Welcome to our class
Unit 2 : LIFE IN THE COUNTRYSIDE
Lesson 1 : Getting started

Look at the picture

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Vocabulary:
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harvest /hɑː(r)vɪst/ (v)

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herd /hɜː(r)d / (v)- go herding- chăn (trâu, bò)

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dry /drɑɪ/ (v)

- phơi khô (lúa...)

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load /ləʊd/ (v)

- chất lên, tải

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buffalo-drawn cart (n)

- xe trâu (kéo)

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transport /ˈtrænspɔːt/ (v)

- vận chuyển

Explore (v):

- thu hoạch, gặt

- khám phá

1. Listen and read

a. Are these sentences true (T) or false (F)
1. Nguyen didn't think country life could be so

T

interesting
2. Nguyen never joins the boys in herding the
buffaloes
3. Rice is transported home on trucks

F
F
T

4. Nick would like to visit the countryside at the
harvest time
5. Nguyen thinks life in the city is faster than that in
the countryside

T

b. Answer the following questions
1. Where is Nguyen now?
=> He's in the countryside
2. When was he able to make new friends?
=> Right on his first day here
3. What is Nguyen's kite like?
=> It's big and colorful
4. Who is Nguyen probably staying with?
=> He is probably staying with his grandfather
5. Does Nick want to be there with Nguyen?
=> Yes, he does

c. Complete the sentences with the words in the
box
1. When a thing has lots of bright colours, it is __________
colourful
2. When people are not in a hurry, they __________
move slowly
3. A busy time when people collect their crops is
called ___________
harvest time
4. A place where rice grows is called a __________
paddy field
5. My brother is taking his buffaloes out to feed them. He's
__________
them
herding
6. Rice is loaded onto a ____________________to
buffalo- drawn cart
transport it
home

d. In group, dicuss and find how Nguyen feels about
his stay in the countryside. Tick the appropriate box.
Look for expressions from the conversation to support
your ideas
1. He likes it
✓
=> “.. it's more exciting than I expected “
2. He doesn't mind it
=>“It looks great up there in the sky “
3.
likehappily
it
=>He
“ Idoesn't
live more
here, and there's still a lot more to
explore”

2. Match the activities with the pictures
1. Flying a kite

2. Herding buffaloes

3. Riding a horse

4. Collecting water

5. Drying the rice

6. Loading the rice

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 game

4. GAME : COUNTRYSIDE CHARADES
Play charades in two teams using the class list of
countryside activities from 3. The teacher whispers an
activity to one person from team 1. This person mimes
the activity for their team to guess. If their team guesses
incorrectly, Team 2 can try. The teams take turns until
all the activities have been mimed. The team with the
most points wins

• Remember the vocabulary
• Prepare lesson 2 : A closer look 1