Unit 8. The story of my village

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ENGLISH 10
period: 45
Unit 8 : The story of my village
Lesson 3 : Listening
Look at the two pictures. Discuss the differences between them.
In the past
Now
Look at the two pictures and match column A with column B to describe the differences between them.
Example:
In the past, the town used to have only small houses, but now there are tall buildings.
The village’s atmosphere is quiet and peaceful.
Resort [ri:`zɔ:t]

Pull down
Resurface [,ri:`sə:fis]
Task 1: Choose the best answers
1. Propffero is on the.......
a. West coast of UK
b. South coast of England
2. Propffero used to be .....
a. tourist resort
b. a small quiet town.
3. The town no longer has it .........
a. a crowded and busy
b. old atmosphere
4. There are ........
a. a lot of trees have been cut down
b. a lot of trees have been destroyed
5. ........... don’t like the changes.
a. Some people
b. Every body
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 It has been replaced by a big (7)___________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
Task 2 * Listen to the talk again, and fill in each blank
with a suitable word from the box.
1. STREETs
2. MEANS OF TRANSPORT: cars, motorbikes…
3. BUILDINGS: hotels, post office, ….

Example:
- In the past, there wasn’t a bank,
but now there is a bank in my home town.
- In the past, the streets were narrow,
but now the streets are wide in my home town.


III. After you listen
Discuss the changes in your home town or home
village.
Homework
* Do exercise in textbook part Listening.
* prepare new lesson