bài giảng tiếng anh 10 unit 8 the story of my village

The town used to have only small old houses.. There used to have a grass land with some cows in the town.. Example: In the past, the town used to have only small old houses, but now

BÀI GIẢNG ĐIỆN TỬ

TIẾNG ANH 10

tree

road

building

chang e

Rearrange these letters to make the right words

1 telho

2 oadr

3 eetr

4 dingbiul

5 gechan

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.

A Past B Now

1 The town used to have only small old

houses

2 The town used to be quiet and

peaceful.

3 The roads were very narrow.

4 There were a lot of big trees.

5 There used to have a grass land with

some cows in the town.

6 There weren’t any hotels.

a There are few trees

b There is no grass land.

c There is a hotel in the town.

d There are many tall buildings

e It seems to be very noisy.

f They are very wide

Example: In the past, the town used to have only small old

houses, but now there are many tall buildings.

2 New words:

- suburb (n):

- ugly (a):

- department store (n):

- tourist resort (n):

- atmosphere (n):

- destroy (v):

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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 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

-> The big trees on the two side of the streets have been cut down.

-> south -> small quiet town

-> Some people don’t like the changes (They miss the quiet and peaceful life of the old town.)

-> They’ve completely destroyed its old atmosphere.

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

PAST NOW

a small quiet town (1) ………

(2)……… tall buildings

(3)……… wide streets

a large area of grass land (4)………

(5) ……… a big department store

an old tea shop (6)………

III After you listen: Complete the table below.

Changes in Popffero

a busy tourist resort small old houses

an ugly car park narrow streets

an old corner shop

an expensive restaurant

* Work in pairs Discuss the changes in

your own hometown or home village.

Useful structures:

-In the past, my hometown used to have………

the roads were……….

there was/ were (not)………

- But now, it has……….

they are………

there is/ are………

only small old houses, many tall buildings,

trees/ hotels/ shops/ restaurants,