Bài giảng Tiếng Anh Lớp 8 - Unit 03: Peoples of Viet Nam - Lesson 3: A Closer Look 2

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1. Name the pictures pagoda waterwheel stilt house musical instrument folk dance shawl
2. Questions:
3. There are seven Wh-questions and one H-question in English: what How which why where whose when who
4. who which what where why whose when how asking for asking information asking asking about about about about choice something ownership time asking asking asking asking about about about about person reason manner place
5. 1. Read the passage.
6. In a small village in the north, there is a stilt house. In the house, a Tay family are living together: the grandparents called Dinh and Pu, the parents called Lai and Pha, and three children called Vang, Pao and Phong. Every day the grandparents stay at home to look after the house. Mr Lai and Mrs Pha work in the fields. They grow rice and other plants. Mrs Pha goes to the market twice a week to buy food for the family. Mr Lai sometimes goes hunting or cutting wood in the forests. Pao and Phong go to the primary school in the village, but Vang studies at the boarding school in the town about 15 kilometres away. He goes home at the weekend. The family live simply and they enjoy their way of life. There are a few difficulties of course. But they say they live more happily in their stilt house than in a modern flat in the city.
7. 2. Now write questions for these answers. Example: Answer: → In the north. → Where is the small village? Question:
8. 1. A Tay family. → ? 2. Three children. → ? 3. Yes, they stay at home to look after the house. → ? 4. Twice a week. → ? 5. It is about 15 kilometres. → ? 6. At the weekend. → ? 7. They live happily. → ? 8. No. They like living in their stilt house. → ?
9. 1. A Tay family. → ___Who is living in the house ? 2. Three children. → ___How many children do they have ? 3. Yes, they stay at home to look after the house. → ___Do the grandparents stay at home ? 4. Twice a week. → ___How often does Mrs Pha go to the market ? 5. It is about 15 kilometres. → ___How far is it from Vang’s house to boarding ? 6. At the weekend. → ___When does Vang go home ? 7. They live happily. → ___How do they live ? 8. No. They like living in their stilt house. → ___Do they like living a modern flat in the city ?
10. 2. Now write questions for these answers. Questions Answers Who is living in the house? 1. A Tay family. How many children do they have? 2. Three children. Do the grandparents stay at 3. Yes, they stay at home home? to look after the house. 4. Twice a week. 5. It is about 15 kilometres. When does Vang go home? 6. At the weekend. How do they live? 7. They live happily. Do they like to live in a 8. No. They like living in modern flat in the city? their stilt house.
11. 3. Complete the questions using the right question words. 1. A: ___Who is the class monitor? B: Dan is. 2. A: Which___ is the biggest house in this village? B: The communal house (nha rong) is. 3. A: ___Which do you think is the most interesting museum in Ha Noi? B: The Museum of Ethnology. 4. A: Which___ is more colourful, the Nung’s or the Hoa’s costume? B: The Hoa’s, of course. 5. A: ___What is the waterwheel used for? B: It is used to get water to the fields.
12. 4. Work in pairs. Make questions and answer them. 1. Who/ do/ shopping/ your family? Who___ does the shopping in your family? 2. Who/ principal/ our school? ___Who is the principal of our school? 3. Which subject/ like better/ English/ Maths? Which___ subject do you like better, English or maths? 4. What/ most important festival/ Viet Nam? ___WhatThe Lunar is the most New importantYear festival in Viet Nam? 5. Which ethnic group/ larger population/ Khmer/ Cham? Which___The Khmer: ethnic 1,260,600 group has (The a larger Cham: population, 161,700) the Khmer or the Cham?
13. Articles: , , and
14. - used before a countable singular noun: Notes Pao needs a costume for the festival. - used to mean ‘any, every’: A lion lives in the jungle. used instead of a before a noun beginning with a vowel sound: There is an exhibition of Cham arts in the city. - used before a noun that has already been mentioned or is easily understood: There’s a festival in my village. The festival is very old. - used to refer to a noun that is the only, or obvious one of their kind: The Kinh speak Vietnamese. - used before superlative comparison of adjectives and adverbs: The Odu have the smallest number of people.
15. 5. Underline the correct article to finish the sentences. 1. Viet Nam is (a / an / the) multicultural country with 54 ethnic groups. 2. Among the ethnic minorities, (a / an / the) Tay have the largest population. 3. (A / An / The) ethnic minority people in the village are very friendly. 4. The Lao are one of (a / an / the) many Thai-speaking peoples. 5. The Lolo women’s dress is among (a / an / the) most striking styles of clothing worn by ethnic peoples. 6. The Yao have (a / an / the) rich culture of folk literature and art, with tales, songs, and poems.
16. 6. Insert a, an or the in each gap to finish the passage. When you travel to a north-west mountainous region and you want to have (1) ___a great time, you can go to (2) ___a local open-air market. (3) ___the sight there is beautiful. Local people in colourful clothing are smiling as they sell or buy their local products. The goods there are diverse. You can buy all kinds of fruit and vegetables, which are fresh and cheap. You can also buy a nice costume of (4) ___an/the ethnic group you like. If you don’t want to buy anything, just go round and enjoy looking. You can also taste some specialities of (5) ___the local people sold right there at the market. I am sure you will have (6) ___an unforgettable time.
17. a) Write questions for the underlined parts in the following sentences. 1. It has been the National Day of Vietnam since 1945. ___How long has it been the Natinal Day of Vietnam ? 2. Hung Kings are the founders of our nation and they became the first kings of our country. ___Who are the founders of our nation ? 3. Most ethnic peoples in Vietnam speak their own languages. ___What languages do most ethnic peoples in VN speak ? 5. The items on display in the Vietnam Museum of Ethnology are very interesting. ___How are the items on display in the Vietnam ___Museum of Ethnology ?
18. b) Fill in the blanks with a suitable article (a, an, the) or no article (Ø). 1. Are you coming to ___the party next Saturday? 2. I bought ___a new TV set yesterday. 3. I think ___the man over there is very ill. He can't stand on his feet. 4. I watched ___the video you had sent me. 5. She was wearing ___an ugly dress when she met him. 6. I am crazy about reading ___Ø history books. 7. She is ___a nice girl. 8. Do you want to go to ___the restaurant where we first met? 9. He is ___an engineer. 10.He thinks that ___Ø love is what will save us all.
19. - Review the grammar points: WH- words and articles (a, an, the). - Do exercises B 1, 2, 3, 4, in workbook (page 24 and 25) - Prepare for Unit 3: Communication