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Unit 8: The Story of My Village
LESSON 1: READING
1.b
2.d
3.a
4.e
6.f
5.c
While-reading. Activity 1
Match the words in A with their definitions in B
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Check the vocabularies
Fill in the blanks with the words provided
1. Thanks to recent progress in technology, farmers have……………………….which help them save a lot of time and energy.
2. Good weather has helped us have a ……………… this year.
3. Many peasants find it difficult to …………………...
4. We don’t plant carrots to eat. We plant them to sell. It is a…………………….
5. Many years after the war, Vietnamese government has tried to ……………………………..
6. Children in the Third World are very poor and they are …………………………………
better the people’s lives
bumper crop
cash crop
make ends meet
in need of many things
farming methods
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While-reading. Activity 2
Complete the table, using the information from the passage
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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 lifestyle in the village when they finished college or technical high school?
What did an old farmer say about the effect of the knowledge the young people brought home?
What exactly did he tell his grandchildren?
While_reading.Activity 3
Answer the following questions
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What was life like in the author’s village many years ago ?
While_reading.Activity 3
Answer the following questions
=> Life was very simple and the villagers were in need of many things.
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Many years ago, my village was very poor. The villagers had to work hard in the fields all day and could hardly make ends meet. Their lives were simple and they were in need of many things. Many people had to live in houses made of straw and mud, and few families had a radio or a TV set. However, in spite of shortages, the villagers managed to send their children to school and college. They hoped that with an education of science and technology, their children could find a way of bettering their lives.
The children have met their parents’ wishes. When they came back from 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. Soon, the lifestyle of my village changed. Today, people live in brick houses. In the evening, they can listen to the news on the radio or watch TV for entertainment. Sometimes they go to town on their motorbikes to do some shopping or to visit their friends.
“Our lives have changed a lot thanks to the knowledge our children brought home”, said an old farmer,”and I always tell my grandchildren to study harder so that they can do even more for the village than their parents did”
THE STORY OF MY VILLAGE
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2. Why did the villagers want to send their children to school and college in spite of their shortage?
While_reading.Activity 3
Answer the following questions
=> Because they hope that with an education of science and technology, their children could find away of doing their lives better.
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Many years ago, my village was very poor. The villagers had to work hard in the fields all day and could hardly make ends meet. Their lives were simple and they were in need of many things. Many people had to live in houses made of straw and mud, and few families had a radio or a TV set. However, in spite of shortages, the villagers managed to send their children to school and college. They hoped that with an education of science and technology, their children could find a way of bettering their lives.
The children have met their parents’ wishes. When they came back from 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. Soon, the lifestyle of my village changed. Today, people live in brick houses. In the evening, they can listen to the news on the radio or watch TV for entertainment. Sometimes they go to town on their motorbikes to do some shopping or to visit their friends.
“Our lives have changed a lot thanks to the knowledge our children brought home”, said an old farmer,”and I always tell my grandchildren to study harder so that they can do even more for the village than their parents did”
THE STORY OF MY VILLAGE
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3. How this the children help improve the lifestyle in the village when they finished college or technical high school?
While_reading.Activity 3
Answer the following questions
=> They introduced new farming methods which resulted in bumper crops and helped the villagers grow cash crops for export.
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Many years ago, my village was very poor. The villagers had to work hard in the fields all day and could hardly make ends meet. Their lives were simple and they were in need of many things. Many people had to live in houses made of straw and mud, and few families had a radio or a TV set. However, in spite of shortages, the villagers managed to send their children to school and college. They hoped that with an education of science and technology, their children could find a way of bettering their lives.
The children have met their parents’ wishes. When they came back from 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. Soon, the lifestyle of my village changed. Today, people live in brick houses. In the evening, they can listen to the news on the radio or watch TV for entertainment. Sometimes they go to town on their motorbikes to do some shopping or to visit their friends.
“Our lives have changed a lot thanks to the knowledge our children brought home”, said an old farmer,”and I always tell my grandchildren to study harder so that they can do even more for the village than their parents did”
THE STORY OF MY VILLAGE
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4. What did an old farmer say about the effect of the knowledge the young people brought home?
While_reading.Activity 3
Answer the following questions
=> He said that the knowledge the young people bought home has changed their lives.
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Many years ago, my village was very poor. The villagers had to work hard in the fields all day and could hardly make ends meet. Their lives were simple and they were in need of many things. Many people had to live in houses made of straw and mud, and few families had a radio or a TV set. However, in spite of shortages, the villagers managed to send their children to school and college. They hoped that with an education of science and technology, their children could find a way of bettering their lives.
The children have met their parents’ wishes. When they came back from 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. Soon, the lifestyle of my village changed. Today, people live in brick houses. In the evening, they can listen to the news on the radio or watch TV for entertainment. Sometimes they go to town on their motorbikes to do some shopping or to visit their friends.
“Our lives have changed a lot thanks to the knowledge our children brought home”, said an old farmer,”and I always tell my grandchildren to study harder so that they can do even more for the village than their parents did”
THE STORY OF MY VILLAGE
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5. What exactly did he tell his grandchildren?
While_reading.Activity 3
Answer the following questions
=> He said “ Study harder so that you can do even more for the village than your parents did”
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Many years ago, my village was very poor. The villagers had to work hard in the fields all day and could hardly make ends meet. Their lives were simple and they were in need of many things. Many people had to live in houses made of straw and mud, and few families had a radio or a TV set. However, in spite of shortages, the villagers managed to send their children to school and college. They hoped that with an education of science and technology, their children could find a way of bettering their lives.
The children have met their parents’ wishes. When they came back from 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. Soon, the lifestyle of my village changed. Today, people live in brick houses. In the evening, they can listen to the news on the radio or watch TV for entertainment. Sometimes they go to town on their motorbikes to do some shopping or to visit their friends.
“Our lives have changed a lot thanks to the knowledge our children brought home”, said an old farmer,”and I always tell my grandchildren to study harder so that they can do even more for the village than their parents did”
THE STORY OF MY VILLAGE
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Post_reading.Act.1: Number the pictures in the order of the reading

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A
A
B
C
D
E
F
1
2
3
4
5
6
A
5

Post_reading.Act.2: Summarize the text based on the pictures

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A
A
B
C
D
C
E
F
1
2
3
4
5
6


Post_reading.Act.3: How can you help make the life of your city / Nha Trang better ?


NHA TRANG – KHANH HOA
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Warm-up.Game : HOW GOOD IS YOUR MEMORY?
Pre-reading:
Act.1: ANSWER THE GUIDED QUESTIONS
While-reading:
Act.1: MATCH THE WORDS WITH THEIR MEANINGS
Act.2 :FILL IN THE TABLE WITH INFORMATION FROM THE PASSAGE.
Act.3 :ANSWER THE QUESTIONS
4. Post-reading:
Act1: NUMBER THE PICTURES IN THE ORDER OF THE READING
Act2 : DISCUSSION. HOW CAN YOU HELP MAKE YOUR CITY BETTER?
5. Homework
UNIT 8: THE STORY OFMY VILLAGE P43. Lesson 1. READING
Learn by heart the vocabs.
Write the answers to the questions of Task 3 in your notebooks.
Write a short paragraph about “How can people with an education help make the life of their community better?”(about 50-80 words)
HOMEWORK
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