Unit 8 the story of my village

Look at the picture and answer the following questions1.What are the people in the picture doing?. crops to be sold, not for use by the people who grow it 4.. TASK 2 : Read the text care

What is the name of this animal?

buffalo

Where is this?

In a field

Where is this?

In a field

What are they doing?

They are transplanting

Who are they?

They are farmers

UNIT 8:

Lesson 1: Reading

Look at the picture and answer the following 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?

Before you read.

Unit 8: The story of my village

1 Vocabulary:

mud (n):bùn

straw (n): rơm Ex: In the past, my house was made of straw and mud

be made of + N ….: đượ làm bằng… c

Unit 8: The story of my village

1 Vocabulary:

mud (n):bùn

straw (n): rơm Ex: In the past, my house was made of straw and mud

be made of + N ….: đượ làm bằng… c

► brick house

brick (n) [brik] : gạch

Nhà gạch

► brick house

brick (n) [brik] : gạch

Nhà gạch

- export ['ekspɔ:t] (n):

* Vocabulary

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

sự xuất khẩu, hàng xuất khẩu.

- brick (n) [brik] : gạch

export [ɪk 'spɔ:t] (v): xuất khẩu

- farming methods ['fɑ:miη] ['meθədz] (n):

các phương pháp canh tác.

dẫn đến.

- result (in) [ri'zʌlt] (v):

- shortage (n) ['∫ɔ:tidʒ] of : sự thiếu thốn

- mud (n) [mʌd] :

- straw (n) [strɔ:] :

bùn rơm

- cash crop ['kæʃ krɒp ]: cây trồng thương phẩm

- bumper crop: ['bʌmpə(r) krɒp ] vụ mùa bội thu

 Matching:

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

TASK 2 : Read the text carefully then complete the following table:

Areas of

change

Houses Radio & TV

Farming methods Crops Travel

by buffalo new methods machine/

poor/ enough to eat bumper/

more to sell

on foot/by bikes by motorbikes

TASK 2 : Read the text carefully then complete the following table:

Areas of

change

Houses Radio & TV

Farming methods Crops Travel

by buffalo new methods machine/

poor/ enough to eat bumper/

more to sell

on foot/by bikes by motorbikes

LUCKY NUMBER

1- What was life like in the author’s village many years ago?

It was poor and simple

2.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.

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

 They introduced new farming methods which resulted in bumper crops They also helped the villagers 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 :”Our lives have

changed a lot thanks to the knowledge our children brought home”.