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LESSON 5: SKILLS 1

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WARM-UP

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WATCHING

WARM-UP

BAT TRANG POTTERY VILLAGE

PRE READING

1 Work in pairs. Answer the questions.
1. What can you see in each picture?
2. Do you know any place(s) where people make the thing(s) in each picture?

PRE READING

1 Work in pairs. Answer the questions.
Picture a: cốm (young sticky rice)from Vong Village, Ha Noi
Another place which makes com: Tu
Le Commune in Yen Bai Province

PRE READING

1 Work in pairs. answer the questions.

Picture b: pottery – from Denby,
England.
In Viet Nam, there are some
pottery villages: Bat Trang, Bau
Truc, Phu Lang, …

VOCABULARY

preserve (v)

/prɪˈzɜːv/

bảo tồn

maintain (something) in its original or
existing state.

VOCABULARY

fragrance (n) /ˈfreɪɡrəns/
a sweet or delicate odor

hương thơm

VOCABULARY

New words

Pronunciation

Meaning

1. preserve (v)

/prɪˈzɜːv/

bảo tồn

2. fragrance (n)

/ˈfreɪɡrəns/

hương thơm

WHILE READING

2 Read the brochure introducing different places with special products. Match each
highlighted word with its definition.

Read the brochure introducing different places with special products. Match
each highlighted word with its definition.
Vong, a small village in Ha Noi, is famous for a speciality food: com (young
sticky rice flakes). To make com, artisans follow a series of steps.
They preserve the techniques by passing them down to their sons. In the
past,people made com by hand, but now they use machines for some steps
to shorten the process.
They wrap the final product in two layers of leaves to preserve
its fragrance before selling it to consumers. Com Lang Vong is well known in
Viet Nam as a speciality of Ha Noi autumn.
Denby is a village in the county of Derbyshire, England. It is the home of the
famous Denby Pottery, which is made from the finest local clay
. Going around the village, we can see artisans hand-craft pottery collections.
They still use some of the original techniques
passed down through generations. In Denby products, we can see their
beauty and function which make them world-famous.
Today Denby is also a tourist attraction. Visitors can make pottery in
workshops or find out about the history of pottery in the museum.

WHILE READING

2 Read the brochure introducing different places with special products. Match each
highlighted word with its definition.

1. b
2. c
3. e
4. a
5. d

WHILE READING

3 Read the brochure again. Decide which place each detail below belongs to

Vong: 2, 3, 5
Denby: 1, 3, 4

SPEAKING

4

Work in pairs. Ask and answer about a speciality in your neighbourhood, your home
town, or the area you know. Use the questions below.

1. What speciality is it?
2. What do people make it from?
3. Do people make it in the traditional way?
4. What can people do with it?
5. Is it well known in only your country or around the world?

SPEAKING

4

Work in pairs. Ask and answer about a speciality in your neighbourhood, your home
town, or the area you know. Use the questions below.

1.What speciality is it? “Phở” is a specialty food in Viet Nam
2. What do people make it from?
- It is made from rice noodles, beef or chicken and other spices.
3. Do people make it in the traditional way?
- Yes, it is.
4. What can people do with it?
-People can eat “phở” all day for every meal. Pho is a noodle soup;
therefore, it's better when being added with beansprout.
5. Is it well known in only your country or around the world?
- It is famous with both Vietnamese and foreign visitors.

4.Work in pairs. Ask and answer about a speciality in your neighbourhood,
your home town, or the area you know. Use the questions below.

I'm from Viet Nam. “Phở” is one of the most famous dish in my
country. It is made from rice noodles, beef or chicken and other
spices. People can eat “phở” all day for every meal. Pho is a noodle
soup; therefore, it's better when being added with beansprout. It is
famous with both Vietnamese and foreign visitors.

SPEAKING

5 Work in groups. Give a short presentation about the speciality you
discussed in 4.

I live in Tay Ho Village, 12 kilometres from Hue City. My village is
famous for its conical hats. We make conical hats from goi leaves.
We still follow 15 traditional steps to make a hat. A conical hat
protects us from the sun and the rain as well as makes us more
graceful. What is special about our conical hats is that each of them
carries a poem. Tay Ho conical hats are not only famous in Hue but
all over Viet Nam.

CONSOLIDATION

1 Wrap-up
What have we learnt in this lesson?
 Read for specific information about special
products in some areas.
 Give a short presentation about a speciality.

CONSOLIDATION

2 Homework
- Do exercises in the Workbook.

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