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UNIT 8

Part A: Reading

Before you read:

Look at the picture and answer the questions 1 What are the people in the picture

doing?

2 How are they working?

3 What do you think of the crop?

4 What helps produce good crops?

They are collecting (harvesting) rice from the field

They are working hard

The crop is good/ It is a bumper crop

- Good farming methods

- Farmers’ efforts

- Using farming machine

- Good weather…

* Pre-teaching vocabulary:

Field (n) [fi:ld] The farmer work in the field.

Straw (n) [str :] ɔ

Mud (n) [m d] ʌ wet, soft soil

In the past, most houses were made of mud and straw.

Brick house (n)

Shor tage (n) ['∫ :tid ] ɔ ʒ lack of something

Tech nical high school (n) trường trung học kỹ thuật dạy nghề

Far ming me thods (n) ['meθəd] phương pháp canh tác

Thanks to (pre.) owing to, because of

While you read:

You are going to read a passage about life changes in the village You read it and do the following tasks.

A B

1 make ends meet

2 in need of many things

3 bettering one’s life

4 bumper crops

5 cash crops

a making one’s life better

b have just enough money to pay for the things that you need

c crops to be sold, not for use by the people who grow it

d having to have many things that you do not have

e good crops

Task 1: The words in A appear in the reading

passage Match them with their definitions in B

kiếm đủ sống

thiếu thốn nhiều thứ

cải thiện cuộc sống

vụ mùa bội thu

cây thương phẩm

Task 2: The reading passage tells us about many changes in the village Complete the following table.

Made of straw and mud

Few families had a radio or a TV set

Made of bricks

Many houses have, they can listen to the news on the radio or watch TV for entertainment

Choose question

Question 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.

Choose question

You’ve got 2 points.

Choose question

Question 3:

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

They introduced new farming methods which resulted in bumper crops; helped the villagers grow cash crops for export.

Choose question

Question 4:

What did an old farmer say about the effect of the knowledge the young people brought home?

He said that their lives had

changed a lot thanks to the

knowledge their children had

brought home.

Choose question

Question 5:

What exactly did the old farmer tell his grandchildren?

He told his grandchildren:

“Study harder so that you can

do even more for the village than your parents did.” You’ve got 2 points.

After you read:

Fill in the blank with the provided words based on the reading passage

Thanks to the help of your university volunteer My village has changed rapidly especially in:

A Farming:

Now, we can apply new and more effective farming methods; use …(1)……machines These resulted in … (2)… crops And we have more money

B Houses:

Our houses are made of …(3)… , we have no longer

of mud or …(4)…… houses We have a better and safer life

motorbike

radio

TV

farming bumper

brick straw

motorbike

radio

TV

- Summarize the passage

- Prepare the Speaking (Unit 8)

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