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Unit 16: Historical places Part A: Reading

Welcome to our class!. Unit 16: Historical places Part A: Reading. Warm up. Can you guess the name of these following historical places?. Van Mieu – Quoc Tu Giam. Hue Imperial City. One-pillar pagoda. Thong Nhat Conference Hall. What do you know about Van Mieu - Quoc Tu Giam?.

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Unit 16: Historical places Part A: Reading

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  1. Welcome to our class! Unit 16: Historical places Part A: Reading

  2. Warm up Can you guess the name of these following historical places?

  3. Van Mieu – Quoc Tu Giam Hue Imperial City One-pillar pagoda Thong Nhat Conference Hall

  4. What do you know about Van Mieu - Quoc Tu Giam?

  5. Vocabulary and expressions: • Engrave /ɪnˈgreɪv/ (v): to cut words or design on a hard surface. • flourish /ˈflʌr.ɪʃ/ (v): to develop in a successful way Ex: His business is flourishing and he earns a lot of money.

  6. Banyan tree(n) /ˈbænjən/

  7. Originally /əˈrɪdʒɪnəli/ (adv): first of all Representative /ˌreprɪˈzentətɪv/ (a): typical of, or the same as, others in a larger group of people or things

  8. Tortoise (n) /ˈtɔːtəs/

  9. Stone stele (n) stelae (plural)

  10.  Confucian/kənˈfjuʃn/ (a): (thuộc về) nhà nho • Confucius /kənˈfju:ʃəs/ (n): Khổng Tử • Scholar /ˈskɒlə(r)/ (n): a person who studies an academic subject deeply at the university. • Memorialize /məˈmɔːriəlaiz/ (v): tôn vinh, tưởng nhớ • Ex: We build this statue to memorialize the heroes in the war.

  11.  Vocabulary and expressions:

  12. Task 1 • Choose A, B or C that best suits the meaning of the italicised word: • Van Mieu was originally built in 1070 in the Ly dynasty. • beautifully • initially • finally

  13. 2. It is representative of Confucian ways of thought and behavior. • typical • fond • traditional 3. Van Mieu was a place to memorialize the most brilliant scholars of the nation. • ignore • gather • honor

  14. 4. The stone stelae were engraved with the names of the top students in royal examinations. • printed • carved • washed 5. The banyan trees in Van Mieu continue to flourish even now. • slow down • fall off • grow well

  15. Task 2 • Decide whether the following statements are true (T) or false (F)

  16. 1. The construction of Van Mieu took place between 1076 and 1779  in 1070 2. Quoc Tu Giam is considered to be the first university of Vietnam  3. Thousands of talented men were trained in Quoc Tu Giam from the 11th to the 19th century  18th 4. Van Mieu has now lost most of its traditional Vietnamese architecture. well-preserved  5. Festivals and examinations used to be held in Van Mieu – Quoc Tu Giam  6. Visitors can still see some trees which have been in Van Mieu for a long time. 

  17. Work in pairs: Complete the following chart use the information from the passage

  18. 1.Van Mieu was built in ______ 2. Van Mieu was the typical of __________ Confucian ways. Van Mieu- Quoc Tu Giam 3.Quoc Tu Giam was ______ of Vietnam. 4. Van Mieu was a place to _____ the talented men of the nation. 48 49 50 51 52 53 55 31 56 57 58 59 54 47 44 60 43 42 41 40 39 38 37 36 35 34 00 46 45 32 14 30 17 18 19 20 21 22 24 16 25 26 27 28 23 15 13 29 12 11 10 09 08 07 06 05 04 03 02 01 Time’s Up! 33 5.Van Mieu is a _____ traditional Vietnamese architecture.

  19. ANSWER: • 1070 • thought and behaviour • the first university • memorialize • well-preserved

  20. HOME WORK • Learn new words • Redo exercises in the textbook • Prepare part B: speaking

  21. FOR YOUR ATTENTION!!

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