Grade8 Unit8 - Lesson 3

Grade 8 Unit 8: Country Life & City Life Period 48 – Lesson 3: Read (P75) I. New words 1. rural (adj):

urban (adj):

thuộc nông thôn

2. to increase: to arise

tăng lên, phát sinh

3. a typhoon: 4. a drought: 5. a flood:

trận bão lớn

= a storm

hạn hán lũ lụt, trận lụt

6. a migrant:

dân di cư

7. overcrowding (n):

tình trạng quá đông đúc

Ex.1: Think of the difficulties of the farmers’ life - droughts/ floods/ storms - the weather - hard work - no vacations - lack of clean water / electricity - insect destroy harvests Ex. 2: Open the books & check your predictions

Ex. 3: Matching

A

B

a rural area

- vùng đô thị

a well-paying job

- vùng nông thôn

a struggle with nature

- dẫn đến sự quá tải

to live apart

- c/việc đc trả lương cao

an urban area

- sống xa cách nhau

to put a strain on sth

- cuộc đấu tranh với thiên nhiên

Ex. 4: Find the words in passage that means the same as the phrases given (Read2 – P75)

e. a terrible event

rural .......................... plentiful .......................... increase .......................... strain .......................... tragedy ..........................

f. of the city or city life

urban ..........................

a. of the countryside b. as many as needed c. become greater of larger d. a great pressure

Ex. 5: Complete the summury. Use information from the passage (Read1 – P75) 1. leaving 2. home 3. city 4. rural

5. city 6. problems 7. schools 8. hospitals

9. problem 10. world