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Welcome the teachers,
students to the lesson!
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My name`s Nghiem Thi Kim Quyen.
I come from Trai Cau high School in Trai cau town.
Trai Cau where I live in is a small town.
The towners are farmers and workers.
The farmers work on the farm and the workers work in Trai Cau Iron Mine.
Many years ago, the town was very poor and the towners`lives were very simple.
But now the town has changed, the towners`lives are better thanks to the new technical and advanced farming methods.
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*Yours:
- Where do you live?
Is it big or small?
What do the people there do?
Are the people’s lives there poor or rich?
* My town
- Trai Cau where I live in is a small town.
- The towners are farmers and workers.
- The farmers work on the farm and the workers work in Trai Cau Iron Mine.
- Many years ago, the town was very poor and the towners’lives were very simple.
- But now the town has changed, the towners’lives are better thanks to the new technical and advanced farming methods.
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UNIT 8:
THE STORY OF MY VILLAGE
Lesson 1: Reading
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UNIT 8 :
Lesson A-Reading
The story of my village
I. Before you read
II. While you read
III. After you read
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I. Before you read
I. Vocabulary:
mud (n) / mΛd/
straw (n) / strɔ:/
Ex: In the past, my house was made of straw and mud
be made of + N..được làm từ..
What’s this?
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- brick (n) / brik/
This girl lives in the shortage of money and food so she has to be a begger.
shortage of (n) /∫ɔ:ti əv/
I. Before you read
Người ăn xin
I. Vocabulary:
Is the crop good or bad?
It’s a good crop / bumper crop.
- bumper crop (n) / bΛmpə krop/
The wall is made of brick.
The farmers grow vegetables, corn, rice to sold.
The farmers grow cash crop to sold.
- cash crop (n) /kæ∫ krop/
- What are the people in the picture doing?
+ They are harvesting their crop.
How are they working?
+ They are working very hard.
- Why do they have to work hard?
+ They work hard to make their lives better.
to better their lives.
To better one’s life
What help farmers have bumper crops?
Farmers’hard working, weather and new farming methods
- farming methods /fa:miŋ meθəd/
- better (v) / betə/
- To better one’s life
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I. Before you read
I. Vocabulary:
- brick (n) / brik/
shortage of (n) /∫ɔ:ti əv/
- bumper crop (n) / bΛmpə krop/
- mud (n) / mΛd/ 
- straw (n) / strɔ:/
- To better one’s life
- better (v) / betə/
- cash crop (n) /kæ∫ krop/
- farming method /fa:miŋ meθəd/
muddy (a) / mΛdi/
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TASK 1: Match the words in A with their definitions in B
Answers:
II. While you read
1. Listen
2. Read the passage and do the tasks
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TASK 2: Read the text carefully then complete the following table:
old methods,
by buffalo
made of bricks
Many families have
radios and TV set
machine/
new methods
bumper/
more to sell
made of straw
and mud
Few families had a
radio or a TV set
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3
5
4
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8
1
10
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poor/ enough to eat
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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 shortage?
3- How did the children help to 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?
TASK 3: ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS:
II. While you read
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1- What was life like in the author`s village many years ago?
? It was poor and simple.
Answer
Key
Question number 1:
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Question number 2:
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.
Answer
Key
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Question number 3:
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.
Answer
Key
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Question number 4:
4- What did an old farmer say about the effect of the knowledge the young people
brought home?
Answer
Key
He said their lives had changed a lot thanks to the knowledge their children had brought home.
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Question number 5:
5- What exactly did the old farmer tell his grandchildren?
Answer
Key
 He told his grandchildren: “Study harder so that you can do even more for the village than your parents did.”
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After you read:
After you read
Work in pairs. Discuss the following questions
What will you do in the future to help people in your hometown?
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Home work
* Learn by heart the new words
* Rewrite the changes of life in the village
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Goodbye! Have a nice day
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A: I want to become a teacher to help the children in my home town. What about you?
B: I want to become a doctor to kill their diseases and keep them healthy.
After you read
Work in pairs. Discuss the following questions
What will you do in the future to help people in your hometown?
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Farmers – work- machines- nowadays