UNIT 8: THE STORY OF MY VILLAGE
PART A: READING
1. Warm -up
Work in groups
Look at the two pictures and find out as many differences between the two pictures as possible
A
B
2. Before you read
New words:
Make ends meet (v):
Straw (n)
Mud (n):
Technical school (n):
Farming method (n):
Bumper crop (n)
Cash crop (n):
Brick (n)
Chỉ đủ sống
rơm
bùn
Trường trung học kỹ thuật
Phương pháp canh tác
Vụ mùa bội thu
Cây trồng thương phẩm
Gạch
3. While you read
Task 1: Match the words with their definitions
3. While you read
Task 2: Complete the table
Made of bricks
many families had a radio or TV set
Old methods, by hand
New methods with machines
Poor, enough to eat
Bumper, more to sell
Cart, foot
Few families had a radio or TV set
3. While you read
Task 3: Answer the following questions
What was life like in the author’s village many years ago?
Why did the villagers want to send their children to school and college in spite of their shortages?
How did the children help improve the life styles in the village when they finished college or technical school?
What did an old farmer say about the effect of the knowledge the young people brought home?
What exactly hid he tell his grand children?
4. After you read
Discuss the following questions in pairs
“How can people with an education help make the life of their community better?”