unit 8 phan reading

crops to be sold, not for use by the people who grow it 4.. crops to be sold, not for use by the people who grow it... What was life like in the author’s village many years ago?2.. Why

Unit 8 THE STORY OF MY VILLAGE

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Look at the picture and answer the questions

1 What are the people in the picture doing?

=> They are collecting rice from the field.

2 How are they working?

=> They are working hard.

3 What do you think of the crop?

=> It is good.

4 What helps produce good crops?

=> Farmr’s efforts.

- introduce [,intrə'dju:s] (v): giới thiệu.

sự xuất khẩu, hàng xuất khẩu

các phương pháp canh tác

- result (in) [ri'zʌlt] (v):

II WHILE-REA DING

Task 1: The words in A appear in the reading passage.

Match them with their definitions in B.

1. make ends meet a. making one’s life better

2. in need of many things b. have just enough money to pay for the things that you need

3. bettering one’s life c. crops to be sold, not for use by

the people who grow it

4. bumper crops d. having to have many things that

you do not have

5. cash crops e. good crops.

thiếu thốn nhiều thứ.

cải thiện cuộc sống (của ai đó)

mùa màng bội thu.

cây trồng để thu hoa lợi.

kiếm đủ sống.

1 make ends meet b have just enough money to

pay for the things that you need

2 in need of many things d having to have many things

that you do not have

3 bettering one’s life a making one’s life better

4 bumper crops e good crops.

5 cash crops c crops to be sold, not for use

by the people who grow it

Task 2: The reading passage tells us about many changes

in the village Complete the following table.

poor good / bumper

no information

1. What was life like 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 shortage?

3. How did the children help to 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

UNIT 8: THE STORY OF MY VILLAGE - LESSON 1: READING

Pair work

following questions.

 What was life like in the author’s village

many years ago?

 It was poor and simple.

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 Why did the villagers want to send their

children to school and college in spite of their shortage?

 Because they hoped that with an education of

science and technology, their children could find

a way of bettering their lives.

 How did the children help to improve the lifestyle in the village when they finished college or technical high school?

resulted in bumper crops They also helped the villagers grow cash crops for export.

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 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.

III POST-READ

What will you do to help your village when you have the chance?

UNIT 8: THE STORY OF MY VILLAGE - LESSON 1: READING

Group work

words and phrases from the passage.

2 Re-read the passage

carefully.

3 Prepare for the next lesson.

Designed by class 10/1