UNIT 1:
LOCAL ENVIRONMENT
Lesson 1:
Getting started
Vocabulary:
set up (phr.v):
take over (phr.v):
artisan (n) /ˌɑːtɪˈzæn/:
workshop (n) /ˈwɜːkʃɒp/:
memorable (a) /ˈmemərəbl/:
remind S.O of Sth (v) /rɪˈmaɪnd/:
specific (a) /spəˈsɪfɪk/:
handicraft (n) /ˈhændikrɑːft/:
lacquerware (n) /ˈlækəweə/:
silk (n) /sɪlk/:
marble sculpture (n) /ˈmɑːbl ˈskʌlptʃə(r)/:
thành lập, sáng lập
thừa hưởng, tiếp quản
thợ làm nghề thủ công
công xưởng, xưởng
đáng nhớ
gợi nhắc (ai về điều gì)
cụ thể, đặc biệt
sản phẩm thủ công, đồ thủ công
đồ sơn mài
lụa
điêu khắc đá cẩm thạch
1. Listen and read.
A visit to a traditional craft village
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, BatTrang 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?
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.
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.
Can you find a word/phrase that means:



1. Listen and read.
Craft
Set up
Take over
Artisans
Attraction
Specific region
Remind
Look around
b. Answer the following questions.
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. Listen and read.
They are at Phong`s grandparents` pottery workshop in Bat Trang.
It is about 700 years old.
His great-grandparents did.
Because people can buy things for their house and make pottery themselves themselves in workshops there.
It`s in Hue.
Because the handicrafts remind them of a specific region.
2. Write the name of each traditional handicraft in the box under the picture.
lanterns
Paintings
Conical hats
Pottery
Lacquerware
drums
Marble sculpture
silk
3. Complete the sentences with the words/ phrases from 2 to show where in Viet Nam the handicrafts are made. You do not have to use them all.
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.
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.
conical hats
lanterns
silk
paintings
Pottery
marble sculptures
4. QUIZ: WHAT IS INTEREST?
a. Work in pairs to do the quiz.
1. People go to this area to walk, play, and relax.
2. It is a place where objects of artistic, cultural, historical, or 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.
Park
Museum
Zoo
Beach
Beauty spot
b. Work in groups. Write a similar quiz about places of interest. Ask another group to answer the quiz.
1. It is a large shop with a variety of foods and other goods needed in the home. 
2. People come here to borrow or invest money or change it to foreign money,...
3. People come here when they are ill or injured to be treated and taken care by doctors and nurses.
4. It is a place for people to watch films together.
5. It is a building or a room that has a large collection of books for people to read or borrow usually without payment.
4. QUIZ: WHAT IS INTEREST?
supermarket
bank
hospital
movie theater
library
Homework:
Learn vocabulary by heart.
Review the lesson at home.
Prepare lesson 2: A closer look 1