ENGLISH 8

WARM-UP: Name the pictures
pagoda
musical instrument

waterwheel
temple

stilt house
shawl

baskets
ceremony

UNIT 3: PEOPLES OF VIET NAM
Period 18: Lesson 3: A CLOSER LOOK 2
- At the museum of ethnology

I. Vocabulary

UNIT 3: PEOPLES OF VIET NAM
Period 18: Lesson 3: A CLOSER LOOK 2

- go hunting (v)

: đi săn

- cut wood (v)

: lấy gỗ

- communal house (n.phr)

: nhà rông

- principal (n)

: hiệu trưởng

- multicultural (a)

: đa văn hóa

- stricking style (n. phr)

: phong cách nổi bật

- tale (n)

: chuyện kể

- diverse (a)

: phong phú

- speciality (n)

: đặc sản

UNIT 3: PEOPLES OF VIET NAM
Period 18: Lesson 3: A CLOSER LOOK 2 (Grammar)
II. Questions: review

where

How
what

How
Question
Words

How + adj
How
many
How
often

How
old
………

when

WHquestion

whose

which

why
who

UNIT 3: PEOPLE OF VIET NAM
Period 18: Lesson 3: A CLOSER LOOK 2
Match the Wh/ H- questions to their way of using.
who

asking about time

which

asking about choice

what

asking about person

whose
why
where
when
how

asking about manner
asking for information
about something
asking about place
asking about reason
asking about
ownership

UNIT 3: PEOPLES IN VIET NAM
Period 18: Lesson 3: A CLOSER LOOK 2
II. Questions: review
Task 1. Read the passage.

In a small village in the north, there is a stilt house. In the house, a Tay family are living

together: the grandparents called Dinh and Pu, the parents called Lai and Pha, and three
children called Vang, Pao and Phong. Every day the grandparents stay at home to look
after the house. Mr Lai and Mrs Pha work in the fields. They grow rice and other plants.
Mrs Pha goes to the market twice a week to buy food for the family. Mr Lai sometimes
goes hunting or cutting wood in the forests. Pao and Phong go to the primary school in
the village, but Vang studies at the boarding school in the town about 15 kilometres away.
He goes home at the weekend.
The family live simply and they enjoy their way of life. There are a few difficulties of
course. But they say they live more happily in their stilt house than in a modern flat in the
city.

The stilt house of the Tay

UNIT 3: PEOPLES OF VIET NAM
Period 18: Lesson 3: A CLOSER LOOK 2

Task 2. Now write questions for these answers.
In a small village in the north, there is a stilt house.
Example:
1.
A Tay family.
→ Who
________________________________?
Answer:
is living
the
house?
→ In in
the
north.

2. Three children.
→ How
________________________________?
Question:
many→children
dois
they
have?
Where
the
small village?
3. Yes, they stay at home to look after the
house.
→ ________________________________?
Do the grandparents stay at home?
4. Twice a week.
often does Mrs Pha go shopping?
→ How
________________________________?
5. It is about 15 kilometres.
→ How
________________________________?
far is Vang's boarding school?
6. At the weekend.
does Vang go home?
→ When
________________________________?
7. They live happily.
do they live?
→ How
________________________________?
8. No. They like living in their stilt house.
Would they like to live in a modern flat in
→ ________________________________?
the city?

In the house, a Tay family are living together:
the grandparents called Dinh and Pu, the parents
called Lai and Pha, and three children called Vang,
Pao and Phong. Every day the grandparents stay
at home to look after the house. Mr Lai and Mrs
Pha work in the fields. They grow rice and other
plants.
Mrs Pha goes to the market twice a week to buy
food for the family. Mr Lai sometimes goes hunting
or cutting wood in the forests. Pao and Phong go
to the primary school in the village, but Vang
studies at the boarding school in the town about
15 kilometres away. He goes home at the weekend.
The family live simply and they enjoy their way of
life. There are a few difficulties of course. But they
say they live more happily in their stilt house than
in a modern flat in the city.

UNIT 3: PEOPLES OF VIET NAM
Period 18: Lesson 3: A CLOSER LOOK 2

UNIT 3: PEOPLES OF VIET NAM
Period 18: Lesson 3: A CLOSER LOOK 2
Task 3. Complete the questions using the right question words.
1. A: Who
____ is the class monitor?
B: Dan is.
2. Which
A: _____ is the biggest house in this village?
B: The communal house (nha rong) is.
3. A: Which
_____ do you think is the most interesting museum in Ha
Noi?
B: The Museum of Ethnology.
4. A: Which
_____ is more colourful, the Nung's or the Hoa's costume?
B: The Hoa's, of course.
5. What
A: ____ is the waterwheel used for?
B: It is used to get water to the fields.

II. Questions: review

UNIT 3: PEOPLES OF VIET NAM
Period 18: Lesson 3: A CLOSER LOOK 2

Task 4. Make questions and answer them.
1. Who/ do/ shopping/ your family?
Who
does the shopping in your family?
___________________________________
2. Who/ principal/ our school?
___________________________________
Who
is the principal of our school?
3. Which subject/ like better/ English/ Maths?
___________________________________
Which
subject do you like better, English or maths?
4. What/ most important festival/ Viet Nam?
What
is the most important festival in Viet Nam?
___________________________________
5. Which ethnic group/ larger population/ Khmer/ Cham?
Which
ethnic group has a larger population, the Khmer or the Cham?
___________________________________

UNIT 3: PEOPLES OF VIET NAM
Period 18: Lesson 3: A CLOSER LOOK 2
III. ARTICLES: a, an, and the
a:

- used before a countable singular noun:
Pao needs a costume for the festival.
- used to mean 'any, every':
A lion lives in the jungle.
an: - used instead of a before a noun beginning with a vowel sound:
There is an exhibition of Cham arts in the city.
the: - used before a noun that has already been mentioned or is easily
understood:
There's a festival in my village. The festival is very old.
- used to refer to a noun that is the only, or obvious one of their kind:
The Kinh speak Vietnamese.
- used before superlative comparison of adjectives and adverbs:
The Odu have the smallest number of people.

UNIT 3: PEOPLES OF VIET NAM
Period 18: Lesson 3: A CLOSER LOOK 2
III. ARTICLES: a, an, and the
Task 5. Underline the correct article to finish the sentences.

1. Viet Nam is (a / an / the) multicultural country with 54 ethnic
groups.
2. Among the ethnic minorities, (a / an / the) Tay have the
largest population.
3. (A / An / The) ethnic minority people in the village are very friendly.
4. The Lao are one of (a / an / the) many Thai-speaking peoples.
5. The Lolo women's dress is among (a / an / the) most striking styles of clothing worn
by ethnic peoples.
6. The Yao have (a / an / the) rich culture of folk literature and art, with tales,
songs, and poems.

UNIT 3: PEOPLES OF VIET NAM
Period 18: Lesson 3: A CLOSER LOOK 2

Task 6. Insert a, an or the in each gap to finish the passage.
When you travel to a north-west mountainous region and you
want to have (1) ___great
time, you can go to (2) a/
_____
the local
a
open-air market. (3) ____
The sight there is beautiful.
local people in colourful clothing are smiling as they sell or buy their local
products. The goods there are diverse. You can buy all kinds of fruit and
vegetables,
which are fresh and cheap. You can also buy
a nice costume of (4) ______
an/the ethnic group you like. If you don't want to buy
anything, just go round and enjoy looking. You can also taste some specialities
of (5) _____
the local people sold right there at the market. I am sure you will have
(6) _____
an unforgettable time.

- Review the grammar points: WH-words, Articles (A/AN/THE)
- Do exercises B1-4 in workbook (page 24,25 )
- Prepare for Unit 3:COMMUNICATON