unit 8 phan reading
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Unit
8
THE STORY OF MY VILLAGE
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Look at the picture and answer the questions
1. What are the people in the picture doing?
=> They are collecting rice from the field.
2. How are they working?
=> They are working hard.
3. What do you think of the crop?
=> It is good.
4. What helps produce good crops?
=> Farmr’s efforts.
- export ['ekspɔ:t] (n):
- mud [mʌd] (n):
- straw [strɔ:] (n):
- brick [brik] (n):
dẫn đến
- farming methods ['fɑ:miη] ['meθədz](n):
UNIT 8: THE STORY OF MY VILLAGE - LESSON 1: READING
1. Vocabulary
bùn
gạch
rơm
- introduce [,intrə'dju:s] (v):giới thiệu.
sự xuất khẩu, hàng xuất khẩu.
các phương pháp canh tác
- result (in) [ri'zʌlt] (v):
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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.
UNIT 8: THE STORY OF MY VILLAGE - LESSON 1: READING
thiếu thốn nhiều thứ.
cải thiện cuộc sống (của ai đó)
mùa màng bội thu.
cây trồng để thu hoa lợi.
kiếm đủ sống.
1. make ends meet
b. have just enough money to
pay for the things that you need
2. in need of many things
d. having to have many things
that you do not have
3. bettering one’s life
a. making one’s life better
4. bumper crops
e. good crops.
5. cash crops
c. crops to be sold, not for use
by the people who grow it
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
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 shortage?
3. How did the children help to 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?
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Task 3: Read the passage again, and find answers for the
following questions.
LUCKY FRUIT
LUCKY FRUIT
What was life like in the author’s village
many years ago?
It was poor and simple.
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Why did the villagers want to send their
children to school and college in spite of
their shortage?
Because they hoped that with an education of
science and technology, their children could find
a way of bettering their lives.
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How did the children help to improve the
lifestyle in the village when they finished
college or technical high school?
They introduced new farming methods which
resulted in bumper crops. They also helped the
villagers grow cash crops for export.
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What did an old farmer say about the
effect of the knowledge the young people
brought home?
He said their lives had changed a lot thanks to the
knowledge their children had brought home.
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What will you do to help your
village when you have the chance?
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1. Learn by heart the new
words and phrases from the
passage.
2. Re-read the passage
carefully.
3. Prepare for the next lesson.
Designed by class 10/1
2011-2012
