What is the name of this animal? buffalo Where is this? In a field Where is this? In a field What are they doing? They are transplanting Who are they? They are farmers UNIT 8: Lesson 1: Reading Before you read Look at the picture and answer the following questions 1.What are the people in the picture doing? 2.How are they working? 3.What you think of the crop? 4.What helps produce good crops? Unit 8: The story of my village Vocabulary: be made of + N….: làm bằng… Ex: In the past, my house was made of straw and mud mud (n):bùn straw (n): rơm Unit 8: The story of my village Vocabulary: be made of + N….: làm bằng… Ex: In the past, my house was made of straw and mud mud (n):bùn straw (n): rơm brick (n) [brik] : ► brick house gạch Nhà gạch brick (n) [brik] : ► brick house gạch Nhà gạch * Vocabulary - introduce [intrə'dju:s] (v): giới thiệu - export ['ekspɔ:t] (n): xuất khẩu, hàng xuất export [ɪk 'spɔ:t] (v): xuất gạch - brick (n) [brik] : - farming methods ['fɑ:miη] ['meθədz](n): phương pháp canh tác - result (in) [ri'zʌlt] (v): dẫn đến - shortage (n) ['∫ɔ:tidʒ] of : thiếu thốn - mud (n) [mʌd] : bùn rơm - straw (n) [strɔ:]: - cash crop ['kæʃ krɒp ]: trồng thương phẩm - bumper crop: ['bʌmpə(r) krɒp ] vụ mùa bội thu  Matching: A B make ends meet a making one’s life better in need of many things b have just enough money to pay for the things that you need bettering one’s life c crops to be sold, not for use by the people who grow it bumper crops d having to have many things that you not have cash crops e good crops TASK 2: Read the text carefully then complete the following table: Areas of Before Now change Houses Radio & TV Farming methods Crops Travel made of straw made of bricks and mud Few families had a Many families have radio or a TV set a radio or a TV set old methods, machine/ by buffalo new methods bumper/ poor/ enough to eat more to sell on foot/by bikes by motorbikes TASK 2: Read the text carefully then complete the following table: Areas of Before Now change Houses Radio & TV Farming methods Crops Travel made of straw made of bricks and mud Few families had a Many families have radio or a TV set a radio or a TV set old methods, machine/ by buffalo new methods bumper/ poor/ enough to eat more to sell on foot/by bikes by motorbikes LUCKY NUMBER LUCKY NUMBER 1- What was life like in the author’s village many years ago? It was poor and simple 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 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” 5- What exactly did the old farmer tell his grandchildren?  He told his grandchildren: “Study harder so that you can even more for the village than your parents did.” [...]... was poor and simple 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 or technical high school?  They introduced new farming... 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” 5- What exactly did the old farmer tell his grandchildren?  He told his grandchildren: “Study harder so that you can do even more for the village. .. Read the text carefully then complete the following table: Areas of Before Now change Houses Radio & TV Farming methods Crops Travel made of straw made of bricks and mud Few families had a Many families have radio or a TV set a radio or a TV set old methods, machine/ by buffalo new methods bumper/ poor/ enough to eat more to sell on foot/by bikes by motorbikes TASK 2: Read the text carefully then complete... complete the following table: Areas of Before Now change Houses Radio & TV Farming methods Crops Travel made of straw made of bricks and mud Few families had a Many families have radio or a TV set a radio or a TV set old methods, machine/ by buffalo new methods bumper/ poor/ enough to eat more to sell on foot/by bikes by motorbikes LUCKY NUMBER LUCKY NUMBER 1- What was life like in the author’s village. .. shortage (n) ['∫ɔ:tidʒ] of : sự thiếu thốn - mud (n) [mʌd] : bùn rơm - straw (n) [strɔ:]: - cash crop ['kæʃ krɒp ]: cây trồng thương phẩm - bumper crop: ['bʌmpə(r) krɒp ] vụ mùa bội thu  Matching: 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 ... story of my village Vocabulary: be made of + N….: làm bằng… Ex: In the past, my house was made of straw and mud mud (n):bùn straw (n): rơm Unit 8: The story of my village Vocabulary: be made of. .. the picture and answer the following questions 1.What are the people in the picture doing? 2.How are they working? 3.What you think of the crop? 4.What helps produce good crops? Unit 8: The story. .. 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