Bài giảng Tiếng Anh Lớp 8 - Unit 2: Life in the Countryside - Lesson 1: Getting started - Dương Quang Minh

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1. Thursday, April 7, 2022, Designer: Dương Quang Minh
2. Vocabulary: - harvest /hɑː(r)vɪst/ (v) - thu hoạch, gặt - herd /hɜː(r)d / (v) - chăn (trõu, bũ) - dry /drɑɪ/ (v) - phơi khụ (lỳa ) - load /ləʊd/ (v) - chất lờn, tải - transport /ˈtrổnspɔːt/ (v) - vận chuyển - buffalo-drawn cart (n) - xe bũ (kộo) - explore /ɪkˈsplɔː(r)/ (v) - khỏm phỏ - envious /ˈenvɪəs/ (v) - ghen tị
3. Checking vocabulary: - harvest /hɑː(r)vɪst/ (v) - thu hoạch, gặt - herd /hɜː(r)d / (v) - chăn (trõu, bũ) - dry /drɑɪ/ (v) - phơi khụ (lỳa ) - load /ləʊd/ (v) - chất lờn, tải - transport /ˈtrổnspɔːt/ (v) - vận chuyển - buffalo-drawn cart (n) - xe bũ (kộo) - explore /ɪkˈsplɔː(r)/ (v) - khỏm phỏ - envious /ˈenvɪəs / (v) - ghen tị
4. Nguyen: Nguyen speaking. Nick: Hi Nguyen, how’s your stay there? Nguyen: Hi Nick! Well, it’s more exciting than I expected. Nick: What are you doing? Nguyen: Lots of things. It’s harvest time, so we help load the rice onto buffalo-drawn carts, ride it home and dry it. Have you ever ridden a cart? Nick: No, but I’d like to. Nguyen: And sometimes I go herding the buffaloes with the boys. Nick: You’ve made new friends?
5. Nguyen: Yeah – right on my first day. They came and we went flying kites together. Nick: Where can you buy kites in the countryside? Nguyen: The people here don’t buy kites – they make them. My grandfather’s made me the largest, most colourful kite I’ve ever had. It looks great up there in the sky. Nick: Oh, I’m so envious! Nguyen: Ha ha I guess. I live more happily here, and there’s still a lot more to explore. Nick: Sounds great! Nguyen: And everything seems to move more slowly here than in the city. Nick: I wish I could join
6. a. Are these sentences true (T) or false (F)? true false 1. Nguyen didn’t think country life could be so ✓ interesting. 2. Nguyensometimesnever joins the boys in herding ✓ the buffaloes. 3. Rice is transported home on trucks.buffalo-drawn carts ✓ 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.
7. b. Answer the following questions 1. Where is Nguyen now? He’s in the countryside. 2. When was he able to make new friends? Right on his first day here. 3. What is Nguyen’s kite like? It’s big and colorful. 4. Who is Nguyen probably staying with? His grandfather. 5. Does Nick want to be there with Nguyen? Yes, he does.
8. 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 is ___. 2. When people are not in a hurry, they ___. 3. A busy time when people collect their crops is called ___. 4. A place where rice grows is called a ___. 5. My brother is taking his buffaloes out to feed them. He’s ___ them. 6. Rice is loaded onto a ___ to transport it home.
9. 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. ✓ “ it’s more exciting 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.” 2. He doesn’t mind it.  3. He doesn’t like it. 
10. 2. Match the activities with the pictures. 1. flying a kite 2. herding buffaloes 3. riding a horse 4. collecting water 5. drying the rice 6. loading the rice
11. 3. Can you think of some more things that children do in the countryside? Make a list. Example: • They climb trees. • They go swimming in the river. • They go fishing in the river. • They collect the fruits. • They help do the farm-work. • They herd the cattle. • They feed the chickens (foultry). . Share your list with the class.
12. COUNTRYSIDE CHARADE Play charades in two teams using the class list of countryside activities from 3. The teacher whispers an activity to one person from Team 1. This person mimes the activity for their team to guess. If their team guesses incorrectly, Team 2 can try. The teams take turns until all the activities have been mimed. The team with the most points wins.
13. - Learn the new words by heart. - Practice the dialogue again. - Do exercises B1,2 in workbook (page 10). - Prepare for Unit 2: A closer look 1.