Unit 8. Country life and city life

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MY DUC secondary School
UNIT 8: COUNTRY LIFE AND CITY LIFE – LESSON 3: READ
(Period 48 – WEEK 16)
teacher :LE PHUC THUAN
ENGLISH 8
hospital school water

money city farmer

country electricity factory

KIM’S GAME
LESSON 3: READ
UNIT 8:
COUNTY LIFE AND CITY LIFE
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I. New words:
-rural (adj) :
urban (adj) :
thuộc nông thôn
thuộc đô thị, thành phố
- (a) typhoon :
trận bão lớn
I. New words:
trận lụt
- (a) flood :
I. New words:
- (a) drought :
nạn hạn hán
I. New words:
- (a) strain :
sự quá tải (về dân số)
I. New words:
- rural (adj) :
- urban (adj) :
- (a) typhoon :
- (a) drought :
- (a) strain :
thuộc nông thôn
thuộc đô thị, thành phố
trận bão lớn
trận lụt
nạn hạn hán
- (a) flood :
sự quá tải (về dân số)
I. New words:
Move/ Migrate…
SET THE SCENE
TODAY WE’RE GOING TO STUDY ABOUT ONE OF SOCIAL PROBLEMS BY A TEXT !
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difficulties for a farmer’s life
floods
little money
droughts
no electricity
lack of water
typhoons
hard work
Brainstorming
Country life:
droughts
weather
hard work
no vacation
insects destroy
City life
good job
get more money
better facilities

Move to live in the city
overcrowding
Population increase
Strains on social services
1. Complete the summary. Use information from the passage.
People from the countryside are (1) ________ their home to go and live in the (2)_____. Farming can sometimes be a difficult life and these people from (3) ______areas feel the (4)____ offers more opportunities. However, many people coming to the city create (5)_______________. There may not be enough schools or (6)__________, while water and electricity supplies may not be adequate. This is a (7) _________ facing governments around the (8) _______.
leaving
city
rural
city
overcrowding
hospitals
problem
world
Answer : 1) leaving , 2)…..., 3)..….,
( Guess the answer, please ! (3 minutes))
Now, read the text silently and check your guess !
Answer :
2. Match each word in (B) to one phrase in (A):
of the country side
as many as needed
become greater or large
a great pressure
a terrible event
of the city or city life
strain
urban
tragedy
increase
rural
plentiful
A
B
Answer: a)- 5, b)…, c)…,
( 2’ to guess !)
of the country side
as many as needed
become greater or larger
a great pressure
a terrible event
of the city or city life
5. rural
6. plentiful
4. increase
1. strain
3. tragedy
2. urban
2/ Answer : a)-5, b)-6, c)-4, d)-1, e)-3, f)-2
* If you were a Minister, what would you do for farmers?
- build streets, theaters, stadiums in the country
- build schools, hospitals
- provide clean water, electricity, facilities.
- build factories
Post reading
Discussion
 If I were a Minister, I would…
Consolidation
What do we learn today ?
- New words.
- The text about ONE OF SOCIAL PROBLEMS.
What do we learn from the lesson today ?
- Thinking carefully before we migrate !
Homework:
-Do exercises: 1 & 2 again.
-Learn the vocabulary by heart.
-Prepare Unit 8: Write
Review the out-line of an information letter
(see Unit 5/ p50 +51)
Good bye! See you later !
Teacher : Phuc Thuan Le - My Duc secondary school
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