English 12_Unit 8: Reading

UNIT 8: THE STORY OF MY VILLAGE - LESSON 1: READING... Task 2: The reading passage tells us about many changes in the village.. UNIT 8: THE STORY OF MY VILLAGE - LESSON 1: READING Areas

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Unit 8 THE STORY OF MY VILLAGE

* New words

Mud (n)

Brick ( n ) : gạch

straw

Brick Bumper crops

Bùn

Cây trồng thương

Rơm Straw

Cải thiện

Vụ mùa bội thu

Cash crop

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. Mud 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. Soft wet earth

5. cash crops e. good crops.

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

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

in the village Complete the following table.

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

Areas of change Before Now

houses made of straw and

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

 Task 3: Read the passage again, and find answers for the

following questions.

LUCKY FRUIT

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 their parents did.”

 1 What was life like in the author’s village

many years ago?

 It was poor and simple.

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 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.

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 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.

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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.

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III POST-READ ING

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

Take care of children

Build more big and convenient houses

Build new stadiums for children

Widen the roads and plant more cash crops

1 Learn by heart the new words and phrases from the passage.

2 Re-read the passage carefully.

3 Prepare for the next lesson.

Fill each blank in the summery of the story with a suitable word or

a phrase from the box below.

Many years ago, The village was very (1) ……… The villagers worked hard all day and could (2) ……… They lived

in houses made of (3) ……… , few families (4) ……… a radio or a TV However, in spite of the shortages, the villagers tried to (5)

……… their children to schools Today, the lifestyle in the village has changed thanks to the (6) ……… the young brought from schools They introduced new (7) ……… , which resulted in

(8) ……… crops they also helped to grow cash crops People’s lives get better Every family has a radio or a TV and motorbikes

straw and mud

poor

farming methodsmake ends meet

bumper

send