Unit 8 - E10 - Reading

Playing game: Guess the key words
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
1
Which word has the second stressed
syllable?
April
September
V
2

Because of his illness, he couldn’t go to school.
Because
he was ill, he couldn’t go to school.
I
3
Find the words beginning with letter “A”
L
4
L
5
A
6
How many types of the mass media?
How many types of the mass media?
What are they?
What are they?
G
7
Which word has different sound syllable?
A. night

B. climb D. life
C. film
E
The word is:
V I L L A G E
V I L L A G E
Unit 8:
The Story of My Village
The Story of My Village
Reading
straw
mud
bumper crop
cash crop
brick
brick house
* Vocabulary
- straw (n) /strכ:/
-
mud (n) /mΛd/
-
bumper (a) /’bΛmpər/: good
-
bumper crop (n) : good crop
-
cash crop (n) /kӕ krʃ כp/
-
brick (n) /brik/
-
brick house

Task 1: Complete the table
The changes Before Now
houses
radio and TV
farming methods

crops

travel


straw and mud
houses
few families had a
radio or a TV set
old
poor
bicycle, on foot
brick house
many families have
radios or a TV sets
new
good/ bumper
motorbike, car
Task 2: Answer the questions
1. It’s was poor and simple.
2. Because they hope that with an education of
science and technology, their children could
find a way of bettering their lives.

Task 2: Answer the questions
3. They introduced new farming methods which
resulted in bumper crops. They also helped
the villagers grow crash crops for export.
4. He said their lives had changed a lot thanks to
the knowledge their children had brought
home.
Task 2: Answer the questions
5. He told his grandchildren: “Study harder so
that you can do even more for the village than
your parents do.”
After you read
Discussion:
“What can people with an education help make
the life of their community better?”
Pay attention to take care of
children
Build more big and convenient
houses