Unit 8. The story of my village

*Look at the pictures and answer the questions.
What is the name of this animal?

Buffalo

/ 'bʌfəlou/


Where is this?

In a field


buffaloes

The farmer is ploughing


What are they doing?

They are transplanting


Who are they?

They are farmers

Part A:


I. 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 crops?
4. What helps produce good crops?
3. I think it’s a good crop
2. They are working hard
4.They
To get
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harvesting
crop.good seeds,
advanced techniques, fertilizer, it requrires
hard work and suitable weather..


Unit 8: The story of my village

I. Before you read
1.vocabulary

mud (n) wet, soft soil [mʌd] :

bùn


Unit 8: The story of my village
Ex: In the past, my house was made of straw

straw (n) /strɔ:/:Straw(n): dry cut stalks of
various cereals

rơm


make ends meet (v) :have just
enough money to pay for the
things you need
kim sng.

technical high school
trửụứng trung hoùc kyừ thuaọt


buffaloes

The farmer is ploughing


Unit 8: The story of my village
brick (n) /brik/ :
►

gạch

brick houses: (n) house made of bricks
Nhà được làm bằng ghạch


Unit 8: The story of my village

bumper crop ['bʌmpə crop ](n) = good crop
vụ mùa bội thu


Unit 8: The story of my village

This girl is a beggar.
She has to live in poverty
and shortage.
- shortage(n) /'∫ɔ:tidʒ/ of :

Sự thiếu thốn


Unit 8:

THE STORY OF MY VILLAGE

- READING

•

Some other new words:
-Technical high school / 'teknikl hai sku:l/ (n):
Trường trung học kỹ thuật
- Farming method / 'fɑ:miη 'meθəd/ (n):
Phương pháp canh tác
- Thanks to /θæηk tu/ (pre) = = owing to
=because of :
Nhờ có


Unit 8:

THE STORY OF MY VILLAGE

1.BEFORE YOU READ:
- Mud /mʌd/ (n) :
- Straw /strɔ:/ (n):

- READING

*NEW WORDS:

Bùn
Rơm, rạ

- Brick /brik/ (n):
Gạch
- Technical high school / 'teknikl hai sku:l/ :
Trường trung học kỹ thuật
-Shortage /'∫ɔ:tidʒ/ of (n) :

Sự thiếu thốn

- Bumper crop /'bʌmpə crop/ (n):

Vụ mùa bội thu

- Farming method /'fɑ:miη 'meθəd/ (n): Phương pháp canh tác
-Thanks to /θæηk tu/ (pre) :

Nhờ có


Unit 8: The story of my village

I. Before you read
2.checking vocabulary
-mud (n) [mʌd]

bùn

-straw (n) [strɔ:]

rơm

-brick (n) [brik]

gạch

-shortage(n) ['∫ɔ:tidʒ (of)

-bumper crop(n)

sự thiếu thốn
vụ mùa bội thu


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UNIT 8: THE STORY OF MY VILLAGE - READING

1.Task 1: The words in A appear in the reading passage.
Match them with their definitions in B.

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.


• Many years ago, my village was very poor. The villager had to
work hard in the field all day and could hardly make ends meet.
Their lives were simple and they were in need of many things.
Many people had to live in houses made of straw and mud, and
a few families had a radio or a TV set. However, in spite of the
shortages, the villagers managed to send their children to school
and college. They hoped that with an education of science and
technology, their children could find a way of bettering their lives.
• The children have met their parents’ wishes. When they came
back from college or technical high school, they introduced new

farming methods, which resulted in bumper crops. They also
helped the villagers grow cash crop for export. Soon, the lifestyle
of my village changed. Today, people live in brick houses. In the
evening, they can listen to the news on the radio or watch TV for
entertainment.. Sometimes they go to town on their motorbikes
to do some shopping or to visit their friends.
• “ Our lives have changed a lot thanks to the knowledge our
children brought home” said an old farmer, “and I always tell my
grandchildren to study harder so that they can do even more for
the village than their parents did.


2.TASK 2: Read the text carefully then complete

the following table:

Areas of
change

Before

Now

Houses

made of straw
1
and mud

made of2 bricks

Radio & TV

Few families had a Many families had
4 TV set
radios and
radio or3a TV set
old methods,
5
by buffalo

machine/
6
new methods

Crops

poor
7

bumper/
8
more to sell

Travel

on foot/by
9 bikes

by motorbikes

10

Farming
methods


3. TASK 3:
Group work. Answer the following questions.
Read all the questions
Underline the key words
Locate the information in the text
Answer the question