Ao dai is slit on the sides Ao dai is slit on the sides xẻ tà loose pants loose pants Quần dài... The majority of Vietnamese women prefer ---4.. to wear modern clothes at work.. sym
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TWO:
Lesson 1: Listen and read
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Japan/Kimono Vietnam/Ao dai Scotland/Kilt
India/Sari The USA/Jeans
Arabia/ Veil
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is slit
on the
sides
Ao dai
is slit
on the
sides
xẻ tà
loose pants
loose pants
Quần dài
Trang 8Designers have added these
patterns to the Ao dai
hoa vaên
Trang 9ex: Ao dai is a unique traditional dress of Vietnamese people.
-unique (adj.): độc đáo
Trang 10The designers have taken inspiration
from Vietnam’s ethnic minorities
Trang 11ex: To Huu is a great poet in Vietnamese
Literature He has many famous poems.
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page 13 & 14, pay attention to the pronunciation of difficult
words.
Listen again,
check the meaning of the text
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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.
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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
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Traditionally, men and women used to wear the ao dai.
Answer the questions
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women prefer to wear modern clothing
at work these days?
Because it is more convenient.
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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.
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or modern clothing
(a suit)? Why?
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HOMEWORK
• Write a short paragraph
about which types of “ao dai” you like.