Prepare for the Ritual of Visiting the Teacher: Reading Session
Prepare for the Ritual of Visiting the Teacher: Reading Session, Short
Main Content
The story discusses a shift in the perception of the ethnic community. Previously, whenever someone fell ill, the shaman Ún would perform exorcisms to cure them. When the elder became sick, he had to undergo surgery at the hospital to recover. From then on, he abandoned the shaman profession, advising everyone to seek medical treatment scientifically.
Question 1 (page 159 Vietnamese Language Textbook 5): What was Ún's profession?
Answer:
Ún practiced as a shaman, expelling evil spirits for the sick.
Question 2 (page 159 Vietnamese Language Textbook 5): When he was ill, how did Ún treat himself? Choose the correct option to answer:
a) He performed exorcism on himself.
b) He invited his students to perform exorcism.
c) Invite a doctor to come for diagnosis and treatment.
Answer:
b) He invited his students to perform exorcism.
Question 3 (page 159 Vietnamese Language Textbook 5): Why did he refuse to undergo surgery for kidney stones and return home from the hospital?
Answer:
Ún feared surgery and didn't believe that the doctor, who was of the Kinh ethnicity, could catch the Thai ghost.
Question 4 (page 159 Vietnamese Language Textbook 5): How did Ún recover from illness? How does the last sentence of the story help you understand how Ún's thinking changed?
Answer:
Ún recovered from illness thanks to surgery at the hospital to remove kidney stones. He believed that only doctors could cure diseases.
Besides Preparing for the Ritual of Visiting the Teacher: Reading Session, students should explore other lessons in Vietnamese Language 5 such as Writing Exercise: Describing People or the section Preparing for Vocabulary and Sentence: Reviewing Vocabulary, Week 16, Lesson 2 to reinforce their knowledge of Vietnamese Language 5.
