Bài giảng môn Tiếng anh Lớp 8 - Unit 2, Lesson 5: Skills 1

Nomadic life on the GoBi highlandsUnit 2: Life in the countrysidePeriod 12 - Lesson 5: Skills 1GerLều di độngDairy productSản phẩm từ sữaCattleGia súcPastureĐồng cỏNomadDân du mục1. Match the descriptions with the words/ phrases from the passage.Words/ PhrasesDescriptionsa gerdairy productscattlenomadic lifepasturesa life on the movea circular tent in which Mongolian nomads livegrasslandsmilk, butter, cheesecows, goats, buffaloes ...2. Quickly read the passage and choose the most suitable heading A, B, or C for each paragraph.1. ________________________________________We don’t live a normal life like many other people. We live a nomadic life. This means we move two or three times a year to look for new pastures - grasslands - for our cattle. The cattle provide most of our needs: dairy products, meat, and clothing.2. ______________________________________We live in a ger, our traditional circular tent. It keeps us cool in summer and warm in winter, even when the temperature drops to -50°C. It can be put up then taken down and transported.3. ______________________________________For most of the year, we are surrounded by vast pastures, rivers and mountains. We see few people from the outside world. When we are small, we play on our land and with the animals. The horse is our best friend. Any nomadic child can ride a horse. We learn from an early age to help in the family, from household chores to heavier work like herding the cattle. We also learn to be brave.A. Nomadic children’s livesB. The importance of cattle to the nomadsC. The nomads’ homeNOMADIC LIFE ON THE GOBI HIGHLANDSB. The importance of cattle to the nomads C. The nomads’ homeA. Nomadic children’s lives3. Read the passage again and choose the best answer A, B, C, or D.1. We live __________ other people.A. a different life toB. similarly toC. the same life asin exactly the same way as2. We have to move in order to __________.A. change our lifestyleB. look for better weatherC. look for food for our cattlebe closer to the city3. Our cattle can provide us with __________.A. most of our needsB. food onlyC. means of transport onlyanything we wantWe don’t live a normal life like many other people. This means we move two or three times a year to look for new pastures - grasslands - for our cattle. The cattle provide most of our needs: dairy products, meat, and clothing.4. When we move to a new place, we __________.A. have to make a new gerB. put up the gerC. buy a new gershare a ger with our neighbours5. Nomadic children __________.A. play the same games as other children in the worldB. use nature and their animals as playthingsC. do not like toysspend all their time helping with housework6. Mongolian children in the Gobi learn __________.A. to ride a goatB. to live in the mountainsC. to be generousD. to help with household choresIt can be put up then taken down and transported.It keeps us cool in summer and warm in summer.4. Work in pairs: Interview your partner to find out what he/ she likes/ doesn’t like about the life of the nomads.speakingExample:A: What do you like about their nomadic life?B: Well, the children learn to ride a horse.A: And what don’t you like about it?B: They can’t live permanently in one place.I like ..I don’t like Children play on vast pasturesChildren learn to ride a horseIt’s very hot in summer and very cold in winterThey have to move two or three times a year.rideput upherdcollectpicka horsea camela polea tentthe cattlethe buffaloeswaterhayappleswild flowers5a. Work in pairs. Discuss and find.- two things you like about life in the countryside- two things you don’t like about life in the countrysideI like ..I don’t like Because .5b. Report your findings to the class.Example:Both of us love picking fruit in the summer. It can be hard work but very satisfying.Picking fruit in the summer Hard work but satisfyingSwimming in the riverDangerousHOMEWORK Copy down & Learn by heart the new words. Be ready for SKILLS 2. Do exercises in workbook.