Unit 6 | Lesson 4
A forest in the city
Unit 6 | Lesson 4
A forest in the city
LEARNING OBJECTIVE: Talk about a place in nature
Lesson overview
1. LISTENING: For gist, examples,
and details
2. PREPARING TO SPEAK
3. SPEAKING: Talk about your favorite
place in nature
4. PROGRESS CHECK
LISTENING
Listen for gist
Listen. Where are the people?
a in a garden b in a building c in a car
LISTENING
Listen for examples
These are examples of things in a garden.
Listen again. Choose all the words they say.
__ trees
__ flowers
__ plants
__ grass
LISTENING
Listen for details
Listen again. Choose the
things that the people see.
__ 1 a building
__ 2 a garden
__ 3 a park
__ 4 a green building
__ 5 a garden on a wall
__ 6 plants on a wall
__ 7 flowers on a wall
__ 8 trees on a wall
__ 9 animals on a wall
__ 10 grass on a wall
PREPARING TO SPEAK
Put the words in order to make sentences about Jake’s favorite place in his city.
1 place in the city / My favorite / Central Park. / is My favorite place in the city is Central Park.
2 is / It / really / cool / a / park. It's a really cool park.
3 a lot of / has / tall / trees. / It It has a lot of tall trees.
4 interesting plants / There / a lot of / are / and beautiful flowers.
5 has / some / It / lakes and a small river. / nice
6 And there / a / really / is / great / zoo!
4, There are a lot of interesting plants and beautiful
flowers.
5. It has some nice lakes and a small river.
6. And there is a really great zoo!
PREPARING TO SPEAK
Listen and read.
What’s Jake’s favorite place in his city?
Why? Where’s it? What’s in it?
[NEW audio 6.4.2]
My favorite place in the city is Central
Park. It’s a really cool park near my home.
It has a lot of tall trees, interesting plants,
and beautiful flowers. There are some nice
lakes and a small river. And there’s a really
great zoo! People from my city love it!
SPEAKING
Talk about your favorite place in nature
USEFUL LANGUAGE
What’s your favorite place in nature? Why? Where’s it?
What’s in it? My favorite place is … .
It is in/near … .
It has … .
There is/are … .
People love … .
some
a lot of
beautiful
big
cool
great
important
interesting
nice
small
PROGRESS CHECK
Now I can...
❑ talk about a place in nature.
Unit 6 | Lesson 4
A forest in the city
Thank you!