Unit 3. A trip to the countryside

Thursday, October 1st 2009.
Welcome all the teachers to class 9A1
UNIT 3 :

A TRIP TO THE COUNTRYSIDE
Where do you often see these activities ?

( She / water / the vegetables )
She is watering the vegetables.
( The boys / swim / in the river )
 The boys are swimming in the river.
( She / collect / the eggs )
 She is collecting the eggs.
( They / harvest )
They are harvesting.
( feed / the pig )
 He is feeding the pig.
( He / plow / with his buffalo )
 He is plowing with his buffalo.
( He / fly his kite )
 He is flying his kite.
( The boys / play / soccr )
 The boys are playing soccer.
2. LISTEN AND READ
New words :
- journey ( n ) :
- bamboo forest ( n ) :
- banyan tree ( n ) :
- reach ( v ) = come :
- hero ( n ) :
- bank ( n ) :
- enjoyable ( adj ) :
- reply ( v ) :
- shrine ( n ) :
cuộc hành trình
rừng tre
cây đa
đến
ngôi đền
anh hùng
bờ
vui vẽ
đáp lại
a) True or false ? Check () the boxes. Then correct the false sentences :
1. Ba and his family had a two-day trip to their home village. ( False )

 Ba and his family had a 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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b) Answer the questions :
Where is Ba’s village ?
How did Ba and his family get to the village ?
Where is the banyan tree ?
What did they see on the mountain ?
Where did they have their picnic ?
What did Liz do to show the trip to her parents ?
What does Liz wish ?
1/ It is about 60 kms to the north of HaNoi.
2/ They got there by bus.
3/ It is at the entrance to the village.
4/ They saw the shrine of a Vietnamese hero on the mountain.
5/ They had a picnic on the river bank.
6/ Liz took a lot of photos to show the trip her parents.
7/ Liz wishes she could visit Ba’s village again.
The answers :
Homework :
- Do the exercises again.
- Read the text at home.