English 8 unit 4 communication

Tuesday October 25th, 2016
Unit 4: OUR CUSTOMS AND TRADITIONS
Game: Word puzzle
* Key word:

1T 2A 3B 4L 5E 6
M 7A 8N 9N 10
E 11
R

1

R E S P EE C T

2
3

T R A D I
B
B O W L

4

M O N
N E Y

5

S M
M I

6

A
A N C E S T O R S

L

T

I O N

I N G


1./ You should _ respect
_ _ _ _ _ _old people.


2./ According to _ _ _tradition
_ _ _ _ _ _ you shouldn’t
sweep the floor on the first day of Tet.


3./ You should place the
chopsticks on bowl
top of the rice _ _ _
_ when finishing a meal.

4./ There is a custom of giving
children luckymoney
_ _ _ _ _ at Tet.


5./ We have the custom of
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ to accept a
smiling
compliment.


6./ It’s the custom for
Vietnamese to worship _ _ _ _ _
ancestors
____.


Tuesday October 25th, 2016
Unit 4: OUR CUSTOMS AND TRADITIONS
Lesson 4: COMMUNICATION
• Vocabulary:

prong

(n)

mat

(n)

cutlery

(n)

tray

(n)

palm

(n)

- host (n)
- hostess (n)


Tuesday October 25th, 2016
Unit 4: OUR CUSTOMS AND TRADITIONS
Lesson 4: COMMUNICATION

• Checking:

1

2

cutlery

3

mat
5

4

prong

palm

tray


Tuesday October 25th, 2016
Unit 4: OUR CUSTOMS AND TRADITIONS
Lesson 4: COMMUNICATION

1. Look at the pictures below. In pairs, discuss the
differences between them.

In the first picture, ...

In the second picture, ...


Tuesday October 25th, 2016
Unit 4: OUR CUSTOMS AND TRADITIONS
Lesson 4: COMMUNICATION

2.
following

sentences
about table manners
in
3./Read
Now the
listen
to Nick
giving a presentation
on table
manners
and check
Britain.
WorkininBritain
pairs. Write
T (true)your
of F answer.
(false).
1. The knife is held in the right
left hand and the fork is
left hand.
held in the right
2. You shouldn’t point prongs of the fork upwards
during the meal.
don’t
3. People use the same cutlery to eat the main course
and the dessert.
4. When the meal is finished, you should place the
knife and fork on the plate.
5. You can’
can use your fork to take more food from the

t dish.
serving
hand to cut the bread.
6. You should use your knife
s
after the host starts
7. Guests should start eating
before
eating.
8. You should ask someone to pass you a dish.

T

F

 F
 T
 F
 T
F
 F
 F
 T


Tuesday October 25th, 2016
Unit 4: OUR CUSTOMS AND TRADITIONS
Lesson 4: COMMUNICATION

4. Work in pairs. Discuss if you follow these table manners in

your family. Are there other table manners you follow?

1.
2.
3.
4.

We sit around a tray on a mat to have meals.
We use rice bowls and chopsticks.
When chewing food, we shouldn’t talk.
The host/ hostess invites everybody to start
eating.
5. The host/ hostess offers to serve the food for
the guests.
6. When we have finished eating, we place our
chopsticks on top of our rice bowl


Tuesday October 25th, 2016
Unit 4: OUR CUSTOMS AND TRADITIONS
Lesson 4: COMMUNICATION

5. There is a Bristish exchange student in your class. You
invite her to dinner at your home.
You are Minh. You invite your
Bristish friend to come for dinner.
She asks a lot of questions about
Vietnamess table manners.

You are Jessica from Britain. You

want to learn about Vietnamese
table manners so you can feel
comfortable at dinner. You compare
these with British table manners.


Tuesday October 25th, 2016
Unit 4: OUR CUSTOMS AND TRADITIONS
Lesson 4: COMMUNICATION

5. There is a Bristish exchange student in your class. You
invite her to dinner at your home.

Start the role-play like this:
Minh: Hey Jessica! My family would like to invite you to dinner.
Jessica: Oh, that’s nice but...I don’t know anything about
Vietnamese table manners.
Minh: Well, what do you want to know?
Jessica:Well, do you eat around the dinner table like in Britain?
Minh: No, actually we sit on a mat with the food in the middle.
Jessica: You’re kidding!
Minh: ...



Tuesday October 25th, 2016
Unit 4: OUR CUSTOMS AND TRADITIONS
Lesson 4: COMMUNICATION

Homework

• Learn by heart the lesson.
• Do the exercises again at home.
• Write 5 Vietnamese table manners
that you follow.
• Prepare Skills 1 of Unit 4


Goodbye – See you again.