Match each place to the correct
traditional craft villages
b.picture.
Hue
a. An Giang
c. Ca Mau
A visit
to a
traditional craft
village
d. Bac
Ninh
e. Dong
Thap
f. Ha Noi
1

2

d. Bac Ninh
4

e. Dong Thap
5

a. An Giang

3

f. Ha Noi

b. Hue
6

c. Ca Mau

A visit to a traditional craft
village

- Who are in the picture?
- What can you see in the
Nic
k

Phon
g

picture?
- What do you think the
people in the picture are
talking about?

* Vocabulary:
- craft (n):

nghề thủ công

- set up (v):

thành lập, thiết lập

- take over (v):
- artisan (n):

tiếp quản
thợ làm nghề thủ công

- attraction (n):

sự hấp dẫn, sức hút

- specific region (n):
- remind (v):
- look round (v):

khu vực đặc biệt

nhắc nhở
đi dạo quanh

'As far as I know'

As
As
As
As

far
far
far
far

as
as
as
as

I
I
I
I

know: Theo tôi biết
can remember
can see
can tell

b. Answer the following questions.
1. Where are Nick, Mi, and Phong?
-> They are at Phong's grandparents' workshop in Bat
Trang.
2.
How old is the village?

-> It is about 700 years old.

3. Who started Phong's family workshop?
-> His great-grandparents did.
4. Why is the village a place of interest in Ha Noi?

-> Because people can buy things for their house and make
pottery themselves there.

5. Where is the craft village that Mi visited?
-> It's in Hue.
6. Why do tourists like to buy handicrafts as souvenirs?
-> Because the handicrafts remind them of a specific region.

2. Write the name of each traditional handicraft in the box under
the picture.
paintings
pottery
drums
silk
lanterns
conical hats
lacquerware
marble sculptures

paintings
A.______________

drums
B.______________
C.______________
marble
sculptures

silk
E.______________

lacquerware G.______________
conical hats H._____________
lanterns
F.______________

D._____________
pottery

2. Write the name of each traditional handicraft in the box
under the picture.

paintings
A.______________

drums
B.______________
C.______________
marble
sculptures

silk
E.______________

lacquerware G.______________
conical hats H._____________
lanterns
F.______________

D._____________
pottery

3. Complete the sentences with the words/phrases from 2 to show
where in Viet Nam the handicraft are made. You do not have to
use them
all.
paintings
pottery
drums
silk

lanterns
conical hats
lacquerware
marble
1.sculptures
The birthplace of the famous bai conical
tho ___________ is
Tay Ho village in
hats
Hue.
2. If you go to Hoilanterns
An on the 15th of each lunar month, you can enjoy the
lights of many beautiful ________.
silk
3. Van Phuc village in Ha Noi produces different types of ________ products
such as cloth, scarves, ties, and dresses.
paintings
4. On
the Tet holiday, many Hanoians go to Dong Ho village to buy folk
pottery
_________.
5. _______ products of Bau Truc, such as pots and vases, have the natural
colours
typical
of Champa culture in Ninh Thuan.
marble
sculptures
6. Going to Non Nuoc marble village in Da Nang, we're impressed by a

4. Quiz: WHAT IS THE PLACE OF INTEREST?
a. Work in pairs to do the quiz.
1. People go to this area to walk, play, and relax.

1

park

2

museum

3

zoo

4

beach

2. It is a place where objects of artistic, cultural, historical, or
scientific interest are kept and shown.
3. People go to this place to see animals.
4. It is an area of sand, or small stones, beside the sea or a
lake.
5. It is a beautiful and famous place in the countryside.

5

beauty spot

I. Vocabulary
-pottery (n)
-set up (v)
-take over (v)
-artisan (n)
-conical hat (n)
-remind (v)
-specific region (n)  
-handicraft (n)
-lacquer ware (n)
-marble sculpture(n)
-workshop (n)

đồ gốm
thành lập
tiếp quản
thợ thủ công
nón lá
tưởng nhớ
khu vực riêng
đồ thủ công
Đồ sơn mài
Đá cẩm thạch điêu khắc
xưởng

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a. Can you find a word / phrase that means.
1. a thing which is skilfully made with your
hands
2. start something (a business, an
organisation, etc.)
3. take control of something (a business, an
organisation, etc.)
4. people who do skilled work, making things
with their hands
5. an interesting or enjoyable place to go or
thing to do
6. a particular place
7. make someone remember or think about
something

a. specific
region
b. remind
c. look around
d. craft
e. set up
f. take over
g. artisans

4. QUIZ: WHAT IS THE PLACE OF INTEREST?
a. Work in pairs to do the quiz.
1. People go to this area to walk, play, and relax.

park

2. It is a place where objects of artistic, cultural, historical, or scientific interest are kept and
shown.
museum
zoo

3.

People go to this place to see animals.

4.

It is an area of sand, or small stones, beside the sea or a lake.

5.

It is a beautiful and famous place in the countryside.

b.

beach
beauty spot

Work in groups. Write a similar quiz about places of interest. Ask another group to answer the quiz.

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3. What are some places of interest in your area?
Complete the word web. One word can belong to more
than one category.