Unit 1. A day in the life of

UNIT 1:

A DAY IN THE LIFE OF …
A. READING

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Vocabulary


Select translation of “ goes of” in “the alarms goes of”

Does hygiene

Waits for the bus

Goes of = Rings
Has breakfast

rings


Select translation of “ to get ready” in “It takes me 45 minutes to get ready”
To prepare

To sleep

To get ready = to prepare

To eat

To walk


Select translation of “ chat ” in “We chat about our work”

Read a book

Listen to music

Chat = talk in a friendly
sleep

way

Talk in a friendly way


Select translation of “contented with ” in “We are contented with what we do”
Satisfied with

Disappointed with

Contented with = satisfied with

angry

sad

Rearrange (1, 2, 3, …) the events of Mr. Vy’s activities in a typical day

1. Pump water into his plot of land
2. Harrow his plot of land
3. Have dinner
4. Take a short rest after lunch
5. Have a quick breakfast
6. Watch TV
7. See and chat with neighbors
8. Lead the buffalo to the field

5. Have a quick breakfast
8. Lead the buffalo to the field
2. Harrow his plot of land
4. Take a short rest after lunch
1. Pump water into his plot of land
3. Have dinner
6. Watch TV
7. See and chat with neighbors


Answer the questions
1. What does mr. Vy do? (what is his job?)

He is a farmer / a peasant

2. What time does he get up?

At 4:30 a.m.

3. What time does he leave the house?

At 5:15 a.m.

4. What does he do after arriving in the field?

6. What time in the afternoon is he back to work?

7. What does he do in the field in the afternoon?

8. What do they think about their life?

Ploughs & harrow his plot of land

At 2:30 p.m.

Pumps water into his plot of land
They are contented with what they do / They love working and they love their
children


Match the VERB with its suitable NOUN / VERB PHRASES

1. To boil

a. The school

1.

f

2. Lead …to

b. His work / working

2.

h

3. Arrive in

c. Their family

3.

a

4. Have

d. To study

4.

g

5. Finish

e. A rest

5.

b

6. Love

f. water

6.

c

7. Watch

g. A meal

7.

j

8. Take

h. someone

8.

e

9. Continue

i. My house

9.

d

10. Leave

j. TV

10.

i


Fill in the blanks with suitable words / phrases from the text

peasants
Mr. Vy and Mrs. Tuyet are 1.___________. They have to work
in 2. _________ with the help of their 3.___________. Mr. the
Vy field
4. ____________ at a quarter
bufalo
past five, then he starts 5. ______________
his plot of land.

leave the house

plough and
In the afternoon,
theyharrow

go to the field again. Mrs. Tuyet does 6._____________ while Mr. Vy pumps water into their land. Their work 7.___________ at 6 p.m.

After dinner, they 8.__________ or 9.___________________, and then they go to bed 10. ______________.
is finished

They are 11. _____________ what they do.
watch TV

chat with their neighbors
contented with

the transplanting

at about 10 p.m.