Unit 4

LESSON 1: GETTING STARTED

AT AN ENGLISH LESSON

OPTION 1

WARM-UP

Answer the questions:
- Do you care about healthy living?
- What do you often do to keep fit?

THINK!

- What did your parents / grandparents do to keep
fit?
- What do you know about your grandparents'
lifestyle (their clothes / cooking / eating habits, …)?

WARM-UP

MEMORY
LANE

OPTION 2

- Close your eyes and imagine
you are walking down a memory
lane.
- What memories do you see?
- Are they happy or sad?
- What do you smell?
- What do you hear?
- Share your memories with the
class.

PRESENTATION

complex (n)
/ˈkɒmpleks/

khu phức hợp,
quần thể

involving a lot of
different but related
parts

PRESENTATION

religious (adj)
/rɪˈlɪdʒəs/
(thuộc) tôn giáo

relating to, or involved
with religion, or living and
worshiping according to
the beliefs of a particular
religion.
Ex: He's deeply religious and
goes to church twice a week.

PRESENTATION

monument (n)
/ˈmɒnjumənt/
tượng đài

a structure or building that is
built to honour a special person
or event.

PRESENTATION

magnificent (adj)
/mæɡˈnɪfɪsənt/
tráng lệ

very good, beautiful, or
deserving to be admired.

PRESENTATION

preserve (v)
/prɪˈzɜːv/
bảo tồn

to keep something as it is.

PRESENTATION

heritage (n)
 /ˈherɪtɪdʒ/
di sản

features belonging to the culture of
a particular society, such as
traditions, languages, or buildings,
that were created in the past and
still have historical importance.
Ex: The historic building is as
much part of our heritage as the
paintings.

PRESENTATION

occupy (v)
/ˈɒkjupaɪ/
chiếm giữ

take control

PRESENTATION

occupied (adj)
/ˈɒkjupaɪd/
có người ở

being
used
someone
or
someone in it.

by
with

PRESENTATION

ancient (adj)
/ˈeɪnʃənt/
cổ đại, lâu đời

of or from a long time ago,
having lasted for a very
long time.

PRESENTATION

generation (n)
/ˌdʒenəˈreɪʃn/
thế hệ

all the people of about
the same age within a
society

PRESENTATION

found (v)
/faʊnd/
thành lập

to bring something into existence.
Ex: Boston was founded in 1630
by Puritan colonists from
England.

PRESENTATION
New words

1. complex (n)
2. religious (adj)
3. monument (n)
4. magnificent (adj)
5. preserve (v)
6. heritage (n)

Pronunciation

Meaning

/ˈkɒmpleks/

khu phức hợp,
quần thể

/rɪˈlɪdʒəs/

(thuộc) tôn giáo

/ˈmɒnjumənt/
/mæɡˈnɪf.ɪ.sənt/
/prɪˈzɜːv/

tượng đài
tráng lệ
bảo tồn

 /ˈher.ɪ.tɪdʒ/

di sản

PRESENTATION
New words

Pronunciation

Meaning

7. occupy (v)

/ˈɒkjupaɪ/

chiếm giữ

8. occupied (adj)

/ˈɒkjupaɪd/

có người ở

/ˈeɪnʃənt/

cổ đại, lâu đời.

/ˌdʒenəˈreɪʃn/

thế hệ

/faʊnd/

thành lập

9. ancient (adj)
10. generation (n)
11. found (v)

PRACTICE
- Look at the title of the conversation. Then look at the pictures.

What do you think they are
discussing?
What do you see in the picture(s)?
What do you know about it / them?

PRACTICE

1 Listen and read.
Teacher: Now let's look at what you've done on your projects. Group
one first, please.
Mi: OK. This is Angkor Wat in Cambodia. It's a temple complex, the
largest religious monument in the world.
Teacher: Fantastic! When did people build it?
Mi: They built it in the 12th century. It's a World Heritage Site.
Millions of visitors go there every year.
Teacher: Thank you. I wish I could go there one day too. And now
group two, please.

PRACTICE

1 Listen and read.

Nam: Our project is about Dinh Bang Communal House in Bac Ninh
Province - a national historic site. People were building it for 36 years, and
it's about 300 years old!
Teacher: Great! It's quite magnificent! Now group three, please.
Lan: Well, this is Windsor Castle in England. It was built about a thousand
years ago. It's been the home for about 40 English kings and queens.
Teacher: Yeah. It's the oldest and largest occupied castle in the world.
Mi & Nam: Amazing! So we need to preserve our heritage for future
generations.
Teacher: Right. Thanks to preservation efforts, we know a lot about our
history and life in the past.

PRACTICE
Questions:
- What are they talking about?
They are talking about historic buildings / our history / the
past / life in the past …
- Tell me some words in the text that they think are related
to the unit's topic.
Cambodia, complex, monuments, build, communal, …

PRACTICE

2 Read the conversation again and answer the questions.
1. How old is Angkor Wat?

About 900 years old / Nearly a thousand years old.
2. What is Dinh Bang Communal House like?
It's quite magnificent.
3. Where is Windsor Castle?
In England.
4. What helps us know about our history and life in the past?
Preservation efforts.

PRACTICE
3 Complete each sentence with a word or a phrase from the box
occupied magnificent thanks to
heritage
well preserved

heritage is to
1. The best way to preserve our cultural ___________
share it with others.
2. Vietnamese people take great pride in their culture which
preserved for thousands of years.
has been well
________________

magnificent performance of
3. The foreign tourists gave a _____________
the Vietnamese folk songs and dances

PRACTICE
3 Complete each sentence with a word or a phrase from the box
occupied magnificent thanks to
heritage
well preserved

Thanks to your kind contribution, we were
4. _________
able to save the ancient monument.
5. Many beautiful old castles are no longer
occupied
_________.

PRACTICE

4 Look at the pictures and complete the sentences.

1. This is a standard
2. The communal
__________
fish and chips house has a
serving of ____________
with a slice of lemon.
significant meaning
in the Bahnar
community.

3. In the square,
monument
there is a _________
dedicated to the
people killed in the
war.

PRACTICE

4 Look at the pictures and complete the sentences.

4. They have decided to
castle which
rebuild the _______
was damaged in the disaster

5. In Nam Dinh City, there is a
temples
complex of three ________where
people worship the Tran Dynasty's
Kings and royal family members.

PRODUCTION

5 GAME: Remembering past events
Work in two groups. Give short answers to the
following questions. The group with more correct
answers wins.

PRODUCTION
1.5Who decided to move our capital from Hoa Lu to Dai La
(Thang Long) in 1010?

King Ly Thai To (Ly Cong Uan).
2. When did Columbus discover the Americas?

In 1492.
3. When was the United States founded?

In 1776.

PRODUCTION
4.5When did Nguyen Ai Quoc first go abroad?

In 1911.
5. What happened in world history in 1914?

World War I started / broke out.
6. Who was the last king of Viet Nam?

King Bao Dai (1913 – 1997).

CONSOLIDATION

1 Wrap-up
What have we learnt in this lesson?
 Use the words related to the topic Remembering the past;
 Gain vocabulary to talk about some historical places.

CONSOLIDATION

2 Homework
- Do exercises in the workbook.

CONSOLIDATION

2 Homework
- Prepare for the Project of the unit;
- Open book p.49, look at the picture and say what the
topic of the project is;
- Work in groups to design a poster;
- You will show and present in Lesson 7 – Looking back and
Project.

CONSOLIDATION

2 Homework
Step 1: Collecting
information (asking
Step 3: Practising
your grandparents
explaining their posters
Step 2: Organising
and / or old people,
and answering
searching the Internet, ideas and visuals, and questions about the
designing the posters
reading books /
content
magazines,
brainstorming ideas,
etc.)

CONSOLIDATION

2 Homework
Step 1: Collecting
information (asking
Step 3: Practising
your grandparents
explaining their posters
Step 2: Organising
and / or old people,
and answering
searching the Internet, ideas and visuals, and questions about the
designing the posters.
reading books /
content
magazines,
brainstorming ideas,
etc.)

CONSOLIDATION

2 Homework
Step 1: Collecting
information (asking
Step 3: Practising
your grandparents
explaining their posters
Step 2: Organising
and / or old people,
and answering
searching the Internet, ideas and visuals, and questions about the
designing the posters
reading books /
content.
magazines,
brainstorming ideas,
etc.)

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