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Unit 7:
Part 7: Communication and Culture
English 10
CULTURAL DIVERSITY
Warm-up: Guessing
1. Look at these photos and guess the name of the occasions as fast as possible.
Tet holiday
Christmas Day
Valentine’s Day
Teacher’s Day
A. COMMUNICATION
Task 1: Giving gift in the UK
Vocabulary
stockings (n):
The thing you wear before wearing shoes
/ˈstɒk.ɪŋ/
Vocabulary
2. chimney (n) /ˈtʃɪm.ni/ ống khói 

Vocabulary
3. symbolize (v) /ˈsɪm.bəl.aɪz/:
Eg: The color red symbolizes good luck in Vietnam. => symbol (n) /ˈsimbəl/ biểu tượng
=> symbolic (adj) /sɪmˈbɒlɪk/ tượng trưng
symbolically (adv) /sɪmˈbɒlɪkli/ được chọn làm biểu tượng


to be a symbol of sth
Vocabulary
4. entry (n) /ˈen.tri/ :


Eg: You can go down that way! There’s a “No entry” sign.
the act of entering a place or joining a particular society or organization
Vocabulary
5. Easter (n) /ˈiː.stər/:  
A holiday to celebrate Jesus Christ`s return to life after he was killed
VOCABULARY
Example 1:
A: I don’t get presents on Christmas Day, but I get lucky money on New Year’s Day. 
B: Oh really? I get presents on both Christmas Day and New Year Day. 
A: Lucky You! 
Example 2:
A: Do you give present to your mother on Mother’s Day? 
B: No I don’t. But I give her flowers on Women’s Day. 
A: I do, too. 
Task 1:Talk to a partner about customs in Viet Nam and the UK.
Christmas Day
- Easter’s Day
- Mother’s Day
Santa Claus dolls and candies.
- Chocolate eggs.
- Chocolates and flowers
What about in Vietnam?
What about in Vietnam?
 New Year Eve
When people pass the university entrance exam
Common gift: A motorbike/ a new laptop
Don’t celebrate
 Celebrate Vietnamese Women’s day and International Women’s Day. Common gifts: Flowers/ New clothes items
Wh- questions
+ + + ?
Eg: For/who/presents/do/buy/you/often?

Wh-
Auxiliary Verb
S
V(bare inf.)
=> Who
do
you
often
buy
presents
for
?
Auxiliary verb: do/ does/ am/ is/ are => the present simple
Wh-: what/ who/ where/ when/ which/ why
TASK 2: Textbook on page 23
Reorder the words
Who do you often buy presents for?
On what occasions do you buy presents?
Which shop do you usually go to when you’re shopping for presents?
What’s the most expensive present you’re given?
On what occasions do you receive presents?
What presents do you normally get?
What is the best present you’ve ever received?
What would you like to receive as a birthday present?
B. CULTURE
Success for the Americans and the Vietnamese
VOCABULARY
self-reliance /ˌself rɪˈlaɪəns/ (n)
prosperous /ˈprɒspərəs/ (adj)
decent /ˈdiːsnt/ (adj)
status /ˈsteɪtəs/ (n)
respect /rɪˈspekt/ (v,n)
Questions
1. What is the American idea of success?


2. Who can be considered a successful person in Viet Nam?


3. What are the similarities/ differences between the ideas of success in the two cultures?
Answers
1. For Americans, success means providing their family with a decent standard ad living, and ending their career in a higher and more prosperous position than when they began it. Success is also the result of hard work and self-reliance.

2. For Vietnamese, success goes along with a high-status job with good income and respect at work.

3. Both the Americans and Vietnamese associate success with earning a lot of money. Successful people in both cultures are expected to have high positions in their career.

- The Americans rely more on themselves, while the Vietnamese expect more respect from other people.
Gap filling
Providing their family with a decent living standard
Ending with a higher and more prosperous position
Hard work
Self-reliance
High-status job
Good income
Receiving respect
high status
supported/ respected
Homework

- Do the activities again
- Exercises in the workbook