Bài giảng Tiếng anh Lớp 8 - Unit 2, Lesson 1: Life in the countryside

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1. What are these pictures about?
2. - harvest time (n): mùa gặt - buffalo – drawn carts (n): xe trâu kéo - herding the buffalo: chăn trâu - envious (a): ghen tị, thèm muốn
3. 1. Listen and read. a. Are these sentences true (T) or false (F)? Sentences T F 1. Nguyen didn’t think country life could be so interesting. ✓ 2. Nguyen never joins the boys in herding the buffaloes. ✓ 3. Rice is transported home on trucks. ✓ 4. Nick would like to visit the countryside at harvest time. ✓ 5. Nguyen thinks life in the city is faster than that in the ✓ countryside.
4. 1. Listen and read. b. Answer the following questions. 1.Key: Where is Nguyen now? 1. He’s in the countryside. 2.2. When He was was able he ableto make to make new newfriends friends? right on his first day there. 3. It’s big and colourful. 3. What is Nguyen’s kite like? 4. He is probably staying with his grandfather. 5. Yes, he does. 4. Who is Nguyen probably staying with? 5. Does Nick want to be there with Nguyen?
5. 1. Listen and read. c. Complete the sentences with the words in the box. buffalo- drawn cart, colourful, herding, move slowly, harvest time, paddy field 1. When a thing has lots of bright colours, it it colourful 2. When people are not in a hurry, they move slowly 3. A busy time when people collect their crop is called harvest time 4. A place where rice grows is called a paddy field 5. My brother is taking his buffaloes out to feed them. He’s herding them . 6. Rice is load onto a tobuffalo – drawn cart transport it home.
6. 1. 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. 1. He likes it. ✓ Some expressions to show this: 2. He doesn’t mind it. It’s more interesting than I expected. It looks great up there in the sky. 3. He doesn’t like it. I live more happily here, and there’s still a lot more to explore.
7. 2. Match the activities with the pictures. d a 5. drying the rice 3. riding a horse 1. flying a kite 2. herding buffaloes e 3. riding a horse b 1. flying a kite 6. loading the rice 4. collecting water 5. drying the rice f 6. loading the rice c 2. herding buffaloes 4. collecting water
8. 3. Can you think of some more things that children do in the countryside? Make a list. Example: 1. They climb trees. 2. They go swimming in the river. 3. They fly the kites. 4. They help their parents dry the rice. 5. They herd buffaloes.
9. - Learn all the words related to the topic “Life in the countryside” in this lesson. - Read the conversation again. - Prepare “A closer look 1”