Unit 07 economic reforms reading

Productivity and agricultural exports have increased.. The farmers have had greater choice on how to use the agricultural land.. Children have had more opportunities to enjoy educa

Lesson 1 - Reading

Unit 7 – economic reforms

Lesson 1 - Reading

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backward

rich

modern

1 Our country experienced lots of difficulties.

2 The country was poor.

3 The economy was under-developed

and dominated by traditional agriculture.

4 The people have had a better life.

5 Production was stagnant (trì trệ).

6 Productivity and agricultural exports

have increased.

7 The farmers have had greater choice on

how to use the agricultural land.

8 Children have had more opportunities

to enjoy education and training.

9 The people led a poor life.

10 Inflation (lạm phát) increased (gia tăng)

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Before Doi Moi

Since Doi Moi

Unit 7 – economic reforms

Lesson 1 - Reading

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Vocabulary

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II/ While-reading:

Activity 1: Read through the text on page 75 and check your guessing in Pre – reading stage.

Activity 2 (task 1 on page 76) : Read the

text again and guess the meanings of the the

words.

Activity 3 (task 3 on page 76) : Read the text again and answer the following questions.

1 When and by whom was Doi Moi officially initiated ?

Vietnamese Communist Party

2 What was the aim of Doi Moi ?

the people’s living standard

3 Name the renovation measures the Government introduced to implement Doi Moi ?

eliminating government subsidies, shifting economic priority from

heavy industry to 3 major economic programs… of exports, reducing state intervention in business, opened trade relation….the world and

encouraged foreign investment.

4 How has Vietnam changed since Doi Moi ?

The people have had a better life, productivity and agricultural exports

have increased, the farmers have had greater choice on how to use the agricultural land, children have had more opportunities to enjoy

education and training

5 What do we believe ?

We will gain greater achievements and build a better life for our people

III/ Post - reading:

In groups of 4, talk briefly about the reading

passage, using the questions and the answers

of activity 3

IV/ Wrap - up In group of 4, talk about Vietnamese economic

reforms briefly,using the following cues.

• Before Doi moi

- Our country experienced lots

of difficulties.

- The country was poor.

under-developed and dominated

by traditional agriculture.

- Production was stagnant

- The people led a poor life.

- Inflation increased.

• Since Doi moi

- The people have had a better

life.

- Productivity and agricultural

exports have increased.

- The farmers have had

greater choice on how to use the agricultural land.

- Children have had more

opportunities to enjoy education and training.

• Government’s measures

- eliminated government subsidies - shifted economic priority

from heavy industry to 3 major economic programs… of

exports - reduced state intervention in business - opened trade relation….the world encouraged foreign investment.