Unit 02. Life in the Countryside. Lesson 5. Skills 1

Saturday, September 01, 2018
* Look at these pictures and tell the class:
Who are these people?
Where do the live?
Do they live in houses?
How do they travel/transport?
What do they earn for their living?
WARM UP
Who are these people?
They are nomadic people.
Where do the live?
They live in Gobi Desert in Mongolia.
Do they live in houseS?
No, they live in tents called gers.
How do they travel/transport?
They use horses or camels for travel/transport
What do they earn for their living?
They raise cattle (goats, sheep, horses, camels…)
UNIT 2
LESSON 5: SKILLS 1
READING:
Vocabulary:
nomad /ˈnəʊmæd/ (n)
nomadic /nəʊˈmædɪk/ (a)
cattle /’kætl/ (n)
pasture /ˈpɑːstʃə(r)/ (n)
dairy /ˈdeəri/ (a)
put up /put ʌp/ (v)
playthings /ˈpleɪθɪŋ / (n)
: người du mục
: du mục
: gia súc
= grassland
: (thuộc) sữa
 take down
= toys
Checking vocabulary:
nomad /ˈnəʊmæd/ (n)
nomadic /nəʊˈmædɪk/ (a)
cattle /’kætl/ (n)
pasture /ˈpɑːstʃə(r)/ (n)
dairy /ˈdeəri/ (a)
put up /put ʌp/ (v)
playthings /ˈpleɪθɪŋ / (n)
: người du mục
: du mục
: gia súc
= grassland
: (thuộc) sữa
 take down
= toys
1. Quickly read the passage and choose the most suitable heading A, B, or C for each paragraph.
A. Nomadic children’s lives

C. The nomads’ home
1. _____________________________________
We don’t live a normal life like many other people. We live a nomadic life. This means we move two or three times a year to look for new pastures - grasslands - for our cattle. The cattle provide most of our needs: dairy products, meat, and clothing.
B. The importance of cattle to the nomads
2. _____________________________________
We live in a ger, our traditional circular tent. It keeps us cool in summer and warm in winter, even when the temperature drops to -50oC. It can be put up then taken down and transported.
A. Nomadic children’s lives
B. The importance of cattle to the nomads
C. The nomads’ home
B. The importance of cattle to the nomads
C. The nomads’ home
3. _____________________________________
For most of the year, we are surrounded by vast pastures, rivers and mountains. We see few people from the outside world. When we are small, we play on our land and with the animals. The horse is our best friend. Any nomadic child can ride a horse. We learn from an early age to help in the family, from
household chores to heavier work like herding the cattle. We also learn to be brave.
A. Nomadic children’s lives
2. Match the descriptions with the words / phrases from the passage.


3. Read the passage again and choose the best answer A, B, C, or D.
1. We live _________ other people.
A. a different life to B. similarly to
C. the same life as D. in exactly the same way as
2. We have to move in order to _________.
A. change our lifestyle B. look for better weather
C. look for food for our cattle D. be closer to the city
3. Our cattle can provide us with _________.
A. most of our needs B. food only
C. means of transport only D. anything we want
3. Read the passage again and choose the best answer A, B, C, or D.
4. When we move to a new place, we _________.
A. have to make a new ger B. put up the ger
C. buy a new ger D. share a ger with our neighbours
5. Nomadic children _________.
A. play the same games as other children in the world
B. use nature and their animals as playthings
C. do not like toys
D. spend all their time helping with housework
6. Mongolian children in the Gobi learn _________.
A. to ride a goat B. to live in the mountains
C. to be generous D. to help with household chores
SPEAKING:
4. Work in pairs. Interview your partner to find out what he/ she likes/ doesn’t like about the life of the nomads.
Example:
A: What do you like about their nomadic life?
B: Well, the children learn to ride a horse.
A: And what don’t you like about it?
B: They can’t live permanently in one place.
5a. Work in pairs. Discuss and find:  
- two things you like about life in the countryside
Example
A: What do you like about life in the countryside?
B: People can live in the fresh atmosphere in the countryside. They can go fishing in the river for food.
or
B: The air is fresher and the traffic isn`t so heavy.
- two things you don’t like about life in the
countryside
Explain your choice
5a. Work in pairs. Discuss and find:  
- two things you like about life in the countryside
- two things you don’t like about life in the
countryside
Explain your choice
Example
A: What don`t you like about life in the countryside?
B: It is inconvenient without shopping centers, supermarket. There is also no running water and electricity.
or B: There are few interesting things to do in the free time. In addition, young people can`t find high-paying jobs.
Hi, everybody. I’ve just discussed with Nam about what we like and what we don’t like about life in the countryside. Both of us love the air and the traffic in the countryside. The air is fresher and the traffic isn`t so heavy. But I don’t like to live there because there are very few things to do in the free time. There are no entertainment centers, no shops and the schools are also far from where they live. Nam doesn’t like the way of living in the countryside because it is too slow and young people seem hardly to find high-paying jobs there.
5b. Report your findings to the class.
Model report:
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HOMEWORK
- Learn the new words by heart.
- Read the text on page 12 again.
- Do exercises D 2 in workbook (page 14,15)
- Talk about what you like and dislike about life in the countryside.
- Prepare for Unit 2: Skill 2
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See you again!
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