Unit 4: Our Customs and Traditions (Communication)

I. Vocabulary:
- prong(n): đầu dĩa (phần có răng)
- ‘cutlery(n): bộ đồ ăn (dao, dĩa, thìa)
- tray(n): mâm
- palm(n): lòng bàn tay
- mat(n): chiếu
- host / ‘hostess(n): chủ nhà
 Match the words with the correct pictures
mat palm tray cutlery prongs host/hostess

A B C

D E F
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II. Practice:
1) Look at the pictures. In pairs, discuss the differences between
them.
Unit 4: Our Customs and Traditions (Communication)
1) Look at the pictures and show the differences between them.
1. What are they doing?
They are having meals.
2. In the first picture, what things do
they use for eating?
They use rice bowls, chopsticks, a tray
and they are sitting on a mat.
3. What the main food do they eat?
The main food are rice, soup, meat,
4. Insauce
fish the second picture, what are the
and vegetables.
things used for eating?
They use knives, forks, and spoons and they
are sitting a round a table.
5. What’s the main food to eat?
The main food are bread, cheese,
vegetables, some drinks….
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2. Read the following sentences about table manners in
Britain. Work in pairs. Write T (true) or F (false). T/ F
1.The knife is held in the left hand and the fork is held in
the right hand.
2.You shouldn't point the prongs of the fork up­wards
during the meal.
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 use your fork to take more food from the
serving dish.
6.You should use your knife to cut the bread.
7.Guests should start eating before the host starts eating.
8.You should ask someone to pass you a dish.
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3. Now listen to
Nick giving a
presentation on
table manners in
Britain and check
your answers.
3. Listen to Nick giving presentation on table manners in
Britain and check your answer T/F
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and the
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the right hand.
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T
wards during the meal.
3. There
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alsothe same cutlery
a spoon to eat
and a fork forthe main
dessert. F
course and the dessert.
4. When the meal is finished, you should place T
the knife and fork on the plate.
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until the hosthost starts eating.
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8. You should ask someone to pass you a dish. T
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4. Work in pairs. Discuss if you follow these table manners
in your family.
- What is your family table manner?
1. We sit around a tray on a mat to have meal.
2. We use rice bowls and chopsticks.
3. When chewing food, we shouldn’t talk.
4. 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 the top of rice bowl.
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* Practice in pairs to answer the questions
1. Do you sit around a tray on a mat to have meal?
2. Do you use rice bowls and chopsticks?
3. Should you talk when chewing food?
4. Does the host/hostess invite everybody to start
eating?
5. Does the host/ hostess offer to serve the food for
the guests?
6.What do we do when we finish eating?
- Are there other table manners you follow?
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In Britain
1. Do they sit around a tray on a mat to have meal?
2. Do they use rice bowls and chopsticks?
3.What do they use for eating?
4. Should they talk when chewing food?
5. Does the host/hostess invite everybody to start
eating?
6. Does the host/ hostess offer to serve the food for
the guests?
7 What do they do when they finish eating?
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III. Further Practice:
5. There is a British exchange student in your class. You
invite her to dinner at your home. Play the following
roles.
You are Minh. You invite
your British friend to
come for dinner. She asks
a lot of questions about You are Jessica from Britain.
Vietnamese table manners. You want to learn about
Vietnamese table manners, so
you can feel comfortable at
dinner. You compare these
with British table manners.
 5. 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 dining table like in Britain?
Minh: No, actually we sit on a mat with the food in the middle.
Jessica: You’re kidding!
British table manner Vietnamese table manner
eat around the dining table . sit on a mat with the food in the
middle.
-use cutlery to eat most of the - use rice bowls and chopsticks.
-food.
- place the knife and the folk on - place the chopsticks on top of the
the plate. rice bowls
- have bread, butter and milk. - have rice , meat and vegetables.
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Unit 4: Our Customs and Traditions (Communication)
Writing:
-Write the table manners of
Vietnamese people:
According to tradition, Vietnamese
sit on the mat on the floor to have
meal. They ...
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Unit 4: Our Customs and Traditions (Communication)

* Homework:
- Learn vocabulary by heart and
rewrite them in sentences.
- Redo the exercise in your notebook.
- Prepare for a closer look 1