Unit 3. A trip to the countryside

I. Getting started.
Look at the pictures and talk about the activities.

1. A woman is watering vegetables.
2. The children are swimming.
3. A girl is collecting the eggs.
4. The women are harvesting rice.
5. A man is feeding the pig.
6. A man is plowing with his buffalo.
7. A boy on a buffalo is flying a/ his kite.
8. The boys are playing soccer.
Monday October 12th, 2015
Unit 3: A TRIP TO THE COUNTRYSIDE
Listen and Read
II. Listen and read.
a. New words.
- shrine (n): miếu thờ
- videotape (n): quay phim
- bamboo (n): cây tre
- journey (n): quãng đương đi
- chance (n): cơ hội
- reach (v): đi tới, đạt đến
- banyan (n): cây đa
b. True/ False statements prediction:
1. Ba and his family had a two-day trip to their home village.
2. Many people like going there for their weekends.
3. There is a small bamboo forest at the entrance to the village.
4. Liz had a snack at the house of Ba’s uncle.
5. There is a shrine on the mountain near Ba’s village.
6. Everyone had a picnic on the mountain.
7. Everyone left the village late in the evening.
8. Liz had a videotape to show the trip to her parents.
9. Liz wants to go there again.
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big old banyan
Everyone had a snack under the banyan tree.
Everyone had a picnic on the river bank.
Liz took a lot of photos to show the trip to her parents.
Ba and his family had a day trip to their home village.
c. Answer:
1. Where is Ba’s village?
→ It’s about 60 kilometers to the north of Ha Noi.
2. How did Ba and his family get to the village?
→ Ba and his family got to the village by bus.
3. Where is the banyan tree?
→ The banyan tree is at the entrance to the village.
4. What did they see on the mountain?
→ They saw the shrine of a Vietnamese hero on the mountain.
5. Where did they have on picnic?
→ They had their picnic on the river bank.
6. What did Liz do to show the trip to her parents?
→ She took a lot of photos to show the trip to her parents.
7. What does Liz wish?
→ She wishes she could visit Ba’s village again.