Bài giảng Tiếng Anh 8 (Global success) - Unit 2: Life in the countryside, Lesson 5: Skills 1 - Trường THCS Thái Sơn

 Unit 2 LIFE IN THE COUNTRYSIDE
 LESSON 5: SKILLS 1 WARM-UP
 1 Work in pairs. Look at the picture and discuss the following questions.
1. What can you see in it?
2. Which of the following 
adjectives describe the 
picture? READING
 stretch (v)
 /stretʃ/
 trải dài READING
 canal (n) 
 /kəˈnæl/
 kênh đào READING
cultivate (v)
 /ˈkʌltɪveɪt/
 canh tác READING
 orchard (n)
 /ˈɔːtʃəd/
 vườn cây ăn quả READING
 Vocabulary Pronunciation Vietnamese equivalent
 1. stretch (v) /stretʃ/ trải dài
 2. canal (n) /kəˈnæl/ kênh đào 
 3. cultivate (v) /ˈkʌltɪveɪt/ canh tác
 4. orchard (n) /ˈɔːtʃəd/ vườn cây ăn quả READING
 Read the text about life in a village in Viet Nam. Match the highlighted words in 
2 the text with their meanings READING
 3 Read the text again and tick T (True) or F (False) for each sentence.
 T F
1. Life in the author’s village is very peaceful.
2. The people in the village work very hard.
3. Villagers live only by catching fish in lakes, ponds, 
and canals.
4. The children are always busy helping their parents.
5. The villagers get along well. SPEAKING
4 Make notes about the village or town where you live or which you know. SPEAKING
 Work in groups. Take turns to talk about the village or town where you live or which 
5 you know. Use the information in 4.
 Example:
 I live in Duong Lam. It’s an old 
 village outside Hanoi. It has ... CONSOLIDATION
1 Wrap-up
What have we learnt in this lesson?
✓ read about different aspects of a Vietnamese village;
✓ talk about a village or town where one lives or which one knows; CONSOLIDATION
2 Home Assignments
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