si:t] (n) giấy biên nhận, biên lai
Facsimile service [fæk`simili] dịch vụ chuyển bản sao, bản chép.

Activity 2: T introduce the two main services are postal services and telecommunication services.
1. Mail and parcel service
2. Express Mail Service
3. Money Transfer Service
4. Press Distribution
5. Flower Telegram Service
6. Phone Call and Faxes
7. Phone Cards and Internet
8. Messenger Call Service.
Ask Ss write P (postal Services) and T ( Telecommunication Services)
+ give the students handout
You are in the post office. Which service would you choose if you want to?
send a parcel.
send your relatives money.
make a phone call
send a document
subcribe to a newspaper.
WHILE READING
Activity 1: Ask Ss read the requirement of the task 1 the find the opposite meaning
Give the handout:
+ Read the text in silence and pick out:
three things people send.
three things the post office offers.
+ Go around and offer help.
+ give the feedback.
Activity 2: Do the task 2
Ask Ss read the text again the answer the questions.
Ask Ss read the questions carefully
Goes around and offer help.
Activity 3: Task 3
Ask Ss find evidence in the text to support the statements.
+ Let Ss work in pairs
+ Go around and offer help.
Suggested:
1. The post office opens from 7 a.m to 9 p.m
2. We offer a very competitive rate for parcels of under 15 kg.
3. We also have the Express Mail Service and your EMS mail will be delivered in the shortest time
4. We offer a speedy and secure service of transferring money in less than 24 hours.
AFTER READING
Ask Ss answer the questions in groups
1. Which service provided by Thanh Ba Post Office do you think is the most important and why?
2. What services do you think Thanh Ba Post Office should have in the future?
HOMEWORK:
-Learn the words they have learnt from the text.
- Rewrite the tasks in the notebook.

Answer:
the post office.
about 1 km.
yes
sometimes.
services: mail, parcel, transfer money,….



1. Mail and parcel service (P)
2. Express Mail Service (P)
3. Money Transfer Service (P)
4. Press Distribution (P)
5. Flower Telegram Service (P)
6. Phone Call and Faxes (T)
7. Phone Cards and Internet (T)
8. Messenger Call Service. (T)



send a parcel.( Mail and Parcel Service)
send your relatives money.( Express Money