Unit 4. Our past

Welcome to our class
Class: 8A2
Week: 7
Period: 21
Date : October 8th, 2012
stove
mobile phone
rice cooker
washing machine
television
MODERN THINGS
Networks
lighting fixture
oven
refrigerator
radio
Unit 4:
OUR PAST
Monday, October 8th, 2012
Lesson 1:
Getting Started
Listen & Read
( P.38 & P.39)
*GETTING STARTED
Make a list of the things that do not belong to the past in Vietnam 100 years ago.
The stereo
The lighting fixture
The mobile phone
Modern clothes/ clothing
School uniforms
The TV
* LISTEN AND READ
* VOCABULARY
- (to) look after
- Great-grandma = Great-grandmother:
bà cố
trông nom, săn sóc
- (to) sound :
nghe như, nghe có vẻ
- modern equipment:
thiết bị hiện đại
= (to) take care of:
- light/ lit/ lit:
thắp (đèn)
- a folktale = a tale:
truyện dân gian,
truyện cổ tích
AoDai is the traditional dress of Vietnamese women.
- traditional (adj):
truyền thống
 a traditional story = a folktale
* What and where
equipment
look after
folktale
traditional
sound
* True or False statements
T
F
2/ She didn’t go to school.
T
F
3/ She has an easy life when she was young.
T
F
4/ There wasn’t any electricity at her time.
T
F
T
T
F
T
5/ The Lost Shoe is a new modern story.
T
F
F
Guess
Answer
Read the statements and predict they are True or False
1/ Nga’s grandma used to live on a farm.
Grandma: This is me, Nga. I used to live on a farm when I was a young girl.
Nga: What was life like then?
Grandma: I didn’t go to school because I had to stay home and help my mom.
I used to look after my younger brothers and sisters.
Nga: What did Great-grandma do?
Grandma: She used to cook the meals, clean the house and wash the clothes.
Nga: That sounds like hard work!
Grandma: It was. And there wasn’t any electricity. Mom had to do everything
without the help of modern equipment.
Nga: What did you do in the evening?
Grandma: After dinner, Mom lit the lamp and Dad used to tell us stories.
Nga: Do you remember any of them?
Grandma: Oh, yes. The best one was The Lost Shoe. It’s an old folktale.
Nga: Please tell me the tale, Grandma. Traditional stories are great.
Grandma: All right. Once a poor farmer …
*GRAMMAR:
E.g: I used to look after my younger brothers and sisters.
S + used to + infinitive
( Diễn tả thói quen đã xảy ra trong quá khứ và thói quen đó bây giờ không còn ở hiện tại nữa)
Form:
Where did Nga’s grandmother use to live?
a
Why didn’t she go to school ?
b
What did Nga’s great-grandmother use to do ?
c
What did Nga’s great-grandmother and great-grandfather
do after dinner?
d
What did Nga ask her grandmother to do at the end of
the conversation?
e
QUESTIONS
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ANSWERS
Where did Nga’s grandmother use to live?
Why didn’t she go to school ?
b
She used to live on a farm.
Because she had to stay home and help her mom.
She used to cook the meals, clean the house and wash
the clothes.
a
What did Nga’s great-grandmother use to do ?
c
What did Nga’s great-grandmother and great-grandfather
do after dinner?
d
What did Nga ask her grandmother to do at the end of
the conversation?
e
ANSWERS
Her great-grandmother lit (used to light) the lamp and her
great-grandfather used to tell them stories.
She asked her grandmother to tell her the tale “The Lost Shoe”.
FACT OR OPINION
I learn English.
Yes
FACT OR OPINION
English is easy.
No, I don’t think so. English is difficult.
FACT OR OPINION
I learn English.
English is easy.
English is difficult.
(Fact)
(Opinion)
(Opinion)
Fact: Sự thật
Opinion: Ý kiến cá nhân
I used to live on a farm.
There wasn’t any electricity.
c) Mom had to do everything without the help of modern equipment.
d) My father used to tell us stories.
e) The best one was The Lost Shoe.
f) Traditional stories are great.
F O
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√
√
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* Read the statements and decide which is a fact
and which is an opinion
5
2
4
6
7
Lucky
Number!
3
Lucky
Number!
8
Lucky
Number!
1
LUCKY NUMBERS
Did Nga’s grandmother go to school?
Yes, she did.
No, she didn’t.
Yes, she does.
X
Nga’s grandmother ………….. look after
her younger brothers and sisters.
use to
uses to
used to
X
Nga’s great-grandmother had to do everything ……… the help of modern equipment.
a) without
b) with
c) in
X
X
Nga thinks traditional stories are……….
sad
great
boring
X
The Lost Shoe …………. an old folktale.
is
is not
are
Lucky
Number !
Lucky
Number !
Lucky
Number !
- Learn vocabulary and structure by heart
- Read the dialogue again
- Prepare : Lesson 2 : Speak + Listen(P.40 & P.41)
Thanks for your attention!
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