Complete the conversation between Nick and Mai about Vietnamese family traditions and customs with the sentences given (A-H). Practise the conversation with your partner

III. Complete the conversation between Nick and Mai about Vietnamese family traditions and customs with the sentences given (A-H). Practise the conversation with your partner.

A.    In the Vietnamese culture, strong members in a family have to help the weaker and less fortunate members of the family.

B.     I think the woman follows her career and she also supports the family.

C.    The man, or husband, serves as the head of the family. He takes care of money matters and is responsible for providing for the family.

D.    The same in Viet Nam, Nick. We try to get every achievement for our family.

E.     The husband and children share the housework, and they have a happy relationship in their home, I think.

F.     It is an extended family, including three generations living in the same house, typically including parents, children, grandparents, and sometimes, unmarried uncles and aunts.

G.    From a very young age, children are taught to take care of their parents when they become old.

H.    The woman is in charge of the home and raising the children.

Nick:   Can you tell me about the typical kind of family in Viet Nam? A nuclear family or an extended one, Mai?

Mai:    (1)_________________________________________________________________________________

Nick:   Yeah, I see. What is the role of the man or the father in the family?

Mai:    (2)_________________________________________________________________________________

Nick:   How about the role of the woman?

Mai:    (3)_________________________________________________________________________________

Nick:   I think the society in Viet Nam has changed a lot. Is there any change in family life?

Mai:    (4)_________________________________________________________________________________

Nick:   How to deal with the housework?

Mai:    (5)_________________________________________________________________________________

Nick:   Yeah, the same situation in England now, Mai. Are there any family traditions in Viet Nam?

Mai:    (6)_________________________________________________________________________________

Nick:   In other Asian countries, every member of the family tries to do good actions so that their family will have good fame, and the parents feel happier.

Mai:    (7)_________________________________________________________________________________

Nick:   Are there any traditions or customs for children in Viet Nam?

Mai:    (8)_________________________________________________________________________________

Nick:   They are lucky, because in England many parents have to go to a nursing home when they get very cold.

Mai:    We think we owe our parents so much. One of the most well-known Vietnamese proverbs is, “The debt we owe our father is as great as Mount Thai Son; the debt we owe our mother is as inexhaustible as water flowing from its source.”