Unit 8. The story of my village

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WARM-UP
GAME
KIM’S GAME
What do you see in the following pictures?

Name all of them in 1 minute
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THE STORY OF MY VILLAGE
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I. PRE-READING
1. What are the people in the picture doing?
2. How are they working?
3. What do you think of the crop?
4. What helps produce good crops?
- export [`ekspɔ:t] (n):
- mud [mʌd] (n):
- straw [strɔ:] (n):
- brick [brik] (n):
dẫn đến
- farming methods [`fɑ:miη] [`meθədz](n):
UNIT 8: THE STORY OF MY VILLAGE - LESSON 1: READING
1. Vocabulary
bùn
gạch
rơm
- introduce [,intrə`dju:s] (v):
giới thiệu.
sự xuất khẩu, hàng xuất khẩu.
các phương pháp canh tác
- result (in) [ri`zʌlt] (v):
2. Complete the following sentences using the words or phrases you’ve just learnt .
1. In the past, our houses were made of ……….and ……..
2. I would like to......................you to my students.
3. The new……………….......were useful for their village
UNIT 8: THE STORY OF MY VILLAGE - LESSON 1: READING
farming methods
mud
straw
introduce
4. Your laziness will .................. in failure.
result
II. WHILE-READING
Task 1: The words in A appear in the reading passage.
Match them with their definitions in B.
UNIT 8: THE STORY OF MY VILLAGE - LESSON 1: READING
thiếu thốn nhiều thứ.
cải thiện cuộc sống (của ai đó)
mùa màng bội thu.
cây trồng để thu hoa lợi.
kiếm đủ sống.
1. make ends meet
b. have just enough money to pay for the things that you need
2. in need of many things
d. having to have many things that you do not have
3. bettering one’s life
a. making one’s life better
4. bumper crops
e. good crops.
5. cash crops
c. crops to be sold, not for use by the people who grow it
Task 2: The reading passage tells us about many changes in the village. Complete the following table.
UNIT 8: THE STORY OF MY VILLAGE - LESSON 1: READING
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
no information
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 shortage?
3. How did the children help to 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?
UNIT 8: THE STORY OF MY VILLAGE - LESSON 1: READING
Pair work
 Task 3: Read the passage again, and find answers for the following questions.
LUCKY FRUIT
 What was life like in the author’s village many years ago?
 It was poor and simple.
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 Why did the villagers want to send their children to school and college in spite of their shortage?
 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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 How did the children help to 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.
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What did an old farmer say about the effect of the knowledge the young people brought home?
 He said their lives had changed a lot thanks to the knowledge their children had brought home.
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III. POST-READING
What will you do to help your village when you have the chance?
UNIT 8: THE STORY OF MY VILLAGE - LESSON 1: READING
Group work
Take care of children
Build more big and convenient houses
Build new stadiums for children
Widen the roads and plant more cash crops

1. Learn by heart the new words and phrases from the passage.
2. Re-read the passage carefully.
3. Prepare for the next lesson.
Designed by Nguyen Hoang Linh
2009 - 2010
According to the passage, what are the most important things to improve the lifestyle in the village ?
A . The modern traffic.
B. The new farming methods.
C. The mass media.
D. A, B and C
 Scan the passage quickly, circle the letter of the correct answer
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B
Individual work