Unit

5

FOOD AND DRINK
Lesson 5: SKILLS 1

READING
1 Work in pairs. Discuss the following questions.

1. Is pho popular in your neighbourhood?
Yes, it is/ No, it isn't

2. When can we have pho?

We have it in the morning/ evening….

3. What are the main ingredients of pho?

They are noodles, beef, onion, chicken,…

READING

Read Phong's blog. Match the underlined words in the text with their meanin
Pho is a special kind of traditional Vietnamese dish. Its main ingredients are rice
noodles and slices of beef or chicken. It is one of the most common dishes you
will find in Viet Nam. People enjoy pho at all times of the day, even for a late
night snack. Pho has a very special taste. The rice noodles are made from the
best kind of rice. There are two main kinds of pho: pho bo (beef noodle soup)
and pho ga (chicken noodle soup). The broth for pho is made by stewing beef or
chicken bones for a long time in a big pot. The meat (beef and chicken) served
with pho is boneless and cut into thin slices ... It's really delicious!
Tell me about a popular dish in your area!
Posted by Phong on Feb 22 at 5:30 p.m.

READING
1

Read Phong's blog. Match the underlined words in the text with their meanings. 

Pho is a special kind of traditional Vietnamese dish.
Its main ingredients are rice noodles and slices of
beef or chicken. It is one of the most common dishes
you will find in Viet Nam. People enjoy pho at all
times of the day, even for a late night snack. Pho has
a very special taste. The rice noodles are made from
the best kind of rice. There are two main kinds of
pho: pho bo (beef noodle soup) and pho ga (chicken
noodle soup). The broth for pho is made by stewing
beef or chicken bones for a long time in a big pot.
The meat (beef and chicken) served with pho is
boneless and cut into thin slices ... It's really
delicious!
Tell me about a popular dish in your area!
Posted by Phong on Feb 22 at 5:30 p.m.

1. snack

a.
d. cooking
a small meal,
something
usually eaten
slowly,
in a hurry
often in water

2. taste

b. the flavour of something

3. broth

c. soup made by boiling
bones, meat, etc, and
vegetables in water

4. stewing

a. a
cooking
something
d.
small meal,
usually eaten
slowly,
often in water
in
a hurry

5. boneless

without bones
bones
e. without

READING
1 Read Phong's blog. Match the underlined words in the text with their
meanings. 
1. snack

d. a small meal, usually
eaten in a hurry

/snæk/ (n) : đồ ăn vặt

2. taste

b. the flavour of something

3. broth

c. soup made by boiling
bones, meat, etc, and
vegetables in water

/brɒθ/(n) :nước dùng, canh 

4. stewing

a. cooking something
slowly, often in water

/stju:/ (v) : hầm 

e. without bones

/ˈbəʊnləs/(adj):
không xương 

5. boneless

/teɪst/ (n,v): nếm

WHILE-READING
3

Read Phong's blog again and circle the correct answer A, B or C.

Pho is a special kind of traditional Vietnamese dish.
Its main ingredients are rice noodles and slices of
beef or chicken. It is one of the most common
dishes you will find in Viet Nam. People enjoy pho
at all times of the day, even for a late night snack.
Pho has a very special taste. The rice noodles are
made from the best kind of rice. There are two main
kinds of pho: pho bo (beef noodle soup) and pho ga
(chicken noodle soup). The broth for pho is made by
stewing beef or chicken bones for a long time in a
big pot. The meat (beef and chicken) served with
pho is boneless and cut into thin slices ... It's really
delicious!
Tell me about a popular dish in your area!
Posted by Phong on Feb 22 at 5:30 p.m.

1. The text is mainly about
_____.
A. pho, a popular dish in Viet Nam
B. popular dishes in Viet Nam
C. different ways to cook pho

WHILE-READING
3

Read Phong's blog again and circle the correct answer A, B or C.

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Its main ingredients are rice noodles and slices of
beef or chicken. It
It isisone
of the
mostmost
common
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of the
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dishes you will find in Viet Nam. People enjoy pho at _____.
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all times of
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day, even
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has a very special taste. The rice noodles are made
B. popular dishes in Viet Nam
from the best kind of rice. There are two main kinds C. different ways to cook pho
of pho: pho bo (beef noodle soup) and pho ga
(chicken noodle soup). The broth for pho is made by
stewing beef or chicken bones for a long time in a
big pot. The meat (beef and chicken) served with
pho is boneless and cut into thin slices ... It's really
delicious!
Tell me about a popular dish in your area!
Posted by Phong on Feb 22 at 5:30 p.m.

WHILE-READING
3

Read Phong's blog again and circle the correct answer A, B or C.

Pho is a special kind of traditional Vietnamese dish.
Its main ingredients are rice noodles and slices of
beef or chicken. It is one of the most common
dishes you will find in Viet Nam. People enjoy pho at
all times of the day, even for a late night snack. Pho
has a very special taste. The rice noodles are made
from the best kind of rice. There are two main kinds
of pho: pho bo (beef noodle soup) and pho ga
(chicken noodle soup). The broth for pho is made by
stewing beef or chicken bones for a long time in a
big pot. The meat (beef and chicken) served with
pho is boneless and cut into thin slices ... It's really
delicious!
Tell me about a popular dish in your area!
Posted by Phong on Feb 22 at 5:30 p.m.

2. Pho is made mainly with
_____.
A. rice noodles and beef or
chicken
B. rice, pork, and vegetables
C. fish, shrimp, and noodles

WHILE-READING
3

Read Phong's blog again and circle the correct answer A, B or C.

Pho is a special kind of traditional Vietnamese dish.
Its main
are are
rice rice
noodles
and slices
Its
mainingredients
ingredients
noodles
andofslices of
beef or chicken. It is one of the most common
beef or chicken.
dishes you will find in Viet Nam. People enjoy pho at
all times of the day, even for a late night snack. Pho
has a very special taste. The rice noodles are made
from the best kind of rice. There are two main kinds
of pho: pho bo (beef noodle soup) and pho ga
(chicken noodle soup). The broth for pho is made by
stewing beef or chicken bones for a long time in a
big pot. The meat (beef and chicken) served with
pho is boneless and cut into thin slices ... It's really
delicious!
Tell me about a popular dish in your area!
Posted by Phong on Feb 22 at 5:30 p.m.

2. Pho is made mainly with
_____.
A. rice noodles and beef or
chicken
B. rice, pork, and vegetables
C. fish, shrimp, and noodles

WHILE-READING
3

Read Phong's blog again and circle the correct answer A, B or C.

Pho is a special kind of traditional Vietnamese dish.
Its main ingredients are rice noodles and slices of
beef or chicken. It is one of the most common
dishes you will find in Viet Nam. People enjoy pho
at all times of the day, even for a late night snack.
Pho has a very special taste. The rice noodles are
made from the best kind of rice. There are two main
kinds of pho: pho bo (beef noodle soup) and pho ga
(chicken noodle soup). The broth for pho is made by
stewing beef or chicken bones for a long time in a
big pot. The meat (beef and chicken) served with
pho is boneless and cut into thin slices ... It's really
delicious!
Tell me about a popular dish in your area!
Posted by Phong on Feb 22 at 5:30 p.m.

3. We enjoy pho _____.
A. only for breakfast
B. for lunch and dinner
C. at any time of the day

WHILE-READING
3

Read Phong's blog again and circle the correct answer A, B or C.

Pho is a special kind of traditional Vietnamese dish.
Its main ingredients are rice noodles and slices of
beef or chicken. It is one of the most common
dishes you will find in Viet Nam. People enjoy pho

at all times of the day, even for a late night
Pho has a very special taste. The rice noodles are
snack.

made from the best kind of rice. There are two main
kinds of pho: pho bo (beef noodle soup) and pho ga
(chicken noodle soup). The broth for pho is made by
stewing beef or chicken bones for a long time in a
big pot. The meat (beef and chicken) served with
pho is boneless and cut into thin slices ... It's really
delicious!
Tell me about a popular dish in your area!
Posted by Phong on Feb 22 at 5:30 p.m.

3. We enjoy pho _____.
A. only for breakfast
B. for lunch and dinner
C. at any time of the day

WHILE-READING
3

Read Phong's blog again and circle the correct answer A, B or C.

Pho is a special kind of traditional Vietnamese dish.
Its main ingredients are rice noodles and slices of
beef or chicken. It is one of the most common
dishes you will find in Viet Nam. People enjoy pho at
all times of the day, even for a late night snack. Pho
has a very special taste.
The rice noodles are
made from the best kind of rice. There are two
main kinds of pho: pho bo (beef noodle soup) and
pho ga (chicken noodle soup). The broth for pho is
made by stewing beef or chicken bones for a long
time in a big pot. The meat (beef and chicken)
served with pho is boneless and cut into thin
slices ... It's really delicious!
Tell me about a popular dish in your area!
Posted by Phong on Feb 22 at 5:30 p.m.

4. To make noodles for pho, we
use _____.
A. a variety of sticky rice
B. the best kind of rice
C. eggs and rice flour

WHILE-READING
3

Read Phong's blog again and circle the correct answer A, B or C.

Pho is a special kind of traditional Vietnamese dish.
Its main ingredients are rice noodles and slices of
beef or chicken. It is one of the most common
dishes you will find in Viet Nam. People enjoy pho at
all times of the day, even for a late night snack. Pho
has a very special taste.
The rice noodles are
There are two
made
from
kind
of noodle
rice. soup) and
main kinds
of the
pho:best
pho bo
(beef
pho ga (chicken noodle soup). The broth for pho is
made by stewing beef or chicken bones for a long
time in a big pot. The meat (beef and chicken)
served with pho is boneless and cut into thin
slices ... It's really delicious!
Tell me about a popular dish in your area!
Posted by Phong on Feb 22 at 5:30 p.m.

4. To make noodles for pho, we
use _____.
A. a variety of sticky rice
B. the best kind of rice
C. eggs and rice flour

WHILE-READING
3

Read Phong's blog again and circle the correct answer A, B or C.

Pho is a special kind of traditional Vietnamese dish.
Its main ingredients are rice noodles and slices of
beef or chicken. It is one of the most common
5. The broth for pho is made by _____
dishes you will find in Viet Nam. People enjoy pho at A. slowly cooking beef or chicken bones
all times of the day, even for a late night snack. Pho B. cooking beef or chicken with fish sauce
has a very special taste. The rice noodles are made C. boiling potatoes and chicken bones
from the best kind of rice. There are two main kinds
for a long time
of pho: pho bo (beef noodle soup) and pho ga
(chicken noodle soup).
The broth for pho is
made by stewing beef or chicken bones for a long
time in a big pot. The meat (beef and chicken)
served with pho is boneless and cut into thin
slices ... It's really delicious!
Tell me about a popular dish in your area!
Posted by Phong on Feb 22 at 5:30 p.m.

WHILE-READING
3

Read Phong's blog again and circle the correct answer A, B or C.

Pho is a special kind of traditional Vietnamese dish.
Its main ingredients are rice noodles and slices of
5. The broth for pho is made by _____
beef or chicken. It is one of the most common
dishes you will find in Viet Nam. People enjoy pho at A. slowly cooking beef or chicken bones
all times of the day, even for a late night snack. Pho B. cooking beef or chicken with fish sauce
has a very special taste. The rice noodles are made C. boiling potatoes and chicken bones
for a long time
from the best kind of rice. There are two main kinds
of pho: pho bo (beef noodle soup) and pho ga
(chicken noodle soup).
The broth for pho is

made by stewing beef or chicken bones for a long
The meat (beef and chicken)
time inwith
a big
served
phopot.
is boneless and cut into thin
slices ... It's really delicious!
Tell me about a popular dish in your area!
Posted by Phong on Feb 22 at 5:30 p.m.

WHILE-READING
3

Read Phong's blog again and circle the correct answer A, B or C.

1. The text is mainly about _____.
A. pho, a popular dish in Viet Nam
B. popular dishes in Viet Nam
C. different ways to cook pho
2. Pho is made mainly with _____.
A. rice noodles and beef or chicken
B. rice, pork, and vegetables
C. fish, shrimp, and noodles
3. We enjoy pho _____.
A. only for breakfast
B. for lunch and dinner
C. at any time of the day

4. To make noodles for pho, we use _____.
A. a variety of sticky rice
B. the best kind of rice
C. eggs and rice flour
5. The broth for pho is made by _____.
A. slowly cooking beef or chicken bones
B. cooking beef or chicken with fish sauce
C. boiling potatoes and chicken bones for a long
time
1. What is the text about?
2. What are the main ingredients of Pho?
3. When can we have it?.
4. Where can we have it?

SPEAKING
41

Make notes about a popular food and drink in your area. Think about its main ingredients,
how often and when you have it.

main
ingredients

How often?
a popular food and
drink in your area

When?

SPEAKING
41 Make notes about a popular food and drink in your area. Think about

its main ingredients, how often and when you have it.
a popular food and
main
How often? /When?
drink in your area
ingredients

At any time of the
day,especially in breakfast
and snack

Banh Mi

Pork, fried egg,
cucumber,pate, bread

My Quang

Shrimp, pork,
chicken, noodles

At any time of the day

Pho San

Noodles, fish, vegetables,
shrimp, banana tree

At any time of the
day,especially in rainy day

SPEAKING
5 Work in groups of 3 or 4. Take turns to talk about a popular food or drink

1 in your area.

A popular food and drink in your area
Hello, everyone. Today I'll introduce to you about a popular food in my area
There are many delicious dishes in Quang Nam, but one of the
popular dishes is Pho San which originated from Que Son. It is a
cheap and easy – to-do food . The ingredients of Pho San are very
diverse such as pork, fried eggs, fish, banana tree, green onion,and
chili sauce. All of these create a unique flavor of this dish. Pho San is
served as an ideal breakfast and light snack, especially in rainny days.
Today, Pho San is not only common in Que Son, but it is also very
popular in other cities in Vietnam. People can buy this dish very easily
on the Vietnamese streets. 

SPEAKING

5 Work in groups of 3 or 4. Take turns to talk about a popular food or drink

1

in your area.

CONSOLIDATION

1

WRAP-UP

In this lesson, we have learn to:
✔ Read for specific information about food and drink
✔ Talk about popular food in the area.

CONSOLIDATION

2

HOMEWORK

✔ Video your presentation about popular food and drink  
✔ Prepare for the next lesson: Skills 2