Content text 4. UNIT 4. ETHNIC GROUPS OF VIET NAM.docx
UNIT 4. ETHNIC GROUPS OF VIETNAM A. PHONETICS I. Underline the words having the sound /k/ or /g/. 1. She is of high cultural background. 2. They sat round with guitars, singing folk songs. 3. The plants grow wild along the banks of rivers. 4. She began a new career in the music business. 5. The extension of the garden will take several weeks. 6. The pasture is located on communal land. 7. The meat produced from a pig is called pork, bacon or ham. 8. He likes talking with his grandchildren when they have family gatherings. 9. Villagers herded the livestock to high ground to keep them safe during the floods. 10. The gongs are well-known for their value and regarded as a privileged language. II. Choose the word whose underlined port is pronounced differently from that of the others. 1. A. terrace B. staircase C. crop D. culture 2. A. gong B. general C. garden D. pig 3. A. costume B. ethnicity C. sticky D. folk 4. A. group B. gather C. village D. tiger 5. A. community B. music C. livestock D. cement B. VOCABULARY I. Unscramble the words based on the pictures. 1. oggn _________________ 2. staaseirc _________________ 3. estolivck _________________ 4. osstp _________________
5. mucoalmn useho _________________ 6. olfk ncdae _________________ 7. mnoriyit orgpu _________________ 8. enop irfe _________________ II. Fill in the blanks with the words in the box. gardening stilt houses fishing sticky rice terraced fields weaving bamboo flute rong house 1. ________________ are houses raised on piles over the surface of the soil or a body of water. 2. Made with different colours, ________________ is a beautiful dish of the Tay. 3. The Vietnamese ________________ can produce a range of sounds that are similar to a Western one. 4. ________________ is a technique for interlacing two or more strands of yarn, twine, or thin strips of material to make a fabric. 5. As soon as they reached the ________________ area, the fishermen cast their nets into the sea. 6. For Bahnar people, ________________ is considered as the heart of their village. 7. A hand cultivator tool is a ________________ tool that is used to turn the soil. 8. Having no flat land, ethnic people use hillsides to create ________________ which look like staircases. III. Choose the correct answer to complete the sentences. 1. Viet Nam has 54 ethnic communities, with Kinh people making up the ________________ of the total population. (majority/ minority) 2. Tourists can find breathtakingly beautiful terraced rice fields in the ________________ Vietnam. (Northern/ Southern)
3. Although their musical instrument looks ________________, it's hard for anyone to make one. (complicated/ simple) 4. Many ethnic kids can communicate fluently in body and ________________ language but they can’t write. (spoken/ written) 5. Thai girls often perform mua xoe - their ________________ dances in spring festivals. (modern/ traditional) 6. You can’t find terraced fields in the ________________ because the land is flat. (highlands/ deltas) 7. Most of Khmer people are farmers, and farming plays an ________________ role in their economy. (important/ insignificant) 8. Hunting and gathering are still some ethnic groups’ ________________ ways of living. (basic/ developed) IV. Choose the best answer to complete the sentences. 1. Hmong people’s clothes are __________ with different colours and patterns. A. special B. elegant C. simple D. diverse 2. The Cham developed their __________ dance that reflects their traditions and culture. A. folk B. modern C. public D. typical 3. Most ethnic peoples in Viet Nam basically live on __________. A. cutting wood B. fishing C. rice farming D. hunting 4. For Thai ethnic women, the shawl or khan pieu is an important part of their __________. A. ceremony B. custom C. folk dance D. costume 5. The o Du is not only a __________ ethnic group but also has the smallest number of people. A. minor B. poor C. modern D. rich 6. Hoa Ban __________ of the Thai is annually held on the fifth day of the second lunar month. A. Ceremony B. Festival C. Anniversary D. Celebration 7. The Viet have the largest number of people, and 53 others are called ‘ethnic __________’. A. cultural groups B. majority groups C. minority peoples D. local peoples 8. Most of the country’s population mainly inhabit in the deltas and __________ cities. A. secondary B. minor C. distant D. major 9. The Bahnar __________ is a special architecture that holds important events of their community. A. stilt house B. town house C. communal house D. cottage 10. The pattern on their dress is __________ because I can’t find it anywhere else.
A. diverse B. unique C. popular D. ethnic V. Write the correct form of the word in brackets. 1. The dancers leading the procession were in colourful and elaborate ______________. (costume) 2. Mu Cang Chai has drawn the attention of visitors with its striking ______________ fields. (terrace) 3. The tourists ____________ drank can wine in a jug, using a separate tube for each one. (communal) 4. Based on ______________ languages, ethnic minorities in Viet Nam are divided into 8 major groups. (speak) 5. They had some projects to promote Vietnamese cultural ______________ through cultural values. (diverse) 6. Despite suffering from modernization, Bac Ha market still retains its identity and ______________. (unique) 7. The Kinh ______________ represents a dominant 83 per cent of Vietnam’s population. (ethnic) 8. Each ethnic group in Viet Nam has its own customs, beliefs and ______________ practice. (farm) 9. Many of the ethnic groups are concentrated in the northern ______________ regions of Viet Nam. (mountain) 10. They’ve made benefits of scientific advances for the growth of poor and ______________ areas. (develop) C. GRAMMAR I. Write questions for the underlined parts. 1. I want to visit the Museum of Ethnology on the weekend. __________________________________________________________________________________ 2. The Muong is famous for their traditional songs and folk dances. __________________________________________________________________________________ 3. Hoa people mostly live in Ho Chi Minh City. __________________________________________________________________________________ 4. They celebrate Lim Festival with traditional music performances. __________________________________________________________________________________ 5. The architect Ha Due Linh designed the exhibition building of the Museum of Ethnology. __________________________________________________________________________________ 6. There are 54 ethnic groups in Viet Nam.