UNIT 2: LIFE IN THE COUNTRYSIDE
Lesson 5: Skills 1

Trịnh Thị Mai Dung
Quang Trung secondary school

Uni 2
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LIFE IN THE COUNTRYSIDE
LESSON 5: SKILLS 1

WARM-UP

1 Work in pairs. Look at the picture and discuss the following questions.

1. What can you
see in it?
2. Which of the
following
adjectives describe
the picture?

READING

stretch (v)
/stretʃ/
trải dài

READING

canal (n)
/kəˈnæl/
kênh đào

READING

cultivate (v)
/ˈkʌltɪveɪt/
canh tác

READING

orchard (n)
/ˈɔːtʃəd/
vườn cây ăn quả

READING
New words

Pronunciation

Vietnamese equivalent

/stretʃ/

trải dài

/kəˈnæl/

kênh đào

3. cultivate (v)

/ˈkʌltɪveɪt/

canh tác

4. orchard (n)

/ˈɔːtʃəd/

vườn cây ăn quả

1. stretch (v)
2. canal (n)

READING

2

Read the text about life in a village in Viet Nam. Match the highlighted words in
the text with their meanings

READING

3 Read the text again and tick T (True) or F (False) for each sentence.
T
1. Life in the author's village is very peaceful.
2. The people in the village work very hard.
3. Villagers live only by catching fish in lakes, ponds,
and canals.
4. The children are always busy helping their parents.
5. The villagers get along well.

F

SPEAKING

4 Make notes about the village or town where you live or which you know.

SPEAKING

5

Work in groups. Take turns to talk about the village or town where you live or which
you know. Use the information in 4.

Example:
I live in Duong Lam. It's an old
village outside Hanoi. It has ...

CONSOLIDATION

1 Wrap-up
What have we learnt in this lesson?
 read about different aspects of a Vietnamese village;
 talk about a village or town where one lives or which one knows;

CONSOLIDATION

2 Homework
 Do exercises in the workbook.

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