Unit 8 the story of my village

What is the name of this animal?

buffalo


Where is this?

In a field


Where is this?

In a field


What are they doing?

They are transplanting


Who are they?

They are farmers


UNIT 8:

Lesson 1: Reading

Before you read.
Look at the picture and answer the following 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?


Unit 8: The story of my village

1. Vocabulary:
be made of + N….: được làm bằng….

Ex: In the past, my house was made of straw and mud
mud (n):bùn
straw (n): rơm


Unit 8: The story of my village

1. Vocabulary:
be made of + N….: được làm bằng….

Ex: In the past, my house was made of straw and mud
mud (n):bùn
straw (n): rơm


brick (n) [brik] :

► brick house

gạch
Nhà gạch


brick (n) [brik] :
► brick house

gạch
Nhà gạch


* Vocabulary

- introduce [intrə'dju:s] (v): giới thiệu.
- export ['ekspɔ:t] (n):
sự xuất khẩu, hàng xuất khẩu
export [ɪk 'spɔ:t] (v):
xuất khẩu
gạch
- brick (n) [brik] :
- farming methods ['fɑ:miη] ['meθədz](n):
các phương pháp canh tác.
- result (in) [ri'zʌlt] (v):
dẫn đến.
- shortage (n) ['∫ɔ:tidʒ] of :
sự thiếu thốn
- mud (n) [mʌd] :
bùn

rơm
- straw (n) [strɔ:]:
- cash crop
['kæʃ krɒp ]: cây trồng thương phẩm

- bumper crop: ['bʌmpə(r) krɒp ] vụ mùa bội thu


 Matching:

A

B

1. make ends meet

a. making one’s life better

2. in need of many things

b. have just enough money to pay
for the things that you need

3. bettering one’s life

c. crops to be sold, not for use by
the people who grow it

4. bumper crops

d. having to have many things that
you do not have

5. cash crops

e. good crops.


TASK 2: Read the text carefully then complete the following
table:
Areas of
Before
Now
change
Houses
Radio & TV
Farming
methods
Crops
Travel

made of straw
made of bricks
and mud
Few families had a Many families have
radio or a TV set a radio or a TV set
old methods,
machine/
by buffalo
new methods

bumper/
poor/ enough to eat
more to sell
on foot/by bikes

by motorbikes


TASK 2: Read the text carefully then complete the following
table:
Areas of
Before
Now
change
Houses
Radio & TV
Farming
methods
Crops
Travel

made of straw
made of bricks
and mud
Few families had a Many families have
radio or a TV set a radio or a TV set
old methods,
machine/
by buffalo
new methods

bumper/
poor/ enough to eat
more to sell
on foot/by bikes

by motorbikes


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1- What was life like in the author’s village
many years ago?

It was poor and simple.


2.Why did the villagers want to send their children to
school and college in spite of their shortage?

 Because they hoped that with an education of
science and technology, their children could find
a way of bettering their lives.


3- How did the children help to improve the lifestyle in the

village when they finished college or technical high school?



They introduced new farming methods which resulted in
bumper crops. They also helped the villagers grow cash
crops for export.


4- What did an
old farmer say
about the effect
of the knowledge
the young people
brought home?

He said :”Our lives have
changed a lot thanks to the
knowledge our children brought
home”.


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.”