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Trainee: Mrs. Ma Thu Ha
Nguyen Quoc An secondary school in Hung Yen city
Countryside activities
Nguyen
Nick
Lesson 1:
Unit 2: LIFE IN THE COUNTRYSIDE
1.Vocabulary:
- herd (v)
: chăn (trâu)
- buffalo-drawn cart (n)
: xe trâu kéo
- transport (v)
: vận chuyển
envious (a)
: ghen tị
Match the activities with the pictures
1. e
2.f
3.a
4.c
5.d
6.b
1. Listen and read.
1. Nguyen didn’t think country life could be so interesting.
2. Nguyen never joins the boys in herding the buffaloes.
3. Rice is transported home on trucks.
4. Nick would like to visit the countryside at harvest time.
5. Nguyen thinks life in the city is faster than that in the countryside.
1a. Are these sentences true (T ) or fasle (F) (Page.17)
1. Listen and read. (page 16 textbook E8)
1. Nguyen didn’t think country life could be so interesting.
2. Nguyen never joins the boys in herding the buffaloes.
3. Rice is transported home on trucks.
4. Nick would like to visit the countryside at harvest time.
5. Nguyen thinks life in the city is faster than that in the countryside.
1a. Are these sentences true (T ) or fasle (F)
T
F
F
T
T
sometimes
buffalo-drawn carts
1b. Answer the following questions.
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.
Yes, he does.
It’s big and colourful.
Right on his first day there
His grandfather
1c. 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 taking 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
1d. Discuss 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 (work groups)
1. He likes it.
2. He doesn’t mind it.
3. He doesn’t like it.
√
1d. Discuss 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 (work groups)
1. He likes it.
→ ‘… it’s more exciting than I expected.’
‘It (the kite) looks great up there in the sky.’
‘I live more happily here, and there’s still a lot more to explore.’
2. He doesn’t mind it.
3. He doesn’t like it.
√
2. GAME: COUNTRYSIDE CHARADE
I will whisper an activity to one of you and you have to mine the activity for your friends to guess. If your member guess incorrectly, another team can try. The team with the most points wins. We have 5 minutes to play this game. Are you ready? Now, let’s start!
* Vocabulary:
- herd(v )/ go herding(v-ing)
- buffalo - drawn cart (n)
- transport (v)
- envious (a)
2. Game: COUNTRYSIDE CHARADE
* Grammar: Comparative structures
1a. Are these sentences true (T ) or false (F)
1b. Answer the following questions
1c. Complete the sentences with the words
in the box
1d. In groups, discuss and find how Nguyen feels
about his stay in the countryside.
* Homework:
+ review the lesson well
+ Prepare for: Unit 2 – A Closer Look 1.
It`s more exciting than I expected.
Everything seems to move more slowly here than in the city.
1. Listen and read:
Unit 2/ Life in the Countryside
Lesson 1: Getting started – It’s harvest time
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