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THIS UNIT INCLUDES
Vocabulary
Life in the countryside
Pronounciation
Sounds /ə/ and /ɪ/
Grammar
Comparative forms of adverbs
Skills
• Reading about different aspects of a Vietnamese village
• Talking about the village or town where someone lives
• Listening to someone's opinion about life in the countryside
• Writing a paragraph about what someone likes or dislikes about life in the countryside
Everyday English
Giving and responding to compliments
👉 GETTING STARTED
Last summer holiday
- Listen and read. 🎧
Nick: You look great with a tan, Mai.
Mai: Thank you. I've just come back from a very enjoyable summer holiday.
Nick: Really? Where did you stay?
Mai: I stayed at my uncle's house in a small village in Bac Giang Province.
Nick: What did you do there?
Mai: A lot of things. It was harvest time. The villager were harvesting rice with a combine harvester. I helped them load the rice onto a truck. Then we unloaded the rice and dried it.
Nick: Sounds great!
Mai: And sometime I went with the villages children to herd the buffaloes and cows. I made friends with them on my first day.
Nick: Were they friendly?
Mai: Yes, they were. They took me to the paddy fields to fly kites. And in the evening, we played traditional games like bamboo dancing and dragon- snake.
Nick: Oh, I envy you.
Mai: Things move move slowly there than in our city, but people seem to have healthier life.
(Page 19) - Read the conversation again and choose the correct answer to each question.
1. How does Mai feel about her summer holiday?
A. She likes it.
B. She soesn't likes it.
C. She thought it was fine.
2. Where did she stay during her summer holiday?
A. At her friend's house
B. At her uncle's house - Complete the sentences with the words and phrases from the box.
paddy field herd load
harvest time combine harvester
1. It took them and hour to _____ all the goods onto the truck.
2. Nowadays, people in my village use a _____ to harvest their rice and separate the grains from the rest of the plants.
3. Today, it is my turn to _____ the cows .
4. A play in which people grow rice ia called a _____ .
5. A busy time when people cut and gather their crops is called _____ . - Match the activities (1-6) that people living in the countryside often do with the pictures (a-f).
1. unloading rice
2. ploughing field
3. milking cows
4. feeding pigs
5. catching fish
6. drying rice
Can you add any more activities? - Work in pairs. Ask and answer about the pictures in 4.
Example: A: What are they doing in the picture a?
B: They're ploughing fields.
