unit 8 reading

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LESSON

Teacher : Nguyen Hoang Linh

1. Warmer: GUESSING

VILLAGE
ELV I L A G

UNIT 8
Lesson 1: Reading

1. WARMER
Guessing
2. PRE-READING
Vocabulary
3. WHILE-READING
4. POST READING:
multiple choice question
5. HOMEWORK

I. Vocabulary
mud (n)
straw (n)
be made of + N….ñöôïc laøm töø….
Ex: In the past, my house was made of straw and mud
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brick (n): gạch
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This girl is a beggar.
She has to live in poverty
and shortage.
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shortage (n) of :
Sự thiếu thốn
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Copy down the new words
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make ends meet (v) : kiếm đủ sống.
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mud (n): bùn - muddy (adj)
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straw (n): rơm
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poverty (n): sự nghèo đói
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shortage (n): sự thiếu
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brick (n): gạch
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result in (v) dẫn đến
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bumper crop (n) ['bʌmpə] mùa bội thu
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farming methods(n): các phương pháp canh tác

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better (v): cải thiện
Listen to the tape
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His carelessness resulted in a bad accident.
They want to better the living condition

Look at the picture and answer the following questions


1. What are the people in the picture doing?
 They are harvesting.
4. What help produce good crop?
Good farming methods, good weather
conditions,…
2. How are they working?
They are working hard
3. What do you think of the crop?
 It is a bumper (good) crop.
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farmer
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The villagers live in poverty
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The farmers are harvesting their crops
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The farmer is ploughing
buffaloes

field
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river
bridge
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TASK 1: Match the words in A with their definitions in B
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 you
need.
c) crops to be sold, not for
use by the people who
grow it
d) having to have many
things that you need
e) good crops
Answers:
1B 2D 3A 4E 5C

Unit 8: The story of my vi llage

Areas of
change
In the past At the present
Houses
Radio & TV
Farming
methods
Crops
Travel
on foot/by bikes by motorbikes
TASK 2: Read the text carefully then complete the following table:
old methods,
by buffalo
made of bricks
Many families have
radios and TV set
machine/
new methods
bumper/
more to sell
made of straw
and mud
Few families had a
radio or a TV set
2
3
5
4

6
8
1
10
9
poor/ enough to eat
7