UNIT 1:
Skills 2:
Audio script: In this week’s programme we’ll share with you some cool ways to hang out with your best friends after a busy week at school. Basically you can hang out indoors or outdoors. If you like staying indoors, ask your parents if you can invite one or two friends over. Make some popcorn! Watch a movie! It’s more comfortable than going to a cinema! Or if you’re feeling creative, you can make crafts together. You’ll feel satisfied once you finish something. If you fancy being outdoors, play some sports together. Football, badminton, biking… you name it! Or it can simply be a relaxing walk in the park. All these activities are good for your physical health. Do you prefer something more exciting? Go downtown and do some people watching. It’s fun. If you like something more organised, go to cultural centers, libraries, and museums. Educate yourself while having fun!
UNIT 2:
Skills 2:
Audio script:I live in a mountain village. My parents often tell me stories about their life in the past. It’s not much like the village I can see nowadays. Some villagers now live in brick houses instead of earthen ones. Our houses are better equipped with electric fans and TVs. Thanks to the TV, we now know more about life outside our village. We don’t use oil lamps any more. We have electric lights which are much brighter. More villagers are using motorcycles for transport instead of riding a horse or walking. We – village children – no longer have to walk a long way and cross a stream to get to school, which is dangerous in the rainy season. Now there’s a new school nearby. We also have more visitors from the city. They come to experience our way of life.
UNIT 3:
Skills 2:
Audio script: Five- colored sticky rice is an important traditional dish of many ethnic minorities in the northern mountainous 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 fi re, 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.
REVIEW (1&2&3):
Audio script:LIFE IN THE ENGLISH COUNTRYSIDE
According to a recent survey by Country Life magazine, about 80 percent of Britain’s population dream of living in the countryside. In fact the countryside of England today shows the wealth of landowners and those who can afford to escape the busy and noisy city life. English village communities are often small and close. They are warm and usually welcoming. Maggie, who lives in North Yorkshire, says: ‘Village life is wonderful and safe for the kids. There is a great sense of community here. It is more relaxing and you can’t tell who has money and who doesn’t’. People in the English countryside use private transport more, and the environment hasn’t been spoilt much.
UNIT 4:
Communication:
Audio script: In the UK we eat around the dining table. We follow lots of table manners. Firstly, we use cutlery – you know, knives, forks and spoons – to eat most of the food. We hold the fork in the left hand and the knife in the right. You should hold the handle of the knife in your palm and your fork in the other hand with the prongs pointing downwards. There is also a spoon and a fork for dessert. When you fi nish eating, you should place your knife and fork with the prongs upwards on your plate. Secondly, you should never use your own cutlery to take more food from the serving dish – use the serving spoon. Now if there’s bread on the table, you can use your hands to take a piece. Then break off a small piece of bread and butter it. Thirdly, if you are a guest, you have to wait until the host or hostess starts eating and you should ask another person to pass the food. Next, never chew with your mouth open and don’t talk with food in your mouth…
Skills 2:
Audio script:Today I’m going to tell you about the xoe dance, a traditional dance of the Thai ethnic group in Viet Nam. Thai people have followed this spiritual tradition for generations. The xoe dance expresses people’s working life and wishes for a happy and wealthy life. It is performed in both public and private gatherings such as celebrations, festivals or family reunions. The xoe dance has more than 30 forms based on the fi rst six ancient forms. The most popular form is the xoevong or ‘circle dance’ because it expresses social unity. People, young or old alike, join hands to make a circle around the