Lesson 1: GETTING STARTED
Unit 2: LIFE IN THE COUNTRYSIDE
I. VOCABULARY
countryside = country
: (n) nông thôn
Harvest
:(n) mùa gặt, mùa thu hoạch, vụ mùa
harvest
:(v) gặt (lúa), thu hoạch
Buffalo-drawn cart
:(n) xe trâu kéo
load
:(v) chất lên
herd
:(v) chăn dắt, lùa theo đàn
Paddy field
: (n) cánh đồng lúa
herding buffaloes
: đi chăn trâu
Flying kites
: thả diều
Riding a horse
: cưỡi ngựa
Collecting water
: lấy nước
Loading the rice
: chất lúa
Drying the rice
: phơi lúa
Go swimming in the river
: tắm sông
envious (of sb/st)
: (a) ghen tị
Vocabulary:
Countryside (n)
paddy field (n)
Harvest (n)
Harvest (v)
buffalo-drawn cart (n)
load (v)
herd (v)
Herding buffaloes
Loading the rice
Drying the rice
Flying kites
Riding a horse
Collecting water
envious of sb/st (a)
: nông thôn
: cánh đồng lúa
: mùa thu hoạch, vụ mùa
: gặt lúa, thu hoạch
: Xe trâu kéo
: chất lên
: chăn, lùa theo đàn
: Chăn trâu
: Chất lúa
: Phơi lúa
: Thả diều
: Cưỡi ngựa
: Lấy nước
: ghen tị
Vocabulary:
15. Make new friends
16. Right on my first day
17. Colorful (a)
18. Live more happily
19. Explore (v)
20: slowly (adv)
21. transported (v)
22. Bright colors
23. Crop (n)
24. Go swimming in the river
25. Expect (v)
26. Load the rice onto buffalo-
drawn cart
: kết bạn mới
: ngay trong ngày đầu tiên
: nhiều màu sắc, màu mè
: sống hạnh phúc hơn
: khám phá
: chậm
: được di chuyển
: màu sáng
: mùa vụ
: tắm sông
: mong đợi, mong chờ
: chất lúa lên xe trâu kéo
II. EXERCISES
a. Are these sentences true (T) or false (F)?
sometimes
buffalo-drawn carts
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?
Yes, he does.
He’s in the countryside.
Right on his first day there.
It’s large and colorful.
His grandfather.
c. Complete the sentences with the words in the box.
paddy field
harvest time
move slowly
colourful
herding
buffalo-drawn cart
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.
d. In groups, 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.
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.
1. flying a kite
2. herding buffaloes
3. riding a horse
4. collecting water
5. drying the rice
6. loading the rice
homework
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