WELCOME TO THE TEACHERS AND CLASS
1. What are the people in the picture doing?
They are collecting( harvesting) rice from the field
2. How are they working?
They are working hard
3. What do you think of the crop?
The crop is good/ It is a bumper crop
4. What helps produce good crops?
Good farming methods
Farmers’ efforts
Using farming machine.
WARM -UP
Unit 8
THE STORY OF MY VILLAGE
LESSON 1: READING
A
B
Make ends meet
In need of many things
Bettering one’s life
Bumper crops
Cash crops
Making one’s life better
Have just enough money to pay for the things that you need
Crops to be sold, not for use by the people who grow it
Having to have many things that you do not have
Good crops
WHILE YOU READ
Tast 1: The words in A appear in the reading passage. Match them with their definitions in B
Make ends meet
In need of many things
Bettering one’s life
Bumper crop
Cash crops
=Kiếm đủ sống
=Thiếu thốn nhiều thứ
=Cải thiện cuộc sống ( của ai)
=Mùa màng bội thu
=Cây trồng thương phẩm
Task 2: The reading passage tells us about many changes in the village. Complete the table below:
Made of straw and mud
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
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1.What was life like in the author`s village many years ago?
2. Why did the villagers want to sent their children to school and college in spite of their shortages?
3 .How did the children help improve the lifestyle in the village when they finished college or technical high school?
4. What did an old farmer say about the effect of the knowledge the young people brought home?
In the author`s village many years ago, the life was poor and the people were in need of many things.
Because they hoped that with an education of science and technology, their children could find a way of bettering their lives.
They introduced new farming methods,which resulted in bumper crops.
He said that their lives had changed a lot thanks to the knowledge their children had brought home.
Task 3:Answer the following questions
AFTER YOU READ
DISCUSS THE CHANGES IN THE VILLAGE.
EX: Many people had to live in houses made of straw and mud, but now they live in brick houses
Few families had a radio or a TV set, but now many families have radio and TV set. They can listen to the news and watch for entertainment.
Homework

Discuss the following question:
How can people with an education help make the life of their community better?
Thank you! Good bye