unit8 reading

Teacher : Nguyễn Anh Thư 1. Warmer: GUESSING ELV I L A G V UNIT 8: Part: Reading Look at the picture and answer the following questions Unit 8: The story of my village Unit 8: The story of my village I. Vocabulary: mud (n): straw (n): brick (n): bùn rơm gạch 1. Vocabulary: Unit 8: The story of my village mud (n): bùn; muddy (adj): lầy lội straw (n): rơm rạ; brick (n): gạch bumper crop: vụ mùa bội thu shortage (n): sự thiếu thốn TASK 1: Match the words in A with their definitions in B A B 1- make ends meet 2 -in need of many things 3- bettering one’s life 4- bumper crops 5- cash crops a) making one’s life better b) have just enough money to pay for the things that you need. c) crops to be sold, not for use by the people who grow it d) having to have many things that you do not have e) good crops Answers: 1B 2D 3A 4E 5C Unit 8: The story of my village Areas of change Before Now Houses Radio & TV Farming methods Crops Travel on foot motorbike TASK 2: Read the text carefully then complete the following table: old made of brick Many families have a radio or a TV set new bumper / good made of straw and mud Few families had a radio or a TV set 2 3 5 4 6 8 1 10 9 poor 7 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: ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS: Unit 8: The story of my village 1- What was life like in the author’s village many years ago? It was poor and simple. Key 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. . Teacher : Nguyễn Anh Thư 1. Warmer: GUESSING ELV I L A G V UNIT 8: Part: Reading Look at the picture and answer the following questions Unit 8: The