Welcome to our class
Unit 2 : LIFE IN THE COUNTRYSIDE
Lesson 1 : Getting started
Look at the picture
Where are they ?
What are they doing?
Vocabulary:
- harvest /hɑː(r)vɪst/ (v)
herd /hɜː(r)d / (v)- go herding
dry /drɑɪ/ (v)
load /ləʊd/ (v)
buffalo-drawn cart (n)
transport /ˈtrænspɔːt/ (v)
- thu hoạch, gặt
- chăn (trâu, bò)
- phơi khô (lúa...)
- chất lên, tải
- xe trâu (kéo)
- vận chuyển
Buffalo (n):
con trâu
Explore (v):
khám phá
1. Listen and read
a. Are these sentences true (T) or false (F)
Nguyen didn’t think country life could be so interesting
Nguyen never joins the boys in herding the buffaloes
Rice is transported home on trucks
Nick would like to visit the countryside at the harvest time
Nguyen thinks life in the city is faster than that in the countryside
T
F
F
T
T
b. Answer the following questions
1. Where is Nguyen now?
2. When was he able to make new friends?
3. What is Nguyen’s kite like?
4. Who is Nguyen probably staying with?
5. Does Nick want to be there with Nguyen?
=> He’s in the countryside
=> Right on his first day here
=> It’s big and colorful
=> He is probably staying with his grandfather
=> Yes, he does
c. Complete the sentences with the words in the box
1. When a thing has lots of bright colours, it is __________
2. When people are not in a hurry, they __________
3. A busy time when people collect their crops is called ___________
4. A place where rice grows is called a __________
5. My brother is talking his buffaloes out to feed them. He’s __________ them
6. Rice is loaded onto a ____________________to transport it home
colourful
move slowly
harvest time
paddy field
herding
buffalo- drawn cart
d. In group, dicuss and find how Nguyen feels about his stay in the countryside. Tick the appropriate box. Look for expressions from the conversation to support your ideas
1. He likes it
2. He doesn’t mind it
3. He doesn’t like it
✓
=> “.. it’s more exciting than I expected “
=>“It looks great up there in the sky “
=> “ I live more happily here, and there’s still a lot more to explore”
2. Match the activities with the pictures
6. Loading the rice
5. Drying the rice
4. Collecting water
3. Riding a horse
1. Flying a kite
2. Herding buffaloes
3. Can you think some more things that children do in the countryside…
They climb trees
They go swimming in the river
They fly a kite
They go fishing
They play on the field
They play folk game
4. GAME : COUNTRYSIDE CHARADES
Play charades in two teams using the class list of countryside activities from 3. The teacher whispers an activity to one person from team 1. This person mimes the activity for their team to guess. If their team guesses incorrectly, Team 2 can try. The teams take turns until all the activities have been mimed. The team with the most points wins
HOMEWORK
Remember the vocabulary
Prepare lesson 2 : A closer look 1
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