UNIT 2:

LIFE IN THE
COUNTRYSI
DE
GETTING STARTED

In
the
countrysid
e

Vocabulary

harvest (v)
= garther a crop
/ˈhɑːvɪst/
thu hoạch

combine harvester (n)
/kəmˈbaɪn ˈhɑːvɪstər /

máy gặt

herd (v)
/hɜːd/

chăn (gia súc)

paddy field (n)
/ˈpædi ˌfiːld/

cánh đồng lúa

Feed (v)
/fēd//

: cho ăn

Plough (v) : cày
/plaʊ/

New words
1. harvest (v)

Pronunciation
/ˈhɑːvɪst/

Meaning
thu hoạch

2. combine harvester (n) /kəmˈbaɪn ˈhɑːvɪstər/ máy gặt
3. herd (v)

/hɜːd/

chăn

4. paddy field (n)

/ˈpædi ˌfiːld/

đồng lúa

5. feed (v)

/fēd/

cho ăn

6. plough (v)

/plaʊ/

cày

Last summer
1 Listen and read. holiday

Nick: You look great with a tan, Mai!
Mai: Thank you. I've just come back from a very enjoyable summer holiday.
Nick: Really? Where did you stay?
Mai: I stayed at my uncle's house in a small village in Bac Giang Province.
Nick: What did you do there?
Mai: A lot of things. It was harvest time. The villagers were harvesting rice with a combine harvester. I helped them load the rice
onto a truck. Then we unloaded the rice and dried it.
Nick: Sounds great!
Mai: And sometimes I went with the village children to herd the buffaloes and cows. I made friends with them on my first day.
Nick: Were they friendly?
Mai: Yes, they were. They took me to the paddy fields to fly kites. And in the evening, we played traditional games like bamboo
dancing and dragon-snake.
Nick: Oh, I envy you!
Mai: Things move more slowly there than in our city, but people seem to have a healthier life.

2. Read again and choose the correct
answers
1. How does Mai feel
about her summer holiday?
A. She likes it.
B. She doesn't like it.
C. She thought it was fine.

2. Where did she stay during her summer holiday?
A. At her friend's house.
B. At her uncle's house.
C. At her grandparents' house.

2. Read again and choose the correct answers
3. During harvest time, people harvest rice by ______.
A. themselves
B. using a truck
C. using a combine harvester
4. Mai thinks people in the countryside lead ______.
A. a healthy life
B. an exciting life
C. an interesting life

3 Complete the sentences with the words and phrases from the box.
paddy field

herd

harvest time

load

combine harvester

1. It took them an hour to ___________ all the goods onto the truck.
2. Nowadays, people in my village use a __________________
to harvest their rice and separate the grains from the rest of the plant.
3. Today it is my turn to __________ the cows.
4. A place in which people grow rice is called a _______________.

5. A busy time when people cut and gather their crops is called _____________.

the activities that people living in the countryside often do with
4 Match
the pictures.

1. unloading rice 2. ploughing fields 3. milking cows
5. catching fish
4. feeding pigs
6. drying rice

What have you learnt
today?

 identify the topic of the unit
 use lexical items related to
life in the countryside

 identify the language features
that are covered in the unit

Homework

 Do exercises in the workbook.

 Start preparing for the Project of the unit.

Thank
s!