Unit 8 country life or city life

At home on the farm, life is always a struggle with nature Typhoons, floods or droughts can easily destroy a harvest and leave the farmer with little or no money until the following ye[r]

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Where do you live?

Is Van Phuong a country?

Do you like to live in the country?

Is it peaceful?

Is it beautiful?

Is the air fresh?

I don’t know why do many people want to move to the city?

Người dạy: Vũ Chí Thanh

Unit 8:

COUNTRY LIFE AND CITY LIFE

Period 46- Lesson 3: READ

Rural area(adj): What is this?

What is this?

Urban(adj):

What is this?

Drought(n):

What is this?

Typhoon (n):

Many people from rural areas are leaving behind their traditional way of life and moving to the city They believe that well–paying jobs are plentiful in the city

At home on the farm, life is always a struggle with nature Typhoons, floods or droughts can easily destroy a harvest and leave the farmer with little or no money until the following year Often farmers look for other work when they need more money for their family

The increase in population ,however,has led to overcrowding in many cities This puts a strain on schools and hospitals, as well as water and electricity supplies Increased pollution is another unpleasant result

There is also a human side to this tragedy.Families sometimes have to live apart In these cases,children may live

at home with relatives, while their parents go and live in an urban area

Governments all over the world are trying to provide facilities for these migrants, but it can be quite a problem

well–paying jobs

strain schools

live apart

1 Complete the summary Use information from the passage.

People from the countryside are (1)………… their(2)…… to go and live in the(3)……… Farming can sometimes be a difficult life and these people from(4)……….areas feel the (5)………offers more opportunities However, many people coming to the city create(6)……… There may not be enough(7)……… or(8)

…………., while water and electricity supplies may not be adequate This is a(9)………… facing governments around the(10)………

1 leaving 2 home 3 city 4 rural 5 city

6 problems 7 schools 8 hospitals 9 problem 10 world

Keys:

Exercise: True(T) or False(F)? Check the boxes.

1 Nowadays farmers are moving to the

cities to earn their living.

2 Farmers want to move to the cities

because they are afaid of farming.

3 Farmers want to move to the cities

they don’t have any difficulty.

4 It’s unpleasant for farmers to live apart

from their family.

True False

a) of the countryside ………

b) as many as needed ………

c) become greater or larger ……….

d) a great pressure ………

e) a terrible event ………

f) of the city or city life ………

The answer:



rural

 plentiful

 increase

 strain

 tragedy

 urban

2 Find the word in the passage that means:

1 Why do the farmer want to move to the city?

Read the passage again then answer the questions:

2 What can easily destroy their harvest?

3 What problem may arise when so many people move to the city?

Get little

money

Vo ca

tio n

ha rd

No drought

work

Typhoon

Difficulties of

farmers life

Cities’ problem when they move

to the cities

Lack of water

Strain on schools/ H ospital

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f

ele ctr icit y

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