Unit 02 Life in the Countryside Lesson 1 Getting started

buffalo- drawn cart, colourful, herding, move slowly, harvest time, paddy field colourful 15. My brother is taking his buffaloes out to feed them..[r]

What are these pictures about? Unit 2: LIFE IN THE COUNTRYSIDE GETTING STARTED * Vocabulary: - harvest time (n): gặt - buffalo – drawn carts (n): xe trâu kéo chăn trâu - herding the buffalo: - envious (a): mùa ghen tị, thèm muốn Unit 2: LIFE IN THE COUNTRYSIDE GETTING STARTED Listen and read a Are these sentences true (T) or false (F)? Sentences 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 harvest time Nguyen thinks life in the city is faster than that in the countryside T    F   Unit 2: LIFE IN THE COUNTRYSIDE GETTING STARTED Listen and read b Answer the following questions Key: Where is Nguyen now? He’s in the countryside 2.2.When wasable he able to make friends? He was to make new new friends right on his first day there It’s big and colourful What is Nguyen’s kite like? He is probably staying with his grandfather Yes, he does Who is Nguyen probably staying with? Does Nick want to be there with Nguyen? Unit 2: LIFE IN THE COUNTRYSIDE GETTING STARTED Listen and read c Complete the sentences with the words in the box buffalo- drawn cart, colourful, herding, move slowly, harvest time, paddy field colourful When a thing has lots of bright colours, it it move slowly When people are not in a hurry, they harvest time A busy time when people collect their crop is called paddy field A place where rice grows is called a herding My brother is taking his buffaloes out to feed them He’s them buffalo – drawn cart Rice is load onto a to transport it home LIFE IN THE COUNTRYSIDE Unit 2: GETTING STARTED Listen and read 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 He likes it He doesn’t mind it He doesn’t like it  Some expressions to show this: It’s more interesting 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 Unit 2: LIFE IN THE COUNTRYSIDE GETTING STARTED Match the activities with the pictures d drying the rice riding a horse flying a kite herding buffaloes e b riding a horse loading the rice flying a kite collecting water drying the rice f c loading the rice collecting water herding buffaloes a Unit 2: LIFE IN THE COUNTRYSIDE GETTING STARTED Can you think of some more things that children in the countryside? Make a list Example: They climb trees They go swimming in the river They fly the kites They help their parents dry the rice They herd buffaloes LIFE IN THE COUNTRYSIDE Unit 2: GETTING STARTED Homework: - Learn all the words related to the topic “Life in the countryside” in this lesson - Read the conversation again - Prepare “A closer look 1”