Unit 8. The story of my village

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F I L M S
D R A M A
C A R T O O N
M A G A Z I N E
S P E A K I N G
P R O G R A M M E
I N S P I T E O F
 FARMERS
Supply the missing words and then use them to complete the crossword :
1.We often go to the cinema at weekends to see-----.
2.----- is a play for the theatre, TV or radio.
3.The children are fascinated by “Tom and Jerry”, a famous------ on TV.
4.TV, radio, newspaper and ----- are some types of the mass media.
5.The teachers encourage their students to join the English---- club so that they will be more confident in communication
6.What kinds of TV---- do you like best ?-Music-----.
7.----- the cold weather, we managed to go out.
Answer the following questions:




1.Where do the farmers work ?
2. What do they produce ?
3. Do you think they have a prosperous life ?Why or why not ?

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THE STORY OF MY VILLAGE
Lesson 1:Reading comprehension (page82.83.84)
Look at the picture and discuss some questions







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 ?

They are collecting rice /
they are harvesting the crop.
The crop is good
They are working very hard
Water, fertilizer, working
hard, seeds, machines, good
farming methods and so on.
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Unit 8: THE STORY OF MY VILLAGE
Vocabulary
Task 1:
Task 2:
Task 3:
Discussion questions:
Vocabulary:
1. harvest (v) :
2. straw (n):
3.mud (n): wet, soft soil
4. shortage (n): insufficiency, lack
5. meet someone’s wish (exp.):
6. technical high school (n):
7. thanks to (prep.): owing to, due to
8. effect (n):
thu hoạch, gặt hái
rơm, rạ
bùn đất ướt, nhão
sự thiếu hụt
đáp ứng sự mong mỏi
trường THKT dạy nghề
do, nhờ
sự tác động, tác dụng
Task 1: Match words in A with their definitions in B:

1b. kiếm tằn tiện đủ sống
2d. thiếu thốn nhiều thứ
3a.cải thiện cuộc sống
4c. cây trồng để bán và thu lợi nhuận (cây thương phẩm)
5e. vụ mùa bội thu
Task 2: 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old (out of date)
new (up to date)
poor/ bad
(enough to eat)
good/ bumper
(more to sell)
(on foot / bicycle)
 Task 3 : Answer the following questions
What was life in the author’s village many years ago ?
Why did the villagers want to send their children to school and college in spite of their shortages ?
How did the children help improve the lifestyle in the village when they finished college or technical high school ?
What did an old farmer say about the effect of the knowledge the young people brought home ?
What exactly did he tell his grandchildren ?
Task 3: suggested answers.
1. It was poor and simple.
2. Because they hoped 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 ” Our lives have changed a lot thanks to the knowledge our
children brought home”
OR: He said their lives had changed a lot thanks to the knowledge their children had brought home.
5. He told his grandchildren to study hard so that they could do even
more for the village than their parents had done.


Discussion question :
How can people with an education help make the life of their community better ? (Especially in the field of agriculture)
Introducing new farming methods (rotation of crops or intercrop)
growing cash crops for export (high quality strain of rice)
helping local people apply modern technology in farming
(modern machines replace for manual work)
 Raising people’s awareness about food safety and environmental hygiene (producing pure products, limitation of using insecticides, herbicides, and fertilizers)
THE END !
use the buffalo to plough the soil
ploughing machine
transplanting machine
A woman is transplanting