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THIS UNIT INCLUDES:
Vocabulary
• Life in the past
• Preserving values of the past
Pronunciation
Sounds: /m/ and /l/
Grammar
• Past continuous
• Wish + past simple
Skills
• Reading about how English people keep their cuisine alive
• Talking about a typical traditional Vietnamese dish
• Listening about old school days
• Writing a paragragh about old school days
Everyday English
Thanking and responding
👉 GETTING STARTED
At an English lesson
- Listen and read. 🎧
Teacher: Now let's look at what you've done on your projects. Group one first, please.
Mi: OK. This is Angkor Wat in Campodia. It's a temple complex, the largest religious monument in the world.
Teacher: Fantastic! When did people build it?
Mi: They bult it in the 12th century. It's a World Heritage Site. Million of visitors go there every year.
Teacher: Thank you. I wish I could go there one day too. And now group two, please.
Nam: Our project ia about Dinh Bang Communal House in Bac Ninh Province - a national historic site. People were building it for 36 years, and it's about 300 years old.
Teacher: Great! It's quite magnificent! Now group three, please.
Lan: Well, this is Windsor Castle in England. It was built about a thousand years ago. It's been the home for about 40 English kings and queens.
Teacher: Yeah. It's the oldest and largest occupied castle in the world.
Mi & Nam: Amazing! So we need to preserve our heritage for future generations.
Teacher: Right. Thanks to preservation efforts, we know a lot about our history and life in the past.
(Page 41) - Read the conversation again and answer the questions.
1. How old is Angkor Wat?
2. What is Dinh Bang Communal House like?
3. Where is Windsor Castle?
4. What helps us knw about our history and life in the past? - Complete each sentence with a word or a phrase from the box.
occupied magnificent thanks to
heritage well preserved
1. The best way to preserve our cultural _____ is to share it with others.
2. Vietnamese people take great pride in their culture which has been _____ for thousands of years.
3. The foreign tourists gave a _____ performance of the Vietnamese folk songs and dances.
4. _____ your kind contribution, we were able to save the ancient monument.
5. Many beautiful old castles are no longer _____. - Look at the pictures and complete the sentences.
1. This a a standard serving of _____ sith a slice of lemon.
2. The _____ house has a significant meaning in the Bahnar community.
3. In the square, there is a _____ dedicated to the people killed in the war.
4. They have decided to rebuild the _____ which was damaged in the disadter.
5. In Nam Dinh City, there is a complex of three _____ where people worship the Tran Dynasty's Kings and royal family members.
- GAME Remembering past events
Work in two groups. Give short answers to the following questions. The group with more correct answers wins.
1. Who decided to move our capital from Hoa Lu to Dai La (Thang Long) in 1010?
2. When did Columbus discover the Americas?
3. When was the United States founded?
4. When did Nguyen Ai Quoc first go abroad?
5. What happened in world history in 1914?
6. Who was the last king of Viet Nam?
