Unit 8. The story of my village

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Class: 10C3
Nguyen Thai Binh High School
School year: 2010-2011
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Look at the following pictures and answer the questions
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What is the name of this animal?
A buffalo
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Where is this?
In a field
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What are they doing?
They are transplanting
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Who are they?
They are farmers
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Unit 8:
The story of my village
Date: 30/11/2010
Period: 44
Lesson 1: READING
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What are the people in the picture doing?
They are collecting rice from the field.
They are harvesting.
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How are they working?
They are working hard.
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What do you think of the crop?
It’s good.
It’s a bumper crop
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What helps produce good crops?
Good farming methods.
Using farming machines.
Farmer’s efforts
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Make ends meet (v):

2. Technical high school (n):

3. Result in (v) :

4. Better (v):

5. were in need of + N
New words:
Chỉ đủ sống
Trường TH kỹ thuật
Kết quả là, Dẫn đến
Cải thiện
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….cần ….
be made of + N..được làm từ..
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Ex: In the past, my house was made of straw and mud
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straw (n) /strɔ:/: rơm
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mud (n) /mʌd/ :bùn
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Unit 8: The story of my village
This girl is a beggar.
She has to live in poverty
and shortage.
Shortage (n) /`∫ɔ:tidʒ/ of :
Sự thiếu thốn
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cash crop /`kæ∫krɒp/: Cây trồng thương phẩm

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brick (n) /brik/ : gạch
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New words:
1. Make ends meet (v): Chỉ đủ sống
2. Technical high school (n): Trường TH kỹ thuật
3. Result in (v) : Kết quả là, Dẫn đến
4. Better (v): Cải thiện
5. were in need of + N: cần
6. be made of + N: được làm từ
7. straw (n) /strɔ:/: rơm
8. mud (n) /mʌd/ : bùn
9. Shortage (n) /`∫ɔ:tidʒ/ of : Sự thiếu thốn
10. cash crop /`kæ∫krɒp/: Cây trồng thương phẩm
11. brick (n) /brik/ : gạch
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Task 1: Decide these statements are True (T) or False (F). Correct the false information
Before reading
After reading
1-
2-
3-
4-
5-
Years ago, the village was poor.
Many years ago, the villagers’ lives were not simple
Although the villagers were poor, they sent their children to school or college.
Today the villagers live in many straw houses.
Villagers’ lives have become better thanks to new farming methods.
Many years ago the villagers’ lives were simple.
Today, the villagers live in many brick houses
T
F
T
F
T
TASK 2: Read the text carefully then complete the following table:
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made of brick
made of straw and mud
Few families had a radio
or a TV set
Many families have a
Radio or a TV set
buffalo, plough
machine
Poor / enough to eat
good / bumper
/export
on foot / by bicycle
by motorbike
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TASK 3: Answer the 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?
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1- What was life like in the author`s village many years ago?
? It was poor and simple.
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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.
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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.
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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”.
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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.”
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Work in pairs: Discuss the question
What will you do in the future to help people in your hometown?
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A: Nam, what do you want to do in the future?
A: If you are a doctor, what can you
do to help people in your
hometown?
B: I will kill their diseases and keep
them healthy. What about you?
A: I want to be an architect. I will build
lots of flats for local people to live in.
What will you do in the future to help people in your hometown?
B: I want to become a doctor
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Home work
* Learn by heart new words
* Do the task 1 at home
* Prepare the lesson: speaking
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Thanks for your attention
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