Unit 3. A trip to the countryside

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PERIOD 18TH: READ
UNIT 3: A TRIP TO
THE CONTRYSIDE
NET WORK
NET WORK
THE ACTIVITIES
IN THE COUTRYSIDE
harvesting
Feeding the chickens
Feeding the pigs
Flowing the field
swimming
Watering the vegetables
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 the grocery store in a nearby. 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 the farm. In the afternoon, as soon as he completes his homework, he feeds the chickens and collects the eggs. On the weekends, if Mr Parker is busy, the three boys help him on the farm.
On Saturday afternoon, Peter plays baseball. The Parker family and Van eat hamburgers or hot dogs while they watch Peter play. The Parkers are so nice that Van feels like a member of their family.
NEW WORDS
exchange student (n)
till = untill ( adv)
maize = corn ( n)
hot dog (n)
member(n)
học sinh, sinh viên du học
cho đến khi
bắp, ngô
bánh mì kẹp xúc xích
thành viên
QUESTIONS:

1/ How long will Van stay there?
2/ What do Mr and Mrs Parker do?
3/ How many children do they have?
4/ What does Van do after finishing his homework?
5/ How do the Parker family spend their weekend?
a/ Match the words in column A with the words or groups of words in column B having the same meaning.
Keys:
grocery store
part-time
collect
feed
maize
corn
give food to eat
where people buy food and small things
bring things together
shorter or less than standard time
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 the chores (6) ………. school. Sometimes, he also helps on the (7) …………. . The family relaxes on Saturday afternoon and (8) …………….…….. Peter plays (9) ……………. . Van likes the Parker, and he enjoys being a (10) ….…….….. of their family
Ohio
farmer
works part-time at a grocery store
Peter
Sam
they watch
member
after
baseball
farm
WORK IN GROUPS
Give the things/activities Van and the Parker family do.
KEYS:
Mr. Parker grows maize.
Mrs. Parker works part-time at a grocery.
Peter, Sam, Van help Mr. Parker on the farm.
Van feeds the chickens and collects their eggs.
Peter plays baseball.
The Parker family and Van eat hamburgers or hot dogs.
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