Good
morning!
Everybody

Teachers and students to the
class

Our school will shine today
Our school will shine
Our school will shine today
All down the line
Our school will shine today
Our school will shine
When the sun goes down
When the moon goes up
Our school will shine

Monday, September 27th ,2021.
UNIT 2 . LIFE IN THE COUNTRYSIDE
PERIOD 7: GETTING STARTED

Unit 2: LIFE IN THE
COUNTRYSIDE
What can you see in the picture?

What do the
Which
Whatseason
do the is
children do?
harvest
farmers
time
do?in?

Unit 2:
Section 1:

LIFE IN THE COUNTRYSIDE

Harvest
time

It's harvest
time.

Vocabulary:
- harvest /hɑː(r)vɪst/ (v)

- thu hoạch, gặt

- herd /hɜː(r)d / (v)- go herding- chăn (trâu, bò)
- dry /drɑɪ/ (v)

- phơi khô (lúa...)

- load /ləʊd/ (v)

- chất lên, tải

- buffalo-drawn cart (n)

- xe trâu (kéo)

- transport /ˈtrænspɔːt/ (v)

- vận chuyển

load the rice onto
They help ……
buffalo- drawn carts.
transported
Rice is …………………..home
on
buffalo-drawn cart.

Nguyen

Guiding question
What are they talking about?

Nick

What does Nguyen think of country life?

envious /ˈenvɪəs/ (a)
ghen tị

GRAMMAR

1. Comparative forms of adjectives : review
it's more exciting than he expected.

2. Comparative forms of adverbs
Everything seems to move more slowly
here than in the city
- I live more happily here
- A lion runs faster than a horse.

* Grammar: Comparative structures

It's more exciting than I expected.
Everything seems to move more slowly here
than in the city.

1. Listen and read. (page 17 textbook E8)
1a. Are these sentences true (T ) or fasle (F)

1. Nguyen didn't think country life could be so
interesting. T
2. Nguyen never joins the boys in herding the
buffaloes. F sometimes
buffalo-drawn carts
3. Rice is transported home on trucks. F
4. Nick would like to visit the countryside at harvest
time. T
5. Nguyen thinks life in the city is faster than that in
the countryside. T

b. Answer the questions.
1. Where is Nguyen now?
He's in the countryside.
2. When was he able to make new friends?
Right on his first day there.
3. What is Nguyen's kite like?
It's big and colourful.
4. Who is Nguyen probably staying with?
His grandfather.
5. Does Nick want to be there with Nguyen?
Yes, he does.

c. Complete the sentences with the words in the box.
Buffalo-drawn cart
Move slowly

colourful
harvest time

herding
paddy field

colourful
1. When a thing has lots of bright colours, it is……….
move slowly
2. When people are not in a hurry, they………………
3. A busy time when people collect their crops is called
harvest time
………………
paddy field
4. A place where rice grows is called a………………..
5. My brother is taking his buffaloes out to feed them.
herding them.
He's …………
buffalo-drawn cart
6. Rice is loaded onto a ……………………. to transport it
home.
How does Nguyen feel about his stay in the countryside?

√

He likes it.
'… it's more exciting than
I expected.'
'It (the kite) looks great up
there in the sky.'
'I live more happily here,
and there's still a lot more
to explore.'

What does Nguyen do in the countryside ?

2. Look at the pictures and say out the activities.

Loading the rice

Collecting water

Drying the rice

Riding a horse

Herding buffaloes

Flying a kite

3. Can you think of some more things that children

do in the countryside? Make a list & then share it
with your partner.
Example:

They go fishing.
They climb trees.
They go swimming in the river.
…………………………………
…………………………………
…………………………………
…………………………………
…………………………………

3. Can you think of some more things that
children do in the countryside? Make a list.
Example:

• They climb trees.
• They go swimming in the river.
• They go fishing in the river. 
• They collect the fruits. 
• They help do the farm-work.
• They herd the cattle.
• They feed the chickens (foultry).

….
Share your list with the class.

They
They
go
swimming
skip
the river.
They
They
go
play
herding
hiderope.
and
theinseek.
buffaloes.

Vocabulary:
- harvest /hɑː(r)vɪst/ (v)
-

herd /hɜː(r)d / (v)

-

dry /drɑɪ/ (v)

-

load /ləʊd/ (v)

-

buffalo-drawn cart (n)

-

transport /ˈtrænspɔːt/ (v)

-

envious /ˈenvɪəs/ (a)

Grammar: Comparative form of adverbs
1.a. Are these sentences true (T ) or fasle (F)
b. Answer the following questions
c. Complete the sentences with the words
in the box
d. In groups, discuss and find how Nguyen feels
about his stay in the countryside.

2. Match the activities with the pictures.
3. Can you think of some more
things that children do in the
countryside? Make a list.
4. GAME: COUNTRYSIDE CHARADE

HOMEWORK
Learn the vocabulary by heart.
+ Prepare for:
Unit 2 – A Closer Look 1.

Vocabulary: boring, hard, inconvenient,
vast, colourful, friendly, nomadic, brave,
slow, peaceful, countryside, poor,…
- Pronunciation: /bl/ and /cl/

• Comparison with ( not) as+ adj/ adv + as

My pencil

Nam's pencil

Ex: My pencil is as long as Nam's pencil.

Nga's pencil

My pencil

Ex: Nga's pencil is not as long as my pencil.
…….(not) as + adj/ adv + as…….. (không) bằng, như

My desk

Hoa's desk

Ex: My desk is as long as Hoa's desk.

Nga's desk

My desk

Ex: Nga's desk is not as long as my desk.