Unit 8. The story of my village

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Warm-up: Look at the picture and guess the word
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UNIT 8
THE STORY OF MY VILLAGE
Part A: READING
I. Before you read






* Look at the picture and answer the following questions
1. What are the people in the picture doing?.
They are harvesting / collecting rice from the field.
2. How are they working?
3. What do you think of the crop?
4. What helps produce good crops?
* Suggested answer
2. They are working hard
3. It’s a bumper crop
4. Good farming methods , good weather, using farming machines, farmers’ efforts…


* New words
Mud (n)
Straw (n):

Brick ( n ) : gaïch
technical high school
trường trung học kỹ thuật
New words
To make ends meet :
In need of many things :
Straw (n) [strɔ:] :
mud (n) [mʌd] :
To better one’s life :
Technical high school : [`teknikl] :
Farming method (n): [`fɑ:miη `meθəd]
To result in : [ri`zʌlt]
Bumper crop : [`bʌmpə]
Cash crop : [`kæ∫ krɒp]
Brick (n): [brik]

Kiếm đủ sống
Thiếu thốn nhiều thứ
Rơm, rạ
Bùn
Cải thiện cuộc sống của ai đó
Trường trung học kĩ thuật
Phương pháp canh tác
Mang lại , tạo ra
Vụ mùa bội thu
Cây trồng thương phẩm
Gạch
Rub out & remember
To make ends meet :
:thiếu thốn nhiều thứ
Straw (n):
: bùn
To better one’s life :
: trường trung học kĩ thuật
Farming method (n):
To result in :
: vụ mùa bội thu
Cash crop :
: gạch
Kiếm đủ sống
In need of many things
Rơm , rạ
mud
Cải thiện cuộc sống của ai
Technical high school
Phương pháp canh tác
Mang lại , tạo ra
Bumper crop
Cây trồng thương phẩm
brick
The house is made of straw
The farmers are
harvesting
their bumper crop
II. While you read
Now read the passage about life changes in the country. Then do the tasks below

TASK 1: Match the words in A with their definitions in B .
( individual work)
2. TASK 2 :The reading passage tell us about many changes in the village . Complete the following table ( pair work)
made of straw and mud
made of brick
few families had a radio or a TV set
many families have a
radio or a TV set
old
new
poor
good/ bumper
by bicycle, on foot
by motorbike
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 shortages?
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 grandchildren?
3. TASK 3: ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS:
( pair work )
Question number 1 :
1- What was life like in the author`s village many years ago ? .
1- It was poor and simple .
Answer
Key
Question number 2 :
2- Why did the villagers want to send their children to school and college in spite of their shortages ?
2-Because they hoped that with an education of science and technology, their children could find a way of bettering their lives.
Answer
Key
Question number 3 :
3- How did the children help improve the lifestyle in the village when they finished college or technical high school? .
3- They introduced new farming methods, which resulted in bumper crops. They also helped the villagers grow cash crops for export.
Answer
Key
Question number 4 :
4- What did an
old farmer say
about the effect
of the knowledge
the young people
brought home ?.
Answer
Key
4- He said their lives had changed a lot thanks to the knowledge their children had brought home.
Question number 5 :
5-What exactly did he tell his grandchildren ?
Answer
Key
5- He told his grandchildren:
“ Study harder so that you can do even more for the village than your parents did ” .

III. After you read
Work in groups, discuss the question
What will you do to help Phu Yen town to be better?
( choose the suitable answers and add more if you have)
1. Study well
2. Narrow the roads
3. Widen the roads
4. Build more schools and hospitals
5. Stay at home and do nothing
6. Grow cash crops for export
…………………………………………..
………………………………………….
Suggested answers
1. Study well
3. Widen the roads
4. Build more schools and hospitals
6. Grow cash crops for export

HOMEWORK :
Learn by heart the new words .
Read the passage & translate it into Vietnamese
Redo task 2 & 3
Prepare the Speaking Part
Prepare Unit 7 – Reading (work book) .
Thanks for your attendance !