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ANNOI SECONDARY SCHOOL

UNIT 4 : OUR CUSTOMS AND TRADI TION

Period 30- Lesson 4:COMMUNICATION

An Noi Secondary School

English 8

Extra vocabulary

prongs

tray

cutlery

mat

palm

host/hostess

khay Dao kéo Chiếu Lòng bàn tay Chủ nhà

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Look at the pictures and show the difference between them.

1 What are they doing?

2 In the first picture, what are

the things used to eat?

3 What the main food do they eat?

4 The second picture, what are the

things used to eat?

5 What’s the main food to eat?

6 Do you usually have meal with

every members in your family?

7 What things do you use during the

meal?

Look at the pictures and show the difference between them.

They are having meals

They use rice bowls, chopsticks, dish service

a tray and they are sitting on a mat

They use knives, forks, and spoon they

are sitting a round a table

1 What are they doing?

2 In the first picture, what are the

things used for eating?

3 What the main food do they eat?

4 The second picture, what are the things

used for eating?

5 What’s the main food to eat?

6 Do you usually have meal with

every members in your family?

7 What things do you use during the

meal?

The main food are rice, soup and

vegetables

The main food are bread, vegetables…

2 Read the following sentences about table manners in Britain Work in pairs Write T (true) or F (false).

1 The knife is held in the left hand and the folk is held

in the right hand.

2 You shouldn’t point the prongs of the folk up-wards

during the meal.

3 People use the same cutlery to eat the main course

and the dessert.

4 When the meal is finished, you should place the

knife and folk on the plate.

5 You can use your fork to take more food from the

serving dish.

6 You should use your knife to cut the bread.

7 Guests should start eating before the host starts

eating.

8 You should ask someone to pass you a dish.

Now listen to Nick giving a presentation on table manners in Britain and check your answers.

Read the following sentences about table of manners in Britain Work in pairs Write true(T) or false (F)

1

2 You shouldn’t point the prongs of the fork up wards

during the meal

3

4 When the meal is finished, you should place the knife

and fork on the plate

5

6

7

8 You should ask someone to pass you a dish

The knife is held in the left hand and the fork is held

in the right hand

People use the same cutlery to eat the main

course and the dessert

You can use your fork to take more food from the

serving dish

You should use your knife to cut the bread

Guests should start eating before host starts eating F

F

F

F

F

T

T

T

You hold the folk in the left and the knife in the right

There is also a spoon and a fork for dessert

You should never use your own cutlery to take more

food from the serving dish – use the serving spoon

You should break off the bread with your hands

Guests have to wait until the host or hostess starts eating

1 We sit around a tray on a mat to have meal.

2 We use rice bowls and chopsticks.

3 When chewing food, we shouldn’t talk.

4 The host/hostess invites everybody to start eating.

5 The host/ hostess offers to serve the food for the

guests.

6 When we have finished eating, we place our

chopsticks on the top of rice bowl.

Work in pairs Discuss if you follow these table

manners in your family Are there other table manners

you follow?

5 There is a British exchange student in your class You invite her to dinner at your home

Play the following roles.

You are Minh You invite

your British friend to come

for dinner She asks a lot of

questions about Vietnamese

table manners.

You are Jessica from Britain You want to learn about Vietnamese table manners, so you can feel comfortable at dinner You compare these with British table manners.

Start the role- play like this:

Minh: Hey Jessica! My family would like to invite you to dinner

Jessica: Oh! That’s nice but….I don’t know anything about

Vietnamese table manners

Minh: Well What do you want to know?

Jessica: well, do you eat around the dinner table like in Britain?

Minh: No, actually we sit on a mat with the food in the middle

Jessica: You’re kidding!

Minh:…

A Nick; Guess what! I was invited to my friend’s house for dinner.

B Mai; Well, it’s also the custom in Vietnam to bring a

small gift.

C Nick; And is it all right to bring someone along?

D Nick; Yes, but what do you do when you’re invited

someone here?

E Mai; Well, I you want to bring someone along, you should call first and ask if it’s OK.

F Mai; Oh, how nice!

G Nick; Really? What like?

H Nick; Thank you very much.

I Mai; Oh, maybe some fruit or a box of candy or biscuits.

Rearrange sentences in a logical dialogue

A Nick; Guess what! I was invited to my friend’s house for dinner.

F Mai; Oh, how nice!

C Nick; And is it all right to bring someone along?

E Mai; Well, I you want to bring someone along, you

should call first and ask if it’s OK.

D Nick; Yes, but what do you do when you’re invited

someone here?

B Mai; Well, it’s also the custom in Vietnam to bring a

small gift.

G Nick; Really? What like?

I Mai; Oh, maybe some fruit or a box of candy or biscuits.

H Nick; Thank you very much.

Rearrange sentences in a logical dialogue

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