Chatting
-Can you tell me what people do for a living in the

countryside, in Viet Nam?

-How is the life in the country in vietmam?
-What about farmers in America?
-Can you guess what they do?

Period 18 -Unit 3 :

A TRIP TO THE COUNTRYSIDE
Lesson 3: READ

maize (n)=corn: ngô, cây ngô

Vietnam

The USA
Lan

Vietnamese
student

Linda

?

American
student

exchange students (n):
Du học sinh trao đổi
(Du học sinh diện giao lưu)

hot dog (n) : xúc
? xích nóng

relax (v):
thư giãn

grocery store
Cửa hàng tạp hóa

Collect ( v): thu lượm
collect
part-time (adv): bán thời gian

Checking
1.relax

a

2.Hot dog
3.maize

b

4.Exchange
student
c

5.grocery store

f

6.Collect
7.part-time

d

e

g

-Van -an exchange
student
from Ho
Chi Minh City
-He is now living with a
.farmer in Ohio (USA)

a) Match the words in column A with the
words or groups of words in column B
having the same meaning.

B

A

1. maize

a. bring things together

2. feed

b. where people buy food
and small things

3. grocery store

c. give food to eat

4. part-time

d. corn

5. collect

e. shorter or less than
standard time

1. What does Mr .Parker do ?
He is a farmer
2.Where do the Parkers live?
They live on a farm100 kilometers outside
Columbus, Ohio.
3.What does Van do in the afternoon?
He feeds the chickens and collects their
eggs.
4. How many children do Mr& Mrs .Parker have ?
They have two children

b. Complete the summary. Use
information from the passage.
A Vietnamese boy named Van is living with the
Parker family in the American state of
(1)
.......... . Mr. Parker is a farmer
(2) ………. and
Ohio
works
part-time at a grocery
store
Mrs. Parker
(3) ………………
…………………
in a nearby town. They have two children, (4)
………
…… . Van often does chores (6)
Peter and (5) Sam
……
school. Sometimes, he also helps on the
after
(7) ……
farm . The family relaxes on Saturday
they
watch Peter play (9) ...
afternoons and (8)
………...
baseball
…........ . Van likes the Parkers, and he enjoys
being a (10) member
…………of their family.

VI. MULTIPLE CHOICE : Choose the best option :
1. Van is an exchange student in …………. .
b. HCM city
a. the USA
c. England
2. Mrs. Parker works part-time at a ……………….in a nearby town.
a. supermarket

b. grocery store

3. Van is the same ………as Peter.
a. age
b. class

c.market

c.school

4. He feeds ………….. as soon as he finishes his homework.
a. pigs

b.buffalo

c. chickens

5. They relax on Saturday and watch Peter play …………….
a. volleyball

b.soccer

c. baseball

Homework:
- Write the summary into your
notebooks.
- Prepare for Unit 3: Lesson 4: Write