Guess: Who are they?
. They get up early in the morning.
. They work hard in the fields.
. They produce rice.
farmers

Unit 8 :
The story of my village

A: Reading
Look at the picture and answer the questions
1. What are the people in the picture doing?
1. They are harvesting the crop.
2. How are they working?
2. They are working hard.
3. What do you think of the crop?
3. It is a good crop.
4. What helps produce good crops?
4. good seeds, advanced techniques ..
VOCABULARY
- Straw (n) :
- Mud (n) :
- Bumper (adj.) :
- Shortage (n) :
- Good (adj.) :
- Brick house (n) :
- A lack of something :
 Shortage of rice
 Bumper crop ( n)
Task 1: Match phrases in A with their denifition in B
A
B
Make ends meet
2. In need of many
things
3. Bettering one’s life
4. Bumper crops
5. Cash crops
a. Making one’s life
better
b. Have just enough money to pay for the things that you need.
c. Crops to be sold, not for use by the people who grow it
d. Having to have many things that you do not have
e. Good crops
Task 1: Match phrases in A with their denifition in B
UNIT 8: THE STORY OF MY VILLAGE
TASK 2: The reading passage tells us about many changes in the village. Complete the following table:
few families had a radio or a TV set

made of brick

many families have a radio or a TV set

good / bumper

new

poor

old

Bicycle
UNIT 8: THE STORY OF MY VILLAGE
TASK 3: Answer the following questions.
1. What was life like in the author`s village many years ago?
2. Why did the villagers want to send 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?
5. What exactly did he tell his grandchildren?
1. It was poor and simple
2. Because they hope that with an education of science and technology their children could find a way of bettering their lives.
3. They introduced new farming methods ,which resulted in bumper crops. They also helped grow cash crops for export.
4. He said their lives had changed a lot thanks to the knowledge their children had brought home.
5. He told his grand children: " study harder so that you can do more for the village than their parents did."
After you read: Discuss the question:
“How can people with an education help make the life of their community?”
Suggested answers:
Introduce the new farming methods.
Grow cash crops for export.
Apply modern technology in farming.
Help their community access to ways of entertainment or civilization.
Homework:
Learn by heart the words.
Summarise the text.