UNIT 3: A TRIP TO A COUNTRYSIDE
Lesson 1: Getting started
Listen and Read
I. GETTING STARTED
A: Look at picture 1. What is the woman doing?
B: She is watering the flowers.
home village (n): quê nhà
to lie: nằm
to have a rest: nghỉ ngơi, thư gian
a journey (n): cuộc hành trình
bamboo (n): cây tre
banyan tree (n): cây đa
snack (n): bữa ăn nhẹ
shrine (n): miếu thờ
Vocabulary
Wish clause (Mệnh đề ao ước):

S + wish/wishes + (that) + S + would/could + V0 …

E.g.: I wish I could fly.
2. Adverb clause of result (Mệnh đề trạng ngữ chỉ kết quả):

…, so + result: vì vậy, vì thế

E.g.: Hoa studied hard, so she passed the exam.
Notes
Ba and his family had a two-day trip to their home village.

Many people like going there for their weekends.

There is a small bamboo forest at the entrance to the village.

Liz had a snack at the house of Ba’s uncle.

There is a shrine on the mountain near Ba’s village.
True or false? Correct the false sentences.
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T
a day trip
a big banyan tree
under the tree
T
F
F
F
6. Everyone had a picnic on the mountain.

7. Everyone left the village late in the evening.

8. Liz had a videotape to show the trip to her parents.

9. Liz wants to go there again.
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the river bank
took a lot of photos
F
F
T
T
1. Where is Ba’s village?
 It is 60 kilometers to the north of Hanoi.
2. How did Ba and his family get to his village?
 By bus.
3. Where is the banyan tree?
 The banyan tree is at the entrance of the village.
4. What did they see on the mountain?
 They saw the shrine of a Vietnamese hero.
5. Where did they have a picnic?
 They had a picnic on the river bank.
Answer the questions
6. What did Liz do to show the trip to her parents?
 She took a lot of photos to show the trip to her parents.
7. What does Liz wish?
 She wishes she could visit Ba’s village again.
Where is your mother’s home village?

How far is it from here?

How can you get there?
Ask and answer with your friends
Find the meaning of the words below and talk about your home village with some of them.
east (n)
west (n)
south (n)
north (n)
to flow
highway (n)
pond (n)
airport (n)
HOMEWORK
GOODBYE!