Unit 8. The story of my village

WELCOME TO OUR CLASS
What is the name of this animal?
buffalo
Where is this?
In a field
What are they doing?
They are transplanting
Who are they?
They are farmers
UNIT 8:
THE STORY OF MY VILLAGE
Lesson 1: Reading
Look at the picture and answer the following questions

1.What are the people in the picture doing?
2.How are they working?
3.What do you think of the crop?
4.What helps produce good crops?

Before you read.
Unit 8: The story of my village
1. Vocabulary:
mud (n):bùn
straw (n): rơm
Ex: In the past, my house was made of straw and mud
be made of + N..: du?c l�m b?ng..
► brick house
brick (n) [brik] :
gạch
Nhà gạch
- export [`ekspɔ:t] (n):
* Vocabulary
- introduce [intrə`dju:s] (v):
giới thiệu.
sự xuất khẩu, hàng xuất khẩu.
- brick (n) [brik] :
gạch
export [ɪk `spɔ:t] (v):
xuất khẩu
- farming methods [`fɑ:miη] [`meθədz](n):
các phương pháp canh tác.
dẫn đến.
- result (in) [ri`zʌlt] (v):
shortage (n) [`∫ɔ:tidʒ] of :
sự thiếu thốn
- mud (n) [mʌd] :
- straw (n) [strɔ:]:
bùn
rơm
- cash crop
[`kæʃ krɒp ]:
cây trồng thương phẩm
- bumper crop:
[`bʌmpə(r) krɒp ]
vụ mùa bội thu
 Matching:
TASK 2: Read the text carefully then complete the following
table:
made of straw
and mud
made of bricks
Few families had a
radio or a TV set
Many families have
a radio or a TV set
old methods,
by buffalo
machine/
new methods
poor/ enough to eat
bumper/
more to sell
on foot/by bikes
by motorbikes
1
2
3
4
5
6
LUCKY NUMBER
1- What was life like in the author’s village many years ago?
It was poor and simple.
2.Why did the villagers want to send their children to school and college in spite of their shortage?
 Because they hoped that with an education of science and technology, their children could find a way of bettering their lives.
3- How did the children help to improve the lifestyle in the village when they finished college or technical high school?
? They introduced new farming methods which resulted in bumper crops. They also helped the villagers grow cash crops for export.
4- What did an
old farmer say
about the effect
of the knowledge
the young people
brought home?
He said :”Our lives have changed a lot thanks to the knowledge our children brought home”.
5- What exactly
did the old farmer
tell his grandchildren?
 He told his grandchildren: “Study harder so that you can do even more for the village than your parents did.”