TRƯỜNG THPT BÀN TÂN ĐỊNH TIẾNG ANH 10, UNIT 8: THE STORY OF MY VILLAGE (READ) TÁC GIẢ: TRẦN THỊ NHƯ NGỌC Look at the following pictures and answer the questions What is the name of this animal? buffalo Where is this? In a field What are they doing? They are transplanting Who are they? They are farmers - export ['ekspɔ:t] (n): dẫn đến - farming methods ['fɑ:miη] ['meθədz](n): * Vocabulary - introduce [intrə'dju:s] (v): giới thiệu. sự xuất khẩu, hàng xuất khẩu. các phương pháp canh tác - result (in) [ri'zʌlt] (v): cash crop ► brick house brick (n) [brik] : gạch [...]... TASK 4: 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 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... was life like in the author’s village many years ago? It was poor and simple Key 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 3- How did the children help to improve the lifestyle in the village when they finished college... ago the villagers were still poor T Many years ago the villagers’ lives were not simple F * * * * Although the villagers were poor, they sent their children to school or college T * Today, the villagers live in many brick straw houses * Villagers’ lives have become better thank * to new farming methods F T TASK 3: Read the text carefully then complete the following table: Areas of change Before Now Houses... 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 4- What did an old farmer say about the effect of the knowledge the young people brought home? He said :”Our lives have changed a lot thanks to the knowledge our children brought home” Key 5- What exactly did the old farmer tell his grandchildren?... more for the village than your parents did.” Key What will you do to help your village when you have the chance? Build more big and convenient houses Build a new stadium for children Widen the roads Pay attention to taking care of children Widen the roads and plant more cash crops Homework • Learn by heart new word • Read the text again and translate the 1st paragraph into Vietnamese • Do the reading... ['∫ɔ:tidʒ] of : Sự thiếu thốn bumper crop(n): vụ mùa bội thu Task 1: The words in A appear in the reading passage Match them with their definitions in B A B 1 make ends meet a making one’s life better 2 in need of many things b have just enough money to pay for the things that you need 3 bettering one’s life c crops to be sold, not for use by the people who grow it 4 bumper crops d having to have many things... money to pay for the things that you need d having to have many things that you do not have a making one’s life better 3 bettering one’s life cải thiện cuộc sống (của ai đó) 4 bumper crops mùa màng bội thu 5 cash crops cây trồng để thu hoa lợi e good crops c crops to be sold, not for use by the people who grow it Task 2: Decide these statements are True (T) or False (F) Years ago the villagers were still... of children Widen the roads and plant more cash crops Homework • Learn by heart new word • Read the text again and translate the 1st paragraph into Vietnamese • Do the reading in workbook • Prepare for the Speaking lesson  . BÀN TÂN ĐỊNH TIẾNG ANH 10, UNIT 8: THE STORY OF MY VILLAGE (READ) TÁC GIẢ: TRẦN THỊ NHƯ NGỌC Look at the following pictures and answer the questions What is the name of this animal? buffalo . not for use by the people who grow it Years ago the villagers were still poor * * Although the villagers were poor, they sent their children to school or college * * Today, the villagers live. 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