Unit 4. Our past

English 8
VIETNAM 100 YEARS AGO
VIETNAM NOWADAYS
VIETNAM 100 YEARS AGO
VIETNAM NOWADAYS
Stereo
Lighting fixture
Television
School Uniforms
Modern clothing
Mobile phone
Mother
Mother
Mother
The stove
The rice cooker
The refrigerator
Tamcam is a folktale
AoDai is the traditional dress of Vietnamese women
Kimono is the traditional dress of Japanese women
Mother
Mother
Mother
The stove
The rice cooker
The refrigerator
Tamcam is a folktale
AoDai is the traditional dress of Vietnamese women
Kimono is the traditional dress of Japanese women
Examples:
When I was young, I used to swim once a day
Tom used to go fishing, but now he doesn’t
He used to dance every night, but now he studies
 The verb “used to” expresses a habit in the past and doesn’t happen at present.
a.Nga is used to live on a farm.
b. Nga’s Grandma didn’t go to school.
c. She has an easy and happy life when she was young.
d. There wasn’t any modern equipment at her time.
e.“The lost shoe” is a short story.
f.“The lost shoe” is an old folktale.
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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 : 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 evenings?
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…

a) Where did Nga’s grandmother use to live?
b) Why didn’t she go to school?
c) What did Nga’s great-grandmother use to do?
d) What did Nga’s great-grandmother and great-grandfather do after dinner?
e) What did Nga ask her grandmother to do at the end of the conversation?







a) Where did Nga’s grandmother use to live?
She used to live on a farm.




b) Why didn’t she go to school?
 Because she had to stay home and help her mom. (She used to look after her younger brothers and sisters).






c) What did Nga’s great-grandmother use to do?
 She used to cook the meals, clean the house and wash the clothes.






d) What did Nga’s great-grandmother and great-grandfather do after dinner?
Her great-grandmother used to lit the lamp and her great-grandfather used to tell them stories.








e) What did Nga ask her grandmother to do at the end of the conversation?
 She asked her grandmother to tell her the tale “The Lost Shoe”.






The dog is yellow fact
The dog is lovely opinion
FACT OR OPINION
“The Lost Shoe” is a folktale
Yes
FACT
“The Lost Shoe” is boring
No, I think it’s very exciting
FACT OR OPINION
OPINION
FACT OR OPINION
I used to live on a farm.
There wasn’t any electricity.
Mom had to do everything without the help of modern equipment.
My father used to tell us stories.
The best one was The Lost Shoe.
Traditional stories are great.
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HOMEWORK
Learn “the new words” by heart
Prepare lesson 2 “Speak and Language focus 4”