X. Read the passage about family traditions in Viet Nam, and do the tasks that follow. Marriage and family are very important in Viet Nam. In the countryside, parents often arrange marriages; divorce remains uncommon, though is more frequent in cities. In traditional Vietnamese families, roles are rigid. The man of the house is primarily responsible for the family’s economic well being. Older children help to look after younger siblings Discipline is viewed as a parental duty. The woman of the house looks after her parents, husband and children. In rural areas,women also do much agricultural work. Vietnamese women live by the "four virtues”: hard work, beauty, refined specch and excellent conduct. The Vietnamese attach great importance to two traditional family obligations: to care for their parents in their old age and to worship them after death. In each Vietnamese family, there is at least one altar on which there are the pictures of their ancestors. Family members worship their ancestors because they think parents after death will go to live in another world and this altar is the place where the ancestors' souls live in. As a result, every day Vietnamese people lay flowers or sometimes fruits on the altar for the belief that those ancestors will enjoy them.
Task 1: Match a word in column A with its definition in column B, writing the answer in each blank. Answer A B 1. sibling (n) 2. virtue (n) 3. worship (v) 4. altar (n) 5. soul (n)
A. the part of a person that is believed to continue exist after the body is dead
B. to pray to or to show respect for someone like a god
C.behaviour which shows high moral standards
D. the table used in ceremonies in a church, temple or family
E. a brother or a sister Task 2: Read the passage again, and then decide whether the statements are true (T) or false (F). T F
6.In traditional Vietnamese families, the man has to support the family.
7.Children have to share housework with their parents.
8.Women in the countryside only looks after their families
. 9.Children have to take care of their parents in their old age and to worship them after death.
10.Every day Vietnamese people lay flowers or sometimes fruits on the altar because they believe those ancestors will cat the offerings.