unit8 reading

TASK 1: Match the words in A with their definitions in 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 h

Teacher : Nguyễn Anh Thư

1 Warmer : GUESSING

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UNIT 8:

Part: Reading

Look at the picture and answer the following

questions

Unit 8: The story of my village

Unit 8: The story of my village

I Vocabulary:

mud (n):

straw (n):

brick (n):

bùn

rơm

gạch

1 Vocabulary:

Unit 8: The story of my village

mud (n): bùn; muddy (adj): lầy lội straw (n): rơm rạ;

brick (n): gạch bumper crop: vụ mùa bội thu shortage (n): sự thiếu thốn

TASK 1: Match the words in A with their definitions in 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

Unit 8: The story of my village

Areas of

Houses

Radio & TV

Farming

methods

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

old

made of brick

Many families have

a radio or a TV set

new

bumper / good

made of straw

and mud

Few families had a radio or a TV set

2 3

5

4 6 8 1

10 9

poor 7

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 shortages?

3- How did the children help 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?

TASK 3: ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS:

Unit 8: The story of my village

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 shortages?

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 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 their lives had changed a lot thanks to the knowledge their

children had brought home.

5 What exactly did he tell his grandchildren?

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

Discuss the following question

What will you do in the future to help people in your hometown?

Home work

* Learn by heart the new words

* Rewrite the changes of life in the village