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is the Gong Festival held in special occasions by some ethnic groups 5.Make questions for the underlined parts in the following sentences.. Although few young people in Odu ethnic group

UNIT 3 PEOPLES OF VIET NAM

B.VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR

1 Look at the pictures below carefully and use them as cues to complete the sentences.

1 In the past , the Bru- Van Kieu people used to use the fibre of tree bark to make c………

2 The Ede consider Ding Nam as a very popular musical i……… They use

it to perform music in their important festivals

3 The Tay people own a tr……… art treasure with a variety of

poems,songs , dances and music

4 The H’Mong cultivate rice and corn on t……… fields

5 Like most ethnis groups in Vietnam , The Dao w……… their ancestors , so there is an altar in each the Dao’s stilt house

6 The Pa Then’s c……… are unique with colourful shirts, indigo trousers, scarves and skirts

7 Unlike some other ethnic groups , Bru –Van Kieu’s local h……… are less developed Their income depends mainly on barter trade primarily with the Viet people

2 Circle the best article for each sentence.

1 ( The /0) Nung people build their houses near the river , streams and their rice fields

2 Sedang is the name in French of (an / the /0) ethnic group living in (0,the )

highlands of Gia Lai province

3 (The /0) Odu is (a/the ) small ethnic group living in (0/the ) Nghe An Province

4 H’mong women often wear (0/the ) colorful clothers with a long scarf wrapped around the head

5 Each Nung family lives in ( a/the /0 ) large stilt house which often has three rooms

6 (A/One ) group of the Yao left China in order to settle in ( the /0) Northern Vietnam more then 100 years ago

3.Complete the sentences below with appropriate articles.

1 After ……… Ede harvest their crops , they celebrate ………new rice festival called ‘Mnam Thun’s festival

2 There are only more than 400 ……… Brau people living in ………

central Highlands of Vietnam

3 Visiting ………… H’mong markets ,you will see villagers use houses to carry theirpackages or goods

4 …………Anise is ………… most valuable tree which has brought ……… Nung high profit every year

5 Festival is ……… pricious chance for not only ……… Ede children but also visitors to enjoy playing spinning toys , flying kites or walking on stilts

6 ……… Lo Lo ethnic group owns ………rich culture with many forms of dances, musical instruments and ………stories

4.Choose A,B,C or D for each blank in the following sentences.

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1 In the past ,……… did the Colo people use to cook rice and other foods ?

2 In a Tay’s family ,………… has right to decide the marriage of the children ?

3 ………….have the Nung preserved their various sources of folk arts and traditional

4 ………….does the Hug King Temple Festival take place ?

A.Where B.Which C.How often D.Both A and C

5 ……… is the Gong Festival held in special occasions by some ethnic groups

5.Make questions for the underlined parts in the following sentences.

1 ……… The Hmong Group is one of the most popular ethnic minorities of Vietnam

2 ……… After

a San Chay female gives birth , strangers will have to wait 42 days to visit her

3 ……… The Giarai Ethnic group or also known as Gia Ray , Cha Ray live in central Highlands

of Vietnam

4 ……… ………… The Chut ethnic group is also called the Ruc , the Arem, or the Sach

5 ……… ……… It

is more than 300 kilometers from Hanoi to Ha Giang where the Lolo people live

6 ……… The Viet (or Kinh ) is an ethnic group which has the biggest number of population in ourcountry

6.Find and correct two mistakes in each of the given sentences.(32)

1 According to the Laha’s culture ,when a boy wants

to marry the girl, his family will have to give the

girl’s parents an amount of money

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2 How long did the Chut move and live in the

mountainous area of the Quang

Binh province?

- About 500 years ago

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3 Although few young people in Odu ethnic group

can speak well their mother tongue , they still keep

their traditional culture with the folk stories and

songs

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4 When you visit Bru - Van Kieu in a mountainous

area of Quang Binh province , you may be

attracted by their flute melodies

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5 Which will we experience when going to Hmong’s

markets?

- We will experience hand –made products and the

special foods made by the local people

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6 Like the Thai,Laha people hold the religious

ceremonies each year to show their respect

towards their ancestors

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C READING Read the text about The Muong people and answer the questions below. Hoa Binh and Thanh Hoa are two main provinces where there are more than 1.4 million Muong people living They speak Muong language which belongs to the Mon – Khmer group Howerver ,some of them also know Kinh language They cultivate mainly wet rice on terraced land , watered by small brooks They also make handicrafts and exploit forest products such as mushrooms, dried fungus , ammonium to improve their living condition Men dress in Indigo pajama and women wear skirts with many colorful patterns knitted on The Muong build their houses on stilts with 4- roof architecture , which are about six feet off the ground.They are wooden houses in the shade of a big trees , huddling against the mountain , and looking out on their vast rice fields Therefore, it is convenient for their living and farming The Muong follow traditional religious animism, which means that they believe that non –living objects have spirits They build the altars in their houses to worship ancestral spirits and other supernatural spirits One of their most important festival is “Going to the fields Ceremony” where they perform traditional dance forms and send their wish for good crops They also drink wine and enjoy special foods Questions : 1 Which province do the Muong live in Vietnam ?

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2 Which language group does the Muong language belong to ?

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3 What do they do to earn their living ? ………

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4 Why are their house convenient for their living and farming ? ………

5 How do the Muong believe in animism ?

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6 What are main activities in their festivals or ceremonies?

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D LISTENING

Listen to the conversation in a lesson once only and write down the missing words ( track 6)

Teacher : In the previous lesson , you all learned about the rain praying

………(1) of the Lolo people in Lung Cu district So before

starting the new lesson , who can tell me something about this festival ? When and where does this festival of the Lolo happen ?

Student : The Lolo ………(2) the festival in the third lunar month of the year

Teacher : And what are the ………(3) of this festival ?

Students : The 3rd month is in the dry season , so the Lolo have the religious rituals to

……… (4) to God for good weather and ……… (5) crops

Teacher : What’s else ?

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Student : Beside , it is also the occasion when people meet and share their farming

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Teacher : You’re right The rain – praying festival has a lot of meanings.It’s a chance for young people to know more about their ………(7) Do you know any activities during the festival ? Student : After the rituals are done to show people’s beliefs and desire , the Lolo start to sing and ……… (8) in colourful costumes Teacher : Actually , I attended Lolo’s rain – praying festival in a trip to Ha Giang last month I was also impressed by the uique foods, music and ……….(9)

folk songs there Student : Really , we hope to join these activities someday E.WRITING Write a short paragraph to show how to make a unique dish of ethnic group Your paragraph may base on the following questions:  What ethnic group makes this dish ?  When is it often made ?  How can we make it ?  What spices can we serve this dish with ? ………

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Unit 4 OUR CUSTOMS AND TRANDITIONS A.PRONUNCIATION 1 Write the missing letters sounding /spr/ ,or / str/ 1.off_ring 2.s_rict 3 pede_rians 4.as_rosin 5.dis_rict 6.os_rey 2 Describe the pictures below ,using words containing sound /str/or /spr/

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1……… 2……… 3………

4 ……… 5……… 6………

B VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR 1 Choose the best answer for each of the following sentences. 1.When Mecicans hold parties at their houses,they ………….making visitors relaxed and comfortable as much as they can A.have a custom of B follow the tradition of 2 In Australia , some families ………going camping at Christmas maybe as this occasion comes at the beginning of summer holidays of the children

A have the custom of B shouldn’t break the tradition by 3.……… Canadians to show their feelings or express their opinions when speaking to people they don’t know well ?

A.There is not a tradition when B It is not the tradition for 4 In Japan ,……… straight to the others’s eyes in communication

A there is not a tradition for you to look B.you will break with tradition by looking

5 In Argentina ,……… A according to the trandition,15- year –old girls will be held big birthday parties and dance the waltz with their father B there is a custom of holding big birthday parties for 15-year-old girls and dancing the waltz with their father 6 …………, the candles on the birthday cake are lit in the early morning and burn till the evening A According to German tradition B.There is a custom in Germany tradition that

2.Choose the suitable words in bracktet to complete the following sentences

1 You are attending an economic conference ,and you (don’t have to /should ) only shake hands with the other people when you meet them

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2 I (must / should ) clean my room three times a week and my mother can check it any time she wants.

3 You ( shouldn’t/ have to ) try to get on the bus before all other passengers get off

4 When you see the door closed , you (mustn’t / have to ) knock before coming in or you may be said to be impolite

5 You will visit an Italian family next week When you are served bread , you (have /must) break it with your hands instead of using knife

6 When living in Spain , I (had to /must ) greet all people who lived next to my house although I had never talked to them ,but now I ( shouldn’t/don’t have to ) do this

3 Find the most suitable sentence in each group that matches the picture ( from 1-6).

1 A You can blow your nose ,you

don’t have to use the napkin anywhere

B You are walking in the park and there are a lot of people around you You mustn’t blow the nose but use napkin instead

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2 A Money is the topic which

should be absolutely avoided in conversations with Australians

B You mustn’t mention any topic relating to money whenever but in conversations 2.

3 A In Japan , you must bow lower

when greeting the elder or the person who has a higher social status

B You don’t have to bow when greeting in Vietnam or America 3.

4 A Students have to wear school

uniform every Monday and wear white shirts on the other days

B Students mustn’t wear informal clothes at school

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5 A Indian women don’t have to

wear courteously outside

B In Idina, men and women shouldn’t wear short and revealing clothes when they go out

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6 A You mustn’t hurt anybody even

when saying sorry to them later

B You were completely wrong Youhave to admid your fault and say sorry if you hurt somebody

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4.Choose the sentence which is the most unsuitable in each group below.

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A There’s a tradition that you have to be at the family’s dinner every weekend

B.According to family tradition, you mustn’t be absent from dinner every day

C.There’s a tradition that we don’t have to prepare dinner every.It’s so necessary

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A.Why shouldn’t gifts be opened in front of the givers in Japan ?

B.Why mustn’t we open the presents right in front of the givers in Japan ?

C.Why is it a little bit impolite if gifts are opened in front of the givers in Japan ?

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A.Colleagues in a company don’t have to quarrel with each other

B.Stop arguing ! I think colleagues must be gentle and kind to each other

C.Colleagues had better avoid quarrelling with each other ,is that right ?

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A In Poland ,people shouldn’t wear casual clothes at Christmas or on special family occasion

B.People should wear formal clothes at Christmas

C.It is advisable for Poland people to wear casual clothes on special family occasions

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A Students shouldn’t protect school environment

B.Students have to protect school property and equipment

C.We should raise students’awareness about protecting school property and equipment.6

A.When taking to the elder, you mustn’t speak disrespectfully

B.You must speak to others politely and gently ,especially to the elder ones

C.You don’t have to treat everyone equally

5 Put the given words in oder.

1 your toys /You / after /playing /must (not ) /tidy up/with /them

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2 should (not) /In Arab countries,/unclean / left hands/eating /because /they /are

considered/ be used for /and handshaking/

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5.When /living /you /wait for/ before /in Poland,/should /all your guests/to enter your house /greeting them./

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6.According to / you all / leave / and other electronic devices /exam rules,/(don’t ) have to /your mobile phones/outside./ ………

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6.Complete the sentences with should (not ) , must (not ) ,( do not ) have to , to describe the pictures. 1.You are going to meet a company’s manager , and he may give you his business card

=> You/receive/card/only /hand ……… ……… …

2.Your parents always want to bring the best things to you

=>You /argue/parents/disrespect/way /you /upset /them ………

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3.You are sick and you can’t go to school today

=> You /call /teacher /permission ……… ………

4.Your Malaysian friend is going to invite you to come to her home

=> Your shoes /take off /before /enter house

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5.You are having meal in a restaurant in the UK

=>Fork /use / if /you /serve /French fries

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6.You are living in Poland and today is your child’s birthday

=> You /prepare /wrap /candy /not only/him /but also /class

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C.READING

Read the text and complete the sentences about it by choosing A ,B or C.

Good evening ! Welcome you to the seminar today.This seminar is one part of the USA student exchange program I’m going to talk about some special American customs which most of you may find quiet strange and difficult to learn.Americans think it is a good manner to be on time for an appointment They appreciate the punctuality so that you shouldn’t be late for appointments

Americans have a saying :” Time is money “ Time has great value to Americans and you may be considered very rude if you don’t arrive at the right time Secondly , Americans arequite independent, they prefer being free and hate being disturbed by other people They like to have personal space and privacy When speaking to them,don’t stand too close to them or put arms around their shoulder, shaking hands are more suitable You can discuss with them some current events, but you’d better avoid the topics which are causing a lot ofangry public discussion.If you met somebody for the first time , personal values,religion, money and politics are some topics you shouldn’t talk about Another American custom I admire most is that they wait for their turns in the queues while queue-jumping is very popular in our country.When standing in lines, they wait patiently and do not push the other people The image of people queuing in front of the shops is very common in

America In conclusion, it is necessary for you to know American custom to avoid culture shock when staying and learning in the US

1.The seminar mentioned in the text relates to …………

A.Exchange American customs

B.American traditions

C.Student exchange program

2.Americans have the customs of being on time to ………

A.get great value from appointments

B.join important appointments

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C.respect others and themselves

3.According to tradition, Americans

A aprriciate the privacy ,personal values but punctuality

B.aprriciate queuing order , privacy , and avoid politics matters

C.aprriciate punctuality,personal values ,and avoid queuing

4.It’s not the tradition for Americans to talk about politics, religion, money for the first time as they …

A.don’t bring current values

B.may cause unnecessary discussions

C.are not current events

5.The picture of Americans queuing in front of the shops is very common in America because…

A.this is their traditional custom

B.they like watching patiently

C.queue –jumping is not popular in their county

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Picture ordered as in the conversation : … … … … … … …

2 Listen to it again and tick the correct information in the conversation.

1 They follow the tradition of having dinner at 7

4 The mother has the custom of teaching her

children how to cook the traditional foods

5 The children follow the tradition of learning to

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cook traditional dishes themselves.

6 They have the tradition of having a family

vacation every year

7 They break with tradition by going camping

instead of hiking this year

8 There’s a custom of watching good videos on

You Tube

9 It’s the custom for the whole family to watch old

home videos together

E.WRITING

Write a passage of 150 – 170 words about a tradition dance you have known.

You may build the outline for your passage base on some questions below:

 What is the dance called ?

 When do people perform the dance ?

 Which costume do performers choose for the dance ?

 What does the dance express ?

 How do people perform it ?

 Which type of music is used for the performance?

 How does the dance attract the audience?

 Why should they continue this tradition ?

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UNIT 5.FESTIVALS IN VIETNAM.

A.PRONUNCIATION

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Find the word whose stress is not placed the same as that of other words.

1 A celebration B.celebrate C.festival D.worship

2 A.preserve B.performance C.ritual D.musician

3 A.preservation B commenmoration C.vegetarian D.politician

4 A.procession B.competition C.perform D magician

5 A.historian B.worship C.incense D.village

6 A.reuion B.librarian C.traditional D.vegetarian

B.VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR

1.Write the missing letters to make right words that describe the pictures.

Comingto Lim festival in Bac Ninh , you will be attracted by the special dialogues

P_RF_RM_N_E of Quan Ho singers

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Chu Dong Tu festival has some important rituals such as processions on land and water ; and incense C_R_M_ _ Y.

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Most members of Vietnamese families G_T_ _ R and make Chung cakes together in Tet holiday

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The Death A_ N_V_RS_R_ of the Hung Kings ( or Hung King Temple Festival ) is

celebrated to worship Hung Kings and educate the young people about their traditional root

2.Complet each of the sentences with a suitable conjunction ( one is not used)

1 ……… my 10 – year – old sister studied quite hard last semester , my mother let her to carry lanterns with her friends during Mid – autumn festival

2 ………Ngoc has promised to take her children to Danang fireworks festival many times , she has not done this

3 ……… you visit the Highlands of Vietnam , you can have a chance to join special Giong festivals and enjoy Giong music performances

4 He had been sick;…………., he could finish all preparations for Tet holiday only in

a few days

5 She is a photographer who fancies taking photos of beautiful flowers ; ………… , she hasn’t ever missed any Dalat flower festivals

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6 Giong quickly pulled scores of bamboo trees to replace broken iron rod ;

………., he couldn’t beat the enemies

3.Match the initial parts from column A with final ones from column B to make the right sentences.

1.If you visit Vietnam in the festival

season,

A because we are living abroad

2.We need to prepare more Moon Cakes

for the coming Mid _ Autumn Festival;

B.However, she enjoys going to the crowed festivals such as Bai Dinh Pagoda festival, Lim Festival,ect

3 We had a good business last year ; C you will have many places to choose

such as Hue Fetival , Nha Trang Sea Festival and Da Lat Flower festival

4.When I lived in Hanoi , D moreover ,we need to redecorate our

bakery shop

5.She is quite reserved; E.therefore ,we celebrated the biggest

Tet holiday than ever

6.We can’t find enough spices to make

Chung Cake and pickled onions for

traditional Lunar New Year’s meals

F.I had a chance to go to the Dong Ho festival and bought some beautiful Dong Ho folk paintings

4 Rewrite the following sentences without changing their original meanings (use howevver , when ,if , although , because ,otherwise)

1 Some outdoor activities in Thay Pagoda Festival might be done unless it rains too

4 In Elephant Racing Festival , the first elephant that reaches the finish line will receive a laurel wreach and a lot of applause from the audience => In

Elephant Racing Festival , an elephant ………

5 Moc Duc Ceremony is one of the most important and meaningful ceremonies in Nui

Ba spring festival, so people joining this festival cannot miss it => People

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6 Thanks to some days off last week I could manage a trip to Ban flowers festival in

C Mid –Autumn Festival happens every year because children are exciting

aboutcarrying colorful lanterns and enjoying delicious Moon cakes

6.Rearrange the given words to make correct sentences.

1 Hoi An /is/ held/ Although /in the middle of / the / biggest / one / in /Lantern

Festival / each month ,/ takes place / Tet holiday

7.Make the complete sentences using the following words or word phrases.

1 Although / this / be / first time / Vietnam /hold /balloon festival / attract /countries /over/word

5 Vu Lan festival / take place /fifteenth day / seventh / Lunar month / order/

6 show gratitude / parents/moreover/ it /hold /worship /wander/spirits

Welcome to Hue Citadel This is the place where Hue Festival will be taken place in the next few days Every two years in April , Hue Festival is held with the main purpose is to honor the cultural heritages of Hue The festival is also the chance to introduce Vietnam’s national identity to the tourists worldwide Coming to Hue Festival , you will have the opportunities to enjoy many cultural and sporting activities The festival is started with a colourful ceremony with art performance This is a greeting to visitors and also a big cultural exchange performance of different countries such as France, Italia,England , Korea,and Brazil Moreover , Hue festival is famous for Ao Dai Grand show ,Sea

festival ,Kite Flying competition , Human chess, and Boat race The unique Ao Dai

performance is considered one of the most attractive shows You can see the gentle beauty

of Vietnam’s traditional costume Especially ,the Royal Refined Music of Hue and

scenery of Nguyen Dynasty will bring you back to the ancient time of Hue I am sure that you will experience joy and happiness during Hue Festival

Questions

1 Where and How often does Hue Festival happen ?

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2 Why does Hue Festival take place ?

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3 Which countries share a performance at the beginning of the festival ?

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4 Which performance helps tourists know more about Vietnamese women’s traditional costume?

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5 How can we imagine about ancient time of Hue ?

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D.LISTENING Listen to a person talk about , then write T if the sentence is true or F if it is false ? (Track 8) 1 ……….People enjoy going to the festivals to relax themselves after work 2 ……….During festivals , they can have some fun with local people 3 ……….People going with you are sociable and friendly 4 ………… Traditional activities can remind you of your sweet childhood 5 ……… You should prepare things carefully to enjoy the festivals fully 6 ……… Food, water,incense and money are must –have things for a trip to any festival 7 ………… You can take a lot of money because any festivals are safe 8 ………A camere should be taken with you for taking beautiful landscapes E.WRITING Write a paragraph of 100-120 words to describe one of the festivals that impressed you the most The paragraph may be based on your imagination or the outline built with the questions;  What is the name of the festival ?  What are special features that impress you ?  What are the main activities in the festival ? ………

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Unit 6 FOLK TALES

A PRONUNCIATION

Choose the exclamatory sentence under each of the following pictures, and then add the right sentence mark.

1 A How clever was Aladdin

B What a clever man Aladdin was

2 A What a wicked woman Cam’s mother

B Is Cam’s mother a wicked woman

3 A What a meaningful the fairy tale is

B Why is the fairy tale meaningful

4 A What great paplaces this country has

B When were those great palaces built

5 A What did the cunning wolf do to the girl

B What a cunning wolf it is

6 A What a lovely dress Cinderella wears

B The dress Cinderella wore was lovely

B VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR

1 Put the letters in order to make words

1 BVARE => ………

2 RUCIUOS => ………

3 NEGERUOS => ………

4 LATENTED => ………

5 KICWED => ……….

6 SPELIAC => ………

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2 Complete the sentences with suitable adjectives from part 1.

1 Lang Lieu made………cakes which amazed his parents.

2 Without legs and arms, the coconut boy is very………He grazed cows for the rich man’s family very well.

3 Thach Sanh was………and strong He fought against the man – eating ogress and won it.

4 Ali Baba was………and kind to his brother He told Cassim about the cave and the password to open it.

5 Tam’s stepmother was………She made Tam work all day long and found ways to prevent her from going to the village’s festivals.

6 The youngest mermaid was………about the land She always wanted to listen hergrandmother tell about ships, people and animals.

3 Put the verbs in brackets in correct form to complete the sentences (past simple or past continuous tense)

1 Because Thach Sanh (rescue)………… the princess, the King (allow)………… him to get married to her.

2 The farmer (ask)………… the tiger if it wanted to see his wisdom.

3 Pinicchio (be)………… a puppet made by an old carpenter but he (can)………… act and move like a real child.

4 Tich Chu (play)………… with his friends while his grandmother (wait)………… for him hopelessly

5 The old woman (open)………… the oven when the Gingerbread man (jump out)

A had – lived B had – was living

C had had – lived D had – has lived

2 The little girl was called Little Red Riding Hood because she always………a red scarf around her head.

A waswearing B had worn C has worn D wore

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3 Aladdin………a large space in the cave, he fired a match to light up the lamp and then a Genie suddenly………in front of him.

A found – was appeared B was finding – was appearing

C was finding – appeared D found – appeared

4 The fisherman………to catch fish in the sea while his lazy wife………without doing anything

at that time.

A was trying – was staying B tried – stayed

C tried – was staying D was trying – stayed

5 Every day after the meal, she………near the well to call her fish and………it with a bowl of rice.

A came – was feeding B came – fed

C was coming – fed D had come – fed

6 Although Pinocchio………the old carpenter father, he then………him for going on his own adventure.

A called – left B had called C was calling – left D called – was leaving

5 Complete the following sentences, use the verbs in the past continuous tense.

1 The hare (sleep)………while the tortoise (walk)………

2 Tam (feed)……… her fish.

3 Mai An Tiem (grow)……….………

4 Alice (travel)………

5 Lac Long Quan (take)……… ……

6 The King (find)……….

6 There is one mistake in each of given sentences Underline and correct them.

1 Hung King was telling all his sons to bring him the most delicious food and the winner would become the new King.

2 When Alice was reaching the bottom of the hole, she couldn’t know where she was.

3 Pinocchio was going on his own adventure when the old carpenter was waiting for him to come back.

4 The eagle drops the greedy brother into the sea because his bag was full of gold.

5 The little mermaid was crawling near the lake while she saw a handsome prince.

6 When the prince entered the old castle, the beautiful princess slept peacefully there.

7.Match the BEGINNING with the ENDING to make appropriate sentences then put the verbs in the correct form.

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2 The Snow White princess (live)…………

happily with seven Dwarfs.

B so she (believe)…………that it was her grandmother.

3 While the white goat (find)…………green

grass,

C when the King (come)…………

across her.

4 Little Red Riding Hood didn’t know that

the wolf (cheat)…………her,

D a fairy suddenly (appear)…………

and asked her the reason why she had been crying a lot.

5 Tam (live)…………peacefully with the

old woman

E he quickly (realize)…………that the guest were the thieves he had heard before.

6 While Cinderalla (cry)………… F she (meet)…………a wolf.

be weak as each separate chopstick; however, if they stpped arguing and worked together, no one could do any harm to them They heard all their father’s words and realized that they were taught

a priceless lesson.

Choose A, B, C or D to answer the following questions.

1 Why did the father tell his sons to break the bunch of chopsticks by hands?

A Because his sons are arguing about who succeeded in breaking chopsticks by hands.

B Because he did not succeed in doing that.

C Because he did not want his sons to continue arguing.

D Because he wanted to show his sons about the strength of union.

2 The word “succeeded” in the story is closest in meaning to……….

A could live happily B could break the chopsticks by hands

C could stop arguing D could prevent others doing harm to them

3 The word “them” in the story refers to……….

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A the chopsticks B the bunches

C everyone D the old man’s his sons

4 The word “priceless” in the story is closest in meaning to………

A helpful B meaningful C valuable D expensive

5 After understanding the father’s words, they may……….

A teach others the priceless lesson B live more happily

C do things as the words the father said D realized how important the priceless lesson was

D LISTENING

Listen to the tables of The fox and the crow and put the sentences below in correct order that you hear (track 9)

1 The fox wanted the crow to sing him a song.

2 The crow felt hopeless because he had not found nothing to eat.

3 The crow dropped her cheese into the ground.

4 The fox praised the crow’s beauty and voice.

5 Seeing the crow was about to eat the cheese, the fox wanted to take it.

Correct order: ………

E WRITING

Make a narration of a folk tale, a legend, or a fairy tale (about 90-120 words) Your story may be based on some suggested questions:

- What is the title of the story you want to narrate?

- Which genre does it belong to?

2 Put the words from the box into the right columns.

grammatical artist illogical chemical scientific

political physical athletic national medical

artistic classical economic historical economical

Stress patterns as in

“international”

Stress patterns as in

“student”

Stress patterns as in “enjoy”

B VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR

1 Odd one out

2 Complete the sentences, use the list of words above as a cue.

1 Using c……….insecticides will poison not only the crops but also the soil.

2 The landfill is placed next to the river, which c……….the water source there.

3 Nowadasy, air p……….has become a serious problems all countries and regions in

the world face.

4 Deforestation could caue soil e……….and the death of animals living in the forest.

5 Noise pollution can s……….damage your hearing and mental health.

6 Carbon monoxide is a colorless and p……….gas which can be released from

transportation.

3.Mark the letter A, B, C or D to complete the following sentences.

1 If farmers……… pesticides in planting, they……… the soil.

A will throw – pollute B throws – might pollute

C throw – will pollute D throw – pollute

2 This river……… and all fish might die if they……… releasing sewage into it.

A contaminates – continue B will be contaminated – might continue

C will contaminate- continue D will be contaminated – continue

3 If you……… to reduce air pollution, you……… public transportation as much as you can.

A want – will use B want – use

C will want – should use D want – should use

4 If you……… your advertising boards here, you will destroy the city’s sight and……… by the authority.

A hang – may be fined B hang – may fine

C hang – should be fined D hang – may be fine

5 The case of asthma and lung cancer……… if the air quality………

A will be increased – is not controlled B will increase – be not controlled

C will increase – is not controlled D will increase – not controlled

6 If rivers and lakes……… continuously by industrial waste, sooner or later the ocean………

A are polluted - will contaminate B are being polluted – will be contaminate

C are being polluted – will be contaminated D pollute - will be contaminated

4 Give the correct form of verbs in the brackets to make the conditional sentence type I or II.

1 If you (attend)………… the environment seminar today, you (learn)………… more about causes and effects of light pollution.

2 Our water source (become)………… cleaner than it is today if the farmers (not overuse)

………… pesticides.

3 If I (be)………… you, I (not work)………… for any nuclear plants due to the risk of radioactive pollution.

4 Are you going to buy that house, Tom?

- No, we aren’t We (suffer)………… from many unpleasant sound if we (buy)………… it because it is near the industrial zone.

5 The ozone layer (not get)………… thin as we know if we (not release)………… too muc poisonous gases into the air.

6 If the government (decide)………… to fine people for throwing rubbish on the streets, you (agree)………… or (disagree)………… with this?

6 The underlined parts of sentences below might be correct (tick √) or incorrect (tick x) Correct them.

3 If most of the industries don’t use great machines, people living there may not

suffer large amount of noise every day.

4 We would minimize the use of fertilizers and pesticides on the farm if we were

farmers

5 If everyone can find job in the countryside more easily, they won’t have to

move to the cities where they suffer environmental pollution very often.

6 The ocean won’t be seriously contaminated if people don’t exploit the sea for

copper and gold.

7 Choose A or B which is closer in meaning to the given sentence.

1 Stop smoking or it’s not good for both your health and the air.

A If you don’t stop smoking, you will destroy your health and the air we breathe.

B You wouldn’t destroy your health and the air we breatheif you stopped smoking.

2 Nuclear weapons research and deployment leads to radioactive contamination.

A Radioactive contamination may not happen more often if there aren’t nuclear weapons research and deployment.

B Radioactive contamination mightn’t happen more often if there weren’t nuclear weapons research and deployment.

3 The factory has to be responsible for not treating their industrial sewage properly.

A This river wouldn’t be polluted if that factory treated their industrial sewage properly.

B This river will be polluted if that factory doesn’t treat their industrial sewage properly.

4 People throw trash everywhere Maybe they need to be raised their awareness of visual pollution.

A If people are more aware of visual pollution, they won’t throw trash everywhere.

B If people were more aware of visual pollution, they wouldn’t throw trash everywhere.

5 The sale is persuading me to buy the product of filter from his company.

A If you didn’t use this filter, it wouldn’t remove almost pollutants from your drinking water.

B If you use this filter, it will help you remove almost pollutants from your drinking water.

6 I think the mayor of this city should cut down the unnecessary light poles to save energy.

A I would cut down the unnecessary light poles if I were the mayor of this city.

B If I am responsible for this city’s policy, I will cut down the unnecessary light poles.

8 Rewrite the following sentences without changing their original meanings.

1 Unless most of us replace coal fuel with gas fuel, we can hardly control air pollution.

=> Air pollution ………

2 Because the airport is located near our neighborhood, we must suffer from noise pollution every day.

=> We wouldn’t ………

3 The ship pollution, especially oil spills, is one of main causes of the ocean pollution

Therefore, we need to reduce it.

=> If we……… remarkably.

4 Present level of air pollution shown in the Air Quality Index might surprise you.

=> If you check (checked)………

5 Thomas expects for a great amount of money to move toanother place to stay away the noisy industrial zone.

=> If Thomas………

6 Ice melting is considered as a result of the global warming we cause.

=> We wouldn’t/ won’t have to worry about ………

C READING

Read the passage about Air pollution and find the answers to given questions that follow

AIR POLLUTION

We are nowadays becoming more aware of pollution matters that affect dramatically our lives, especially there is growing concern about air pollution There are some reasons that lead

to this kind of pollution Firstly, the development of industrial zones, factories and building construction areas is producing a large amount of dust and poisonous air Especially in the developing countries, people nearly pay their attention to the air treatment process that makes the air pollution even worse Secondly, because of the increasing urbanization, it can be easily seen that there is always a lot of traffic in rush hour and dust on the road these days The smoke from vehicles and manufacturing exhaust increases the amount of carbon dioxide in the air which makes us feel really hard to breathe The consequences are very bad Smog and dust can

do serious harm to our health and especially our lungs We have thousands of asthma and adult respiratory distress cases each year which raise concern about the air quality Moreover, acid rains are becoming more and more popular which damage crops and fields Many people believe that air pollution is also causing global warming and it is difficult to improve the air without the efforts of all countries around the world.

8 According to the passage, if all countries in the world ignore the air pollution condition, will it

be easy to make the air fresher?

……….

D LISTENING

John and Lee are talking about the coming voluntary trip Listen carefully and put the utterances into the conversation’s order (Pay attention to the underlined words) You will listen twice.

1 Billboards, power lines, skywriting, and advertisements, etc are responsible for the visual pollution in the city.

2 John and his friends also want to clean up all litter and advertisements.

3 The voluntary team intends to make the city’s residents aware of protect the environment because they litter plastic bags into some places unsuitable.

4 John is gong to have a volunteer program in Brooklyn.

5 John and his team are going to tidy up the city.

6 The residents are going to be persuaded to reuse plastic bags or use paper bags as much as possible.

7 Brooklyn has beautiful streets but it is facing serious visual pollution.

8 Lee would like to come back the city to plant some trees for the next time.

Conversation’s order: …… - …… - …… - …… - …… - …… - …… - …… -

E WRITING

Within 140-160 words, you write a paragraph on a type of pollution.

Your paragraph may be made with your own ideas, or you may base on the outline built by

a few questions

- What pollution are you going to write about?

- What are the causes of the pollution?

- What consequences does the pollution cause?

- What should we do to reduce that pollution?

1 Write the missing suffix “ee” or “ese” in the sentence below and read them aloud

1 train…… 2 Vietnam…… 3 examin…… 4 guarant…….

5 ob…… 6 Portugu…… 7 degr…… 8 interview…….

9 Canton…… 10 adopt…… 11 refer…… 12 computer…….

2 Put the above words into correct rows.

Stressed the 2 nd syllable

Stressed the 3 rd syllable

Stressed the 4 th syllable

B VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR

1 Find the most suitable word to fill each of gaps in the following sentences

historic historty scenic scenery

attractive attractions symblize symbol

culture cultural icon iconic

1 The………… of Ireland consists of many unique customs and traditions related to the Irish people.

2 Offering ………… trails, the California beauty is an ideal spot for hikers and photographers.

3 The leek is known as the national………… of Wales.

4 Sydney is a beautiful harbor city with many………… attractions of Australia.

5 One of the most famous natural ………… of Canada is Niagara Falls which attracts millions

of tourists every year.

6 Scotland has a long………… which is recorded from the 1 st century AD.

2 Use the words found in exercise 1 for the puzzle below.

3 Find and correct the verb tense mistakes in each of the sentences below.

1 American are celebrating their Indendence Day on the Fourth of July.

2 Listen! The children have talked about the ravens oversee the Tower, the subject of great legend for centuries.

3 Canadian takes the red maple leaf as its national symbol for more than 150 years.

4 Australia’s climate vary mainly due to this continent’s large area; moreover, the greater part of the continent is desert.

5 My mother has told us the Scottish legend of the Loch Ness monster.

6 Australia has become an ideal country for people from all over the world to work and settle in years.

4 Point out the sentence marked A, B, C or D which is grammatically and meaningfully correct

1 A According to schedule, the taxi picks us up at the airport at 9 p.m.

B According to schedule, the taxi will pick us up at the airport at 9 p.m.

C Hurry up! The taxi is picking us up at the airport at 9 p.m.

2 A I am leaving now The last train will leave the station at 6 p.m.

B Be quick! The last train leaves the station at 6 p.m.

C I leave now The last train leaves the station at 6 p.m.

3 A Is the weekend movie starting at 10 p.m or 10.30 p.m?

B Does the weekend movie start at 10 p.m or 10.30 p.m?

C Will the weekend movie start at 10 p.m or 10.30 p.m?

4 A Let’s have dinner first! Our favourite program starts at 8 p.m.

B The program of recycling used cans o bottles will start next Monday.

C We join the program of recycling used cans or bottles next Monday.

5 A The trip is lasting six days instead five days as scheduled.

B What time will the museum open tomorrow?

C.The museum opens from 9 a.m to 6 p.m, so we will have 3 hours to visit there.

6 A The weather forecast provides us with useful information for our daily activities.

B The weather forecast will broadcast at 20:05 after the news.

C The weather forecast is broadcasting in a few minutes.

5 Match each of the BEGINNINGS with each of the ENDINGS to make suitable sentences.

1 Our fight continues to Talkeetna A We have enjoyed the fascinating nightlife

and vibran Celtic energy of Galway for days.

2 What an awesome trip! B the Emerald Isle with incredible landscape

and traditional songs from the local pubs.

3 Millions of tourists C about the traditional Maori Hangi and

concert which helps you cook dinner underneath the ground.

4 Today, we are discovering D This is the incredible freshwater lake We

cannot miss in Australia.

5 Our tour takes us to Lake Taupo at 10.30 E have explored the ancient fort of Dun

Aonghasa.

6 You are learning more F where you will have a chance to take a

“flightseeing” tour around Mount McKinley at 15.20.

1 2 3 4 5 6

6 Put the following words in correct order

1 the Edinburgh International Festivals in Scotland/ annually/ to celebrate/ Since 1947/ has/ been/ held/ the arts

……….

2 looking forward/ the/ When/ it/ I’m/ to visiting/ exhibition./ does/ open?

……….

3 I/ on a tour/ one/ of/ the most amazing places/ in/ This week/ am going/ to Mendenhall

Glacier Caves,/ America

7 Use the given words to make meaningful sentences

1 mistery/ Loch Ness Monster/ not reveal

………., Liverpool, and Bristol In addition, England is famous for the Cooper’s Hill Rolling and Wake (3)……….which is held annually at Spring Bank holiday At the festival,

Cheese-about 20 competitors start racing down the hill after a nearly 4-5 kilogram round of Double Gloucester cheese which is released from the top of the hill The winner is the first person to catch the cheese at the bottom of the hill Moreover, England is the birthplace of several genius inventors with their greatest (4)……….such as Issac Newton (with the invention of Newton’s Laws), Alexander Graham Bell (with the invention of telephone), John Logie Baird (with the invention of television) Nowadays England has been the largest economy of the (5)

……….which focuses on (6)……….and service.

1 A Scotland B Wales C England D Ireland

2 A Aukland B Birmingham C Vancouver D Glasgow

3 A game B festival C contest D activity

4 A inventions B success C fame D achievements

5 A United State B United Nation C United Kingdom D European Union

6 A mining B tourism C industry D agriculture

D LISTENING

Listen to the following conversation and decide whether each of the utterances is true (T)

or false (F).

1.……….David visited Australia last summer vacation.

2……….David had a chance to visit Aquatium and Zoo in Canberra.

3.………People in Melbourne are pretty but not really friendly and hospitable.

4……….Melbourne Food and Wine Festival deeply impressed David.

5……….The Festival is held annually in May and attracts thousands of tourists nationwide and worldwide.

6.……….Economy of Australia bases on service sector, mining and agriculture.

E WRITING

Imagine you were a principal of a school You want to organize a 3-day tour for your students to some places Write a schedule for the tour to send them.

You may write it yourself or you may base on some questions:

- Which places do you want to visit?

- What time does the bus/ the train arrive in those places?

- What activities will you do in each space?

………

….

I Listen and practice reading the following words aloud

industry injury rainstorm shelter

photography biology apology astrology

scientific electronic radiography

climatology bibliography

II Listen and mark the stress correctly

1 preparation 2 animal 3 psychology

4 primary 5 scientific 6 technology

7 radiography 8 demography

B VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR

1 Complete the following words.

1 B_R_ 2 E_ _T_ Q_ _K_ 3 S_R_ _V_RS

4 EV_C_AT_D 5 T_PH_ _N 6 V_CT_ _S

2 Fill in the gaps with the suitable words from exercise.

1 Landslide in the mountainous area might occur and…………an entire village when people are sleeping.

2 On August 28 th , the authority urgently…………local residents to escape the hurricane Katrina which has formed five days before.

3 Many countries timely supplied the food aid to the Philippines when this country was struggling with…………Haiyan.

4 After powerful…………had struck Japan and killed several people, many experts worried about possible nuclear reactors.

Forest-fire…………in the Ca Mau province will be given aid by Japan government soon.

6 Rescuers found it difficult to find more…………after the earthquake in Ecuador because they had already found dealths tolls on Tuesday.

3 Circle the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the best choice for each of the sentences below.

1 The latest news about the serious earthquake in Japan…………on the Daily News program.

A had been broadcast B had broadcasted C broadcasted D was broadcast

2 A huge earthquake…………before tsunami…………, which caused severe damage to the villagers.

A had occurred – happened B had occurred – had happened

C occurred – happened D has occurred – happened

3 After they…………that their houses and assets had been covered by the mud, they had to move to temporary shelters.

A had found B found C has found D had ben found

4 Survivors in the earthquake area…………under the ruins for hours before they…………by the police and rescuers.

A has been – was found B were – was found

C had been – was found D has been – had been found

5 Several people were killed by Typoon Haiyan although they…………to move to the safer place.

A was announced B has been announced C had been announced D announced

6 After to the worst typoon…………, a lot of things…………to be done to support the affected region.

A had gone – needed B went – needed

C went – had been needed D had gone – had been needed

4 Fill the gaps with the correct form of the following verbs.

shake happen pass become announce work

1 After the flood…………, the government had to spend a lot of time and money to repair the transport system and solve the environmental pollution.

2 Modern and specialized equipment was used to find the baby in the broken house after rescuers…………about her.

3 Although the rescue team…………very hard to find the missing people, three of whom haven’t been found yet.

5 Typoon Haiyan…………weaker before it hit Vietnam and then became a tropical storm in our country.

6 Northeastern Japan…………by a powerful earthquake in March, 2011 and then it continued

to suffer from a destructive tsunami.

5 Put the verbs in brackets into their correct form and match parts in column A with B to make complete sentences.

1 The villagers (warn)…………of floods and

landslides through the broadcasted news on

radio,

A (serously damage)…………by Hurricane Sandy.

2 In 1815, people in Sumbawa (not find)

…………any signs of the volcano’s activity

B because this Agency (underestimate)

…………the scale of the tsunami.

3 In New York, the undergound railway

system and roadway tunnels

C (warn)…………about the possible strong winds frequent lightning and even some tornadoes.

4 Japan Meteorological Agency (be)…………

responsible for the serious damage

D and most of them (evacuate)………… timely.

5 Before the disaster (happen)…………the

Storm Prediction Center had

E before it (move)before the severe eruption (occur)…………to other cities.

6 The tornado (destroy)…………nearly the

whole city

F before the severe eruption (occur)…………

6 Use the given words to rewrite the following sentences without changing their original meanings.

1 People in the remote areas moved to the safer places as they knew the landslides would occur.

=> People……….… (evacuate)

2 We should keep all the important supplies and documents carefully before an earthquake happens.

=> All ……… (store)

3 After some visitors had grilled food in the forest, they didn’t remember to put out the fire.

=> Some visitors……… (forget)

4 The Hurricane Sandy had been (only) a tropical storm before it turned to be a hurricane.

=> No one believed that original form………(be)

5 The toxic mudslides after torrential rain have caused negative effects to Quang Ninh

residents’ lives.

=> Quang Ninh……… (affect)

6 After the firefighters had controlled the fire, the dry weather enabled the fire to reoccur.

=> The dry weather………(make)

7 Circle the sentence marked A, B or C which is the most similar to the original sentence.

1 The police didn’t know about what had taken place as people didn’t announce.

A People hadn’t reported what had happened before the police came.

B No one knew what had happened before the police accidentally announced.

C No one reported what had happened before the police accidentally came.

2 Vegetation recovery was the most necessary thing to do after severe drought.

A After severe drought, vegetation recovery had been considered the most important task.

B Vegetation recovery has been considered the most important task due to the severe drought.

C After the severe drought, vegetation recovery was considered the most important task.

3 People could hardly tidy up the mud although the thunderstorms had passed.

A After the thunderstorms had passed, the efforts to clean up the mud were restricted.

B The efforts to clean up the mud had been restricted although thunderstorm passed.

C After the thunderstorms had passed, the efforts to clean up the mud hadn’t been useful.

4 The historic volcanic eruption Tambora in 1815 somehow affected the climate on the earth.

A Global climate had partly changed due to the historic volcanic eruption Tambora in 1815.

B Global climate was changed remarkably after the volcanic eruption Tambora in 1815.

C Global climate partly changed after the historic volcanic eruption Tambora in 1815.

5 Survivors felt completely hopeless when they saw what tsunami had caused to their houses.

A When survivors came back and saw what tsunami had caused to their house, they felt fully disappointed.