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Saint Giong

The starfruit tree

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Period: 46 -Unit

6:
FOLK TALES
Lesson 4: Skills 1

Gia tài,của cải

Startfuit tree

ripe

load
repay

filled

I. Vocabulary
1. fortune  /ˈfɔːtʃuːn /(n): gia tài
2. drop 
/drɒp
/(v): đánh rơi
3. repay  /rɪˈpeɪ
/(v): báo ơn
4. invade  /ɪnˈveɪd /(v): xâm lược
5. boast  /bəʊst
/(v): khoác loác
6. represent /ˌreprɪˈzent/(v): tượng trưng
7. starfruit tree
(n): cây khế
8. ripe
(adj): chín
9. load
(v): chở
10. filled
(v): chứa đầy

II. Reading
1. Read the fable The Starfruit Tree. Then find the following
words and underline them in the story. What do they mean?
fortune - starfruit tree - ripe- filled - load - repay
Once upon a time, there was a rich man living in a village. When he
died, he left his two sons a fortune. But the elder brother gave his brother
only a starfruit tree. When the fruit was ripe, an eagle came and ate the fruit.
The younger brother begged the eagle not to. The eagle promised to repay
him in gold and told him to make a bag to carry it. The eagle took him on its
back to a place of gold. There, he filled the bag with gold. When he got home
he was rich. The elder brother was surprised, so he asked his brother to
explain. After hearing the story, he offered to swap his fortune for the
starfruit tree, and his kind brother accepted. When the eagle came, the elder
brother asked it to take him to the place of gold. The greedy brother filled a
very large bag and all his pockets with gold. On the way home, because the
load was too heavy, the eagle got tired and dropped him into the sea.

2. Read the story again and answer the questions.

1. What did the older brother give his younger brother?
2. What did the eagle promise to the younger brother?
3. What did the elder brother do when he found out how his
younger brother became rich?
4. What did the elder brother do when he got to the place of gold?
5. What happened to the elder brother in the end?
ANSWERS:
1. He gave his younger brother only a starfruit tree.
2. The eagle promised to repay him in gold.
3. He offered to swap his fortune for his brother's starfruit tree.
4. He filled a very large bag and all his pockets with gold.
5. He was dropped (by the eagle) into the sea.

3. Now complete the details of the fable.
Main
characters

Character 1: The younger brother. He is kind and honest.
Character 2: The elder brother. He is (1)________.
C. greedy
Characters 3: The eagle. It is grateful.
A. Generous
B. good
C. greedy

Plot:
beginning

Once upon a (2) ________
living in a village. B. time
A. Week
B. time

Plot:
middle

The man left his two sons a (3) ________ but the elder brother gave
his brother only a starfruit tree. An
came and ate the fruit. It
B.eagle
fortune
repaid the younger brother by taking him to a place of (4) ________
. He brought home some gold and became very rich. The elder brother
C. goldthe
(5) ________ his fortune for his brother's tree. The eagle helped
elder brother take gold.
A. swapped
3. A. house
B. fortune
C. book
4. A. Trees
B. Mountains
C. gold
5. A. swapped
B. took away
C. bought

Plot: end

As the eagle was flying back, the load was too heavy.
The eagle got tired and (6) ________ the elder brother
into the sea.
6. A. saved
B. dropped
C. Brought
dropped

, there was a rich man
C. day

III. Speaking
4. Read the story summaries below. Decide which
story you would like to read.
Title: Saint Giong
Genre: legend
Main characters: Thanh Giong
Plot: Thanh Giong lived in the village
of Phu Dong. He was already three
years old, but he couldn't sit up or say
any words. However, when the enemy
invaded his country, he helped Emperor
Hung Vuong the Sixth defeat the enemy
and save the country. He flew to heaven
and became a Saint.

Title:
The Tortoise and the Hare
Genre: fable
Main characters: a hare and a tortoise
Plot: The hare always boasted about
how fast he could run. The tortoise
challenged him to a race. The hare
soon left the tortoise behind.
The hare believed that he would win,
and he stopped to take a nap. When
he woke up, he found that the tortoise
arrived before him

Title: Chung Cakes, Day Cakes
Genre: folk tale
Main characters: Prince Tiet Lieu,
his wife, and Emperor Hung Vuong
Plot: Emperor Hung Vuong announced
that the prince who made the most
delicious food would become the new
emperor. Prince Tiet Lieu and his wife
pleased the emperor by creating two
types of rice cakes that represented
Heaven and Earth. Emperor Hung
Vuong made Tiet Lieu the new emperor.

5. Work in pairs. Ask and answer questions
about the stories.
Questions
1. Which story do you want to
read?
2. What kind of story is it?
3. Who is the main character in
it?
4. What is it about?

….

Giong Saint.
(It is ) legend.
Giong Saint (is the main
character)
It's about Giong Saint who
helped Emperor Hung Vuong
the Sixth defeat the enemy and
save the country

GAME
WHO AM I?
I was a three years old child. Then I
grew up to be came a giant and save
our country from the An under Emperor
Hung King The sixth.
Thanh Giong / Giong Saint

.

- Learn vocabulary by heart and
rewrite them in sentences.
- Redo the exercise in your notebook.
- Prepare for SKILLS 2