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Unit 2: Getting Started

VOCABULARY

Wor
d

Pronunciation

Meaning

harvest (n/v)

/ˈhɑː.vɪst/

thu hoạch/ gặt

 combine
harvester

/kəmˈbaɪn
ˈhɑː.vɪ.stər/

hái máy gặt đập

paddy field

/ˈpæd.i ˌfiːld/

đồng lúa

cattle (n)

/ˈkæt.əl/

gia súc

herd (v)

/hɜːd/

chăn/dắt

load (v)

/ləʊd/

chất

/ʌnˈləʊd/

hang

 unload (v)

liên hợp

dỡ
hàng
LISTENING
1. Listen and read
Nick: You look great with a tan, Mai!
Mai: Thank you. I've just come back from a very enjoyable
summer holiday. Nick: Really? Where did you stay?
Mai: I stayed at my uncle's house in a small village in Bac
Giang Province. Nick: What did you do there?
Mai: A lot of things. It was harvest time. The villagers were harvesting rice with a
combine harvester. I helped them load the rice onto a truck. Then we unloaded the
rice and dried it.
Nick: Sounds great!

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Mai: And sometimes I went with the village children to herd the buffaloes and cows. I
made friends with them on my first day.
Nick: Were they friendly?
Mai: Yes, they were. They took me to the paddy fields to fly kites. And in the evening,
we played traditional games like bamboo dancing and dragon-snake.
Nick: Oh, I envy you!
Mai: Things move more slowly there than in our city, but people seem to have a healthier
life.
2. Read again and choose the correct answer
1. How does Mai feel about her summer holiday?
A. She likes it.

B. She doesn't like it.

C. She thinks it was fine.

2. Where did she stay during her summer holiday?
A. At her friend's house. B. At her uncle's house. C. At her grandparents' house.
3. During harvest time, people harvest rice by .
A. Themselves

B. using a truck

4. Mai thinks people in the countryside lead
A. a healthy life
Gợi ý: 1. A

C. using a combine harvester
.

B. an exciting life

2. B

3. C

C. an interesting life

4. A

3. Complete the sentences with the words and phrases from the box.
paddy fieldherdloadharvest timecombine harvester
1. It took them an hour to

all the goods onto the truck.

2. Nowadays, people in my village use a

to harvest their rice and separate the

grains from the rest of the plant.
3. Today it is my turn to

the cows.

4. A place in which people grow rice is called a _

.

5. A busy time when people cut and gather their crops is called _.
Gợi ý: 1. load

2. combine harvester 3. herd

4. paddy field

5. harvest time

4. Match the activities (1 - 6) that people living in the countryside often do with
the pictures (a - f).

1. unloading rice
2. ploughing a field
3. milking cows
4. feeding pigs
5. catching fish
6. drying rice

a.

b.

c.

d.

e.

f.

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5. Work in pairs. Ask and answer about the pictures in 4.
Example:
A: What are they doing in
picture a? B: They're
ploughing fields.
WRAP UP

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