Prepare for the Reading Exercise: Seasonal Village Scenery, Short 1
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The passage depicts the rural landscape during the abundant season. The entire countryside gleams with the golden hues of ripe rice, the yellow of persimmons, papayas, and ripe bananas. Sugarcane, chickens, dogs,... all display rich, vibrant colors, satiated, and joyful.
Question 1 (page 11 Vietnamese Language Textbook Grade 5): List the objects in the passage that are yellow in color and the words that describe their yellow color?
Answer:
+ sun - golden yellow
+ persimmons - pale yellow
+ banana leaves - pale yellow
+ sugarcane - light yellow
+ straw, rice - crispy yellow
+ jackfruit leaves - pale yellow
+ papaya, withered taro leaves - bright yellow
+ bananas - ripe yellow
+ chickens, dogs - smooth yellow
+ thatched roofs - fresh yellow
+ everything - a rich, warm yellow color
Question 2 (page 11 Vietnamese Language Textbook Grade 5): Choose a word indicating yellow in the passage and explain what feeling it evokes for you?
The serene countryside scenery during harvest season, Reading Lesson, is a standout piece in the Vietnamese Language textbook for 5th grade. After preparing the lesson on the countryside scenery during harvest season, we proceed to prepare for answering questions, Composing Lesson: Structure of Descriptive Essays, along with the section Composing Lesson: Practicing Synonyms, Week 1, Grade 5, to excel in learning Vietnamese 5.
Composing Lesson: Countryside scenery during harvest season, Reading Lesson, concise version 2
1. Name the yellow objects in the passage and their corresponding yellow descriptors?
Answer:
+ sun – golden
+ ripe banana – pale yellow
+ banana leaves – deep yellow
+ sugarcane dust – bright yellow
+ straw, rice – crispy yellow
+ jackfruit leaves – deep yellow
+ papaya leaves, withered taro leaves – fresh yellow
+ ripe bananas – golden ripe
+ chicken, dog – smooth yellow
+ thatched-roof house – fresh yellow
+ all - a rich, warm yellow color palette
2. Pick a yellow descriptor in the passage and describe what feeling it evokes?
Answer:
+Pale yellow: Deep yellow color, pale yellow rice is ripe rice.
+Golden: Light yellow color, fresh yellow sun in the winter is beautiful, not harsh, or scorching.
+Pale yellow: The color of ripe fruit, evokes a very sweet feeling.
+Bright yellow: A very deep yellow, spread all over the leaf surface.
+Fresh yellow: Bright yellow color.
+Golden ripe: Naturally beautiful bright yellow color of ripe fruit.
+Bright yellow: Color that evokes a sensation of moisture.
+Crispy yellow: The yellow of objects sun-dried, creating a feeling of crispness that could break.
+Smooth yellow: Yellow color describing well-fed animals, with shiny, smooth fur.
+Fresh yellow: Yellow and fresh.
+Rich, warm yellow: Yellow color evoking richness, warmth, and comfort.
1. What specific details about the weather and people make the rural scenery more beautiful and lively?
* This question can be divided into 2 smaller questions as follows:
a) What specific details about the weather enhance the beauty and vibrancy of the rural scenery?
Answer:
- Landscape: 'There's no sense of desolation or barrenness as winter approaches. The earth's breath, the fragrant scent of the water, gentle and mild. The days are sunny, without rain.'
- The weather of the season described in the passage is very beautiful, favorable for harvesting. The hardworking people are dedicated and passionate about their work. These details about the weather make the rural scenery picture-perfect.
b) What specific details about the people make the rural scenery more beautiful and lively?
Answer:
'... no one thinks about day or night, only eager to go harvest, haul stones, cut rice, and share crops in the cooperative. Everyone does the same, leaving their bowls and chopsticks right away, getting up immediately to go to the fields.'
Details about the activities of the people make the rural scenery during the season a painting full of vibrant life.
2. What sentiment does the author express towards their homeland?
Answer:
It takes a deep love for one's homeland to write a descriptive essay about the seasonal days in the homeland as beautifully as this.
Or: The description of the seasonal days is so beautifully portrayed, reflecting the writer's love for that scenery, for their homeland.
