Bài 8 - Reading

WARMLY WELCOME TO OUR ENGLISH CLASS DESIGNER: TRAN VAN SY CLASS 10A2 1 2 Look at the two pictures and find out as many differences Look at the two pictures and find out as many differences between the two pictures as possible. between the two pictures as possible. Before Now T2 Before Now T2 Before Now T2 Before Now T2 Unit 8 Reading Vocabulary 3. mud /mʌd/ 2. straw /strɔ:/ Ex: Ten years ago, my house was made of straw and mud, but now it is made of brick. 4. brick /brik/ 5. shortage of /'∫ɔ:tidʒ/ (v) (n) (n) (n) 1. make ends meet (n) not enough of something Ex: He often works very hard all day, but he can’t make ends meet. rơm rạ bùn gạch kiếm đủ sống sự thiếu hụt 6. bumper crop Vocabulary (n) vụ mùa bội thu Vocabulary cây trồng thương phẩm 7. cash crop (n) 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 [...]...Task 2 The reading passage tell us about many changes in the village Complete the following table Areas of changes houses radio and TV Before Now made of straw and mud few families had made of bricks radios or TV... to (5) ……………… their children to schools Today, the lifestyle in the village has changed thanks to the (6) ………………… the young brought from schools They introduced new (7) ……………………… , which resulted in (8) ……………… crops they also helped to grow cash crops People’s lives get better Every family has a radio or a TV and motorbikes 5 Homework 1 Read the text carefully and translate it into Vietnamese 2 Write . possible. Before Now T2 Before Now T2 Before Now T2 Before Now T2 Unit 8 Reading Vocabulary 3. mud /mʌd/ 2. straw /strɔ:/ Ex: Ten years ago, my house. cây trồng thương phẩm 7. cash crop (n) Task 1.The words in A appear in the reading passage. Match them with their definitions in B. A B 1. make ends meet