GETTING STARTED

LANGUAGE

PRONUNCIATION

1. Circle the word which has the underlined part pronounced differently in each group. Then listen and repeat.

Answer:

Explanation

1. Đáp án C phát âm là /s/, các đáp án còn lại phát âm là /k/

2. Đáp án B phát âm là /ŋ/, các đáp án còn lại phát âm là /n/

3. Đáp án D phát âm là /n/, các đáp án còn lại phát âm là /ŋ/

4. Đáp án A phát âm là /g/, các đáp án còn lại phát âm là /ŋ/

5. Đáp án D phát âm là /dʒ/, các đáp án còn lại phát âm là /g/

VOCABULARY

2. Match a verb or verb phrase in A with a noun or noun phrase in B

Answer:

1 - d: dệt quần áo

2 - e: xua đuổi tà ma

3 - a: thu hoạch ruộng bậc thang

4 - b: bỏ qua mùa màng

5 - c: làm đồ thủ công

3. Complete the sentences with the words and phrases from the box.

1. Ethnic minority girls wear a lot of beautiful ________ on special occasions.

2. I love attending local ________ in my area because they are unique.

3. It was a big change in ________ when my family moved from the city to the countryside.

4. I'd prefer you not to make a ________ off going to bed late.

5. The Bahnar is a largee thnic ________ in the Central Highlands.

Answer:

1. decorate items - Ethnic minority girls wear a lot of beautiful decorative items on special occasions.

2. festivals - I love attending local festival in my area because they are unique.

3.lifestyle - It was a big change in lifestyle when my family moved from the city to the countryside.

4. habit - I'd prefer you not to make a habit off going to bed late.

5. minority group - The Bahnar is a large ethnic minority group in the Central Highlands.

GRAMMAR

4. Choose the correct answer A, B, or C to complete each sentence.

1. Tet is coming. I see ______ flowers and ornamental trees everywhere.

A. a

B. the

C. 0

2. Bat Trang Village is famous for ______ traditional craft of pottery making.

A. a

B. the

C. 0

3. Hi, Trang. ______ are things in Hue? - Everything’s great. The weather's fantastic, and the food’s delicious.

A. How

B. What

C. Where

4. ______ street food in Viet Nam is most popular among foreign visitors?

A. How

B. What

C. Why

5. I'm searching for ______ information about the lifestyle of the Van Kieu in central Viet Nam.

A. some

B. many

C. an

Answer:

5. Use the correct forms of the verbs in brackets to complete the sentences.

1. Next year we (build) _________ a house overlooking the lake.

2. Spring is coming, so we (celebrate) _________ the Ban Flower Festival soon.

3. If you have a chance to travel on a dogsled, you (never forget) _________ it.

4. If I (be) _________ free to choose a topic, I will give a presentation on Alaska.

5. Unless you try, you (never know) _________ if you can play football.

Answer:

SKILLS

READING

1. Read the schedule of the Spring Fair and select the event that each person wants to attend. Write the event names in the table.

SPRING FAIR (January 16 - 25)

Location: Viet Nam National Village for Ethnic Culture and Tourism

The fair offers opportunities for tourists to learn about the life of ethnic people in Viet Nam.

Ethnic Markets

January 16 - 25

Exhibition of specialities of many ethnic groups featuring vegetables, flowers, crafts, and more.

Photo Exhibition

January 16 - 25

Photos showing the daily activities of ethnic people in their villages.

Performances

January 17 and 24

More than 20 performances demonstrating various traditional songs and dances.

Childhood Fun

January 17 - 18 and 24 - 25

A great day out for the family. Children can have fun taking part in traditional folk games and make handicrafts with the help of local artisans.

A Pottery Village

January 17 - 18 and 24 - 25

An introduction to pottery making by artisans from Bau Truc pottery village.

Answer:

SPEAKING

2. Work in pairs. Read the list below and tick (V) the main reason(s) for people moving from the countryside to the city. Explain your choice.

1. To look for well-paid jobs

2. To look for better services

3. To enjoy crowded and noisy areas

4. To have better educational opportunities

5. To experience different types of food and entertainment

Answer:

1. To look for well-paid jobs

2. To look for better services

4. To have better educational opportunities

5. To experience different types of food and entertainment

- In my way of thinking, many people leave countryside for cities as there are lots of jobs available there. And many of them are well-paid.

- The facilities in the city are modern and advanced so you can get better services there.

- I don’t think anyone can suffer crowded and noisy lifestyle in the city. Sometimes, they want to go to somewhere quiet and peaceful.

- There are lots of universities and academic institutes in the city. People can easily pursue their higher education there.

- A lot of types of fast food as well as traditional and exotic food are bought and sold in the city. So people come to the city to experience the variety of cuisine. Moreover, many kinds of entertainment only appears in the city like cinema or amusement park.

LISTENING

3. Listen to Phong talking about life in the countryside and complete each sentence with ONE word

1. Phong always spends his summer _________ with his grandparents.

2. He likes the _________ games the chidren play.

3. The villagers sell their home-grown _________.

4. They buy food and other _________ things.

5. At the market the vilages _________ and talk.

Answer:

Transcript:

My grandparents live in the countryside. Every year I spend my whole summer vacation with them. There are many things I like about life there, like the open space, the friendly villages and the traditional games children play. There is one thing which is very different from city life. That is the village open air market, where the villages sell their homemade or homegrown products. Not many people in the village have a fridge. So they go to the market every day to buy food and other necessary things. They all come from the same village, so almost everybody knows one another. The market is not just a place for buying and selling, it is also a place for the villagers to meet and talk. The market brings the people in the village closer.

WRITING

4. Write complete sentences from the clues below. You may have to make some changes

Respect for elders

1. Many / Vietnamese families / teach / children / respect elders.

2. There / many ways / show / respects.

5. You / give up seat / or offer / carry something heavy / elders.

4. You / listen / not talk back / elders / speak.

5. At mealtimes / children should not / start eat / before / elders do.

Answer:

1. Many Vietnamese families often teach their children to respect the / their elders.

2. There are many ways to show respect.

3. You can give up a seat or offer to carry heavy things for the elders.

4. Listen and don’t talk back when the elders speak.

5. At mealtimes, children should not start eating before the / their elders do.