1. V I L L A G E

2. Unit 8: The Story of My Village
(reading)

3. New words: straw (n) rơm mud bùn (n) technical (a) thuộc về kỹ thuật
method
(n)
phương pháp
gạch
brick
(n)
(to) export
xuất khẩu
(to) change
thay đổi

4. Task 1: Areas of changes Before Now made of straw and mud houses
Many families have a radio or a TV set
Few families had radio or TV set
radio and TV
new
farming method
old
crop
poor
good/ bumper
motorbike
travel

5. Task 2.Matching Answer: 1b, 2d, 3a, 4e, 5c 1.make ends meet
2.in need of many things
3.bettering of 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. crops.
Answer: 1b, 2d, 3a, 4e, 5c

6. 1.What was the life in the author’s village many years ago?
Task 3. Answer the following questions.
1.What was the life 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 her tell his grandchildren?

8. 2. 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.

9. 1.What was the life in the author’s village many years ago?
-> It was poor and simple.

10. 3.How did the children help improve the lifestyle in the village when they finished college or technical high school?
->They introduced new framing methods which resulted in bumper crops. They also helped grow cash crops for export.

11. 4.What did an old farmer say about the effect of the knowledge the young people brought home?
->He said their lives had changed a lot thanks to the knowledge their children had brought home

12. 5.What exactly did her tell his grandchildren?
->He told his children: “Study harder so that you can do even more for the village than your parents did”

13. Task 4:Discuss the following question.
How can people with an education help make the life of their community better?

14. Homework Learn new words Prepare for the next lesson
Write a passage to answer the question “How can people with an education help make of their community better?”