Unit 3. A trip to the countryside

Unit 3
A trip to the countryside
Read
Tuesday, October 13th 2015
- Van
- an exchange student from Ho Chi Minh City
1. NEW WORDS:
2. maize (n):
6. hot dog (n):
exchange (students) (n):
5. grocery (n):
3. part-time (adv):
4. collect (v)/ collection (n):
du học sinh
bắp, ngô
bán thời gian
thu gom/
sự thu gom
cửa hàng tạp hóa
xúc xích
Where is Van living now?
Van is living on a farm 100 km outside Columbus, Ohio
READ
Van a student from Ho Chi Minh City, is an exchange student in the USA. He is now living with the Parker family on a farm 100 kilometers outside Columbus, Ohio. He will stay there till the beginning of October.
Mr. Parker grows maize on his farm, while Mrs. Parker works part-time at a grocery store in a nearby town. They have two children. Peter is the same age as Van, and Sam is still in primary school.
Since Van arrived, he has been learning a lot about life on a farm. In the afternoon, as soon as he completes his homework, he feeds the chickens and collects their eggs. On weekends, if Mr. Parker is busy the three boys help him on the farm.
On Saturday afternoons, Peter plays baseball. The Parker family and Van eat hamburgers or hot dogs while they watch Peter play. The Parkers are nice so Van feels like a member of their family.
1. maize
2. feed
3. grocery store
4. part-time
5. collect
d. corn
b. where people buy food
and small things
c. give food to eat
a. bring things together
e. shorter or less than
standard time
1) Match the words in column A with the words or groups of words in column B having the same meaning.
A
B
1. Mr. Parker
2. Mrs. Parker
3. Peter
4. Van
2) Match each activity with the right person.
a. collecting eggs
b. playing baseball
c. growing maize
d. feeding the chickens
e. working at a grocery store
Who is Van?
Who is he living with?
What does Mr. Parker do?
What does Mrs. Parker do?
What does Van do in the afternoon?
3) READ AND ANSWER THE QUESTIONS
Lucky Number
Who is Van?
- He is an exchange student in the USA.
Who is he living with?
He’s living with the Parker family.
What does Mr. Parker do?
He is a farmer.
What does Mrs. Parker do?
She works part- time at a grocery store.
What does Van do in the afternoon?
He feeds the chickens and collects their eggs.
4. Complete the summary. Use information from the passage.
A Vietnamese boy named Van is living with the Parker family in the American state of (1) .......... . Mr. Parker is a (2) ………. and Mrs. Parker (3) ……………… ………………… in a nearby town. They have two children, (4) ……… and (5) …… . Van often does chores (6)…… school. Sometimes, he also helps on the (7) …… . The family relaxes on Saturday afternoons and (8) ………..…. Peter play (9) ...…........ . Van likes the Parkers, and he enjoys being a (10) …………of their family.
Ohio
farmer
works part-time at a grocery store
after
farm
they watch
baseball
member
Peter
Sam
Learn the new words by heart
- Write the summery in your notebooks
- Prepare: Write
HOMEWORK:
THANK YOU FOR ATTENTION!
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