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UNIT 6 : FOLK TALES
Period 28: Getting Started
- Teacher : Bui Thi Tuyet Mai -
Warm up
FOLK TALES
Vocabulary:
- reply /rɪˈplaɪ/ (v)
legend / legend/ (n)
folk tale /ˈfəʊk teɪl/ (n)
fable /ˈfeɪbl/ (n)
origin /ˈɒrɪdʒɪn/(n)
produce / prəˈdjuːs / (v)
- give birth to /gɪv bɜːθ tə(r)/ (exp)
imaginary /ɪˈmædʒɪnəri/ (a)
arrogant /ˈærəɡənt/ (a)
: đáp lời, trả lời
: truyền thuyết, sự tích
: truyện kể dân gian
: truyện ngụ ngôn
: nguồn gốc
: tạo ra, sinh (đẻ) ra
: sinh nở, sinh con
: tưởng tượng
: kiêu ngạo, ngạo mạn
Checking vocabulary:
- reply /rɪˈplaɪ/ (v)
legend / legend/ (n)
folk tale /ˈfəʊk teɪl/ (n)
fable /ˈfeɪbl/ (n)
origin /ˈɒrɪdʒɪn/(n)
produce / prəˈdjuːs / (v)
- give birth to /gɪv bɜːθ tə(r)/ (exp)
imaginary /ɪˈmædʒɪnəri/ (a)
arrogant /ˈærəɡənt/ (a)
: đáp lời, trả lời
: truyền thuyết, sự tích
: truyện kể dân gian
: truyện ngụ ngôn
: nguồn gốc
: tạo ra, sinh (đẻ) ra
: sinh nở, sinh con
: tưởng tượng
: kiêu ngạo, ngạo mạn
GETTING STARTED
A suggestion for Nick’s project
Nick
Duong
D: I phoned you around 9 p.m. last night, but no reply.
N: Oh, I was doing some Internet research on Vietnamese legends for my project.
D: Have you found one you like yet?
N: Not really. Can you suggest anything?
D: We have lots of legends, folk tales, and fables. A popular one is the legend of Lac Long Quan and Au Co.
N: Oh yeah? What’s it about?
D: Well, it’s about the origins of the Vietnamese
people.
N: Who are the main characters?
D: Lac Long Quan – the dragon king of the ocean, Au Co – a fairy, and their sons.
N: And what’s the story?
D: Let me see… Lac Long Quan married Au Co. She gave birth to a bag of one hundred eggs, which produced one hundred baby boys.
N: One hundred baby boys? That’s a lot.
D: And some years later, Lac Long Quan missed the sea so he took fifty of their sons to the sea, and Au Co took the others to the mountains. Those boys were the ancestors of the Vietnamese.
N: What an interesting legend it is! I think I’ve found the subject of my project

1.a. Read the conversation again and choose the correct answers:
1. What was Duong doing at 9 p.m. last night?
A. He was coming to Nick’s house.
B. He was phoning Nick. C. He was talking to Nick.
2. What was Nick doing at 9 p.m. last night?
A. He was watching a TV show.
B. He was talking about his project.
C. He was searching for information on the Web.
3. What legend did Duong recommend to Nick?
A. A legend about how Viet Nam began.
B. A legend about Vietnamese people being original
C. A legend that isn’t well-known
4. Who was Lac Long Quan?
A. A fairy B. Au Co’s father C. The dragon king of the ocean
5. Where did Au Co take half of the sons?
A. To the mountains B. To the sea C. To Lac Long Quan’s land.
1.b. Match the words to their meanings.



1.d. What does this sentence from the conversation express?

Nick: What an interesting legend it is! ( thật là 1 truyền thuyết thú vị )
Do you know what kind of sentence it is?

Exclamatory sentences
Câu cảm thán
Với N đếm được số ít :

What + a/an + Adj/ N + (S+V) !
Ex : What a naughty boy he is!

Với N không đếm được và N đếm được số nhiều :
What + ADJ + N +( S + V) !
Ex : What naughty boys they are ! (Ndd số nhiều )
Ex : What beautiful weather it is!
1. This girl is very intelligent.
⇒ What........
 What a intelligent girl!
2. They are interesting books!
⇒ What........
 What interesting books !
3. She is very beautiful
⇒She is _________________

 What a boring story!
1. handsome / man
What a handsome man (he is)!
2. interesting / game
What an interesting game (it is)!
3. It is a sour orange.
⇒ What.......
  What a sour orange
4. She cooks a delicious meal.
⇒ What.......
What a delicious meal she cooks!
Make exclamatory sentences.
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HOMEWORK
- Learn the new words by heart.
- Practice the dialogue again.
- Do exercises B1,2,3 in workbook (page 45).
- Prepare for Unit 6: A closer look 1.