Unit 8. The story of my village

Teacher : Nguyen Thi Hong Yen
GOOD AFTERNOON
WELCOME TO OUR CLASS
Look at the following pictures
and answer the questions
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
Part A : Reading
My name is Jim
Let introduce about yourself!
- introduce [intrə`dju:s] (v):
giới thiệu.
Viet Nam is one of the biggest countries export rice in the world.
- export [`ekspɔ:t] (n):
sự xuất khẩu, hàng xuất khẩu.
- export [ɪk `spɔ:t] (v):
Xuất khẩu
- cash crop
[`kæʃ krɒp ]:
Cây trồng thương phẩm
Crops to be sold, not for use by the people who grow it.
My family has a bumper crop.
- bumper crop:
[`bʌmpə(r) krɒp ]
vụ mùa bội thu
► brick house
brick (n) [brik] :
gạch
Nhà gạch
mud (n) [mʌd] :bùn
straw (n) [strɔ:]: rơm
How can we move?
Thao chua rửa mặn, thâm canh tăng vụ, xen canh, luân canh…
- farming methods [`fɑ:miη] [`meθədz](n):
các phương pháp canh tác.
dẫn đến.
- result (in) [ri`zʌlt] (v):
Make something happen
shortage (n) [`∫ɔ:tidʒ] of :
Lack of something
Sự thiếu thốn
- 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:
Read the passage and then do the tasks follow.
Many years ago the villagers were still poor
*
*
Although the villagers were poor, they sent their children to school or college
*
*
Today, the villagers live in many
houses
*
Villagers’ lives have become better thank
to new farming methods
*
*
T
Many years ago the villagers’ lives were not simple.
1
2
3
4
5
Task 1: Decide these statements are True (T) or False (F).
F
T
F
T
straw
brick
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- 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?
TASK 3: ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS:
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.”

What will you do to help your village when you have the chance?
Build more big and convenient houses
Build ……………………………………………
Build a new stadium for children
Build………………………………
Widen the roads
Widen
Pay attention to taking care of children
Pay attention to

Homework
Learn by heart new words
Prepare for the Speaking lesson