Unit 3. A trip to the countryside

Where do most of the activities often happen ?
- In the city or in the countryside ?
On the base of the pictures given, match the verbs in column A with the words or phrases in column B
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Fly
2. Collect
Ride
4. Plow
5. Harvest
6. Water
7. Feed
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a. rice
b. their kites
c. the pigs
d. eggs
e. on the buffalo
f. the vegetables
g. with his buffalo
I. Getting started :
Fly
b. their kites
2. Collect
d. eggs
3. Ride
e. on the buffalo
4. Plow
g. with his buffalo
5. Harvest
a. rice
6. Water
f. the vegetables
7. Feed
c. the pigs
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Fly
2. Collect
Ride
4. Plow
5. Harvest
6. Water
7. Feed
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a. rice
b. their kites
c. the pigs
d. eggs
e. on the buffalo
f. the vegetables
g. with his buffalo
Ex : What’s the man doing ?
– He’s plowing with his buffalo.
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What’s the passage about ?
the difference between the countryside and the mountain
2. a visit to Ba’s village
3. Liz’s wish some day
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II. Listen and Read
Vocabs :
- bamboo forest (n):
- banyan tree (n):
- entrance to the village (n):
- shrine (n) :
- videotape (n) :
* Checking vocabs :
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*Listen & practise reading during the tape :
in the morning
in the morning
in the morning
in the morning
in the afternoon
in the afternoon
during the trip
in the evening
in the morning
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*note down on the table :
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1. Ba and his family had a two – 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 video tape to show the trip to her parents.
9. Liz wants to go there again.
a) True or False ? check the boxes . Then correct the false sentences
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F. Ba and his family had a two – day trip to their home village .
 Ba and his family had a day trip to their home village
F. There is a small bamboo forest at the entrance to the village.
 There is a big old banyan tree at the entrance to the village
F. Liz had a snack at the house of Ba’s uncle.
 People had a snack under the banyan tree
F. Everyone had a picnic on the mountain.
 Everyone had a picnic on the river bank
F. Liz had a video tape to show the trip to her parents.
 Liz took a lot of photos to show the trip to her parents.
Correction :
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b. Game : LUCKY NUMBERS
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TEAM A
TEAM B
LUCKY NUMBER
1. Where is the banyan tree ?
- It’s at the entrance to the village
2. What did they see on the mountain ?
They saw the shrine of a Vietnamese
hero on the mountain.
3. Where is Ba’s village ?
- It’s 60 kilometers to the north of Ha Noi .
4 . What does Liz wish ?
- She wishes she could visit Ba’s village again.
6. How did Ba and his family get to the village ?
- They got to the village by bus .
7. What did Liz do to show the trip to her parents ?
- She took a lot of photos to show the trip to her parents .
8. Where did they have their picnic ?
- They had a picnic on the river bank .
III. Say some things you know about Ba’s village
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Ba’s village is ………………north…………..
It is…………………foot…………………….
The village ……………………
There is a………………entrance……………..
and at his village we can…………………...
I Getting started :
II. Listen & Read :
III . Saying about the village :
IV . Homework :
- learn words by heart
- practise reading the text at home
- write exercises a & b into your notebooks