Lesson 1: Getting started:
A visit to a traditional craft village
Unit 1: LOCAL ENVIRONMENT
By Tran Thi Min
Getting started:
A visit to a traditional craft village
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Who and what can you see in the picture?
Where are they?
3. What do you think the people in the picture are talking about?
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Nick: There are so many pieces of pottery here, Phong. Do your grandparents make all of them?
Phong: They can’t because we have lots of products. They make some and other people make the rest.
Nick: As far as I know, Bat Trang is one of the most famous traditional craft villages of Ha Noi, right?
Phong: Right. My grandmother says it’s about 700 years old.
Mi: Wow! When did your grandparents set up this workshop?
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Phong: My great-grandparents started it, not my grandparents. Then my grandparents took over the business. All the artisans here are my aunts, uncles, and cousins.
Mi: I see. Your village is also a place of interest of Ha Noi, isn’t it?
Phong: Yes. People come here to buy things for their house. Another attraction is they can make pottery themselves in workshops.
Phong: Yes. People come here to buy things for their house. Another attraction is they can make pottery themselves in workshops.

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Nick: That must be a memorable experience.
Phong: In Viet Nam there are lots of craft villages like Bat Trang. Have you ever been to any others?
Mi: I’ve been to a conical hat making village in Hue!
Nick: Cool! This is my first one. Do you think that the various crafts remind people of a specific region?
Mi: Sure. It’s the reason tourists often choose handicrafts as souvenirs.
Phong: Let’s go outside and look round the village…
1. Listen and read:
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craft villages
set up
Workshop
craft villages
set up
workshop
memorable experience
conical hat
remind… of
handicrafts
look round
Vocabulary:
làng nghề
thành lập
xưởng
làng nghề
thành lập
xưởng
kinh nghiệm đáng nhớ
mũ nón
gợi nhớ về
thủ công mỹ nghệ
tham quan

craft    

  
set up
take over  
artisans
1.a. Can you find a word/phrase that means?
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attraction   
  

  
specific region    
    remind   
 
look round
1.a. Can you find a word/phrase that means?
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1. Where are Nick, Mi, and Phong?
2. How old is the village?
3. Who started Phong’s family workshop?
4. Why is the village a place of interest in Ha Noi?
5. Where is the craft village that Mi visited?
6. Why do tourists like to buy handicrafts as souvenirs?
1.b. Answer the following questions?
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1. Where are Nick, Mi, and Phong?
They are at Phong’s grandparents’ workshop in Bat Trang.
2. How old is the village?
It is about 700 years old.
3. Who started Phong’s family workshop?
His great-grandparents did.
4. Why is the village a place of interest in Ha Noi?
Because people can buy things for their house and make pottery themselves there.
5. Where is the craft village that Mi visited?
It is in Hue.
6. Why do tourists like to buy handicrafts as souvenirs?
Because the handicrafts remind them of a specific region.
1.b. Answer the following questions?
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A. paintings    
B. drums    
C. marble sculptures    
D. Pottery 
2. Write the name of each traditional handicraft in the box under the picture.
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E.silk  
F. lacquerware    
G. conical hats  
H. lanterns 
Key:

A. craft     B. set up    


C. take over     D. Artisans


E. attraction     F. specific region  

G. remind     H. look round
2. Write the name of each traditional handicraft in the box under the picture.
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1. The birthplace of the famous bai tho ……………………….
  is Tay Ho village in Hue.

2. If you go to Hoi An on the 15th of each lunar month, you can enjoy the lights of many beautiful ……………………….

3. Van Phuc village in Ha Noi produces different types of ……………. products such as cloth, scarves, ties, and dresses.
conical hat
lanterns
silk
3. Complete the sentences with the words/ phrases from 2
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4. On the Tet holiday, many Hanoians go to Dong Ho village to buy folk……………….. .

5.  …………… products of Bau Truc, such as pots and vases, have the natural colours typical of Champa culture in Ninh Thuan.

6. Going to Non Nuoc marble village in Da Nang, we’re impressed by a wide variety of ………………………….. from Buddha statues to bracelets.
paintings
Pottery
marble sculptures
3. Complete the sentences with the words/ phrases from 2
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1. People go to this area to walk, play, and relax.
2. It is a place where objects of artistic, cultural, historical,
of scientific interest are kept and shown.
3. People go to this place to see animals.
4. It is an area of sand, or small stones, beside the sea or a
lake.
5. It is a beautiful and famous place in the countryside.
l.park
2. museum
3. zoo
4. Quiz: WHAT IS THE PLACE OF INTERESTS?
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a. Work in pairs to do the quiz.
4. beach
5. beauty spot
Phrasal verbs
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- Look after sb: chăm sóc, trông nom

- Look ahead: suy nghĩ về tương lai (sẽ có chuyện gì xảy ra)

- Look around/round sth: nhìn quanh

- Look around/round for sth: tìm kiếm cái gì đó ở nhiều nơi

- Look at sth: nhìn; điều tra

- Look back (on sth): nghĩ về một điều gì đó trong quá khứ




Phrasal verbs
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- Look on: nhìn cái gì đó với tư cách, thái độ không liên quan

- Look on sb/sth as sb/sth: Coi ai, cái gì như..
- Look through sth: xem qua

- Look down on sb/sth: đánh giá thấp

Look for sth: tìm kiếm

Look forward to sth/doing sth: hi vọng, trông mong

- Look in (on sb): ghé thăm





 






Phrasal verbs
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Look into sth: nghiên cứu

Look out: cảnh báo ai đó có nguy hiểm đang đến.

- Look through sb: ngó lơ

- Look up (from sth): nhìn lên - Look up: trở nên tốt hơn (kinh doanh, hoàn cảnh,...)

- Look up sth: tra cứu

- Look up sb: liên lạc