Unit 8. The story of my village

Good afternoon everybody
now
small house
big house
buffalo
ploughing machine
cyclo
motorcycle
small road
big road
village
*Warmer:
Many years ago
UNIT 8
Lesson 1: Reading
I- Pre- reading:
1. Vocabulary:
-straw (n):
rơm
-mud (n):
- brick (n):
buøn
gạch
- to better one’s life :
to make one’s life better
- bumper crops:
good crop
-cash crops:
crop to be sold,not for use by the
people who use it

I- Pre- reading:
1. Vocabulary:
3.straw (n):
rơm
6.mud (n):
2.brick(n):
buøn
gạch
1. to better one’s life :
to make one’s life better
5. bumper crops:
good crop
4.cash crops:
crop to be sold,not for use by
the people who grow it

1.what was life like in the author’s village many years ago?
2. what is it like now ?
2. Pre questions
2. Pre- questions:
1.The reading passage tell us about many changes in the village . Complete the following table:
II while reading
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
poor
Good/ bumper
bicycle
motorbike
II while reading
2. Answer the following questions:
1. Why did the villagers want to send their children to school
and college in spite of their shortages ?
2. How did the children help improve the life style in the village when they finished college or technical high school?
3. what did an old farmer say about the effect of the knowledge the young people brought home?

4. What did he tell his grand children?
Because they hope that with an education of science and technology their children could find a way of bettering their lives.
They introduced new farming methods which resulted in bumper crops .They also helped grow cashcrops for export.
He said their lives had changed a lot thanks to the knowledge their children had brought home.
He told his grandchildren to study harder so that they could do more for the village than their parents had done
now
now
small house
big house
buffalo
ploughing machine
cyclo
motorcycle
small road
big road
village
Many years ago
small house
cyclo
*Warmer:
III- Post reading:
Retell the changes of the lifestyle in the village thanks to the knowledge their children brought home.
Many years ago houses were made………but now they……..
…………….radio and TV……...
……………crops……………………………………………………….
……………………………………. motorcycle…
Homework:
Study vocabulary
Rewrite the changes in the village
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