The main food are bread, cheese, vegetables, some drinks…... Discuss the difference between them... Read the following sentences about table manners in Britain. Work in pairs. The kni[r]
(1)Label the pictures with the phrases in the box:
a Giving presents at Christmas
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4 b Cleaning the house
c Eating moon cakes at the Mid-Autumn Festival
(2)(3)(4)(5)I Vocabulary:
- prong(n):
mâm
- ‘cutlery(n): đồ ăn (dao, dĩa, thìa) - tray(n):
đầu dĩa (phần có răng)
- palm(n): lòng bàn tay - mat(n): chiếu
(6)Match the words with the correct pictures
prongs tray cutlery
mat palm host/hostess
A B C
(7)1) Look at the pictures In pairs, discuss the differences between them.
1 What are they doing?
2 In the first picture, what things they use for eating?
3 What the main food they eat? In the second picture, what are the things used to eat?
5 What’s the main food to eat?
(8)1) Look at the pictures and show the differences between them.
They are having meals
They use rice bowls, chopsticks, a tray and they are sitting on a mat
They use knives, forks, and spoons and they are sitting a round a table
1 What are they doing?
2 In the first picture, what things they use for eating?
3 What the main food they eat? In the second picture, what are the things used for eating?
5 What’s the main food to eat?
The main food are rice, soup, meat, fish sauce and vegetables
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Picture 1: People are sitting on the mat to have meal and using rice bowls, chopsticks and plates.
Picture 2: People are sitting around the dining table and using cutlery and plates.
(10)2 Read the following sentences about table manners in Britain Work in pairs Write T (true) or F (false).
1 The knife is held in the left hand and the fork is held in the right hand.
2 You shouldn’t point the prongs of the fork up-wards during the meal.
3 People use the same cutlery to eat the main course and the dessert.
4 When the meal is finished, you should place the knife and fork on the plate.
5 You can use your fork to take more food from the serving dish.
6 You should use your knife to cut the bread.
7 Guests should start eating before the host starts eating.
(11)2 Read the following sentences about table manners in Britain Work in pairs Write T (true) or F (false).
1 The knife is held in the left hand and the fork is held in the right hand.
2 You shouldn’t point the prongs of the fork up-wards
during the meal.
3 People use the same cutlery to eat the main course
and the dessert.
4 When the meal is finished, you should place the knife and fork on the plate.
5 You can use your fork to take more food from the serving dish.
6 You should use your knife to cut the bread.
7 Guests should start eating before the host starts eating.
(12)3) Now listen to Nick giving a
(13)Read the following sentences about table of manners in Britain Work in pairs Write true(T) or false (F)
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2 You shouldn’t point the prongs of the fork up wards during the meal
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4 When the meal is finished, you should place the knife and fork on the plate
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8 You should ask someone to pass you a dish
T F
The knife is held in the left hand and the fork is held in the right hand
People use the same cutlery to eat the main course and the dessert
You can use your fork to take more food from the serving dish
You should use your knife to cut the bread
Guests should start eating before host starts eating F
F F F F T T T
You hold the folk in the left and the knife in the right
There is also a spoon and a fork for dessert
You should never use your own cutlery to take more food from the serving dish – use the serving spoon
You should break off the bread with your hands
(14)(15)(16)(17)(18)(19)1 We sit around a tray on a mat to have meal. 2 We use rice bowls and chopsticks.
3 When chewing food, we shouldn’t talk.
4 The host/hostess invites everybody to start eating. 5 The host/ hostess offers to serve the food for the
guests.
6 When we have finished eating, we place our chopsticks on the top of rice bowl.
4 Work in pairs Discuss if you follow these table
(20)1 Do you sit around a tray on a mat to have meal? 2 Do you use rice bowls and chopsticks?
3 Should you talk when chewing food?
4 Does the host/hostess invite everybody to start eating?
5 Does the host/ hostess offer to serve the food for the guests?
6 What we when we finish eating?
Practice in pairs to answer the questions
(21)1 Do they sit around a tray on a mat to have meal? 2 Do they use rice bowls and chopsticks?
3 What they use for eating?
4 Should they talk when chewing food?
5 Does the host/hostess invite everybody to start eating?
6 Does the host/ hostess offer to serve the food for the guests?
7 What they when they finish eating?
(22)5 There is a British exchange student in your class You invite her to dinner at your home Play the following
roles.
You are Minh You invite your British friend to come for dinner She asks a lot of questions about Vietnamese table manners
(23)Start the role- play like this:
Minh: Hey Jessica! My family would like to invite you to dinner.
Jessica: Oh! That’s nice but….I don’t know anything about Vietnamese table manners.
Minh: Well What you want to know?
Jessica: well, you eat around the dining table like in Britain? Minh: No, actually we sit on a mat with the food in the middle.
Jessica: You’re kidding! …….
British table manner Vietnamese table manner
eat around the dining table sit on a mat with the food in the middle
use cutlery to eat most of the food. use rice bowls and chopsticks.
place the knife and the folk on the
(24)(25)(26)A Nick: Guess what! I was invited to my friend’s house for dinner.
B Mai: Well, it’s also the custom in Vietnam to bring a small gift.
C Nick: And is it all right to bring someone along?
D Nick: Yes, but what you when you’re invited
someone here?
E Mai: Well, If you want to bring someone along, you should call first and ask if it’s OK.
F Mai: Oh, how nice!
G Nick: Really? What like?
H Nick: Thank you very much.
I Mai: Oh, maybe some fruit or a box of candy or biscuits.
Rearrange sentences in a logical dialogue
(27)A Nick: Guess what! I was invited to my friend’s house for dinner.
F Mai: Oh, how nice!
D Nick: Yes, but what you when you’re invited
someone here?
B Mai: Well, it’s also the custom in Vietnam to bring a small gift.
G Nick: Really? What like?
I Mai: Oh, maybe some fruit or a box of candy or biscuits.
C Nick: And is it all right to bring someone along?
E Mai: Well, If you want to bring someone along, you should call first and ask if it’s OK.
H Nick: Thank you very much.
(28)How they have changed
1 Work in groups of three or four Decide on a Vietnamese custom or tradition you want to research
2 Individually, interview an older person (your grandmother or your neighbor) about this custom or tradition
3 Then interview a younger person (your mother or your teacher) to see if this custom or tradition has changed today
4 Back in your group, compare and combine your research results Then together plan your presentation Decide which of you will lead each part of the presentation
5 Give your presentation to the rest of the class.
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