Unit 3. A trip to the countryside

Lan
Nam
It’s to the west of HCM City.
Where is your home village?
How far is it from HCM City?
It’s about 30 km.
How can you get there?
I get there by motorbike.
How long does it take to get there?
It takes me about fifty minutes to get there.
What do people there do for a living?
They plant rice and raise cattle.
Does your village have a river?
No. But there is a very big lake.
It’s to the south of HCM City.
Where is your home village?
How far is it from HCM City?
It’s about 15 km.
How can you get there?
I get there by bus.
How long does it take to get there?
It takes me about 1 hour to get there.
What do people there do for a living?
They plant rice and vegetables
Does your village have a river?
There is a rive flowing across the village
b) Now ask and answer about your real home village. If you do not have a home village, make up information similar to those in box A or B
3- pick somebody up (v)
1- route (n)
5 westward (adv)
NEW WORDS
6- gas station (n)
7- parking lot (n)
= car park (n)
4- pond (n)
2. Highway (n)
lộ trình, tuyến đường
xa lộ, quốc lộ
đón ai, rước ai
cái hồ
về hướng (phía) Tây
trạm (cây) xăng
bãi đậu xe
Click here
Name the pictures
airport
bridge
pond
bamboo forest
highway
gas station
banyan tree
parking lot
store
Click on the pictures to get key
LISTEN
You are going to listen to a tape about Ba’s trip to his home village.
listen
At 6.30 in the morning, the bus collected Ba and his family from their home. After picking everyone up, the bus continued north on Highway Number 1. It crossed Dragon Bridge and stopped at the gas station to get some more fuel.
listen
Then it left the highway and turned left onto a smaller road westward. This road ran between green paddy fields, so the people on the bus could see a lot of cows and buffaloes. The road ended before a big store beside a pond.
listen
Instead of turning left towards a small airport, the bus went in the opposite direction. It didn’t stay on that road for very long, but turned left onto a road which went through a small bamboo forest.
listen
Finally, the bus dropped everyone off at the parking lot ten meters from a big old banyan tree. It parked there and waited for people to come back in the evening.
listen
B
F
I
A
airport
pond
highway No1
banyan tree
store
bamboo forest
Dragon Bridge
parking lot
gas station
Look at the map and draw Ba’s trip.
Click on the letters A, B, C … to get key
listen