Unit 8. The story of my village

ENGLISH 10 – UNIT 8
READING COMPREHENSION
Work in pairs. Look at the picture.
Discuss the questions.
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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?


They are harvesting / gathering the crops.
They are working hard.
It is a good crop / a bumper crop.
New farming methods and machines, and farmers’ great efforts do.
1. could hardly
2. to make ends meet
3. be in need of
4. straw
5. mud
6. shortage
7. to manage
8. to meet so`s wishes
9. technical high school
10. to result in
11. bumper crop
12. cash crop
13. lifestyle
14. brick
15. thanks to
hầu như không thể
xoay sở đủ sống
cần đến, thiếu
rơm, rạ
bùn
sự thiếu thốn
thỏa mãn ước ao
trung học kỹ thuật
đưa đến kết quả
vụ mùa bội thu
hoa màu xuất khẩu
lối sống
gạch
nhờ vào
cố làm được
LISTEN TO THE PRONUNCIATION OF THESE WORDS
AND GUESS THEIR DEFINITIONS IN VIETNAMESE.
Few families had a radio or a TV set.
old
poor
Ø
made of brick
Many families have a radio or a TV set.
new
good / bumper
It was poor and simple.
Because they hoped that with an education of science and
technology, their children could find a way of bettering their lives.
They introduced new farming methods which resulted in bumper crops. They also helped villagers to grow cash crops for export.
He said their lives had changed a lot thanks to the knowledge their children had brought home.
He told his grandchildren, “Study harder so that you can do even more for the village than your parents did.”
HOMEWORK
MUD HOUSE
BRICK
STRAW
BUMPER CROP
CASH CROP