Warm
up

FOLK TALES

Duon
g

Nick

Vocabulary:
- reply /rɪˈplaɪ/ (v)

: đáp lời, trả lời

- legend / legend/ (n)

: truyền thuyết, sự
tích

- folk tale /ˈfəʊk teɪl/ (n)
- fable /ˈfeɪbl/ (n)
- origin /ˈɒrɪdʒɪn/(n)

: truyện kể dân gian
: truyện ngụ ngôn

:
nguồn
gốc
- give birth to /gɪv bɜːθ tə(r)/
(exp)
: sinh nở, sinh con
- imaginary /ɪˈmædʒɪnəri/ (a) : tưởng tượng

Checking vocabulary:
- reply /rɪˈplaɪ/ (v)

: đáp lời, trả lời

- legend / legend/ (n)

: truyền thuyết, sự
tích

- folk tale /ˈfəʊk teɪl/ (n)
- fable /ˈfeɪbl/ (n)
- origin /ˈɒrɪdʒɪn/(n)

: truyện kể dân gian
: truyện ngụ ngôn

- give birth to /gɪv bɜːθ tə(r)/ : nguồn gốc
(exp)
: sinh nở, sinh con
- imaginary /ɪˈmædʒɪnəri/ (a) : tưởng tượng

D: I phoned you around 9 p.m. last night, but no
reply.
N: Oh, I was doing some Internet research on
Vietnamese legends for my project.
D: Have you found one you like yet?
N: Not really. Can you suggest anything?
D: We have lots of legends, folk tales, and fables.
A popular one is the legend of Lac Long Quan
and Au Co.
N: Oh yeah? What's it about?
D: Well, it's about the origins of the Vietnamese
people.

N: Who are the main characters?
D: Lac Long Quan – the dragon king of the ocean,
Au Co – a fairy, and their sons.
N: And what's the story?
D: Let me see… Lac Long Quan married Au Co. She
gave birth to a bag of one hundred eggs, which
produced one hundred baby boys.
N: One hundred baby boys? That's a lot.

d

D: And some years later, Lac Long Quan missed the
sea so he took fifty of their sons to the sea, and
Au Co took the others to the mountains. Those
boys were the ancestors of the Vietnamese.u
N: What an interesting legend it is! I think I've found
the subject of my project ng

1.a. Read
conversation
again
and choose the
1. What wasthe
Duong
doing at 9 p.m.
last night?
answers:
A. Hecorrect
was coming
to Nick's house.
B. He was phoning Nick. C. He was talking to Nick.
2. What was Nick doing at 9 p.m. last night?
A. He was watching a TV show.
B. He was talking about his project.
C. He was searching for information on the Web.
3. What legend did Duong recommend to Nick?
A. A legend about how Viet Nam began.
B. A legend about Vietnamese people being original
C. A legend that isn't well-known
4. Who was Lac Long Quan?
A. A fairy B. Au Co's father C. The dragon king of the ocean
5. Where did Au Co take half of the sons?
A. To the mountains B. To the sea C. To Lac Long Quan's

1.b. Match the words to their meanings.
1. title

a. the people the story is
about

2. genre

b. the content of the story

3. main
characters

c. the name of the story

4. plot

d. the type of story it is

1.c. Find the information in the conversation
to complete the table.
Title

Lac Long Quan and Au Co

Genre

Legend

Main
Lac Long Quan, Au Co, and their sons
characters
- Lac Long rried Au Co.
- Au Co gave birth to one hundred baby
boys.

Plot

- Lac Long Quan missed the sea.
- Lac Long Quan took fifty of their
sons to the sea.
- Au Co took the others to the

1.d. What does this sentence
conversation express?

from

the

Nick: What an interesting legend it is!
Do you know what kind of sentence it is?
Exclamatory sentences

Click

Make exclamatory sentences.
1. handsome / man
What a handsome man (he is)!
2. interesting / game
What an interesting game (it is)!
3. good / news
What good news (it is)!
4. lovely / dogs
What lovely dogs (they are)!
5. brave / women
What brave women (they are)!

2. Match the words with their definitions.
Then listen, check and repeat.
A
legend

1. a very old, traditional story from a
particular place that was originally
passed on to people in a spoken form

2. an ancient story about brave people
B
or magical events that are probably
folk tale
not true
C
fable

3. an imaginary story typically involving
magic or fairies, usually for children

D
fairy
tale

4. traditional, imaginary short story that
teaches a moral lesson; typically
using animal characters

Audio script:
1. A very old, traditional story from a
particular place that was originally passed on
to people in a spoken form - fable
2. An ancient story about brave people or
magical events that are probably not true fairy tale
3. An imaginary story typically involving
magic or fairies, usually for children - folk tale
4. Traditional, imaginary short story that
teaches a moral lesson; typically using animal
characters - legend

3. GAME: GUESS THE STORY

A. Think of a legend, folk tale, fable or fairy
tale you know. Complete the table below.
Title

Cinderella

Genre

fairy tale

Main
characters

Cinderella, her stepsisters, her
stepmother, and a prince

Plot

Cinderella, a kind and beautiful
girl who finally gets married to a
prince.

b. Work in pairs. Interview each other and try
to guess the title of the story.
Example:
A: What kind of story is it?
B: It's a fairy tale.
A: Who are the main characters?
B: Cinderella, her stepsisters, her stepmother, and a
prince.
A: What's it about?
B: It's about Cinderella, a kind and beautiful girl who
finally gets married to a prince.
A: Is it Cinderella?
B: Yes!

More practice
Title

Who is faster?

Genre

Fable

Main
character

A hare, a tortoise

Plot

The Hare and the tortoise have a
race. The hare is fast but he loses
because he is arrogant. The tortoise
is slow but he wins the race because
he understands himself and his
competitor.

A: What kind of story is it?
B: It's a fable.
A: Who are the main characters?
B: A hare, a tortoise.
A: What's it about?
B: The Hare and the tortoise have a race. The
hare is fast but he loses because he is
arrogant. The tortoise is slow but he wins
the race because he understands himself
and his competitor.
A: Is it Who is the faster?
B: Yes!

- Learn the new words by heart.
+

- Practice the dialogue again.
- Do exercises B1,2,3 in workbook
(page 45).
- Prepare for Unit 6: A closer look 1.