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Unit 2 : LIFE IN THE COUNTRYSIDE
Lesson 1 : Getting started
Look at the picture
Where are they ?
What are they doing?
Unit 2 : LIFE IN THE COUNTRYSIDE
Lesson 1 : Getting started
New words
-harvest (v)
thu hoạch, gặt
-herd (v)
chăn dắt
-load (v)
chất lên
-buffalo (n)
con trâu
-buffalo- drawn cart (n)
xe trâu kéo
-explore (v)
khám phá
-paddy field ( n )
đồng lúa
1. Listen and read
a. Are these sentences true (T) or false (F)
Nguyen didn’t think country life could be so interesting
Nguyen never joins the boys in herding the buffaloes
Rice is transported home on trucks
Nick would like to visit the countryside at the harvest time
Nguyen thinks life in the city is faster than that in the countryside
T
F
F
T
T
b. Answer the following questions
1. Where is Nguyen now?
2. When was he able to make new friends?
3. What is Nguyen’s kite like?
4. Who is Nguyen probably staying with?
5. Does Nick want to be there with Nguyen?
=> He’s in the countryside
=> Right on his first day there
=> It’s big and colorful
=> He is probably staying with his grandfather
=> Yes, he does
c. Complete the sentences with the words in the box
1. When a thing has lots of bright colours, it is __________
2. When people are not in a hurry, they __________
3. A busy time when people collect their crops is called ___________
4. A place where rice grows is called a __________
5. My brother is talking his buffaloes out to feed them. He’s __________ them
6. Rice is loaded onto a ____________________to transport it home
colourful
move slowly
harvest time
paddy field
herding
buffalo- drawn cart
2. Match the activities with the pictures
6. Loading the rice
5. Drying the rice
4. Collecting water
3. Riding a horse
1. Flying a kite
2. Herding buffaloes
3. Can you think some more things that children do in the countryside…
They climb trees
They go swimming in the river
They fly a kite
They go fishing
They play on the field
They play folk games
HOMEWORK
Remember the vocabulary
Say some things that children can do in the countryside
Prepare lesson 2 : A closer look 1