thi giáo viên giỏi môn Tiếng Anh

Thursday, December 4
th
, 2008
WELCOME TO OUR
CLASS

TEACHER: NGUYEN MAI ANH

2. cottage
5. building
3. buffalo
6. ploughing machine
4. cyclo
1. motorcycle
7. small road
8. high-way
Match these pictures with the suitable word or phrase
a
b
c
d
hg
fe

b - 5. building
a - 2. cottage
e - 3. buffalo
c - 6. ploughing machine
g - 4. cyclo
1, Motorcycle

h - 7. small road
f - 8. high-way
Match these pictures with the suitable word or phrase
d - 1. motorcycle

building
cottage
buffalo
ploughing machine
cyclo
motorcycle
small road
high-way
The past
The present

UNIT 8
Part A: Reading



Before you read:
Look at the picture and answer the
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 (harvesting)

rice from the field
They are working hard
The crop is good/ It is a bumper crop
- Good farming methods
- Farmers’ efforts
-
Using farming machine
-
Good weather…

* Pre-teaching vocabulary:
Field (n) [fi:ld] The farmer work in the field.
Straw (n) [str :]ɔ
Mud (n) [m d]ʌ wet, soft soil
In the past, most houses were made of mud and straw.
Brick house (n)
Shortage (n) ['∫ :tid ]ɔ ʒ lack of something
Technical high school (n) trêng trung häc kü thuËt d¹y nghÒ
Farming methods (n) ['meθəd] ph¬ng ph¸p canh t¸c
Thanks to (pre.) owing to, because of

While you read:
You are going to read a passage about
life changes in the village. You read it
and do the following tasks.

A B
1. make ends meet
2. in need of many things
3. bettering one’s life

4. bumper crops
5. cash crops
a. making one’s life better
b. have just enough money to
pay for the things that you need
c. crops to be sold, not for use by
the people who grow it
d. having to have many things
that you do not have
e. good crops
Task 1: The words in A appear in the reading
passage. Match them with their definitions in B
kiÕm ®ñ sèng
thiÕu thèn nhiÒu thø
c¶i thiÖn cuéc sèng
vô mïa béi thu
c©y th¬ng phÈm

Task 2:
Task 2:
The reading passage tells us about many
The reading passage tells us about many
changes in the village. Complete the following table.
changes in the village. Complete the following table.
Areas of changes Before Now
Houses
Radio and
TV
Farming
methods

Crops
Travel
Made of straw and mud
Few families had a
radio or a TV set
Made of bricks
Many houses have, they can
listen to the news on the
radio or watch TV for
entertainment
Old
New
Good/ bumper
Motorbike
Poor
(Maybe) On foot

1
3
5
2
4
Task 3:
Task 3:
Choose number of question and answer
Choose number of question and answer
Choose question

Question 1:
What was life like in the

author’s village many years ago?
Many years ago, the village
was very poor and the
villagers’ life was very
simple.
Choose question

Question 2:
Why did the villagers want to send
their children to school and college in
spite of their shortages?
Because they hoped that with an
education of science and technology,
their children could find a way of
bettering their lives.
Choose question
You’ve got 2 points.

Choose question
Question 3:
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; helped the villagers grow
cash crops for export.

Choose question

Question 4:
What did an old farmer say about
the effect of the knowledge the
young people brought home?
He said that their lives had
changed a lot thanks to the
knowledge their children had
brought home.

Choose question
Question 5:
What exactly did the old farmer
tell his grandchildren?
He told his grandchildren:
“Study harder so that you can
do even more for the village
than your parents did.”
You’ve got 2 points.

After you read:
Fill in the blank with the provided words
based on the reading passage.
motorbike brick
bumper
TV
straw radio farming

Thanks to the help of your university volunteer. My village
has changed rapidly especially in:
A. Farming:

Now, we can apply new and more effective farming
methods; use …(1)……machines. These resulted in …
(2)…. crops. And we have more money.
B. Houses:
Our houses are made of …(3)… , we have no longer
of mud or …(4)…… houses. We have a better and safer life.
C. Lifestyles:
We can ride a …(5)……. to go shopping or visit
our friends. Every family has a …(6)…. to listen to the
news and a …(7)……to watch for entertainment.
farming
bumper
brick
straw
motorbike
radio
TV
farming
bumper
brick
straw
motorbike
radio
TV

Homework
- Summarize the passage
- Prepare the Speaking (Unit 8)

2, Small house
5, big house,3, buffalo
6, ploughing machine
4, cyclo
1, Motorcycle
7, small road
8, big road
Match these pictures with the suitable word or phrase
a
b
c
d
ef
gh