Unit 11. Traveling around Vietnam

WARM UP
Harbor
Nha Rong
Ngo Mon
Ha Long
Literature
The Temple of
Bay
Gate
UNIT 11
TRAVELING AROUND VIET NAM
LESSON 1 :
GETTING STARTED
LISTEN & READ
PAGES : 98 & 99
GETTING STARTED

The Temple of Literature
Ngo Mon (Gate)
Ha Long Bay
Nha Rong Harbor
Vocabulary
a crop
vụ mùa
A corn crop
Sugar canes
a water buffalo
Hoa meets Tim at the airport
Tim: Hoa, I`d like you to meet my parents and my sister, Shannon.
Hoa: How do you do? Welcome to Viet Nam.
Mr. Jones: Thank you. It`s nice to meet you finally, Hoa.
Hoa: Can I help you with your bags, Mrs. Jones?
Mrs. Jones : Thank you. It`s great to be in Viet Nam.
Hoa: Would you mind sitting in the front seat of the taxi, Mr Jones? I`d like to sit with Tim and Shannon.
Mr. Jones: No problem. I prefer the front seat.
Mrs. Jones: Are we far from Ha Noi?
Hoa: It`s about a 40-minute drive from the city center.
Tim: Look, Shannon! I can see a boy riding a water buffalo.
Shannon: Wow! This is very exciting. Are those rice paddies, Hoa?
Hoa: Yes, and the crop over there is corn. On the left, you can see sugar canes.
Tim: Would you mind if I took a photo?
Hoa: Not at all. I`ll ask the driver to stop the car.
PRACTICE THE DIALOGUE IN GROUPS
Tim
Hoa
Mr. Jones
Mrs. Jones
Shannon
a. This is the first time Hoa has met Tim`s family.
TRUE OR FALSE ?
b. Hoa helps Mrs. Jones with her luggage.
c. The Jones family is traveling from the airport in a bus.
d. Shannon has never seen rice paddies before.

T
T
F
T
in a taxi
_____
e. The car is traveling past farmland.
f. Only rice and corn are grown around Ha Noi.
______________
Not only rice and corn but also sugar canes
T
F
Model sentences
* To express interest :
I`d like you to meet my parents.
It`s nice to meet you.
It`s great to be in Viet Nam.
I`d like to sit with Tim.
* To express a request :
- Would you mind sitting in the front seat?
- Would you mind if I took a photo?
- Would you mind + V-ing …. ?
- Would you mind if I + V2/ed …?
PRACTICE
a) Sit/ here
b) Turn on/ air-conditioner
c) Turn off/ stereo
d) Watch TV/ eat lunch
HOMEWORK
Practice the dialogue
Do the exercises 1, 2, 3 in the workbook
on pages 65, 66