Monday, October 4th 2021
UNIT TWO
Life in countryside
SKILLS 1
 grassland (n)
ger (n)
circular tent
put up (v)
take down (v)
brave
đồng cỏ
lều
lều hình trụ 
dựng
dỡ xuống
dũng cảm
I. VOCABULARY
NOMADIC LIFE ON THE GOBI HIGHLANDS
1.___________________
We don`t live a normal life like many other people. We live a nomadic life. This means we move two or three times a year to look for new pastures - grasslands - for our cattle. The cattle provide most of our needs: dairy products, meat,
and clothing.
2.___________________
We live in a ger, our traditional circular tent. It keeps us cool in summer and warm in winter, even when the temperature drops to -50oC. It can be put up then taken down and transported.
3.___________________
For most of the year, we are surrounded by vast pastures, rivers and mountains. We see few people from the outside world. When we are small, we play on our land and with the animals. The horse is our best friend. Any nomadic child can ride a horse.
We learn from an early age to help in the family, from household chores to heavier work like herding the cattle. We also learn to be brave.
1. Quickly read the passage and choose the most suitable heading A, B, or C for each paragraph. 
B. The importance of cattle to the nomads
C. The nomads’ home

A. Nomadic children’s lives
2. Match the descriptions with the words/phrases from the passage. 
b. a circular tent in which Mongolian
nomads live
d. milk, butter, cheese

e. cows, goats, buffaloes...
 a: nomadic life — a life on the move
c: pastures - grasslands
3. Read the passage again and choose the best answer A, B, C, or D.
1. We live________ other people.
A. a different life to B. similarly to
C. the same life as D. in exactly the same way as
2. We have to move in order to _______.
A. change our lifestyle B. look for better weather
C. look for food for our cattle D. be closer to the city
3. Our cattle can provide us with_______.
A. most of our needs B. food only
C. means of transport only D. anything we want
4. When we move to a new place, we _______.
A. have to make a new ger B. put up the ger
C. buy a new ger D. share a ger with our neighbours
5. Nomadic children _______.
A. play the same games as other children in the world B. use nature and their animals as playthings C. do not like toys D. spend all their time helping with housework
6. Mongolian children in the Gobi learn ________.
A. to ride a goat B. to live in the mountains
C. to be generous D. to help with household chores
1.A 2 C
3 A 4 B
5 B 6 D
II. Speaking
4. Work in pairs. Interview your partner to find out what
he/ she likes/ doesn`t like about the life of the nomads
A : What do you like about their nomadic life?
B: Well, the children can learn to ride a horse.
A: And what don’t you like about it?
B: They cant live permanently in one place.
5. a. Work in pairs. Discuss and find
- two things you like about life in the countryside 


- two things you don`t like about life in the countryside 
B: People can live in the fresh atmosphere in the countryside. They can go fishing in the river for food. 
5 b. Report your findings to the class
B: It is inconvenient without shopping centers, supermarket. There is also no running water and electricity. 
 
Learn new words by heart.
Practise the exercises again.
Do exercises D1, 2, 3 workbook).
Prepare SKILLS 2.
IV. AT HOME