V I L L A G E

Unit 8:The Story of My Village

(reading)

New words:

straw (n) rơm

mud (n) bùn

technical (a) thuộc về kỹ thuật

method (n) phương pháp

brick (n) gạch

(to) export xuất khẩu

(to) change thay đổi

Task 1:

Before Now

farming method

crop

motorbike

made of straw and mud

houses

radio and TV

travel

Areas of changes

Few families had radio or TV set

old

poor

Many families have a radio or a TV set

new

good/ bumper

Task 2.MatchingA B

1.make ends meet2.in need of many things3.bettering of one’s life4.bumper crops5.cash crops

a. making one’s life betterb have just enough money to pay for the

things that you needc. crops to be sold, not for use by the

people who grow itd. having to have many things that you

do not havee. crops.

Answer: 1b, 2d, 3a, 4e, 5c

1.What was the life 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 her tell his grandchildren?

Task 3. Answer the following questions.

2. Why did the villagers want to send their children to school and college in spite of their shortages?

->Because they hoped that with an education of science and technology, their children could find a way of bettering their lives.

1.What was the life in the author’s village many years ago?

-> It was poor and simple.

3.How did the children help improve the lifestyle in the village when they finished college or technical high school?

->They introduced new framing methods which resulted in bumper crops. They also helped grow cash crops for export.

4.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

5.What exactly did her tell his grandchildren?

->He told his children: “Study harder so that you can do even more for the village than your parents did”

Task 4:Discuss the following question.

How can people with an education help make the life of their community better?

Write a passage to answer the question “How can people with an education help make of their community better?”

Learn new words

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Homework