buffalo- drawn cart, colourful, herding, move slowly, harvest time, paddy field 1.. When a thing has lots of bright colours, it it..?[r]
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* Vocabulary:
- harvest time (n): mùa gặt
- buffalo – drawn carts (n): xe trâu kéo
- herding the buffaloes: chăn trâu
- envious (a): ghen tị, thèm muốn
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GETTING STARTED
1 Listen and read
a Are these sentences true (T) or false (F)?
1 Nguyen didn’t think country life could be so interesting.
2 Nguyen never joins the boys in herding the buffaloes.
3 Rice is transported home on trucks.
4 Nick would like to visit the countryside at harvest time.
5 Nguyen thinks life in the city is faster than that in the
countryside.
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1 Listen and read
b Answer the following questions.
3 What is Nguyen’s kite like?
2 When was he able to make new friends?
5 Does Nick want to be there with Nguyen?
4 Who is Nguyen probably staying with?
2 He was able to make new friends right on his first day there
1 He’s in the countryside.
1 Where is Nguyen now?
3 It’s the biggest and most colourful
4 He is probably staying with his grandfather.
5 Yes, he does.
Key:
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GETTING STARTED
1 Listen and read
c Complete the sentences with the words in the box.
buffalo- drawn cart, colourful, herding, move slowly, harvest time, paddy field
1 When a thing has lots of bright colours, it it
2 When people are not in a hurry, they
3 A busy time when people collect their crop is called
4 A place where rice grows is called a
5 My brother is taking his buffaloes out to feed them He’s them
6 Rice is load onto a to transport it home
colourful move slowly
harvest time paddy field
herding buffalo – drawn cart
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1 Listen and read
d In groups, discuss and find how Nguyen feels about his stay in the
countryside Tick ( ) the appropriate box Look for expressions from the conversation to support your ideas.
1 He likes it
2 He doesn’t mind it
3 He doesn’t like it
Some expressions to show
this:
It’s more interesting than I expected.
It looks great up there in the sky.
I live more happily here, and there’s still a lot more to explore.
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f
1 flying a kite
2 herding buffaloes
3 riding a horse
4 collecting water
5 drying the rice
6 loading the rice
2 Match the activities with the pictures
1 flying a kite
5 drying the rice
2 herding buffaloes
3 riding a horse
6 loading the rice
4 collecting water
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GETTING STARTED
3 Can you think of some more things that children do in the countryside? Make a list
Example: 1 They climb trees.
2 They go swimming in the river.
3 They fly the kites.
4 They help their parents dry the rice.
5 They herd buffaloes.
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Homework:
the countryside” in this lesson.