Unit 8. The story of my village

welcome to our class
warm up
Game
Each group will look at the pictures and find out what the pictures talk by collecting the first letters of each name from the pictures.
PICTURES TALK
1
2
3
4
5
7
6
1
Vases
V
2
I
Ice-cream
3
L
Lanterns
4
L
Lotus
5
A
Apple
6
Glass
G
7
E
Elephant
Unit 8:

Lesson 3: listening
the story of my village
I - Before you listen
Look at the pictures and discuss the difference between them.
- It used to have only small houses, but now there are tall buildings
- There weren’t any hotels, but now there is a big hotel in the town
- The roads used to be narrow, but now they are wide / large.
- There weren’t a car park, but now there is a car park in the town
- There were some cattles on the grass land but now it doesn’t have grass land
while you listen
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 change.
Task 1: Decide if the whether statements are true ( T) or false (F) according to the talk.

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√
√
√
√
T
F
=>south coast
=> used to be a quiet town
(they completely destroyed its old atmosphere)
=> A lot of trees have been cut down
=> Some people don’t like the changes
Task 2: Listen to the talk 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 areas of grass land in thr surburbs 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 It has been replaced by a big (7) _______________store.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
cut
car
shop
departement
expensive
post - listening
Complete the following chart
Changes in Proffero
a busy tourist resort
narrow streets
an ugly car park
an old corner shop
an expensive restaurant
small old houses
Tell about the changes in Eknop ( Eka)
Use the structures:
In the past, Eknop used to have...................
there used to be .......................
there was / were ( not ) .............
But now, it has ..............................................
there is / are .................................
- Write about the changes in your hometown (within 10 sentences)
- Prepare for the next lesson
homework
thank for your attention !