1

a.

2

b.

Legend of the heavenly king of phu dong
Snow white

c. Cinderella

4
3

5

d.

Red riding hood

e.The hundred- knot bamboo

Wednesday, December 7th 2022

UNIT 6: FOLK TALES
Period 41: Getting started
I. Vocabulary

folk tale /fəʊk teɪl/ (n)
Truyện dân gian

legend /ˈledʒənd/ (n)
Truyền thuyết

fable /ˈfeɪbl/ (n)
truyện ngụ ngôn

fairy tale /ˈfeəri teɪl/ (n)
Truyện cổ tích

reply /rɪˈplaɪ/ (n) sự đáp lại, sự trả lời
(v) Đáp lại, trả lời
suggest /səˈdʒest/ (v) gợi ý- suggestion /sə'dʒest∫ən/(n) sự gợi ý
origin  /ˈɒr.ɪ.dʒɪn/ (n) nguồn gốc, xuất xứ
character /ˈkærəktə(r)/ (n) Nhân vật
genre /'ʒɑ:nrə/ = type (n) Thể loại
plot /plɒt/ (n) cốt truyện
content /ˈkɒntent/ (n) nội dung
a fairy /'feəri/ (n) tiên, nàng tiên
give birth to /ɡɪv bɜːθ tə/: sinh nở, sinh con

A suggestion for Nick's project

Duong: I phoned you around 9 p.m. last night, but no reply.
Nick: Oh, I was doing some Internet research on Vietnamese
legends for my project.
Duong: Have you found one you like yet?
Nick: Not really. Can you suggest anything?
Duong: We have lots of legends, folk tales, and fables. A popular
one is the legend of Lac Long Quan and Au Co.
Nick: Oh yeah? What's it about?
Duong: Well, it's aboutthe origins of the Vietnamese people.
Nick: Who are the main characters?
Duong: Lac Long Quan - the dragon king of the ocean, Au Co - a
fairy, and their sons.
Nick: And what's the story?
Duong: 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.
Nick: One hundred baby boys? That's a lot.
Duong: 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.
Nick: What an interesting legend it is! I think I've found the
subject of my project!

II. Getting started
1. a. Read the conversation and
choose the correct answers.

EX. a
/ P. 59

1. What was Duong doing at 9 p.m. last
night?

A

He was coming to Nick'sWHAT
house.
A PITY !

B

He was phoning Nick.

PERFECT

C

He was talking to Nick.

SORRY !

EX. a
/ P. 59

2. What was Nick doing at 9
p.m. last night?
A
B
C

He was watching a TV show.
WHAT A PITY !
He was talking about his project.
SORRY !
He was searching for
information on the web.PERFECT

EX. a
/ P. 59

3. What legend did Duong
recommend to Nick?
A
B
C

!
A legend about how Viet NamSORRY
began.

A legend about Vietnamese people being
Well - done
original
A legend that isn't wellWHAT
- kno
A PITY !

EX. a
/ P. 59

4. Who was Lac Long Quan?
A

A fairy

B

Au Co's father

C

WHAT A PITY !
SORRY !

The dragon king of the ocean
Well - done

EX. a
/ P. 59

5. Where did Au Co take half of
the sons?
A

To the mountains

B

To the sea

C

PERFECT
WHAT A PITY !

To Lac Long Quan's land
SORRY

!

1.b. Match the words to their meanings.

1. title
2. Genre

a. the people the story is

3. main characters

about

4. plot

b. b. the content of the
story

1. c

2. d

3. a

4. b

c. the name of the story
d. d. the type of story it is

c. Find the information in the conversation to complete
the table. (Ex. a/ p. 7)
Title

Lac Long Quan and Au Co

Genre

Legend

Main characters
Plot

Lac Long Quan, Au Co and their sons
 Lac Long Quan married Au Co.





Au Co gave birth to one hundred baby boys.
Lac Long Quan missed the sea.
Lac Long Quan took 50 their sons to the sea.
Au Co took the others to the mountains.

1.d. What does this sentence from the conversation express?
Nick: What an interesting legend it is! IT'S AN EXCLAMATORY SENTENCE
* Câu cảm thán: được dùng để diễn tả sự ngạc nhiên hay cảm xúc mạnh
 - What + a/an + adj + N đếm được số ít + S + V!
Eg: What a handsome boy he is!
 - What + adj + N đếm được số nhiều/ không đếm được + S + V!
Eg - What smart students we met!
- What difficult grammar it is!
- Không phải lúc nào chúng ta cũng sử dụng tính từ hoặc chủ ngữ và
động từ trong các câu cảm thán.
Eg What a day!

2. Match the words with their definitions. Then listen,
check and repeat.
A
LEGEND
B
FOLK TALE

C
FABLE
D
FAIRY TALE

1. traditional, imaginary short story that legend teaches a
moral lesson; typically using  animal characters.
2. an imaginary story typically involving magic or fairies,
usually for children.
3. a very old, traditional story from a particular place
that was originally passed on to people in a spoken form.
4. an ancient story about brave people or fairy tale magical
events that are probably not true.

3. GAME: GUESS THE STORY.
* Work in pairs. Interview each other and try to guess the title of the
story.

 
Example:
 
 What kind of story is it?
It's a fairy tale.
 Who are the main characters?
Cinderella, her stepsisters, her stepmother, and a prince.
 What's it about?
It's about Cinderella, a kind and beautiful girl who finally gets
married to a prince.
 Is it Cinderella?
Yes!

III. AT HOME
 Learn by heart new words and
structures.
 Do Ex. 3a in your notebooks.
 Be ready for A CLOSER LOOK 1.