Unit 8. The story of my village

It is a good/bumper crop
Cottage house
Brick house
straw
Village school
Technical high school
Vocabulary
Straw (n): dry cut stalks of various cereal
Mud (n) : wet , soft soil
Technical high school (n) :trường trung học kỹ thuật
Farming method (n): phương pháp canh tác
Brick houses (n): houses made of bricks
The words in A appear in the reading passage . Match them with their definitions in B


A
Make ends meet
In need of many things
Bettering one’s life
Bumper crops
Cash crops

B
Making one’s life better
Have just enough money to pay for the things that you need
Crops to be sold ,not for use by the people who grow it
Having to have many things that you do not have
Good crops
The reading passage tell us about many changes in the village. Complete the following table
Made of bricks
Few families had a radio or a TV set
Many families have a radio or a TV set
Old
New
Poor
Good/Bumper
2
3
Game: Lucky Numbers
4
5
6
7
1
It was poor and simple
Question1 : What was lift in the author’s village many years ago?
Question2 : Why did the villagers want to send their children to school and college in spite of their shortages?
Because they hope that with an education of science and technology their children could find a way of bettering their lives
Question3 :how did the children help improve the lifestyle in the village when they finished college or technical high school?
They introduced new farming methods which resulted in bumper crops for export
Question4 :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
Question5: What exactly did he tell his
grandchildren?
He told his grandchildren: “study harder so that you can do more for the village than your parent did”
Lucky Number
Question :How can people with an education help make the life of their community better?
Introduce new farming methods
Grow cash crops for export
Help local people apply modern technology in farming
Help community especially young people access to way of entertainment
Raise people’s awareness about food safely and entertainment hygiene