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cash crop [kæ∫ kr p] ɔ n: cây thương phẩmUnit 8: The story of my village... Unit 8: The story of my villageThey have a bumper crop bumper crop ['bʌmpə krɔp] n: vụ mùa bội thu I... UNIT 8

Teacher : Trần Thị Kim Phước

Look at the following pictures and answer the questions

What is the name of this animal?

buffalo

Where is this?

In a field

What are they doing?

They are transplanting

Who are they?

They are farmers

Unit 8: The story of my village

I Pre-reading

1 Vocabulary

mud [mʌd] (n) : bùn

Unit 8: The story of my village

straw (n) [str :] ɔ : rơm

I Pre-reading

1 Vocabulary

be made of + N ….được làm từ….

Unit 8: The story of my village

I Pre-reading

1 Vocabulary

Ex: In the past, my house was made of straw and mud

cash crop [kæ∫ kr p] ɔ (n): cây thương phẩm

Unit 8: The story of my village

brick (n) [brik] : gạch

Unit 8: The story of my village

I Pre-reading

1 Vocabulary

► brick house

Unit 8: The story of my village

Unit 8: The story of my village

This girl is a beggar

She has to live in poverty

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They have a bumper crop

bumper crop ['bʌmpə krɔp] (n): vụ mùa bội thu

I Pre-reading

1 Vocabulary

Unit 8: The story of my village

sự thiếu thốn

vụ mùa bội thu

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

5. cash crops e. good crops.

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

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

more to sell

made of straw

and mud Few families had a radio or a TV set

10 9

poor/ enough to eat 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 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?

TASK 3: ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS:

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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?

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

brought home”.

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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.”

Unit 8: The story of my village

After you read: Post-reading

Work in pairs Discuss the following questions

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

A: Khoa, what do you want to do in the future?

A: If you are a doctor, what can you

do to help people in your home town?

B: I will kill their diseases and keep them healthy What about you?

A: I want to be an architect I will build lots of flats for local people to live in.

After you read

Work in pairs Discuss the following questions

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

B: I want to become a doctor

Build more big and convenient

houses

Pay attention to taking care of

children

• Learn by heart new word

• Read the text again and translate the 1st paragraph into Vietnamese

• Do the reading in workbook

• Prepare for the Speaking lesson