Unit 8 reading Khối 10

having to have many things that you do not have UNIT 8: THE STORY OF MY VILLAGE - LESSON 1: READING... Although the villagers were poor, they sent their children to school or college 3.

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Warm up:

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Unit 8: The story of my village

Wednesday, November 22nd, 2017

A Reading

Class: 10C2

Look at the picture and answer the questions (P.82)

1 What are the people doing? - collecting the harvest

(harvesting)

3 What helps produce good crops?

- good farming methods, weather, effort…

- bumper crop [‘bʌmpǝ(r) crop] (n.p):

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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

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

II While - reading:

Years ago, the villagers were still poor

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Years ago, the villagers were still poor

Many years ago, the villagers’ lives were not simple.

2

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Although the villagers were poor, they sent their children to school

or college

3

Today, the villagers live in many straw houses *

4

F

brick

Villagers’ lives have become better thanks to new farming methods

5

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Task 3:Answer the following questions:

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 knowledge the young people brought home?

5 What exactly did he tell his grandchildren?

1 It was poor and simple (line number 1)

2 Because they hoped that with an education of science and technology, their children could find a way of bettering their lives (line 5,6,7,8)

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

(Paragraph 2, line 2,3)

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

(Paragraph 3, line 1,2)

5 He told his grandchildren: “ Study harder so that you can do even more for the village than your parents did.”

(Paragraph 3, line 2, 3)

III Post – reading: III Post - reading:

What will you do to help your village/ town/ city when you

have a chance?

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

Group work

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Build more big and convenient houses

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Second level

Third level

Fourth level

Fifth level

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