English 9 - U 2- listen & read

UNIT TWO: Lesson 1: -Getting Started & Listen and read Lesson 1: -Getting Started & Listen and read... The majority of Vietnamese women prefer ---4.. symbols such as suns, stars, cros

Teacher : Vo Thi Hong Son

DongThanh secondary school

UNIT

TWO:

Lesson 1: -Getting Started

& Listen and read Lesson 1: -Getting Started

& Listen and read

Decide where each person comes from and what

he / she is wearing

Japan/Kimono Vietnam/Ao dai Scotland/Kilt

India/Sari The USA/Jeans

Arabia/ Veil

Unit 2

clothing

Ao dai

Viet Nam

Japan

Kilt

Scotland

Sari = saree

India

America

Caftan = kaftan Veil

Saudi Arabia

LISTEN AND READ

What are

they

wearing?

Listen to the text on page 13 &

14, pay attention to the pronunciation of difficult

words.

loose pants

Quần dài

Designers have added these

patterns to the Ao dai.

hoa vaên

ex: Ao dai is a unique traditional dress of Vietnamese people.

-unique (adj.): độc đáo

The designers have taken inspiration from Vietnam’s ethnic minorities.

ex: To Huu is a great poet in Vietnamese

Literature He has many famous poems.

Listen again

DO THE EXERCISES

Complete the sentences

1. For a long time the ao dai has been the subject of

2 The ao dai is described as a

-3 The majority of Vietnamese women prefer

-4 Some designers have modernized the ao dai by printing

-5 Another alternative is to add

-lines of poetry on it.

to wear modern clothes at work.

symbols such as suns, stars, crosses and

stripes.

poems, novels and songs.

long silk tunic with slits up the sides worn over loose pants.

1 Who used to wear the ao dai by tradition ?

2 Why do the majority of Vietnamese women

prefer to wear modern clothing at work

these days ?

3 What have fashion designers done to

modernize the ao dai ?

Questions

1 Who used to wear the ao dai by tradition ?

Traditionally, men and women

Answer the questions

2 Why do the majority of Vietnamese

women prefer to wear modern clothing

at work these days?

Because it is more convenient.

3 What have fashion designers done to

modernize the ao dai ?

They have printed

lines of poetry on it

or have added symbols

such as suns, stars,

crosses and stripes to the

ao dai.

1 Men and women used to wear the ao dai by

tradition.

2 The design and material used for men and women

were the same

3 Nowadays, most of women prefer to wear the ao dai

4 Fashion designers have printed lines of poetry on the

ao dai or have added symbols such as suns, stars,

crosses, and stripes to it.

5 The ao dai is now both traditional and fashionable.

- Read the text again.

- Prepare for the next time: Unit 2: Speak + Listen