Unit 04. Music and Arts. Lesson 5. Skills 1

English 7
Unit 4: Music and arts


Kiểm tra bài cũ
Ex1. Fill each blank with a word from the box to complete the sentences.

comedian
opera
talking
poet

1. Her hobbies are _______________ photographs and collecting coins.
2. A funny man or woman in a film is a _______________.
3. A person who writes pomes is called a _______________.
4. Viet Nam has some kinds of traditional _______________ such sa ‘Cheo’ or ‘Cai luong’.


Kiểm tra bài cũ
Ex2. Use the words / phrases below to write complete sentences.

1. My friends / enjoy / the Children’s Painting Exhibition / I / too.
⇒
⇒

My friends enjoy the Children’s Painting Exhibition, and I do too.
My friends enjoyed the Children’s Painting Exhibition, and I did too.

2. performance / she / give / last night / marvellous.
⇒

The performance she gave last night was marvellous.
3. Each / my three sisters / be / very different / the others.

⇒

Each of my three sisters is very different from the others.
4. painting / he / make / recently / much / same / old one.

The painting he made recently is much the same as the old one.
5. the children / rehearse / play / school / celebration / moment.
⇒ At the moment, the children are rehearsing the play for

⇒

the school celebration.


English 7
Unit 4: Music and arts
Skills 1


SKILLS 1

Reading
Before reading, dicuss the questions below with a partner.
- What kinds of traditional Vietnamese performance do you know about?
- Do you know about water puppetry? Have you been to a water puppet show? If yet, did you like it?
Why / Why not?

Cải lương


Chèo

7

7


Hát ca trù
(Hát ả đào)


Hát then


Hát xoan


Tuồng


Quan họ
Bắc Ninh


Water puppetry

Reading
* Vocabulary
Water puppetry (n): nghệ thuật múa rối nước
Puppeteer (n):
Perform (n):

người điều khiển con rối
biểu diễn

Support (v):

giúp đỡ, trống đỡ

String (n):

sợi dây

Control (v):

điều khiển

Theme (n):

chủ đề

Rural (adj):

thuộc nông thôn

Ex1. Find the words in the
text which mean:
1. special or different
=

unique

2. stared
=

began

3. showed or presented
=

performance

4. from the countryside
=

rural

5. events or celebrations

WATER PUPPETRY
Have you ever seen a water puppet show ? It is so special
and fantastic. It’s a unique Vietnamese tradition. Children
love the performance, and tourists who come to Viet Nam

greatly enjoy this kinds of art.
Water puppetry is a traditional art form. It began in the
11

th

century. It originated in the villages of the Red River

Delta of North Viet Nam. The show is performed in a pool.
The puppets are supported by strings under the water and
controlled by the puppeteers behind a screen, so they
appear to be moving on the water. The puppets are made of
wood and then painted.
The themes of the puppet shows are rural: the
performances shows everyday life in the
countryside and folk tales. There are stories

=

fantastic

about rice farming, fishing and Vietnamese


Ex2. Answer the following questions
1. When did water puppetry begin?
 It began in the 11

th

century

2. Where does a water puppet show take place?
 It takes place in a pool
3. Who are the puppets controlled by?
 They are controlled by puppeteers
4. What are the puppets made of?
 They are made of wood
5. What are water puppet shows normally about?

 They are about everyday life in the countryside and
about folk tales


SKILLS 1

Reading
Speaking


Ex3. Match the types of music in A with the adjectives to describe
them in B
A

B

1.

pop music

a.a. old, emotional

2.

folk music

b.b. lively, exciting

3.

rock and roll

c.c. quick

4.

hip – hop / rap

d.d. sad, melodic

5.

blues

e.e. popular, pleasant

1 - _____

2 - _____

3 - _____

4 - _____

5 - _____


HOMEWORK

1
Learn
the new
words

2
Practice
reading
again

3
Do all the
exercises
again

4
5
Do exercises 4
(page 30/
workbook)

Prepare:
Skill 2