Mr. Vy and Mrs. Tuyet describe their daily routines as peasant farmers in Vietnam. Mr. Vy wakes up at 4:30 AM to boil water for tea and have a quick breakfast before working in the fields from 5:30 AM until 10:30 AM, taking a short rest at 8 AM. After lunch, he rests for an hour. Mrs. Tuyet and her husband go back to the fields at 2:30 PM to repair banks and transplant crops, working for two hours before resting. They finish work at 6 PM and have dinner at 7 PM before watching TV and going to bed at 10 PM. Both are satisfied with their occupations as farmers and love working and their children, despite it being a

1. Unit 1. A DAY IN THE LIFE
OF…
A. READING

2. BEFORE YOU READ
Daily routine
Look at these pictures and talk about them.

3. VOCABULARY
English words Part of
speec
h
Pronunciation Vietnamese meaning
1. routine n /ruːˈtiːn/ Thói quen hằng ngày
2. alarm n /əˈlɑːm/ Sự báo thức
3. plough v /plaʊ/ Cày
4. harrow v /ˈhærəʊ/ Bừa
5. peasant =
farmer
n /ˈpeznt/ Nông dân
6. pump v /pʌmp/ Bơm
7. transplant v /trænsˈplɑːnt/ Cấy
8. occupation=job n /ˌɒkjuˈpeɪʃn/ Nghề nghiệp

4. STRUCTURES AND EXPRESSIONS
 Get ready = prepare:
 A cup of tea:
 Plot of land:
 Take a short rest:
 Local tobacco:
 To be contented with = to be satisfied
with:
 It takes/took sb (time) to do sth
E.g. It takes me ten minutes to go to work.
chuẩn bị
hài lòng với...

5. WHILE YOU READ
 Listen and read along the text below.
Mr. Vy: The alarm goes off at 4:30. I get up and go down to the kitchen to
boil some water for my morning tea. I drink several cups of tea, have a
quick breakfast and then lead the buffalo to the field. It takes me 45 minutes
to get ready. I leave the house at a quarter past five and arrive in the field at
exactly 5:30. I plough and harrow my plot of land and at a quarter to eight I
take a short rest. During my break I often drink tea with my fellow peasants
and smoke local tobacco. I continue to work from a quarter past eight till
10:30. Then I go home, take a short rest and have lunch with my family at
11:30. After lunch, I usually take an hour's rest.
Mrs. Tuyet: At 2:30 in the afternoon we go to the field again. We repair the
banks of our plot of land. Then my husband pumps water into it while I do
the transplanting. We work for about two hours before we take a rest. We
finish our work at 6 p.m. We have dinner at about 7 p.m., then we watch
TV and go to bed at about 10 p.m. Sometimes we go and see our
neighbours for a cup of tea. We chat about our work, our children and our
plans for the next crop. Although it’s a long day for us, we are contented
with what we do. We love working and we love our children.

6. Task 1:Choose the best answer.
1. The alarm goes off at 4:30.
A. goes wrong B. goes away C. rings
2. It takes me 45 minutes to get ready.
A. to go B. to wake up C. to prepare
3. We chat about our work.
A. talk in a friendly way B. learn C. discuss
4. We are contented with what we do.
A. satisfied with B. disappointed with C. interested in

7. Task 2. Put a tick in the right
column.
Work Mr. Vy Mrs. Tuyet
Leads the buffalo to the
field
Does the transplanting
Ploughs and harrows the
land
Pumps water
Repairs the banks
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8. AFTER YOU READ