Bài giảng Tiếng Anh Lớp 10 - Unit 8: The story of my village - Lesson 1: Reading - Nguyễn Thị Ngọc

Teacher : Nguyen Thi Ngoc Tuyen 
Class : 10 /3 
Welcome to our english class 
warmly welcome teachers 
attending our lesson 
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 
Unit 8: The story of my village 
Lesson 1: Reading 
 Week 15 Period 44 
Many years ago, my village was very poor. The villager had to work hard in the field all day and could hardly make ends meet. Their lives were simple and they were in need of many things. Many people had to live in houses made of straw and mud, and a few families had a radio or a TV set. However, in spite of the shortages, the villagers managed to send their children to school and college. They hoped that with an education of science and technology, their children could find a way of bettering their lives. 
The children have met their parents’ wishes. When they came back from college or technical high school, they introduced new farming methods, which resulted in bumper crops. They also helped the villagers grow cash crop for export. Soon, the 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. 
New words: 
Make ends meet (v): 
Technical high school (n): 
3.Farming method (n): 
4.Result in (v) : 
5.Better (v): 
Chỉ đủ sống 
 Trường trung học kỹ thuật 
Phương pháp canh tác 
Cải thiện 
Dẫn đến 
cash crop 
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► brick house 
brick (n) [brik] : 
gạch 
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mud (n) [mʌd] : bùn 
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straw (n) [ strɔ:] : rơm 
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 shortage(n ) ['∫ɔ:tidʒ } of : 
Sự thiếu thốn 
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bumper crop(n ): 
 vụ mùa bội thu 
Many years ago, my village was very poor. The villager had to work hard in the field all day and could hardly make ends meet. Their lives were simple and they were in need of many things. Many people had to live in houses made of straw and mud, and a few families had a radio or a TV set. However, in spite of the shortages, the villagers managed to send their children to school and college. They hoped that with an education of science and technology, their children could find a way of bettering their lives. 
The children have met their parents’ wishes. When they came back from college or technical high school, they introduced new farming methods, which resulted in bumper crops. They also helped the villagers grow cash crop for export. Soon, the 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. 
 Task 1 : The word s in A appear in the reading passage. 
 Match them with their definitions in B . 
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 it 
4. bumper crops 
d. having to have many things that you do not have 
5. cash crops 
e. good crops. 
UNIT 8: THE STORY OF MY VILLAGE - LESSON 1: READING 
Areas of change 
Before 
Now 
Houses 
Radio & TV 
Farming methods 
Crops 
Travel 
on foot/by bikes 
by motorbikes 
TASK 2 : Read the text carefully then complete the following table: 
old methods, by buffalo 
made of bricks 
Many families had 
radios and TV set 
machine/new methods 
bumper/more to sell 
made of straw 
and mud 
Few families had a 
radio or a TV set 
2 
3 
5 
4 
6 
8 
1 
10 
9 
poor/ enough to eat 
7 
1- What was life like 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 shortage? 
3- How did the children help to 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 he tell his grandchildren? 
TASK 3: ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS: 
Unit 8: The story of my village 
1- What was life like in the au