w parcel (n) = package (n) airmail (n) surface mail (n) charge (n): the price that you must pay for sth. Vocabulary Set the scene: ♣ Mrs. Kim wants to send a letter to Qui Nhon, so she has to go to the post office. Answers Questions 1. Does Mrs. Kim send the parcel air mail or surface mail ? Why ? 2. What’s the weight of her parcel ? 3. How much does she pay? - Mrs. Kim sends the parcel surface mail because it is cheaper. - Her parcel is five kilograms. - She pays 19,200 dong. comparative Structures:  S + be + short Adj (er) + than … Ex: Surface mail is cheaper than airmail. Lưu ý: trước hình thức so sánh hơn của tính từ, có thể dùng kèm: a bit, a little, much, a lot. Ex: surface mail is much cheaper.  S + be + more + long Adj + than … Ex: Airmail is more expensive than surface mail. Practice the dialogue with a partner. ( textbook page 64) Using “look up and say” technique: - Read the dialogue aloud with a partner - Read silently, pausing to look up and say each line in turn without referring to the written text. - Turn paper over and repeat the dialogue as best you can from memory. (the remembering of concepts rather than memorization of lines.) Letter / Kon Tum / surface mail / 20 kg Postcard / Ho Chi Minh City / airmail / 15 kg Parcel / Ca Mau / airmail / 2 kg Parcel / Buon Me Thuot / surface / 5 kg Airmail Item Weight Charges Letter Postcard Parcel 15 g 15 g 2 kg 1,200 1,200 13,000 Surface mail Item Weight Charges Letter Postcard Parcel 20 g 25 g 5 kg 800 800 19,200 Situation: Lan and Nga are neighbors. They meet at the post office. They talk together about why they go to the post office. Nga Lan You are Nga. You go to the post office to send a postcard to your friend. You send it surface mail because it’s cheaper. Your name is Lan. You go to the post office to send a letter. You send it airmail. You think that airmail is more expensive than surface mail but it’s faster.