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Unit 4: OUR CUSTOMS AND TRADITIONS
(Communiction)
Quang Phu Secondary School
Teacher:
What can you see in the pictures?
Unit 4:
OUR CUSTOMS AND TRADITIONS
COMMUNICATION
Tuesday, October 10th, 2020
-Vocabulary
- fork
- tray (n)
- cutlery (n)
- mat (n)
- host/hostess (n)
- Chủ nhà
- prongs
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1. What are they doing?
They are having meal.
2. What things do they use for eating?
... rice, vegetables. soup ...
4. What do they have for meal?
...chopsticks, bowls, dishes ...
3. Where do they sit?
...on the floor/ mat ...
Unit 4: Our Customs and Traditions (Communication)
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1. Look at the pictures below. In pairs, discuss the differences between them.
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-What are the differences
between two pictures.
- In picture 1, they .......
- In picture 2, they .......
Unit 4: Our Customs and Traditions (Communication)
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2. Read the following sentences about table manners in Britain. Work in pairs. Write T (true) or F (false).
Unit 4: Our Customs and Traditions (Communication)
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2. Read the following sentences about table manners in Britain. Work in pairs. Write T (true) or F (false).
1.The knife is held in the left hand and the fork is held in the right hand.
2.You shouldn`t point the prongs of the fork up­wards during the meal.
3.People use the same cutlery to eat the main course and the dessert.
4.When the meal is finished, you should place the knife and fork on the plate.
5.You can use your fork to take more food from the serving dish.
6.You should use your knife to cut the bread.
7.Guests should start eating before the host starts eating.
8.You should ask someone to pass you a dish.
T/F
3. Listen to Nick giving presentation on table manners in Britain and check your answer
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2. You shouldn’t point the prongs of the fork up
wards during the meal.
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4. When the meal is finished, you should place
the knife and fork on the plate.
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8. You should ask someone to pass you a dish.
The knife is held in the left hand and the fork is held in the right hand.
People use the same cutlery to eat the main course and the dessert.
You can use your fork to take more food from the serving dish.
You should use your knife to cut the bread.
Guests should start eating before host starts eating.
You hold the folk in the left and the knife in the right
There is also a spoon and a fork for dessert.
You should never use your own cutlery to take more food from the serving dish – use the serving spoon.
You should break off the bread with your hands.
Guests have to wait until the host or hostess starts eating.
T or F
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F
F
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1. We sit around a tray on a mat to have meal.
2. We use rice bowls and chopsticks.
3. When chewing food, we shouldn’t talk.
4. The host/hostess invites everybody to start eating.
5.The host/ hostess offers to serve the food for the guests.
6.When we have finished eating, we place our chopsticks on the top of rice bowl.
4. Work in pairs. Discuss if you follow these table manners in your family.
- What is your family table manner?
Unit 4: Our Customs and Traditions (Communication)
1. Do you sit around a tray on a mat to have meal?
2. Do you use rice bowls and chopsticks?
3. Should you talk when chewing food?
4. Does the host/hostess invite everybody to start eating?
5. Does the host/ hostess offer to serve the food for the guests?
6.What do we do when we finish eating?
Practice in pairs to answer the questions
- Are there other table manners you follow?
Unit 4: Our Customs and Traditions (Communication)
1. Do they sit around a tray on a mat to have meal?
2. Do they use rice bowls and chopsticks?
3.What do they use for eating?
4. Should they talk when chewing food?
5. Does the host/hostess invite everybody to start eating?
6. Does the host/ hostess offer to serve the food for the guests?
7 What do they do when they finish eating?
In Britain
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Writing:
Unit 4: Our Customs and Traditions (Communication)
Write the table manners of Vietnamese people:


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Write the table manners of British:
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According to tradition, Vietnamese sit on the mat on the floor to have meal. They ...
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* Homework:
- Learn vocabulary by heart and rewrite them in sentences.
- Redo the exercise in your notebook.
- Prepare for a closer look 1
Unit 4: Our Customs and Traditions (Communication)
You are Minh. You invite your British friend to come for dinner. She asks a lot of questions about Vietnamese table manners.
You are Jessica from Britain. You want to learn about Vietnamese table manners, so you can feel comfortable at dinner. You compare these with British table manners.
5. There is a British exchange student in your class. You invite her to dinner at your home. Play the following roles.
Unit 4: Our Customs and Traditions (Communication)
Start the role- play like this:
Minh: Hey Jessica! My family would like to invite you to dinner.
Jessica: Oh! That’s nice but….I don’t know anything about Vietnamese table manners.
Minh: Well. What do you want to know?
Jessica: well, do you eat around the dinner table like in Britain?
Minh: No, actually we sit on a mat with the food in the middle.
Jessica: You’re kidding!
Minh:…..
Unit 4: Our Customs and Traditions (Communication)