English 12_Unit 8: Reading

GUESSING

ELV I L A G

Unit
8
THE STORY OF MY VILLAGE
1
0
10

* New words
Mud (n)

Brick ( n ) : gaïch

straw
voc

Brick
Bumper crops
Bùn
Cây trồng thương
phẩm
Better
Rơm
Straw
Mud Gạch

Cải thiện
V
ụ

m
ù
a

b
ộ
i

t
h
u
Cash crop

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. Mud
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. Soft wet earth
5. cash crops e. good crops.
UNIT 8: THE STORY OF MY VILLAGE - LESSON 1: READING

Task 2: The reading passage tells us about many changes
in the village. Complete the following table.
UNIT 8: THE STORY OF MY VILLAGE - LESSON 1: READING
Areas of change Before Now
houses
made of straw and
mud
radio and TV
farming
methods
crops
travel
motorbike
made of brick
few families had a
radio or a TV set
many families have a
radio or a TV set
old
new
poor good / bumper
no information

UNIT 8: THE STORY OF MY VILLAGE - LESSON 1: READING
 Task 3: Read the passage again, and find answers for the
following questions.