Unit 8. Country life and city life

2008-2009
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Teacher : Pham Thi Thien
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Country life and city life
Tuesday, December 15th 2009
Unit 8:Country life and city life
Period 46:
READ
I. New words:
rural (adj)
: thuộc nông thôn
urban (adj)
: thuộc đô thị, thành phố
flood (n)
: trận lụt
drought (n)
: hạn hán
typhoon (n)
: trận bão lớn
plentiful(adj)
: =a lot of
strain (n)
: sự quá tải (về dân số)
migrant (n):
:dân di cư
2. Rural
8.Typhoon
6. Strain
7.Migrant
5.Plentiful
Urban
3.Drought
4. Flood
a
b
c
d
e
f
g
h
difficulties for a farmer’s life
floods
little or no money
droughts
no vacations
lack of water
typhoons
hard work
II. Brainstorming
III. 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) _______
leaving
home
city
rural
city
problem
schools
hospitals
problem
world
IV. Find the word in the passage that means:
of the country side =
as many as needed =
become greater or large =
a great pressure =
a terrible event =
of the city or city life =
rural
plentiful
increase
strain
tragedy
urban
V. Discussion
What do you think about the life in the city ?
overcrowded
Population increase
Strains on social services
*Ifyou were a Minister, what would you do for farmers?
Build streets, theaters, stadium in the country
Build schools, hospitals
Provide clean water, electricity, facilities
Build factory
*Ifyou were a Minister, what would you do for farmers?
Write 5 things that the government should do for the rural areas
Prepare lesson 5 (Write)
VI .Homework
Thanks for your attention