Unit 3. A trip to the countryside

Chatting
Pre - Reading
maize (n)
: ngô, cây ngô
exchange students (n)
học sinh diện giao lưu
relax (v)
: thư giãn
hot dog (n)
: xúc xích nóng
- exchange students
- maize(n)
- relax (v)
- hot dog (n)
(n.phr.)
Checking:
: bắp, ngô
- exchange student
: học sinh . . diện giao lưu
- maize(n)
- relax (v)
: thư giãn
- hot dog (n)
: xúc xích nóng
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1. Who is Van?
2. Whom is he living with?
3. Where do the Parker family live?
4. What do Mr. and Mrs. Parker do?
5. What does Van do in the afternoon?
Guiding questions:
While - Reading
A./ Answers:
1. Who is Van?
He is an exchange student in the USA.
2. Whom is he living with?
He’s living with the Parker family.
3. Where do the Parker family live?
They live on a farm 100 kilometers outside Columbus, Ohio.
4. What do Mr. and Mrs. Parker do?
Mr. Parker is a farmer and Mrs. Parker works part- time at a grocery store.
5. What does Van do in the afternoon?
He feeds the chickens and collects their eggs.
B./ Matching:
maize
feed
grocery store
part-time
collect
bring things together
where people buy food and small things
give food to eat
corn
shorter or less than standard time
A
B
Complete the summary:
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 works at a (3) ………….…... in a nearby town. Van often does chores (4) …….. school.
Ohio
farmer
grocery store
after
Sometimes, he also helps on the (5) …… . The family relaxes on Saturday afternoons and (6) ……...... Peter play (7) ...…........ . Van likes the Parkers, and he enjoys being a (8) ……….. of their family.
farm
watches
baseball
member
Post - Reading
1. Would you like to be an . . exchange student?
2. Where would you like to go? .