Talking about a place of interest in your hometown.
1. What is the craft village in Viet Nam you would like to visit?
2. What is it famous for?
3. What can you do there?
4. What do you think the government should do to improve the craft villages?
II. Read the passage and answer the questions
To preserve and develop traditional craft villages, in recent years, the local authorities have conducted preservartion of four traditional crafts: brocade weaving, silver carving, blacksmithing, and carpentry to bring about economic and social efficency for the development of procincial tourism...
Currently, the province of Lao Cai has formed the clear models of traditional villages. Cat Cat village has gradually builts its brand with the forging and casting products, textiles of linens of Hmong people. The famous alcohol villages have found their foothold in the market such as Pho village corn wine (Bac Ha), Xeo village wine (in Bat Xat commune)
The villages in the province have been associated with tourism spots and promote tourism development in the community, improving living standards of many fimilies through their home business, selling handicrafts, brocade products
In the past, in the villages in Sa Pa, people mostly make their living in agricluture, forestry, but now there have been many households getting involed in tourism activities of the village
With the aim of preserving its own definition for tourists to learn and explore. In particular, brocade weaving is dominant, serving the needs of families and tourists
Questions
1 Which traditional crafts do the local authorities need to preserve?
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2 What are Hmong people famous for?
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3 Do many families in the villages improve their living standards through their home business?
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Hanoi has long been home to hundreds of craft villages. Over many years, many of the crafts have developed, while some have disappeared altogether.
The heart and soul of Hanoi’s vibrant old crafts are its craftsmen and women. One such couple are Nguyen Van Hoa and his wife of Hang Than Street. They are among the few artisans still making elaborate cardboard masks in order to preserve the traditional culture.
Making swans out of cotton is another traditional craft. Only artisan Vu Thi Thanh Tam of 79 Hang Luoc Street in the capital makes these swans. The swan frames are made of notebook paper and are stuffed with cotton, then a skillful artisan puts each layer of cotton on the swan frames and uses rice water to smooth them. The swan neck is made of steel wire and is covered by cotton. The finished product is placed in a rattan basket with cotton around glass-beads and silk flowers are added for colour.
1. How many traditional crafts are mentioned in the text?
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2. Who plays role as the heart and soul of Hanoi’s crafts?
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3. Are there a lot of artisans who make swans out of cotton in Hanoi?
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4. What is added to colour the finish the product?
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II Read the passage and answer the questions
To preserve and develop traditional craft villages, in recent years, the local authorities have conducted preservation of four traditional crafts: brocade weaving, silver carving, blacksmithing, and carpentry to bring about economic and social efficiency for the development of provincial tourism...
Currently, the province of Lao Cai has formed the clear models of traditional villages. Cat Cat village has gradually builts brand with the forging and castibg products, textiles of linens of Hmong people. The famous alcohol villages have found their foothold in the market such as Pho village corn wine (Bac Ha), Xeo village wine (in Bat Xat commune)
The villages in the province have been associated with tourism spots and promote tourism development in the community, improving living standards of many fimilies through their home business, selling handicrafts, brocade products.
In the past, in the villages in Sa Pa, people mostly make their livibg in agricluture, forestry, but now thre have been many housrholds getting involved in tourism activities of the village.
With the aim of preserving its own definition for tourists to learn and explore. In particular, brocade weaving is dominant, serving the needs of families and tourists
Questions :
1 Which traditional crafts do the local aothorities need to preserve?
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2 What are Hmong people famous for?
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3 Do many families in the village improve their living standards through their home business?
=>
II Read the passage and answer the questions
To preserve and develop traditional craft villages, in recent years, the local authorities have conducted preservation of four traditional crafts: brocade weaving, silver carving, blacksmithing, and carpentry to bring about economic and social efficiency for the development of provincial tourism...
Currently, the province of Lao Cai has formed the clear models of traditional villages. Cat Cat village has gradually builts brand with the forging and castibg products, textiles of linens of Hmong people. The famous alcohol villages have found their foothold in the market such as Pho village corn wine (Bac Ha), Xeo village wine (in Bat Xat commune)
The villages in the province have been associated with tourism spots and promote tourism development in the community, improving living standards of many fimilies through their home business, selling handicrafts, brocade products.
In the past, in the villages in Sa Pa, people mostly make their livibg in agricluture, forestry, but now thre have been many housrholds getting involved in tourism activities of the village.
With the aim of preserving its own definition for tourists to learn and explore. In particular, brocade weaving is dominant, serving the needs of families and tourists
Questions :
1 Which traditional crafts do the local aothorities need to preserve?
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2 What are Hmong people famous for?
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3 Do many families in the village improve their living standards through their home business?
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Exercise 2: Arrange the following words in the correct order.
1. What time do you/ Tay Ho village/ set off for/ tomorrow?
2. His earning / live on/ aren't/ enough to.
3. The government/ deal with/ traditional craft villages. /the preservation of/ must to
4. The banks a lot of/ have closed down/ over the last few years./ branches in villages
5. She was/ her busy schedule./ because of/ turned down/
X. Read the text then answer the questions.
HANOI, A CAPITAL OF TRADITIONAL CRAFTS
Hanoi has long been home to hundreds of craft villages. Over the years, many of the crafts have developed, while some have disappeared altogether.
The heart and soul of Hanoi’s vibrant old crafts are its craftsmen and women. One such couple are Nguyen Van Hoa and his wife Dang Huong Lan of Ba Dinh District’s Hang Than Street. They are among the few artisans still making elaborate cardboard masks in order to preserve the traditional culture.
Although the work itself requires many steps, the materials required are simple: newspapers,glue, paint and paintbrushes. The first step entails tearing the newspapers to pieces and then using glue to combine them into a mold. The masks are painted one color at a time and then laid out to dry. Cardboard mask making is therefore dependent on dry weather and the couple can only make about 2,000 masks per festival. These are priced from VND25.000 to VND35,000 a piece, bringing in VND50-60 million - a sum is not commensurate with the efforts that go into making these elaborate crafts.
Making swans out of cotton is also a traditional craft. Only artisan Vu Thi Thanh Tam of 79Hang Luoc Street in the capital makes these swans. The swan frames are made of notebook paper and are stuffed with cotton, then a skillful artisan puts each layer of cotton on the swan frames and uses rice water to smooth them. The swan neck is made of steel wire and is covered by cotton. The finished product is placed in a rattan basket with cotton around and glass-beads and silk flowers are added for color.
The continuity of traditional crafts adds to the capital’s attractiveness in the eyes of citizens and international visitors.
1. Who plays role as the heart and soul of Hanoi’s crafts?
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2. Which traditional craft do Mr. Hoa and his wife preserve?
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3. How many materials are there to make that craft? What are they?
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4. Which kind of weather does the craft making process depend on?
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5. What are the swan frames made of?
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6. What does the artisan use to smooth the frames?
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7. What is added to color the finished product?
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Tìm lỗi sai và sửa lỗi
1. My neighbor usually looks up my dog when I am away on holiday.
2. Bat Trang is one of the more famous traditional craft villages of Ha Noi.
3. Yesterday it rains heavily, so we couldn't play football.
4. Vera got used to speak Japanese when she worked in Tokyo.
5. In my opinion, the Internet is a very fast and conveniently way to get information.
Write a short paragraph about traditional craft villages (60-200 words)
IV. Reading
1 Read the passage and fill in each gap with ONE suitable word from the list
probably - region - because - villages - likely - cities
I like city life because of the diversity of things you can do. For example, you are more (1)____ find better jobs in metropolitan (2)___. So, if you're a city dweller you don't have to go another (3)____ to find work. You'll be able to earn money without leaving your family behind. This is (4)___ the biggest reason why I will never give up livibg in the city