Unit 1. A day in the life of

Unit 1: A day in the life of
A: Reading

I. Warm- up

1. Look at the 8 pictures and answer the question: “What does he do every day?”





He gets up at 7:00 a.m.




He has breakfast at 7:30 / at half past seven a.m.

He goes to school or
He walks to school.







He has lunch at 13:00


He leaves school.


He has dinner.

He does his homework.

He goes to bed.
II. Before you read
1. Vocabulary:
+ alarm (n):



+ to lead the buffalo to the field:

+ to plough:

- to harrow:

- to repair the banks of the plot of land


- to pump water into the plot of land

- to do the transplanting

II. While you read

1. Task 1: Multiple choice
Pair work
Mr. Vy: The alarm goes off at 4: 30. I get up and go down to the kitchen to boil some water for my morning tea. I drink several cup of tea, have a quick breakfast and then lead the buffalo to the field. It takes me 45 minutes to get ready. I leave the house at a quarter past five and arrive in the field at exactly 5:30. I plough and harrow my plot of land and at quarter to eight I take a short rest. During my break I often drink tea with my fellow peasants and smoke local tobacco. I continue to work from a quarter past eight till 10:30. Then I go home, take a short rest and have lunch with my family 11:30. After lunch I usually take an hour’s rest
Mrs. Tuyet: At 2:30 in the afternoon we go to the field again. We repair the banks of our plot of land. Then my husband pumps water into it while I do the transplanting. We work for about two hours before we take a rest. We finish our work at 6 p.m. We have dinner at about 7 a.m., then we watch TV and go to bed at about 10 p.m. Sometimes we go and see our neighbours for a cup of tea. We chat about our work, our children and our plan for the next crop. Although it’s a long day for us, we are contented with what we do. We love working and we love our children.
Key:
1. C
2. C
3. A
4. A
Task 2: Answering questions
Pair work
Mr. Vy: The alarm goes off at 4: 30. I get up and go down to the kitchen to boil some water for my morning tea. I drink several cup of tea, have a quick breakfast and then lead the buffalo to the field. It takes me 45 minutes to get ready. I leave the house at a quarter past five and arrive in the field at exactly 5:30. I plough and harrow my plot of land and at quarter to eight I take a short rest. During my break I often drink tea with my fellow peasants and smoke local tobacco. I continue to work from a quarter past eight till 10:30. Then I go home, take a short rest and have lunch with my family 11:30. After lunch I usually take an hour’s rest
Mrs. Tuyet: At 2:30 in the afternoon we go to the field again. We repair the banks of our plot of land. Then my husband pumps water into it while I do the transplanting. We work for about two hours before we take a rest. We finish our work at 6 p.m. We have dinner at about 7 a.m., then we watch TV and go to bed at about 10 p.m. Sometimes we go and see our neighbours for a cup of tea. We chat about our work, our children and our plan for the next crop. Although it’s a long day for us, we are contented with what we do. We love working and we love our children.