A. READING
Befor you read
Work in pairs. Look at the picture. Discuss the questions
1. What are the people in the picture doing?
2. How are they working?
3. What do you think of the crop?
4. What helps produce good crops?
While you read
Read the passage, and then do the tasks that follow.
Many years ago, my village was very poor. The billgers had to work hard in the fields all day and could hardly make ands 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 few families had a radio or a Tv set. However, in spite of th shortages, the villagers managed to send their children to school and college. They hoped that with an education of science and technology, their children find a way of bettering their live.
the children have met their parents' wishes. When the came back form college of technical high school, they came back from college or technical high school, they introduced new farming methods, whick resulted in bumper crops. They also helped the villagers grow cash crops for export. Soon, the lifestyle of my village changed. Today, people live in brick houses. In the evening, they can.
Sometimes they go to town on their motobikes to do some shopping or to visit their friends.
"Our lives have changed o 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 parests did."
Task 1. The words in A appear in the reading passage. Match them with their definitions in B.
| A | B |
| 1. make ands 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 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. good crops |
Task 2. The reading passage tells us about many changes in the village. Complete the following table.
| Areas of change | Before | Now |
| hauses | made of straw and mud | |
| radio and TV | ||
| farming methods | ||
| crops | ||
| travel | motorbike |
Task 3. Answer the following questions.
1. What was life like in the author's village many years ago?
2. Why đi the villagers want to send their children to school 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 he his grandchildren?
After you read
Work in pairs/groups. Discuss the following quetion.
How can people with an education help make the life of their community better?
B. SPEAKING
Task 1. The villagers of Ha Xuyen are discussing plan to improve their life the village. Match of the plans with its possible result.
| Plans | Possible results |
| 1. widen the roads 2. raise and resurface the roads 3. build medical centre 4. build football ground 5. grow cash crops 6. build a bridge over the canal 7. build a new school | a. children have better learning conditions b. cars and lorries can get to the village c. villagers have a sorter way town d people's health is looked after e. young people can play sports f. people cam export the crops and have more money g. roads will not be muddy and flooded after is rains, and people get around more easily |
Task 2. The villagers are discussing their plan. Read and practise the conversation in groups of three.
A: Lknow what we should do first. We should widen the roads.
B:That's a good idea. Id the roads are widened, cars and lorries can get to our village.
C. Yes. And if lorries can get to the village, we won't have to caart heavy loads of farming products to the city.
A. And we should also resurface and raise the roads.
B: Yes. If we resurface and raise the roads, they won't be flooded and muddy when it rains.
C. And the villagers will be able to get around more easily, too.
Task 3. Work in groups. Continue the conversation, using the ideas in the table in Task 1. Add some more possible results if you like.
C.LISTENING
Before you listen
Work in pairs. Look at the two pictures of the same town. Discuss the differences between them.
Evamples:
- In the past, the town use to have only small houses, but now there are tall buildings.
- In the past, there weren't any hotels. but now there is a hotel in the town.
While you listen
You will hear someone talking about the changes in his hometown.
Listen to the talk and do the tasks that follow.
Task 1. Decide if the following statements are true (T) false (F) according to the talk.
1. Popffero is on the west coast of England.
2. Popffero used to be a tourist resort.
3. The town no linger has its old atmosphere.
4. There are more green trees in the town now than there used to be.
5. Everybody in the town likes its changes.
Task 2. Listen to the talk again, and write in the missing words.
The small old (1) ................................. have been pulled down, and tall buildings have been put tere instead. They've also built a big (2)............................. in the middle of the town. The narrow streets have been (3)............................... and resurfaced, so the big trees on the two sides of the streets have been (4) ................................ down. The large area of grass land in the suburbs been (4)................................. down. The large area f grass land in the suburbs of the town has been turned into an ugly (5)........................ park. Even the old corner (6)........................... isn't there any mire. It has been replaced by a big (7)........................ store. And there is an (8).................... restaurant where there used to be an old tea shop.
After you listen
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D. WRITTING
Task 1.
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Task 2.
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