Period 34th - UNIT 4:
Lesson 7: LOOKING BACK

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I.VOCABULARY
1. generation gap

(n): khoảng cách về thế hệ

2. respect

(v): kính trọng

3. breadwinner

(n) : trụ cột gia đình

4. time - consuming (n) : tốn thời gian
5. long- preserved
6. refer

(a): lâu đời
(v) : đề cập, nhắc đến

7. clean piped water (n): nước sạch

1. Choose the best answer A, B, or C to complete the sentences.
1. The children in my home village used to go _____, even in winter. Now they all have shoes.
A. on foot

B. bare-footed

C. playing around

2. There is usually a _____ gap between the old and the young, especially when the world is
changing so fast.
A. generation

B. value

C. age

3. Every nation has respect for their long-preserved _____.
A. behaviors

B. practices

C. traditions

4. In Viet Nam, _____ often refers to age and social position(địa vị xh), not to wealth (sự giàu
có).
A. seniority

B. tradition

C. generation

5. Giving lucky money to the young and the old at Tet is a common(phổ biến) _____ in many
Asian countries.

2a. Match the verbs in A with their definitions in B.
A

B

1. act out

a. bring together

2. preserve

b. perform

3. Collect(thu gom,..)

c. bring enjoyment

4. entertain

d. no longer exist

5. die out(chết hết)

e. keep alive

2b. Use the verbs in A in their correct forms to complete the sentences.

acting out
1. Small children like listening to and ____________
stories.
2. Hand-writing a letter is a pastime that is beginning to ________
die out . I'm already beginning to
miss it.
preserve every custom or tradition which is in danger of (có nguy cơ)
3. Should we try to ________
dying out?
collecting data (dữ liệu) for his book Values in the Past.
4. He's ____________
5. She often _____________her
children by telling them stories and acting them out.
entertains

1. Review: used to and didn't use to.

3. Write true sentences about the practice of the following
things in the past, using used to and didn't use to.

2. Review: wish clause.

3. Write true sentences about the practice of the following things in the past,
using used to and didn't use to.

1.men/bread winner (trụ cột) of the family
- - Men used to be the bread winner of the family.
2.women/go to work
- - Women didn't use to go to work.
3.people/travel/on holiday
- - People didn't use to travel on holiday.
4.families/be/nuclear( hạt nhân)
- - Families didn't use to be nuclear.
5.people/make banh chung at Tet/themselves
- - People used to make banh chung at Tet themselves.
6.children/play outdoor games
- - Children used to play outdoor games.

4. Read these situations and write wishes you want to make for them.

1. Your village does not have access to clean piped water.
→ I wish......
2. Your school is on the other side of a river, and you have to cross the river by boat twice a
day to school.
→ I wish ....
3. There is no organization for social activities for teenagers in your town.
→ I wish ....
4. You are interested in basketball but you are not tall enough for the sport.
→ I wish....
5. In your area, there are only two seasons: dry and wet. You love autumn and spring.
→ I wish....

1. Your village does not have access to clean piped water.
→ I wish....my village had access to clean piped water.
2. Your school is on the other side of a river, and you have to cross the river by boat twice a
day to school.
→ I wish ....there were a bridge over the river, so we did not have to cross the river by
boat twice a day to school.
3. There is no organization for social activities for teenagers in your town.
→ I wish...there were an organization for social activities … in my town.
4. You are interested in basketball but you are not tall enough for the sport.
→ I wish....I were tall enough to play basketball.
5. In your area, there are only two seasons: dry and wet. You love autumn and spring.
→ I wish...there were four seasons in my area. I wish we had spring and autumn in my area.

it would stop raining.
1. I wish…………………………………………………………
the wind weren't blowing so hard.
2. I wish…………………………………………………………
the sun were shining.
3. I wish…………………………………………………………
I were sitting in a warm house.
4. I wish…………………………………………………………

6. Rearrange the sentences to make a meaningful conversation.

1. Mai, are you going to the Tet flower market with us

this afternoon?

2. We used to. But this year my mother wants to bring back some traditions.
3. Interesting! I'll come.
4. I'm sorry I can't. I'm making candied fruits.
5. Wow... That's time-consuming and it requires alot of patience. My family buys
it.
6. Certainly! And we can learn how to make banh chung too. My father will teach
us.
7. She said that if we didn't do it, our customs and traditions would die out.
8. Oh, I see. Can I join you?

1. Mai, are you going to the Tet flower market
with us
this afternoon?
2. We used to. But this year my mother wants
to bring back some traditions.
3. Interesting! I'll come.
4. I'm sorry I can't. I'm making candied fruits.
5. Wow... That's time-consuming and it
requires alot of patience. My family buys it.
6. Certainly! And we can learn how to make
banh chung too. My father will teach us.
7. She said that if we didn't do it, our customs
and traditions would die out.
8. Oh, I see. Can I join you?
9. Why?

1. Mai, are you going to the Tet flower
market with us this afternoon?
4. I'm sorry I can't. I'm making
candied fruits.
5. Wow, That's time-consuming and it
requires a lot of patience. My family
buys it.
2. We used to. But this year my mother
wants to bring back some traditions.
9. Why?
7. She said that if we didn't do it, our
customs and traditions would die out.
8. Oh, I see. Can I join you?
6. Certainly! And we can learn how to
make banh chung too. My father will
teach us.
3. Interesting! I'll come.
Key:

Order: 1-4-5-2-9-7-8-6-3

6. Rearrange the sentences to make a meaningful conversation.

1. Mai, are you going to the Tet flower market with us
this afternoon?
2. We used to. But this year my mother wants to bring back some
traditions.
3. Interesting! I'll come.
4. I'm sorry I can't. I'm making candied fruits.
5. Wow... That's time-consuming and it requires alot of patience. My family
buys it.
6. Certainly! And we can learn how to make banh chung too. My father will
teach us.
7. She said that if we didn't do it, our customs and traditions would die out.
8. Oh, I see. Can I join you?
9. Why?
Key:

Order: 1-4-5-2-9-7-8-6-3

- Learn by heart the structures
- Rewrite the topic of project into
notebooks

- Prepare for UNIT 5: Getting started