WARM-UP:
picking
tomatoes
herding
the
buffaloes

Choose the right phrase and then put it
under the appropriate picture.
drying the rice
flying kites

riding a horse
collecting water

UNIT 2 : LIFE IN THE COUNTRYSIDE
A CLOSER LOOK 1

VOCABULARY
- vast /vɑːst/ (a)

- rộng lớn, bao la

- brave /breɪv / (a)

- can đảm

- nomadic /nəʊˈmædɪk/ (a) - du mục
- put up /ˈpʊt ʌp/ (v)

- dựng (lều…) lên

- bloom /bluːm/ (n)

= flower

- Braille /breɪl / (n)

- chữ nổi

CHECKING VOCABULARY

- vast /vɑːst/ (a)

- rộng lớn, bao la

- brave /breɪv / (a)

- can đảm

- nomadic /nəʊˈmædɪk/ (a)

- du mục

- put up /ˈpʊt ʌp/ (v)

- dựng (lều…) lên

- bloom /bluːm/ (n)

= flower

- Braille /breɪl / (n)

- chữ nổi

1. Listen and repeat the words.

1. slow

6. boring

2. colourful

7. inconvenient

3. friendly

8. vast

4. hard

9. peaceful

5. brave

10. nomadic

2. Put the words in 1 into the appropriate category.
Some words can be used in more than one category.
To describe ...

Words

people

friendly, brave, nomadic,

life

slow, hard, boring,
inconvenient, peaceful,
nomadic, colourful

scenery

colourful, vast, peaceful

3. Match the nouns/ noun phrases in the box with each
verb.
a pole
wild flowers
hay
the buffaloes a horse
water
a camel
apples
the cattle
a tent

RIDE

PUT UP

COLLECT

3. Match the nouns/ noun phrases in the box with each
verb.
the buffaloes
the cattle

apples

HERD

wild flowers

PICK

4. Use the words in 1 and 3 to complete the sentences.
Remember to use the correct form of the verbs.
1. When summer
blackberries.

comes,

we

enjoy

____________
picking

2. 2.Our village has no running water, which is
_____________.
inconvenient We have to help our parents to _________
collect
water from the river.
herd
3. In the countryside, children learn to _________
the cattle
when they are small.
ridden
4. Have you ever __________
a horse? I think one has to be
__________
brave to do it.

4. Use the words in 1 and 3 to complete the sentences.
Remember to use the correct form of the verbs.
peaceful
5. You can relax in the countryside. It's so ___________.
Nomadic life is hard because people have to move a lot.
6. __________

vast
7. The sky is __________
here in the countryside. There are no
buildings to block the view.
hard
put up
8. We worked together to __________
this tent. It was __________
work.

Pronunciation:

Clusters: /bl/ and /cl/

5.  Listen and repeat the words. Pay attention to the
initial clusters.
1. blackberry

2. clothing

3. climb

4. blind

5. click

6. clay

7. bloom

8. blossom

9. clock

10. clear

6. Listen and circle the words you hear.

1.

blame

claim

2.

class

blast

3.

clue

blue

4.

clock

block

5.

blow

close

7. Listen to the sentences and repeat.
1.The wind is blowing so hard.
2.These people have climbed to the top of the mountain.
3. The tree is in full bloom.
4. Look at the clear blue sky.
5. Blind people can read with Braille.

- Learn the new words by heart.
+

- Practice pronunciation “bl”, “cl” again.
- Prepare for Unit 1: Closer look 2.