Unit 8. The story of my village

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UNIT 8: THE STORY OF MY VILLAGE
English 10
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A. READING
Work in groups
Always on my mind
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* Talk about our country’s agriculture in the past and at present.
Look at the pictures and discuss about them.
+ In the past
- done by hands
- bad crops
- not enough rice to eat

+ at present
- done by machines
- good crops
- enough rice to export

What was work done by?


How were the crops?
How was rice?
What is work done by?


How are the crops?


How is rice?

BEFORE YOU READ

1. What are the people doing?
2. How are they working?
3. What do you think about the crop?
4. What helps produce good crops?
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They’re collecting rice.
They’re working very hard.
The crop is good and bumper.
Using new farming methods does.
1/ Look at the picture. Ask and answer the questions
shortage [`∫ɔ:tidʒ](n)
bumper crop [`bʌmpə krɔp]
cash crop [kæ∫ krɔp]
lifestyle [laif stail](n)
widen [`waidn](v)
replace [ri`pleis](v)
straw [strɔ:](n)
mud [mʌd](n)
make ends meet(exp)
bettering one’s life(exp)


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2. NEW WORDS
: sự thiếu thốn
: bumper harvest mùa bội thu
: cây trồng thương phẩm
: lối sống
: mở rộng
: thay thế
: rạ
: bùn
: kiếm đủ sống
: cải thiện cuộc sống
shortage
bumper crop
bettering
widened
lifestyle
1. Last year we had a ___________ of apples.
2.The recent heavy rains have helped to ease the water _______.
3.They try to find a way of __________ their lives.
4.Most of the roads in the city have been ___________ recently.
5. Is all this technology making our ____________simpler?
3.Using the words/ phrases in the box to complete the sentences
B
a. making one’s life better
b. have just enough money to pay for the things that you need
c. crops to be sold, not for use by the people who grow it
d. having to have many things that you do not have
e. good crops
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4/ The words in A appear in the reading passage. Match them with their definitions in B.
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1. make end meet
2. in need of many
thing
3. bettering one’s life
4. bumper crops
5. cash crops
5/ Work individually: Listen and decide the following statements are true (T) or false (F). T F
The villagers were very poor many years ago.
The Villagers were not capable to send their children to schools and colleges.
The villagers thought that their children could not find a way of bettering their lives.
At present, they live in houses made of brick and cement.
Their lives have changed thanks to their children’s knowledge.
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1/ Work in groups: Read and check your answers (True/ False statements). Correct the false information. T F
1. The villagers were very poor many years ago.
2. The Villagers were not capable to send their children to schools and colleges.
3. The villagers thought that their children could not find a way of bettering their lives.
4. At present, they live in houses made of brick and cement.
5. Their lives have changed thanks to their children’s knowlege
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2. The Villagers were capable to send their children to schools and colleges.
3. The villagers thought that their children could find a way of bettering their lives.
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2/ Work in groups: Read the passage and look at each picture. You tell about many changes in the village.
Made of straw and mud
Few families had
Very old
poor
go on foot or by cycles
Made of brick
Many families have
very modern
Good and bumper
cars, motorbikes
3/ Work in pairs: Read the passage again and 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 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 grand children?
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LUCKY NUMBER
3/ Read the passage again and answer the questions.
A 1
6 GROUPS
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congratulation
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AFTER YOU READ
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Sum-up: Look at the pictures and talk about the changes of the life in your village
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How can people with an education help make the life of their community better?
- They can apply many new farming methods.
- They can use modern technology to create new rice seeds and have good and bumper crops.
2. Answer the following question.
Work individually
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Write the passage about 100 words telling about your village in the “DOI MOI” at the present.
Preparing the SPEAKING.
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HOMEWORK
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