Unit 8. The story of my village

December 29th, 2014
Welcome to our class – 10D
Teacher: ThuyDung Le
Tell the differences between the town in the past and now?
Example: In the past, the town used to have only small old
houses, but now there are many tall buildings.
Unit 8: The story of my village
Lesson 3: Listening
What is this?







Coast (n): bờ biển
Vocabulary


Wide (adj) => ………………… (v) ?


Widen (v): làm rộng, mở rộng
What is this?
Department store (n): cửa hàng bách hóa
Gap – fill: The forest has been ……………








destroy (v) : phá hủy
destroyed
Vocabulary

Example: The small house is replaced by
tall building.

What does the word “replace” mean?

Replace (v): thay thế
VOCABULARY

- coast (n): b? bi?n
- widen (v): m? r?ng
- department store (n):�c?a h�ng bỏch húa
- destroy (v): phỏ h?y
- replace (v): thay th?

I. Before you listen
1. Answer the following questions:
a. Have you heard of “ Popffero”?
b. Is it a village, a town or a city?
c. Where is it?
- It is a town.
- It is in England.
II. While you listen
1. Task 1: Listen and decide if the statements are T or F.
…… 1. Popffero is on the west coast of England.

…… 2. Popffero is a tourist resort now.

…… 3. Its old atmosphere hasn’t been destroyed.

…… 4. The big trees of the streets have been cut down

..… 5. Everybody in the town likes its changes.
F
T
F
T
F
-> south
-> Some people don`t like the changes. (They miss the quiet and peaceful life of the old town.)
has been destroyed
2. Task 2: Listen again and write in the missing words.
The small old (1).... have been pulled down, and tall buildings have been put there 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 of the town has been turned into an ugly (5)...... park. Even the old corner (6).... isn`t there any more, it has been replaced by a big (7)....... store. And there is an (8)......... restaurant where there used to be an old tea shop.
houses
hotel
widened
department
expensive
shop
car
cut
III. After you listen: Complete the table below.
Changes in Popffero
a busy tourist resort
small houses
an ugly car park
narrow streets
a big department store
an old tea shop
Homework
1. Exercise: Write a paragraph to tell the changes in your home town
2. Prepare new lesson
December 29th, 2014
Thank you for your attention! 