Unit 8. The story of my village

Warm-up: Look at the picture and guess the word
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UNIT 8
THE STORY OF MY VILLAGE
A. READING
What are they doing ?
How are they working ?
What do you think about their crop ?
What helps produce good crops ?
Vocabulary
straw
The house is made of mud.
 mud:
They are having a bumper crop.
 bumper crop = good crop
cash crop
brick
Vocabulary
make ends meet :
better one’s life :
in need of many things :
straw (n)
mud (n)
bumper crop
cash crop
brick (n)
make ends meet
better one’s life
in need of many things
Task 1
Match the words in A with their definitions in B.
1. B
2. D
3. A
4. E
5. C
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TASK 2
Read the text carefully then put a cross (X) in the right column.
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TASK 3
Answer the questions
What was life like in the author`s village many years ago ?  
Why did the villagers want to send their children to school and college in spite of their shortages ?  
How did the children help improve the lifestyle in the village when they finished college or technical high school ?  
What did an old farmer say about the effect of the knowledge the young people brought home ?
Question 1
What was life like in the author’s village many years ago?
 It was poor and simple.
Question 2
Why did the villagers want to send their children to school and college in spite of their shortages?
 Because they hoped that with an education of science and technology, their children could find a way of bettering their lives.
Question 3
How did the children help 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.
Question 4
What did the old farmer say about the effect of the knowledge the young people brought home?
 He said that their lives had changed a lot thanks to the knowledge their children had brought home.
Fill each blank in the summery of the story with a suitable word or a phrase from the box below.


Many years ago, the village was very (1) …………….. . The villagers worked hard all day and could hardly (2) ………………… . They lived in houses made of (3) …………………. , few families (4) ………….. a radio or a TV. However, in spite of the shortages, the villagers tried to (5) ……………… their children to schools. Today, the lifestyle in the village has changed thanks to the (6) ………………… the young brought from schools. They introduced new (7) ………………………. , which resulted in (8) ………………. crops. They also helped to grow cash crops. People’s lives get better. Every family has a radio or a TV and motorbikes.
straw and mud
poor
farming methods
make ends meet
knowledge
had
bumper
send
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HOMEWORK :
Learn by heart the new words.
Read the passage & translate it into Vietnamese.
Prepare the Speaking Part.
Thank you for your attention!