Unit 8. The story of my village

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1.The most popular type of the mass media in our every day life is …
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2. This house is made of …
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3. Noun of “ to live” is …
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3. Noun of “to live” is …
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4. It is the closest animal to farmers.
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5. Do you know what it is?
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5. What do the farmers often do on their plot of land? – They …
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7. Where do the farmers work ? On the …
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Unit 8: The story of my village
A. Reading
Many years ago
Now
Many years ago
Now
Many years ago
Now
Match the words in A with their definitions in B
Answers:
1.b
2.d
3.a
4.e
5.c
Task 1
a. making one’s life better
b. have just enough money to pay for the things you need.
c. crops to be sold, not for use by the people who grow it
d. having to have many things that you need
e. good crops
1. make ends meet
2. in need of many things
3. bettering one’s life
4. bumper crops
5. cash crops
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
Task 3
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 life style 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 did he tell his grand children?
1. What was life in the author’s village many years ago ?
Answer the questions
Task 3
In the author’s village many years ago , the life was simple and poor, the people were in need of many things
2. Because they hope that with an education of science and technology their children could find a way of bettering their lives.
3. They introduced new farming methods which resulted in bumper crops. They also helped grow cash crops for export.
4. He said their lives had changed a lot thanks to the knowledge their children had brought home.
5. He told his grandchildren to study harder so that they could do more for the village than their parents had done
Answers
Fill each blank in the summery of the story with a suitable word or a phrase from the box below
straw and mud poor farming methods make ends meet
bumper send knowledge had
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 shortage, 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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