II. Read the text carefully, then do the tasks below.
The Muong are among the ethnic minority groups that have big populations in Vietnam. The
Muong share an estimate of 1.3 million people from their six sub-groups, such as Mol, Mual, Moi,
Moi Bi, Au Ta and Ao Ta. They are largely concentrated in the provinces of Hoa Binh and Thanh
Hoa particularly in mountainous districts. Theirlanguage belongs to the Viet-Muong group and
they hold many ceremonies year round.
The Muong have practiced farming for a long time and wet rice is their main food staple. Most
of their family’s other income is generated through the exploitation of forest products including
mushrooms, dried fungus, ammonium, and sticklac. The men are known for basketry as women
are skilled in silk spinning and loom weaving.
The Muong have diverse folk arts including folk songs and poems, sorcerer’s worshiping
songs, tales, proverbs, lullabies, and riddle songs. The gong is the most popular musical instrument
along with the flute, the two-string violin, the drum, and the panpipe.
A. Decide whether the following statements are true (T) or false (F).
1. The Muong is one of the largest ethnic minorities in Vietnam.
2. The Muong are also called Mol, Mual, Moi, Mol Bi, Au Ta and Ao Ta.
3. The Muong don’t have their own language, so they speak Vietnamese.
4. The Muong live mainly on forest products, such as mushrooms and dried fungus.
5. Muong women are very good at making baskets and loom weaving.
6. The Muong have a rich treasure of folk arts.
B. Answer the questions.
1. What is the population of the Muong?
_____________________________________________________________________
2. Where do the Muong mostly live?
_____________________________________________________________________
3. What is the main food product of the Muong?
_____________________________________________________________________

I. Fill in each gap with a word from the box.

including

display

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Vietnam Museum of Ethnology in Hanoi offers an insight into the 54 different (1)______
groups of Vietnam in an effort to preserve cultural heritage and promotesocio-cultural
(2)_________ within the country.
The museum has over 15,000 artefacts (3)________ photographs and othermulti-media such
as audiotapes. Its indoor exhibition space can be (4)________ viaa virtual tour (5)________
includes the Viet, Muong, Tho, Chut, Tay, Thai, Ka Dai,H’Mong-Dao, Tang, San Dui, Ngai,
Mon-Khmer, Nam-Dao, Cham, Hoa and Khmerethnic groups. There are priceless antiques on
(6)_________ alongside everydayobjects such as pipes, baskets and knives.
The outdoor area presents a range of traditional (7)________ including a laystilt house and a
Viet house. The museum is suitable for children, and all documents and display signs (8)______
have been translated into French and English.

II. Complete the dialogue with the appropriate phrases or sentences (A - J).

A.Exactly.
B.Yes. But they also live in earthen houses, and half stilt-half earth houses.
C.They mostly live in the northern provinces.
D.Let’s go.
E. Hi, Thao! I’m reading about Nung people.
F.It’s growing wet rice.
G.OK, thanks. Look at this note and ask me about this ethnic group.
H.A lot. And I must learn by heart.
I. They celebrate many festivals in a year, but “Lung Tung" is the most famous one.
J.About 1 million people.

Thao: Hi, Phong! What are you reading?
Phong:(1) ____________________________________________________________________
Thao: Oh, I see. You’ll give a lecture on ethnic minorities, won’t you?
Phong:(2) ____________________________________________________________________
Thao: What have you learned so far?
Phong:(3) ____________________________________________________________________
Thao: Let me help you to revise it.
Phong:(4) ____________________________________________________________________
Thao: Well, where do the Nung live?
Phong:(5) ____________________________________________________________________
Thao: What is the population of the Nung?
Phong:(6) ____________________________________________________________________
Thao: Do they live in stilt houses?
Phong:(7) ____________________________________________________________________
Thao: What is their main source of living?
Phong:(8) ____________________________________________________________________
Thao: How many festivals do they have in a year?
Phong:(9) ____________________________________________________________________
Thao: All correct! You did study hard. Take a rest. Let’s go out for a drink.
Phong:(10) ___________________________________________________________________

I. Make questions for the underlined words.
1. A: _____________________________________________________________________
B: We’d like to know something about the cultural groups of Vietnam.
2. A: _____________________________________________________________________
B: The Tay don’t allow guests to sit in the room of their altar because that room is such a sacred
place.
3. A: _____________________________________________________________________
B: The Pu Peo farm on burned land and terraced fields.
4. A: _____________________________________________________________________
B: They dug canals to bring water to their rice fields.
5. A: _____________________________________________________________________
B: The Muong speak the Muong language.
6. A: _____________________________________________________________________
B: A typical La Chi stilt house has three apartments.

7. A: _____________________________________________________________________
B: Some ethnic groups lived a semi-nomadic life decades ago.
8. A: _____________________________________________________________________
B: Ako Dhong village was established by chief of village Ama H’rin.
9. A: _____________________________________________________________________
B: Most people in the village live simply and happily.
10. A: _____________________________________________________________________
B: The open air market is about 3 kilometres from our village.

X. Complete each sentence with an appropriate preposition.
1. Nick is curious ___________ the ethnic minority groups in Vietnam.
2. The Viet account ___________ about 86% of Vietnam’s population.
3. The M’Nong live in houses built ___________ stilts.
4. The Hmong live mostly ___________ the mountainous regions ___________ the north.
5. The M’Nong in Ban Don are well known _______ their elephant hunting and domestication.
6. Many ethnic minority students are studying ___________ boarding schools.
7. The Thai have a population ___________ about one and a half million people.
8. Tay language belongs ___________ the Tay-Thai language group.
9. The communal house is used ___________ village meetings and festivities.
10. The chapi is made ___________ a section of an old bamboo.