19/10/2022

ENGLISH 8

WARM UP
Match the word in column A with its
definition in column B

A
1. forest

B
A. a community of people smaller than a town
B. a small house in the country.
2. stream C. the trees and other plants in a large densely
wooded area.
3. village
D. a steep descent of the water of a river.
E. domesticated bovine animals such as
4. lake
cows, buffaloes…
5. cottage F. grass mowed and cured for use as fodder.
G. a piece of land cleared of trees and usually
6. field
enclosed.
7. waterfall H. land covered with grass and other low
plants suitable for grazing animals.
8. hay
I. a body of (usually fresh) water surrounded
by land.
9. pasture J. a natural body of running water flowing on
or under the earth.
10. cattle

Answer
key:KeKey
A
1. forest
2. stream
3. village
4. lake
5. cottage
6. field
7. waterfall
8. hay
9. pasture
10. Cattle

Key

B

C. the trees and other plants in a large densely wooded
area.
J. a natural body of running water flowing on or under the
earth.
A. a community of people smaller than a town
I. a body of (usually fresh) water surrounded by land.
B. a small house in the country.
G. a piece of land cleared of trees and usually enclosed.
D. a steep descent of the water of a river.
F. grass mowed and cured for use as fodder.
H. land covered with grass and other low plants suitable
for grazing animals.
E. domesticated bovine animals such as cows,
buffaloes…

UNIT 3
LESSON 5:
The H'Mong

SKILLS 1

READING

There are three kinds of Thai people

The white Thai

The black Thai

The red Thai

Main features

Language

Housing

Production activities

Festivals and ceremonies

Special food

Vocabulary:

- experienced /ɪkˈspɪəriənst/ (a)

: có kinh nghiệm

- dig /dɪg / (v)

: đào

- canal /kə'næl/ (n)

: con kênh

- burnt-out land /ˈbɜːntaʊt lænd/ (n)

: mãnh đất đốt rừng làm rẫy

- bamboo items /ˌbæmˈbuːˈaɪtəmz/ (n)

: vật dụng bằng tre

- weave /wiːv/ (v)

: dệt (vải)

- unique /juˈniːk/ (a)

: độc đáo

- ornament /ˈɔːnəmənt/ (n)

: đồ (vật) trang trí

- worship /ˈwɜːʃɪp/ (v)

: thờ cúng

- ancestor /ˈænsestə(r)/ (n)

: ông bà, tổ tiên

- alternating song /ˌɔːltəneɪtɪŋ/ (n)

: bài hát giao duyên

Checking vocabulary:
- experienced /ɪkˈspɪəriənst/ (a)

: có kinh nghiệm

- dig – dug – dug /dɪg - dʌg/ (v)

: đào

- canal /kə'næl/ (n)

: con kênh

- burnt-out land /ˈbɜːntaʊt lænd/ (n)

: mãnh đất đốt rừng làm rẫy

- bamboo items /ˌbæmˈbuːˈaɪtəmz/ (n)

: vật dụng bằng tre

- weave /wiːv/ (v)

: dệt (vải)

- unique /juˈniːk/ (a)

: độc đáo

- ornament /ˈɔːnəmənt/ (n)

: đồ (vật) trang trí

- worship /ˈwɜːʃɪp/ (v)

: thờ cúng

- ancestor /ˈænsestə(r)/ (n)

: ông bà, tổ tiên

- alternating song /ˌɔːltəneɪtɪŋ/ (n)

: bài hát giao duyên

1. Work in pairs. Answer the questions.

1. Where do the Thai people live?
They live in the northern mountainous region. 
2. What is their population?
The Thai have a population of about one
and a half million people.

Now read the text and check your answers.

The Thai have a population of about one and a
half million people living in the provinces of Lai
Chau, Son La, Yen Bai, Hoa Binh, Thanh Hoa,
and Nghe An. The Thai language belongs to the
Tay - Thai group.
The Thai are experienced farmers. They dig canals
to bring water to their fields. Their main food is
rice, especially sticky rice. The Thai also grow
other crops on burnt-out land. They raise cattle
and poultry for their own use. They also make
bamboo items, and weave cloth. Thai cloth is wellknown for being unique, colourful and strong.

Recently, Thai men prefer to wear the Kinh's
style of dress, while Thai women keep their
traditional costumes including short blouses,
long skirts, scarves and ornaments. The Thai live
in houses on stilts. Their villages comprise 40 to
50 houses, usually built side by side.
The Thai worship their ancestors. Every year
they hold festivals and ceremonies with
alternating songs between boys and girls, and
many traditional games.

2. Complete each sentence, using a word from
the text.
farmers
1. The Thai are good __________.
They grow
different crops.
2. They can make household items from the
bamboo
__________
tree.

stilt
3. The Thai live in _________
houses.
4. They have a rich culture including folk
songs
_________
and games.

ceremonies
5. Many festivals and _______________
are held
by the Thai people every year.

3. Answer the questions.
1. Do the Thai people have their own language?
Yes, they do.
2. What is the main food of the Thai people?
Their main food is rice.
3. What is the Thai cloth well-known for?
It is well-known for being unique, colourful and
strong.
4. Which still wear their traditional costumes,
Thai men or Thai women?
Thai women do.
5. Who do the Thai worship?
They worship their ancestors.

SPEAKING

4. Read some facts about the Bru-Van Kieu
people and the Khmer people.
The Bru-Van Kieu people
Population: about 74,500
Regions: Quang Binh,
Quang Tri,Thua Thien – Hue
Language: Mon-Khmer group
Production activities: growing rice, terraced fields,
raising cattle and poultry
Festivals: ceremony held before sowing seeds

4. Read some facts about the Bru-Van Kieu
people and the Khmer people.
The Khmer people
Population: about 1,260,600
Regions: provinces of
Mekong Delta
Language: Mon-Khmer group, writing
system
Production activities: growing rice, raising cattle and
poultry, making sugar
Festivals: two main holidays: Chaul Chnam Thmey

Work in groups. Choose one of the two ethnic
groups and talk about it. 
Model talk 1:
The population of the Bru-Van Kieu people is
about 74,500 people. They mostly live in the
provinces of Quang Binh, Quang Tri, Thua Thien
Hue. Their language is Mon-Khmer. They grow
rice on terraced fields, raise cattle and poultry to
earn a living. Their main festival is held before
sowing seeds.

Work in groups. Choose one of the two ethnic
groups and talk about it. 
Model talk 2:
Khmer

people

has

a

population

of

about

1,260,600 people. They mostly live in provinces
of Mekong Delta. Their language is Mon-Khmer
group and the writing system. They grow rice,
raise cattle and poultry, make sugar for living.
They have 2 main festivals: Chaul Chnam Thmey
(New Year) and Greeting - the - Moon festival.

5. Talk about YOUR own ethnic group.
Model talk 1:

My own ethnic group is the Viet (also called the
Kinh). The Viet live everywhere in the country.
We have the largest population. Our cuisine
culture varies from North to South. We also
celebrate many festivals during the year. We
have the traditional costume: Ao Dai, Ao Ba Ba.

Model talk 2:
The Kinh, also called the Viet people, is the
majority ethnic group of Vietnam, comprising
about 86% of the population. The Kinh people
settle along the whole Vietnam. Vietnamese is
the native language of the Vietnamese (Kinh)
people, as well as a first or second language for
the many ethnic minorities of Vietnam. Rice
cultivation is the main economic activity of the
Kinh. They also raise cattle and poultry. They
often celebrate a lot of festivals during the year.
They have the traditional costumes such as Ao
Dai and Ao Ba Ba.

Model talk 3:

The Bahnar is an ethnic group of Vietnam living
primarily in the Central Highland provinces of Gia Lai
and Kon Tum, as well as the coastal provinces of Binh
Dinh and Phu Yen. They speak a language in the MonKhmer language family. Like many of the other ethnic
groups of Vietnam's Central Highlands, the Bahnar
play a great number of traditional musical
instruments, including gongs and string instruments
made from bamboo. These instruments are
sometimes played in concert on special occasions.

- Learn the new words by heart.
- Read the text on page+ 32 again.
- Do exercises D 2 in workbook (page
21)
- Prepare a talk about your own ethnic
group.
- Prepare for Unit 3: Skill 2

Goodbye!
See you again!