Bài giảng English 10 -unit 8 - Reading

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

Buffalo

/ 'bʌfəlou/


Where is this?

In a field


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. To get good crops, besides
1. They are harvesting the 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) [mʌd] :

bùn


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straw (n) /strɔ:/: rơm


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brick (n) /brik/ :
►

gạch

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


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


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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) = 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


Read the passage ,and then do the tasks
Read the passage ,and then do
that follow. that follow.
the tasks


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 of bricks
2

Radio & TV

Few families had a Many families had
3
4
radios and TV set

radio or a TV set
old methods,
5
by buffalo

machine/
6
new methods

Crops

poor
7

bumper/
8
more to sell

Travel

on foot/by bikes
9

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


Unit 8 :

THE STORY OF MY VILLAGE

- READING

1. What was life like in the author’s village many years ago?
2. Why did the villagers want to send their children to school
and college in spite of their shortages?
3. How did the children help improve the lifestyle in the
village when they finished college or technical high school?
4. What did an old farmer say about the effect of the
knowledge the young people brought home?
5. What exactly did he tell his grandchildren?


Task 3:
Questions and answers


Rules of the game.
There are 6 animals in which each animal has a

mysterious thing .The animal has a
 Present word, will give you a secret present.
 Sorry word, you will pass your turn to other.
 question word, you will have to answer the
question. if you give the right answer to the question
,you will get a different mark or even no mark.