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UNIT 8
Part A: READING

New words
Make ends meet
In need of many things
Straw (n)
Mud (n)
Better (v): Make something better
Technical high school
Farming method
Result in
Bumper crop
Cash crop
Brick (n)

Rub out & remember
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To make ends meet :
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:thiếu thốn nhiều thứ
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Straw :
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: bùn


1. TASK 1: Match the words in A with their definitions in B .
( individual work)
A B
1. make ends meet
2. in need of many
things
3. bettering 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 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) good crops

2. TASK 2 :The reading passage tell us about many
changes in the village . Complete the following table
( pair work)
Areas
of changes
Before Now
houses
radio and TV
Farming methods
crops
travel