English 12- Unit 7. Reading

Welcome to our lesson
today!
Presented by:
Nguyen Kim Anh
Kim Thanh High School

Look at the picture and answer the questions:
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What can you see in
the picture?
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Do you think that
the people lead a
rich or a poor life?
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Is the picture
about life in the
past or life today?
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What did our
government and
people do to
achieve these
changes?

Unit 7 : Economic
reforms
A. Reading
I. Vocabulary:
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inflation (n):
lạm phát
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subsidy (n): sự bao cấp
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renovation (n): sự đổi mới
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dissolve (v): giải thể, giải tán
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stagnant (adj): trì trệ
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substantial (adj): lớn lao, đáng kể

Task 1. Match the words in column A with the correct
meaning in column B
A B
1. National Congress
2. under - developed
3. government commitment
4. stagnant
5. inflation
6. renovation
7. dissolve
8. government subsidies
9. dominate
10. substantial
a. trì trệ
b. kém phát triển
c. lạm phát
d. cam kết của chính phủ

e. Quốc hội
f. bao cấp của chính phủ
g. đổi mới, canh tân
h. giải thể, giải tán
i. lớn lao, đáng kể
k. thống trị, chi phối

One of the most important measures to be taken to promote the
development of a country is to constantly carry out economic reforms.
Being aware of this, in December 1986, at its Sixth National Congress,
the Vietnamese Communist Party initiated an overall economic
reform, commonly known as “Doi Moi” (Renovation). The aim of Doi
Moi was to restructure the economy of Vietnam and to raise the living
standards of the people.
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*Skim the passage and number the lines in each paragraph.
Paragraph 1:
II. Reading