UNIT 1
A DAY IN THE LIFE OF...

LISTENING
TEACHER :HỒ THỊ ÁNH LOAN
NAME THE MEANS OF TRANSPORT IN THE PICTURES ON THE LEFT

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Game: JUMBLED WORDS.

CCLOY
VRIRED
TALSL OFOD
NSSEGERPA
 CYCLO
 DRIVER
 FOOD STALL
 PASSENGER
PRE-LISTENING
1. WHO IS HE?

- He has got a cyclo.
- He drives passengers to everywhere they want.

HE IS A CYCLO DRIVER
LISTEN
Audioscript
Hello everyone, my name’s Lam. I’m a cyclo driver in Ho Chi Minh City. I usually have a busy working day. I get up at five-thirty in the morning. I start work at six. My first passenger is usually an old man. I take him from District 5 to District 1. After I drop him at a cafe near Ho Chi Minh Teachers’ Training College. I pedal to Thai Binh Market. My next passenger is a lady who does shopping there every two days. I help her put all her purchases into the cyclo and then take her to her shop in Tran Hung Dao Street. At about ten thirty, I ride off toward Nguven Thi Minh Khai School. There I park my cyclo. chat with some of my fellows and wait for my third passengers. They are two school pupils, a girl and a boy. I take them home. At twelve, I have lunch at a food stall near Ben Thanh Market. After lunch, I park my cyclo under a tree, take a short rest and then continue my afternoon’s work.
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E
W
WORDS
PASSENGER
CYCLO
DROP
COLLEGE
PEDAL
DO SHOPPING
RIDE OFF
PURCHASE
PARK
FELLOW
FOOD STALL
CHAT
TAKE A SHORT REST
PASSENGER (n)
COLLEGE (n)
PURCHASE (v.)
/ˈpæsɪndʒə(r)/
a person who is travelling in a car, bus, train, plane or ship and who is not driving it or working on it
/ˈkɒlɪdʒ/
a place where students go to study or to receive training after they have left school
/ˈpɜːtʃəs/
to buy something
DROP (v.)
PEDAL (v.)
/drɒp/
to ride a bicycle somewhere
to stop so that somebody can get out of a car, etc.; to deliver or leave something in a particular place, especially on the way to somewhere else
/ˈpedl/
PEDAL (n.)
PARK (v.)
FOOD STALL
HAVE/TAKE/GET A REST
/pɑːk/
to leave a vehicle that you are driving in a particular place for a period of time
/fuːd stɔːl/
 a table or small shop with an open front that people sell food from, especially at a market
to have a period of relaxing, sleeping or doing nothing after a period of activity
SHOPPING (n)
the activity of going to shops and buying things or ordering them online
- to go shopping
- to do the shopping
FELLOW (n)
/ˈfeləʊ/
[usually plural] a person that you work with or that is like you; a thing that is similar to the one mentioned
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Listen and number the pictures in the correct order
Task 2 : Listen again and decide whether the
statements are True or False
1. Mr. Lam lives in District 1.
2. Mr. Lam usually gets up early .
3. After Mr. Lam gets up, he rides his cyclo from District 5 to District 1.
4. Mr. Lam’s first passengers are two pupils.
5. Mr. Lam has lunch at home with his family.
6. After lunch Mr. Lam immediately goes back to work.
NM
NM
NOT MENTIONED IN MR LAM’S TALK
I take him from District 5 to District 1.
My first passenger is usually an old man.
I have lunch at a food stall near Ben Thanh Market.
After lunch, I park my cyclo under a tree, take a short rest and then continue my afternoon’s work.
LISTEN AND FILL IN THE BLANK WITH THE MISSING WORD
1) Hello everyone, my name is Lam.
2) I’m a cyclo ________ in Ho Chi Minh
3) I usually have a busy _______ day.
4) I get up at ___________ in the morning.
driver
working
five thirty
5) I start work at ___.
6) My first ___________ is usually an old man.
7) I _____ him from District 5 to District 1.
8) After I drop him at a café near Ho Chi Minh Teacher’s Training ________.


six
passenger
take
college
9) I ______ to Thai Binh Market.
10) My next passenger is a lady who does her _______ there every two days.
11) I help her put all her _________ into the cyclo and then take her to her shop in Tran Hung Dao Street.
pedal
shopping
purchases
12) At about ten thirty I ________ toward Nguyen Thi Minh Khai School.
13) There I park my cyclo, chat with some of my _____ and wait for my _____ passengers.
14) They are two _____ pupils, a girl and a boy.

ride off
fellow
third
school
15) I take them home.
16) At twelve I have lunch at a ________ near Ben Thanh Market.
17) After lunch, I park my cyclo under the tree, take a short _____ and then continue my afternoon’s work.

food stall
rest
Work in groups
Retell Mr. Lam’s story to the class
After you LISTEN
DISCUSSION
Have you ever travelled by cyclo?
When was it?
Is it interesting to travel by cyclo?
Which do you prefer, going by bicycle or by cyclo? Give reason(s)?
Thank you for your attention.
Good bye.