UNIT 1

A DAY IN THE LIFE OF...

LISTENING
WARM UP
Game: JUMBLED WORDS.

CCLOY CYCLO
RIEDV  DRIVE
TALLS DOFO  FOOD STALL
NSSEGERPA  PASSENGER
 PRE-LISTENING
1. WHO IS HE?
- He gets up very early
- He has got a cyclo.
- He usually has meals at a foot stall.
- He drives passengers to
everywhere they want.

HE IS A CYCLO DRIVER
 N E W
CYCLO
WORDS
PASSENGER DROP
COLLEGE PEDAL
PURCHASE DO SHOPPING
RIDE OFF PARK
FELLOW FOOD STALL
CHAT TAKE A SHORT REST
 DISCUSSION

Which do you prefer,

Have
When
Is it interesting
you
wasever
it? travelled
to
going by bicycle or bytravel
by cyclo?
cyclo? Give reason(s)?
LISTEN AND FILL IN THE
BLANK WITH THE MISSING
WORD
 1) Hello everyone, my name is Lam.
 2) I’m a cyclo ________ in Ho Chi
Minh driver
 3) I usually have a busy _______
day. working

4) I get up at ___________ in the
morning.
five thirty
 5) I start work at ________
six
 6) My first ___________
passenger is
usually an old man.
 7) I _________
take him from District
1 to District 5.
 8) After I drop him at a café near
Ho Chi Minh Teacher’s Training
_________
college
 9) I ________
pedal to Thai Binh
Market.
 10) My next passenger is a lady
who does ________
shopping there every
two days.
 11) I help her put all her
_________
purchases into the cyclo and then
take her to her shop in Tran
Hung Dao Street.
 12) At about ten thirty I
_________
ride off toward Nguyen Thi
Minh Khai School.
 13) There I park my cyclo, chat
with some of my ______
fellow and wait
for my _______
third passengers.
 14) They are two _______
school pupils,
a girl and a boy.
 15) I take them home.
 16) At twelve I have lunch at a
__________
food stall near Ben Thanh
Market.
 17) After lunch, I park my cyclo
under the tree, take a short
______
rest and then continue my
afternoon’s work.
Task 1:
Listen and number the pictures in their correct order

3 5 4

6 1 2
+ Task 2 : Listen again and decide whether the
statements are True or False
T F
1. Mr. Lam lives in District 1. 
2. Mr. Lam usually gets up early . 
3. After Mr. Lam gets up, he rides his

cyclo from District 5 to District 1.
4. Mr. Lam’s first passengers are two 
pupils.
5. Mr. Lam has lunch at home with his 
family.
6. After lunch Mr. Lam immediately goes 
back to work.
 Work in groups

Retell
Mr. Lam’s story
to the class