Bài giảng môn Tiếng Anh - Unit 8: The story of my village

Teacher: Nguyen Dinh HungNGOC TAO HIGH SCHOOLDateDateDateDatePeriod 43: UNIT 8The story of my villageA. Reading(Page 82, 83)DateWork in pairs. Look at the picture. Discuss the questions3. What are they doing?4. How are they working?5. What do you think of the crop?6. What helps produce good crops?Before you read1. Who are these people?2. Where are they?DatePre-reading vocabulary:straw (n):mud (n):shortage (n):farming method (n):brick (n):dry, cut stems of rice wet, soft soillack of somethingmethod of using land for growing crops and raising animalsbaked clay used for building DateTask 1: The words in A appear in the reading passage. Match them with their definitions in BAB1. make ends meet2. in need of many things3. bettering one’s life4. bumper crops5. cash cropsa. making one’s life betterb. 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 itd. having to have many things that you do not havee. good cropsWhile you readDateTask 1: The words in A appear in the reading passage. Match them with their definitions in BAB make ends meet (KiÕm ®ñ sèng) in need of many things(thiÕu thèn nhiÒu thø) bettering one’s life(c¶i thiÖn cuéc sèng cña ai ®ã) bumper crops(mïa mµng béi thu) cash crops(c©y trång th­¬ng phÈm)a. making one’s life betterb. 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 itd. having to have many things that you do not havee. good cropsWhile you readDateTask 2: The reading passage tells us about many changes in the village. Complete the following table:Areas of changeBefore nowhousesradio and TVFarming methodscropstravelmade of straw and mudmotorbikemade of brickfew families had many families have oldnewpoorgood/bumperno informationWhile you readDateTask 3: Answer the following questions: What was life like in the author’s village many years ago? Why did the villagers want to send their children to school and college in spite of their shortages? How did the children help improve the lifestyle in the village when they finished college or technical high school? What did an old farmer say about the effect of the knowledge the young people brought home? What exactly did he tell his grandchildren? While you read12 345Date12345Congratulation!Date 1. What was life like in the author’s village many years ago? It was very poor and simple. Date2. Why did the villagers want to send their children to school and college in spite of their shortages? Because they hoped that with an education of science and technology, their children could find a way of bettering their lives. Date3. How did the children help 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. Date4. What did an old farmer say about the effect of the knowledge the young people brought home? He said that their lives had changed a lot thanks to the knowledge their children brought home. Date5. What exactly did he tell his grandchildren? He told them to study harder so that they could do more for the village than their parents did. DateDateTell some changes in your village, using the suggestions bellow: After you read1. Houses :Small,mud and straw, >< motorbike, bus, car.DatePeriod 43: Unit 8The story of my villageA. ReadingBefore you read Discussing the questionsWhile you read Task 1: Matching words Task 2: Completing the table Task 3: Answering the questions3. After you read Telling about some changes in your villageDateHome work* Learn by heart the new words* Rewrite the changes of life in your villageDateThank you very much for your attention!Date