Unit 8: Reading AV10

Task 1: Complete the tableThe changes Before Now brick house many families have radios or a TV sets new good/ bumper motorbike, car... Because they hope that with an education of scienc

Playing game: Guess the key words

1 2 3 4 5 6 7

Find the words beginning with letter “A”

L

L

A

How many types of the mass media?What are they?

G

The word is:

V I L L A G E

Unit 8: The Story of My Village

Reading

straw

mud

bumper crop

cash crop

brick

brick house

* Vocabulary

- straw (n) /strכ:/

- mud (n) /mΛd/

- bumper (a) /’bΛmpər/: good

- bumper crop (n) : good crop

- cash crop (n) /kӕ krʃ כp/

- brick (n) /brik/

- brick house

Task 1: Complete the table

The changes Before Now

brick house

many families have radios or a TV sets

new good/ bumper motorbike, car

Task 2 : Answer the questions

1 It’s was poor and simple

2 Because they hope that with an education of

science and technology, their children could find a way of bettering their lives

Task 2: Answer the questions

3 They introduced new farming methods which resulted in bumper crops They also helped

the villagers grow crash crops for export

4 He said their lives had changed a lot thanks to the knowledge their children had brought

home

Task 2: Answer the questions

5 He told his grandchildren: “Study harder so

that you can do even more for the village than your parents do.”

After you read

Discussion:

“What can people with an education help make the life of their community better?”

Pay attention to take care of

children

Build more big and convenient

houses

Build a new stadium for

children

Widen the roads

Good bye!