Unit 8. The story of my village

UNIT 8: THE STORY OF OUR VILLAGE
LESSON 3: LISTENING
Look at the two pictures
of the same town. Discuss the differences between them.
I. PRE - LISTENING
In the past, there weren’t any hotels, but
now there is a hotel in the town.
In the past, the town used to have only small houses,
but now there are tall buildings.
A lot of big trees
A big car park
Wider and cleaner
Few trees
No cattle
Small and dirty
No car park
Cattle feeding near the road
Trees
Road
Car park
Cattle
Vocabulary
Coast (n)
Resort (n)
Resurface (v)
Suburb (n)
Grassland (n)
Replace (v)
Atmosphere (n)
Turn into (v)
II. While listening
Task 1. Listen and decide if the following
statements are TRUE or FALSE
1. Popffero is on the west coast of England
2. Popffero used to be a tourist resort
3. The town no longer 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.
F
F
T
F
F
south
a small quiet town
4. Many big trees have been cut down for wider streets
5. Some people don’t like the changes, they miss
the quiet and peaceful life of the old town.
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
anymore. It has been replaced by a big (7)___________
store. And there is an (8)___________ restaurant where
there used to be an old tea shop.
expensive
shop
houses
department
hotel
car
cut
widened
III. Post listening
Compare the country and the city
Roads
Houses
Population
Air
Wide, smooth, traffic lights
Narrow, bumpy,
no traffic lights
Small and old
Tall and modern
Busy and crowded
Less crowded
Dusty and polluted
Clean and fresh
Homework
Write about the differences between the city and the country