Unit 3: Peoples of Viet Nam

XVII. Make sentences from the given cuss and explain why ?

1. which ethnic group/ second largest population/ Vietnam?

2. Sap dance/ typical dance/ Muong people/ the north.

3. Most/ ethnic minorities/ Vietnam/ live/ mountainous areas.

4. Thai ethnic minority/ well known/ beautifully woven garments

5. The New Year celebration/ Lao ethnic group/ lunar April

6. Thai people/ account/ approximately 1.8%/ Vietnam’s population.

7. Tay/ live/ fertile plains/ they/ cultivate/ rice/ keep/ cattle and poultry beautiful!

8. How long/ the Ede/ lived / the high plateau region/ central Vietnam?

XVII. Write the second sentence so that it means the same thing as the first sentence. Use the words in brackets and explain why ?

1. Your village is so beautiful.

What

2. How long is it since you built this stilt house?

When

3. Living in a big city is more convenient than living in a village.

It’s

4. Where does he live?

What

5. Although the villagers are quite poor, they live a happy and healthy way.

In spite of

6. What did the local people say?

Could you tell me

7. Romantic films interest me more than war films.

I find

8. A lot of people take the train from Oxford to London every day.

A lot of people travel

9. How about asking the local people for help?

Why

10. Is there an ancestral altar in the La Chi’s largest apartment?

Does

11. They are too young to join the army.

They are not

12. We can’t hang the picture on the wall. It is heavy.

The picture

13. Your work is better than mine.

My work

14. Dick is the youngest in the family.

Nobody

15. The question is so difficult that all the students can’t answer it.

It is such

16. It is 5 years since Tom and Mary got married.

Tom and Mary

17. They built a new bridge over the river.

A new bridge

18. I last wrote to my pen-pal two months ago.

I haven’t

19. Although the weather was bad, it did not delay the traffic.

In spite of

20. I fed the chickens this morning.

The chickens        

giúp mik 

Fill in each blank with one suitable WH word
1. …………is the weather like today? – It’s fine.
2. ……………..is it from here to your home? – Two kilometres.
3. Can your hear those people? …………..are they talking about? – About taxes.
4. …………car is it? – It is Mr. Brown’s.
5. ………….didn’t you go to work yesterday? – Because I was sick.
6. We have got two shirts of the same kind. …………one would you like? – I’d like the white one.
7. Do you remember…….…and ………Uncle Ho was born? – He was born in Nghe An in1890.
8. …….…………cats does she raise? – She raises twenty.
9. ……………..long are you going to study here? – For at least two courses.
10. Do you know…………….fast that plane is flying? – I am not sure.
11. ……………did the accident happen? – At 3 p.m.
12. ………………..do you visit your grandparents? – Once a month.
13. I want two stamps and an envelope. ………………does it cost? – It is 50 p.
14. I go to school by bike. ……………….do you get there? – On foot.
15. ……………does Nam work? – In Hai Phong.
16. By………………was Hamlet written? – By Shakespeare.
17. ……………….does English belong to? – It belongs to those who use it.
18. ……………….is the river? – It is 2.5 metres deep.
19. ………………was Isaac Newton when he died? – He was 85.
20. ………………….water does an elephant drink a day? – Two litres.

Từ mới Unit 3 : PEOPLES OF VIETNAM (Getting started and A closer look 1)

- Musem of Ethnology : viện bảo tàng dân tộc học

- Central Highland : Tây Nguyên.

- Heritage (n) : di sản

- Account of : chiếm khoảng

- Mijority (a) : thiểu số

- Ethnic mijority people : người dân tộc thiểu số

- Currious (a): tò mò

- Custom : trang phục

- Custume : phong tục

- Terraced field : ruộng bậc thang

- Discriminate : phân biệt

- Region : vùng miền

- Ceremony : nghi lễ

- Economy : kinh tế

- Basic : cơ bản

- Insignificant : không quan trọng, không đáng kể

- Waterwhell : cối xay nước

- Shawl : khăn quàng

- Basket : rổ

- Complicated : tinh vi, phức tạp

Complete each blank in the following pasage with the corect word/phrase from the box.

use, designs, colors, slope, stream, tribe, takes, image

Cat Cat Village - Sa Pa

Cat Cat Village is located on the Muong Hoa Valley, this is the village of the Hmong hill (1) ______. It is not far from Sa Pa Town, about 3 km and it (2) _______ you 45 minutes to walk here. The village is on the (3) _____ of the hill and easy walking, rice and corn are grown here.

Visiting Cat Cat Village, we can have a chance to visit a big waterfall on the (4) _______ and the old Hydro-electric Power Station built by the French here. We can also see the (5) _______ of young women sitting by looms with colorful pieces of brocade decorated with designs of flowers and birds. When these pieces of brocade are finished, they are dyed and embroidered withh beautiful (6) _______. It is interesting that Hmong women (7) ________ plants and leaves to dye these brocade fabrics. And then they roll a round and smooth section of wood covered with wax on fabrics to polish them, making their (8) ______ durable.

Use the correct form of the words in brackets to finish the sentences.

1, For the Muong, rice is also the main ______ crop. (agriculture)

2, The Muong call their _______ calendar "sach doi", which is made from 12 bamboo sticks that represent the 12 months. (tradition)

3, Viet Nam is a country of tremendous _______ with 54 ethnic groups. (diverse)

4, The ethnic minority groups in Viet Nam have been living in _______ co-existence. (peace)

5, Terraced rice fields in Sa Pa are slopes claimed for cultivation in hilly or _________ areas. (mountain)