Unit 8. The story of my village

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A noun of place
Unit 8
THE STORY OF MY VILLAGE
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Reading
- mud [mʌd] (n):
- straw [strɔ:] (n):
- brick [brik] (n):
Vocabulary
bùn
gạch
rơm
- introduce [,intrə`dju:s] (v):
giới thiệu.
- stortage [`∫ɔ:tidʒ] (n):
sự thiếu thốn
- crop [krɔp] (n):
vụ mùa
Task 1: The words in A appear in the reading passage.
Match them with their definitions in B.
Years ago the villagers were still poor
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Although the villagers were poor, they sent their children to school or college
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Today, the villagers live in many straw houses
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Villagers’ lives have become better thank to new farming methods
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Many years ago the villagers’ lives were not simple.
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Task 2: Decide these statements are True (T) or False (F).
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Years ago the villagers were still poor
Many years ago the villagers’ lives were not simple.
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Although the villagers were poor, they sent their children to school or college
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Today, the villagers live in many straw houses
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brick
Villagers’ lives have become better thank to new farming methods
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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 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?
Task 3: Read the passage again, and find answers for the following questions.
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 their lives had changed a lot thanks to the knowledge their children had brought home.

1. Learn by heart the new words and phrases from the passage.
2. Do task2 page 84
3. Prepare for the next lesson.
Good bye!