Unit 8. The story of my village

Welcome to our class
Playing game: Guess the key words
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
1



Which word has the second stressed syllable?

April










September
V
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Because of his illness, he couldn’t go to school.
Because
he was ill, he couldn’t go to school.
I
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Find the words beginning with letter “A”


L
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L
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A
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How many types of the mass media?
What are they?
G
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Which word has different sound syllable?
A. night
B. climb D. life
C. film
E
The word is:
V I L L A G E
Unit 8: The Story of My Village
Reading
straw
mud
bumper crop
cash crop
brick
brick house
* Vocabulary
- straw (n) /strכ:/
mud (n) /mΛd/
bumper (a) /’bΛmpər/: good
bumper crop (n) : good crop
cash crop (n) /kӕʃ krכp/
brick (n) /brik/
brick house


Task 1: Complete the table
straw and mud houses
few families had a radio or a TV set
old
poor
bicycle, on foot
brick house
many families have
radios or a TV sets
new
good/ bumper
motorbike, car
Task 2: Answer the questions
1. It’s was poor and simple.

2. Because they hope that with an education of science and technology, their children could find a way of bettering their lives.
Task 2: Answer the questions
3. They introduced new farming methods which resulted in bumper crops. They also helped the villagers grow crash crops for export.

4. He said their lives had changed a lot thanks to the knowledge their children had brought home.
Task 2: Answer the questions

5. He told his grandchildren: “Study harder so that you can do even more for the village than your parents do.”
After you read
Discussion:
“What can people with an education help make the life of their community better?”
Pay attention to take care of children
Build more big and convenient houses
Build a new stadium for children
Widen the roads
Saturday, December 6th, 2008

Good bye!