E10 U8 l1 Reading

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[r]

1 What are the people in the picture doing? How are they working?

Brick ( n ) : gaïch

technical high school

Rub out & remember • To make ends meet :

• : thiếu thốn nhiều thứ

• Straw (n):

• : bùn

• To better one’s life :

trường trung học kĩ thuật

• Farming methods (n): • To result in :

vụ mùa bội thu

• Cash crop :

• : gạch

Kiếm đủ sống In need of many things

Rơm , rạ mud

Cải thiện sống Technical high school

Phương pháp canh tác Mang lại , tạo ra

Bumper crops

Task 2: The reading passage tells us about many changes in the village Complete the following table.

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

LUCKY FRUIT

LUCKY FRUIT

TASK 3

5.What exactly did he tell his grandchildren?

 He told his grandchildren: “ study harder so that

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

 It was poor and simple.

2 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.

3 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.

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.

AFTER YOU READ QUESTIONS

1:What is the life of your villagers like now? - It is still poor

- It is very rich

2: What will you to make your village and Son La richer and richer?