Unit 8. The story of my village

WARMLY WELCOME THE TEACHERS ATTENDING OUR ENGLISH CLASS
Teacher HUYNH THI PHUC
Class 10A3
Look at the two pictures and find out as many differences between the two pictures as possible.
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Unit 8
Lesson reading
THE STORY OF MY VILLAGE
Vocabulary
3. mud /mʌd/
2. straw /strɔ:/
Ex: In the past, my house was made of straw and mud.
9. brick /brik/
4. shortage /`∫ɔ:tidʒ/ of
7. bumper crop
(v)
(n)
(n)
(n)
6. farming method
(n)
: dry, cut stalks of various cereals
: a crop grown for selling
8. cash crop
1. make ends meet
(n)
:not enough of something
5. to better one’s life
:to make one’s life better
:good crop
(n)
(n)
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m
sh
b
br
T1
straw
voc
mud
voc
This girl is a beggar. She has to live in poverty and shortage.
voc
bumper crop
voc
brick
voc
Task 1.The words in A appear in the reading passage.
Match them with their definitions in B.
The reading passage tell us about many changes in the village . Complete the following table.
made of straw and mud
made of bricks
few families had a radio or a TV set
many families have a
radio or a TV set
old
new / modern
poor
good / bumper crops
walking / bicycle
motorbike
Task 2.
h
T3
Before
Now
T2
Before
Now
T2
Before
Now
T2
Before
Now
T2
Lucky number
1
2
4
5
3
6
e
Q
Question 1
What was life like in the author’s village many years ago?
It was poor and simple.
Q
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.
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Question 3
How did the children help improve the lifestyle in the village when they finished college or technical high school?
When they came back from college or technical high school, they would introduced new farming methods, helped the villagers grow cash crops for export so their lifestyle could change.
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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.
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Question 5
What exactly did the old farmer tell his grandchildren?
He told his grandchildren to study harder to do even more for the village than their parents had did.
Q
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 (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

1. Learn by heart the new words and phrases from the passage.
2. Re-read the passage carefully.
3. Prepare for the next lesson.
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