UNIT 3: A TRIP TO A COUNTRYSIDE
Lesson 2-3: Speak & Listen
A. SPEAK
A. SPEAK
a. Work with a partner. Read the questions. Then play the role of A and B, ask and an answer about your partner’s home village using the information in the boxes.
Where is your home village?
How far is it from the city?
How can you get there?
How long does it take to get there?
What do people do for a living in your village?
Does your village have a river?
Where is your home village?
How far is it from the city?
How can you get there?
How long does it take to get there?
What do people do for a living in your village?
Does your village have a river?
b. Now ask and answer about your real home village. If you do not have a home village, make up information similar to those in box A or B.
Where’s your home village?
It’s to the west of Cantho city.
How can you get there?
It’s 30 kilometers from the city.
How far is it from the city?
I get there by motorbike.
How long does it take to get there?
About 45 minutes.
What do people do for a living in your village?
They plant rice and raise cattle.
Does your village have a river?
Yes, there is a river flowing across the village.
route (n): lộ trình, tuyến đường
highway (n): xa lộ, quốc lộ
pick someone up (v): đón ai, rước ai
pond (n): cái ao
westward (adv): về hướng/phía tây
gas station (n) = fuelling station (n): trạm xăng
parking lot (n) = car park (n): bãi đậu xe
VOCABULARY
Name the pictures
airport
bridge
pond
bamboo forest
gas station
banyan tree
parking lot
store
highway
B. LISTEN
You are going to listen to a tape about Ba’s trip to his home village.
listen
At 6.30 in the morning, the bus collected Ba and his family from their home. After picking everyone up, the bus continued north on Highway Number 1. It crossed Dragon Bridge and stopped at the gas station to get some more fuel.
listen
Then it left the highway and turned left onto a smaller road westward. This road ran between green paddy fields, so the people on the bus could see a lot of cows and buffaloes. The road ended before a big store beside a pond.
listen
Instead of turning left towards a small airport, the bus went in the opposite direction. It didn’t stay on that road for very long, but turned left onto a road which went through a small bamboo forest.
listen
Finally, the bus dropped everyone off at the parking lot ten meters from a big old banyan tree. It parked there and waited for people to come back in the evening.
listen
airport
pond
highway No. 1
banyan tree
store
bamboo forest
Dragon Bridge
A
parking lot
gas station
Look at the map and draw Ba’s trip.
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I
Learn the new words by heart.
Write the questions and answers page 24 in your exercise books.
Prepare Lesson 4: Read (page 25-26).
Homework
GOODBYE!