Unit 8. The story of my village

Welcome to our class
Welcome to our class
Warm up:
Unit 8: The story of my village
Tuesday, November 29th, 2016
A. Reading
Nguyen Tran Nhu Huynh
Class: 10A6
Look at the picture and answer the questions (P.82)
1. What are the people doing?
- collecting the harvest
2. How are they working?
- working hard
3. What helps produce good crops?
- good farming method, weather, effort…
I. Vocabulary:
- mud [mʌd] (n):
bùn
- brick [brik] (n):
gạch
- straw [strɔ:] (n):
rơm
- farming method [`fɑ:miη] [`meθəd](n):
phương pháp
canh tác
- export [`ekspɔ:t] (n):
sự xuất khẩu, hàng xuất khẩu.
≠ import [‘impɔ:t]
II. While - reading:
Task 1: Matching the words in column A with theirs definitions in column B
Task 2: The reading passage tells us about many changes in the village. Complete the following table.
made of brick
few families had a radio or a TV set
many families have a radio or a TV set
old
new
poor
good / bumper
on foot
Task 3:Answer the following questions:
1. What was life like in the author’s village many years ago?
2. Why did the villagers want to send their children to school and college in spite of their shortage?

3. How did the children help to improve the lifestyle in the village when they finished college or technical high school?
4. What did an old farmer say about the effect of the knowledge the young people brought home?
5. What exactly did he tell his grandchildren?
1. It was poor and simple. (line number 1)
2. Because they hoped that with an education of science and technology, their children could find a way of bettering their lives. (line 5,6,7,8)
3. They introduced new farming methods which resulted in bumper crops. They also helped the villagers grow cash crops for export.
(Paragraph 2, line 2,3)
4. He said their lives had changed a lot thanks to the knowledge their children had brought home.
(Paragraph 3, line 1,2)
5. He told his grandchildren: “ Study harder so that you can do even more for the village than your parents did.
(Paragraph 3, line 2, 3)
III. Post – reading: