Teacher : Nguyen Thi Ngoc
Tuyen

Clas s        : 10 /3


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


Week 15

2.Technical high school (n): 
học kỹ thuật

3.Farming method (n): Phương pháp canh tác
Dẫn đến
4.Result in (v) :
Cải thiện
5.Better (v): 


Unit 8: The story of my village

cash crop


Unit 8: The story of my village
brick (n) [brik] : 
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brick house

gạch


Unit 8: The story of my village

mud (n) [mʌd] :bùn 


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lifestyle of my village changed. Today, people live in brick
houses. In the evening, they can listen to the news on the radio
or watch TV for entertainment.. Sometimes they go to town on
their motorbikes to do some shopping or to visit their friends.
• “ Our lives have changed a lot thanks to the knowledge our
children brought home” said an old farmer, “and I always tell my
grandchildren to study harder so that they can do even more for
the village than their parents did.


UNIT 8: THE STORY OF MY VILLAGE ­ LESSON 1: READING

Task 1: The words in A appear in the reading passage.
                  Match them with their definitions in B.

A
1. make ends meet
2. in need of many things
3. bettering one’s life
4. bumper crops
5. cash crops

B
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


machine/
6
new methods

Crops

7
poor/ enough to eat

bumper/
8
more to sell

Travel

9
on foot/by bikes

10
by motorbikes

Farming 
methods


Unit 8: The  s to ry o f my villag e

TASK 3: ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS:
1- What

children  to  school  and  college  in  spite  of 
their shortage?

Answer: Because they hoped that with an education 
of  science  and  technology,  their  children  could 
find a way of bettering their lives.


Unit 8: The story of my village
3­  How  did  the  children  help  to  improve  the  lifestyle  in 
the  village  when  they  finished  college  or  technical  high 
school? 

Answer
  They introduced new farming methods which resulted in 
bumper crops. They also helped the villagers grow cash 
crops for export.


Unit 8: The story of my village

4­ What did an 
old farmer say
about the effect 
of the knowledge 
the young people 
brought home?
Answer

He said :” Our lives have

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Unit 8: The  s to ry o f my villag e

What will you do to help your 
village when you have the 
chance?