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Thursday , December 11th , 2008 Thursday , December 11th , 2008 Part C : LISTENING Before Now Bangkok Before Now Tokyo city Before Now Beijing Ben Thanh Market Before Now Before Now  Before you listen : Look at the two pictures of the same town . Discuss the differences between them .   Example Example : : - In the past , the town used to have only small In the past , the town used to have only small houses , but now there are tall buildings . houses , but now there are tall buildings . - In the past , there weren’t any hotels , but now In the past , there weren’t any hotels , but now there is a hotel in the town . there is a hotel in the town . The wedding’s atmosphere is happy and exciting . The village’s atmosphere is quiet and peaceful . Atmosphere Atmosphere ['ætməsfiə] ['ætməsfiə]  New words and expressions : [...]... don’t like the changes , they miss the quiet and peaceful life  Task 2 : Listen to 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... on the west coast of England Popffero is on the south coast of England T F 2 Popffero used to be a tourist resort T It used to be a small quiet town F 3 The town no longer has its old T atmosphere F 4 There are more green trees in the town T F now than there used to be A lot of trees have been cut down for wider streets 5 Everybody in the town likes its changes T F Some people don’t like the. .. live outside the centre of a city Ex : Cu Chi is a suburb of Ho Chi Minh City Replace [ri'pleis] Ex : I have just replaced the small houses with the tall buildings  While you listen : You will hear someone talking about the changes in his hometown Listen to the talk and do the tasks that follow  Task 1 : Decide if the following statements are true ( T ) or false ( F ) according to the talk 1... 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the suburbs of the town has been turned into an ugly ( 5 ) park Even the old corner ( 6 ) -isn’t there any more It has been replaced by a big ( 7 ) store And there is an ( 8 ) - restaurant where there used to be an old tea shop  Answers : 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 houses hotel widened cut car shop department expensive  After you listen : Discuss the. .. department expensive  After you listen : Discuss the changes in your own hometown or home village Example : Trees , houses , people , roads , etc  Homework : Write a short paragraph (100 words) about the changes in your own hometown Before Chinese town Now Now Before Paris Now Before Berlin  . Look at the two pictures of the same town . Discuss the differences between them .   Example Example : : - In the past , the town used to have only small In the past , the town. , but now there are tall buildings . houses , but now there are tall buildings . - In the past , there weren’t any hotels , but now In the past , there weren’t any hotels , but now there is. about the changes in his hometown . Listen the changes in his hometown . Listen to the talk and do the tasks that to the talk and do the tasks that follow . follow . 1. Popffero is on the