Unit 3 Peoples of Viet Nam Lesson 2 A Closer Look 1

people friendly, brave, boring, nomadic, colourful life slow, hard, boring, inconvenient, peaceful, nomadic, colourful scenery colourful, vast, peaceful.. rich written traditional i[r]

ENGLISH 8

WARM-UP: Choose the right phrase and then put it under the appropriate picture.

musical instrument

open-air market terraced field costume

stilt house

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lessonsUNIT

VOCABULARY

- major /ˈmeɪ dʒə(r)/ (a)

- (in)significant /sɪɡˈnɪfɪkənt/(a)

- complicated /ˈkɒmplɪkeɪtɪd/(a)

- basic /ˈbeɪsik/ (a)

- traditional /trəˈdɪʃənl/ (a)

- boarding school /ˈbɔːdɪŋ sku:l /

(n)

 minor

= (not) important

 simple

CHECKING VOCABULARY

- major /ˈmeɪ dʒə(r)/ (a)

- (in)significant /sɪɡˈnɪfɪkənt/(a)

- complicated /ˈkɒmplɪkeɪtɪd/(a)

- basic /ˈbeɪsik/ (a)

- traditional /trəˈdɪʃənl/ (a)

- boarding school /ˈbɔːdɪŋ sku:l /

(n)

 minor

= (not) important

 simple

= not developed - truyền thống - trường nội trú

1 major 2 simple

3 modern 4 spoken

5 rich

a written

b insignificant c complicated d minor

e basic

1 Match the adjectives in A with their opposites in B.

6 develop f poor

2 Use some words from to complete the

sentences.

people friendly, brave, boring, nomadic, colourful life slow, hard, boring, inconvenient, peaceful, nomadic, colourful scenery colourful, vast, peaceful

1 Many ethnic groups have their own languages, and some even have _ languages.

2 People in some far-away mountainous regions still keep their way of life.

3 Gathering and hunting still play a(n) _ role in the economy of the Laha.

4 Ethnic peoples in the mountains have a way of farming They use _ tools to the farm work.

3 Work in pairs Discuss what the word is for each picture The first and last letters of each word are given.

1 c _y p _a t _e

4 w _l s l b _t

eremon agod empl

aterwhee haw aske

in the north

Ly Son

of the Thai women

4 Listen and repeat the following words.

Pronunciation: Clusters: /sk/, /sp/ and /st/

skateboard stamp speech

display first station

instead crisp school

5 Listen again and put them in the right column according to their sounds

/sk/ /sp/ /st/

task

school station

speech

space crisp first stamp skateboard

1 The Hmong people I met in Sa Pa speak English very well.

2 You should go out to play instead of staying

here.

3 This local speciality is not very spicy.

4 Many ethnic minority students are studying at boarding schools.

5 Most children in far-away villages can get some schooling

6 Listen and read the following sentences Then

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HOMEWORK

- Learn the new words by heart.

- Practice pronunciation “sk”, “sp” “st” again.

- Do exercises A 1, in workbook (page 16).

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