Unit 3. A trip to the countryside

Teacher: Nguyen Mai Lan
Ba’s village
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pond
bamboo forest
store
parking lot
gas station
banyan tree
Dragon bridge
Tuesday October 11th , 2011
Unit 3: A trip to the countryside
Lesson 3: Read
1. Van is exchange student in the USA.
2. Mr. Parker grows rice on his farm.
3. Mrs. Parker works part- time at a hospital in a nearby town.
4. They have 3 children.
5. The Parkers are nice so Van feels like a member of their family.
True or false :
T
F
F
F
T
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New words:
_ exchange student (n):
_ maize (n) = corn :
_ hamburger (n):
_ grocery store (n):
_ hot dog (n):
_ du học sinh
_ ngô, bắp
_ bánh mì tròn kẹp thịt
_ cửa hàng tạp hóa
_ xúc xích
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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 the 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 collets 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.
a)Match the words in column A with the words or groups of words in the column B having the same meaning.
1.maize

2.feed

3.grocery store

4.part-time

5.collect
a.bring things together

b.where people buy food and small things
c.give food to eat

d.corn

e.shorter or less than standard time
A
B
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b) 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
Peter
Sam
after
farm
they watch
baseball
member
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Choose the word or phrase that best fits the blanks space in each sentence.
____________weekends, the three boys helped Mr. Parker with farm work.
a. From b. In c. Since d. On
2. We had an ___________student from Spain staying with us last year.
a. exchange b. interchange c. university d. abroad
3. My brother is a student, but he works_________as a waiter in the evening.
a. all the time b. full time c. part-time d. sometime
4. Many tourists visit the___________of a historical hero on the mountain.
a. Church b. mosque c. shrine d. temple
HOMEWORK
- Learn all the vocabulary by heart.
_ Read the passage again.
_ Repair lesson 4 ( Read).
Goodbye