warmly welcome teachers
attending our lesson
 They are on the field in the village.
1. What are the people in the picture doing?
2. How are they working?
3. What do you think of the crop? Is it bumper crop?
4. What helps produce good crops?
Brick ( n ) : gaïch
technical high school
trường trung học kỹ thuật
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 cuộc sống của ai
Technical high school
Phương pháp canh tác
Mang lại , tạo ra
Bumper crops
Cây trồng thương phẩm
brick
Task 2: The reading passage tells us about many changes in the village. Complete the following table.
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
no information
LUCKY FRUIT
TASK 3
5.What exactly did he tell his grandchildren?
 He told his grandchildren: “ study harder so that you can do even more for the village than your parents did”.
1. What was life like in the author’s village many years ago?
 It was poor and simple.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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 do to make your village and Son La richer and richer?
- Study harder to bring knowledge home
- We do nothing.