V ILLAGE. Unit 8: The Story of My Village (reading)
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V I L L A G E
Unit 8:The Story of My Village
(reading)
New words:
straw (n) rơm
mud (n) bùn
technical (a) thuộc về kỹ thuật
method (n) phương pháp
brick (n) gạch
(to) export xuất khẩu
(to) change thay đổi
Task 1:
Before Now
farming method
crop
motorbike
made of straw and mud
houses
radio and TV
travel
Areas of changes
Few families had radio or TV set
old
poor
Many families have a radio or a TV set
new
good/ bumper
Task 2.MatchingA B
1.make ends meet2.in need of many things3.bettering of one’s life4.bumper crops5.cash crops
a. making one’s life betterb have just enough money to pay for the
things that you needc. crops to be sold, not for use by the
people who grow itd. having to have many things that you
do not havee. crops.
Answer: 1b, 2d, 3a, 4e, 5c
1.What was the life in the author’s village many years ago?2. Why did the villagers want to send their children to school and college in spite of their shortages?3.How did the children help improve the lifestyle in the village when they finished college or technical high school?4.What did an old farmer say about the effect of the knowledge the young people brought home?5.What exactly did her tell his grandchildren?
Task 3. Answer the following questions.
2. Why did the villagers want to send their children to school and college in spite of their shortages?
->Because they hoped that with an education of science and technology, their children could find a way of bettering their lives.
1.What was the life in the author’s village many years ago?
-> It was poor and simple.
3.How did the children help improve the lifestyle in the village when they finished college or technical high school?
->They introduced new framing methods which resulted in bumper crops. They also helped grow cash crops for export.
4.What did an old farmer say about the effect of the knowledge the young people brought home?
->He said their lives had changed a lot thanks to the knowledge their children had brought home
5.What exactly did her tell his grandchildren?
->He told his children: “Study harder so that you can do even more for the village than your parents did”
Task 4:Discuss the following question.
How can people with an education help make the life of their community better?
Write a passage to answer the question “How can people with an education help make of their community better?”
Learn new words
Prepare for the next lesson
Homework