Unit 8. Country life and city life

UNIT 8: COUNTRY LIFE AND CITY LIFE
Teacher: Pham Van Anh
Tan Loi Junior High School
Class 8E
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* Vocabulary
Rural (adj) : thuộc nông thôn
Urban (adj) : thuộc thành thị
Leave behind (v) : để lại phía sau
Well-paying (adj) : được trả lương cao
Plentiful (adj) : nhiều phong phú
Struggle (n) : sự tranh đấu
(v) : tranh đấu
Nature (n) : thiên nhiên
Natural (adj) : tự nhiên
Typhoon (n) : trận bão lớn
Flood (n) : trận lụt
Drought (n) : hạn hán
Increase (v) : gia tăng
(n) : sự gia tăng
Lead – led – led (v) : dẫn đến
Overcrowding (n) : sự quá đông đúc
Strain (n) : sự quá tải
Supply (v) : cung cấp
(n) : sự cung cấp
Human side : khía cạnh thuộc về con người
Tragedy (n) : bi kịch
Live apart : sống ở xa
Case (n) : trường hợp
Government (n) : chính phủ
Migrant (n) : dân di cư
Create (v) : sáng tạo, tạo nên
Creation (n) : sự sáng tạo
Creative (adj) : có khả năng sáng tạo
Adequate (adj) : đầy đủ
Face (v) : đối mặt, đương đầu
Opportunity (n) : cơ hội
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 drought 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.
Govenments all over the world are trying to provide facilities for these migrants, but it can be quite a problem.
READ
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
govenments around the (10) ________.

ANSWER
1. Leaving
2. Home
3. City
4. Rural
5. City
6. Problem
7. School
8. Hospital
9. Problem
10. World
2. Find the word in the passage that means:
Of the countryside …………………………..
As many as needed …………………………..
Become greater or larger …………………………..
A great pressure …………………………..
A terrible event …………………………..
Of the city or city urban …………………………..
2. Find the word in the passage that means:
* Answer
Rural
Plentiful
Increase
Strain
Tragedy
Urban
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