Unit 3: Telling tales

VOCABULARY

ART AND LITERATURE

Đầu lòng hai ả tố nga

Thúy kiều là chị, em là Thúy Vân

Mai cốt cách, tuyết tinh thần

Mỗi người một vẻ, mười phân vẹn mười

Vân xem trang trọng khác vời

Khuôn trăng đầy đặng, nét ngài nở nang

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poem ['pouim] (n): a piece of writing in which the word are chosen for their sound and imagines they suggest, not just for their previous meaning. The words are arranged in separate lines, with a repeated rhythm.

Nguyễn Du is a famous poet in 18 century.

poet ['pouit] (n): a person who writes poems

masterpiece ['mɑ:stəpi:s] (n): a work of art such as painting, film/movie, book, etc. that is an excellent, or the best.

Kieu story is masterpiece of Nguyen Du.

“Nhật kí trong tù” is a masterpiece of uncle Ho.

Nguyễn Du (1765–1820) tự Tố Như, hiệu Thanh Hiên, là một nhà thơ nổi tiếng thời Lê mạt, Nguyễn sơ ở Việt Nam. Nguyễn Du được xem như là một nhà thơ lớn của Việt Nam, được người Việt kính trọng gọi ông là "Đại thi hào dân tộc". Năm 1965, ông được UNESCO tôn vinh là danh nhân văn hóa thế giới.

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biography [bai'ɔgrəfi] (n): a story of a person’s life written by sb else

biographical [,baiou'græfikəl] (adj):

Poem

Poet

Masterpiece

Biography

Work in pairs: read loudly a poem you like best, and talk briefly about poet’s biography.

palette ['pælit] (n): a thin board with a hole in for the thumb to go through, used by an artists for mixing colors when painting.

portrait ['pɔ:treit] (n) a painting, drawing or photograph a person, specially of the head and shoulders

exhibit [ig'zibit] (v): to show sth in a public place for people to enjoy or to give them information

exhibition [,eksi'bi∫n] (n):

(synonym: show)

sculpture ['skʌlpt∫ə] (n, v): a work of art that is a solid figure or object made by carving or shaping wood, stone, clay, metal, ect.

sketch [sket∫] (v): to make a quick drawing of sb/sth

(n): a simple picture that is drawn and does not have many details

sketchy (adj)

painter, author, poet, poem, sculpture, novel, novelist,

picture, brush, palette, chapter, biography, exhibition,

fairy tale, portrait, play, art gallery, masterpiece,

sketch, act

Write these nouns in the correct column. With noun goes in both column

ART LITERATURE

Which of these verbs can go with the nouns in above exercise?

Read, write, paint, draw, go to

Complete the sentences by using these words in the box above.

1. Shakespeare ____ many famous ___ and poems.

2. I couldn’t put the book down until I’d ___ the last ____.

3. I love ___ about the lives of famous people so I always buy ____.

4. ___ often begin with word “once upon a time”.5. My friend is a great artist. He ___ my ___ and it

looks just like me.6. He ___ a quick ___ of a tree.7. We ___ an ___ of Picasso’s paintings and

sculture.

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