Unit 3 grade 8: Peoples Of Vietnam – Skills 2

1. Listening

1.1. Task 1 Unit 3 Grade 8

Answer the questions. (Pay LHey questions.)

first. Do you like sticky rice?

2. When do we have sticky rice?

Guide to answer

first. Yes.

2. On the Tet holiday.

1.2. Task 2 Unit 3 Grade 8

Listen to the passage and tick ( ✓) true (T) or false (F). (Listen to the passage and choose true (T) or false (F).)

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Statements

first. Five-colored sticky rice is a traditional dish.

2. Five-colored sticky rice is made with chemicals.

3. The colors represent the elements of life.

4. These elements create harmony between people.

5. This rice is only made when there are guests.

Guide to answer

1 T

2. F (The things that create the colors are not chemicals but natural roots and leaves.)

3 T

4. F (People believe that these five elements create harmony between heaven and earth)

5. F (Five-colored sticky rice is usually made and enjoyed at Tet, in festivals and ceremonies, on special occasions, and whenever the family has guests.)

Translation

first. Five-color sticky rice is a traditional dish.

2. Five-color sticky rice is made with chemicals.

3. The colors represent the elements of life.

4. These factors create harmony between people

5. This sticky rice is only made when guests come to visit.

1.3. Task 3 Unit 3 Grade 8

Listen again and complete the sentences. (Listen again and complete the sentences)

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Guide to answer

first. Five-colored sticky rice is made by ethnic minority in the northern lucky region

(Five-color sticky rice is made by ethnic minorities in the northern mountainous area.)

2. The dish has five colors: red, yellow, green, purple/black and white.

(The dish has 5 colors: red, yellow, green, purple and white.)

3. It is made using naturaroots and leaves.

(It is made using natural roots and leaves.)

4. The green color symbolises plants.

(The green color represents the tree.)

5. Five-colored sticky rice is made on special occasions, for festivals and Ceremonies.

(5-color sticky rice is made on special occasions, for festivals and holidays.)

Audio scripts:

Five-colored sticky is an traditional dish of many ethnic minorities in the northern rice regions. People call the dish five-colored sticky rice because it has five colors: red, yellow, green, purple and white. The things that create the colors are not chemicals but natural roots and leaves. The five colors of the dish represent five elements of life according to Vietnamese beliefs: yellow is earth, red is fire, green is plants, white is metal, and purple or black is water. People believe that these five elements create harmony between heaven and earth. Five-colored sticky rice is usually made and enjoyed at Tet, in festivals and ceremonies, on special occasions, and whenever the family has guests.

Translate Script:

Five-color sticky rice is an important traditional dish of many ethnic minorities in the northern mountainous region. People order five-color sticky rice because it comes in five colors: red, yellow, green, purple, and white. What gives color is not chemicals but natural plant roots and leaves. The five colors of the dish represent the five elements of life according to Vietnamese beliefs: yellow is earth, red is fire, green is trees, white is metal, and purple or black is country. People believe that these five elements create harmony between heaven and earth. Five-color sticky rice is often made and enjoyed during Tet, during festivals and ceremonies, on special occasions, and whenever the family has guests.

2. Writing

2.1. Task 4 Unit 3 Grade 8

Read the notes on how to make yellow sticky rice. (Read the notes on how to make yellow sticky rice.)

Ingredients:

+ Stick rice: 500g

+ Turmeric: three tbsp extract

+ Shredded coconut: one cup

+ Salt: 1/4 tsp

Notes:

1. Soak sticky rice – water – five hours +

2. Rinse rice – drain

3. Mix well w/ turmeric extract, wait – 10 mins.

4. Add coconut + salt – mix well

5. Steam – 30 mins – check cooked

6. Serve

Translation:

Ingredient:

+ Sticky rice: 500g

+ Turmeric: 3 tablespoons full

+ Grated coconut: one cup

+ Salt: 1/4 tbsp

Note:

1. Soak sticky rice with water for more than 5 hours

2. Wash glutinous rice – squeeze dry

3. Mix well with turmeric essence, wait 10 minutes.

4. Add coconut and salt, mix well

5. Cook for 30 minutes – check doneness

6. Clean up the plate

2.2. Task 5 Unit 3 Grade 8

Change the notes into cooking steps to show a foreign visitor how to make yellow sticky rice. (Change to cooking steps to show foreign guests how to make yellow sticky rice.)

Organizing your ideas

Introducing your dish

This is a very easy dish to make

Try this delicious recipe

Signposting the cooking steps

First, Then, Next, After that, Finally

Once the (rice is rinsed), (add) the (salt)

Giving advice

Remember to…

Don’t forget to…

Try to…

Concluding

Serve this dish with…

This dish is delicious with…

Guide to answer

This delicious dish is very easy to make.

First, you need to soak sticky rice with water in more than 5 hours.

Then you rinse the rice and drain it.

Once the rice is rinsed, remember to mix well with turmeric extract and wait for about ten minutes.

Don’t forget to add coconut and salt, then mix well the mixture well.

Finally, steam for 30 minutes and remember to check and see if it’s cooked.

Serve this with salted shredded meat. It’s better to serve it hot.

Translation:

This delicacy is very easy to make.

First, you need to soak glutinous rice with water for more than 5 hours.

Then you wash the rice and let it dry.

After the rice is washed, remember to mix it well with the turmeric extract and wait for about ten minutes.

Don’t forget to add the coconut and salt, then mix well.

Finally steam for 30 minutes and remember to check if it’s cooked.

Serve this dish with pork belly. It is better to serve hot.

3. Practice Task 1

Choose the letter A, B, C or D to complete the sentences with given words

Question 1: Many/ ethnic minority/ students/ have/ travel/ long way/ get/ school.

A. Many ethnic minority students have to travel a long way to get to school.

B. Many ethnic minority students have to travel long way to get to school.

C. Many ethnic minority students have traveling a long way to get to school.

D. Many ethnic minority students have traveling long way to get to school.

Question 2: How much/ dish/ five-colored/ sticky rice?

A. How much are dish of five-colored sticky rice?

B. How much are a dish of five-colored sticky rice?

C. How much is a dish of five-colored sticky rice?

D. How much is dish of five-colored sticky rice?

4. Practice Task 2

Rearrange the sentences to make meaningful sentences

Question 1: The/ live/ cultivation/ ethnic minority/ on/ people/ terraced fields/ on.

A. The ethnic minority people live on cultivation on terraced fields.

B. The ethnic minority cultivation on fields people live on terraced.

C. The ethnic live on minority people terraced fields cultivation on.

D. The ethnic minority people live on terraced fields cultivation on.

Question 2: ceremony/ altar/ of/ in front/ The/ the/ starts/ ancestor/ wedding.

A. The wedding in front ceremony starts of the ancestor altar.

B. The wedding ceremony starts in front the ancestor of altar.

C. The ceremony starts wedding in front of the ancestor altar.

D. The wedding ceremony starts in front of the ancestor altar.

5. Conclusion

Through this lesson, in addition to practicing listening skills, students need to memorize how to write a paragraph on how to make yellow sticky rice; Also memorize the following words:

• sticky rice /ˈstɪki/ /raɪs/ sticky rice
• five – colored sticky rice /faɪv/ – /ˈkʌləd/ /ˈstɪki/ /raɪs/ five-colored sticky rice
• chemical /ˈkemɪkl/ chemical
• represent /ˌreprɪˈzent/ represent
• element /ˈelɪmənt/ element
• harmony /ˈhɑːməni/ harmony, peace
• symbolize /ˈsɪmbəlaɪz/ symbol
• ceremony /ˈserəməni/ ceremony, ceremony