Unit 8. The story of my village

English 10th form Teacher: Giang Luong Hung December 6th, 2012 Rearrange these letters to make the right words telho hotel oadr road eetr tree dingbiul building gechan chang e I Before you listen Answer the following questions: a Have you heard of “ Popffero”? It is a b Is it a village, a town or a -city? town c Where is it?- It is in England A Past B Now 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 Example: In the past, the f.town to have Theyused are very wide only small old houses, but now there are many tall The town used to have only small old houses The town used to be quiet and peaceful The roads were very narrow There were a lot of big trees There used to have a grass land with some cows in the town There weren’t any hotels 2 New words: - suburb (n): Ngoại thành , ngoại ugly (a): Xấu xí Cửa hàng bách hoá department store (n):  tourist resort (n):Địa điểm du lịch atmosphere (n): Khí quyển, khơng khí destroy (v): Phá huỷ II While you listen Task 1: Listen and decide if the statements are T or F F ……1 Popffero is on the west coast of England.-> south F …… Popffero used to be a tourist resort.-> small quiet town T The town no longer has its old atmosphere …… -> They’ve completely destroyed its old atmosphere F …… There are more green trees in the town now than there F … usedbig to trees be on the two side of the streets have -> The been cut down Everybody in the town its changes -> Some people don’t likelikes the changes (They miss the quiet and peaceful life of the old town.) Task 2: Listen again and write in the missing words houses The small old (1)………… have been pulled down, and tall buildings have been put there instead They’ve hotel also built a big (2) widene ……… in the middle of the town The d narrow streets have been (3)…………… and resurfaced, so cut the big trees on the two sides of the streets have been (4)…… down The largecar area of grass land in the suburbs town has been turned into shop of the departme an ugly (5)………… park Even the old expensi nt corner (6)………… isn’t there any more, it ve replaced by a big (7)……………… has been III After you listen: Complete the table below Changes in Popffero PAST a small quiet town NOW (1).a…………………… busy tourist resort small old houses (2)…………………… tall buildings narrow streets (3)…………………… wide streets a large area of grass land an old corner shop (5) …………………… an old tea shop an ugly car park (4)…………………… a big department store an expensive restaurant (6)…………………… * Work in pairs Discuss the changes in your own hometown or home village Useful structures: only small old houses, -In the past, my hometown used to have……………… the roads were……………………… trees/ hotels/ shops/ restaurants, there was/ were (not)……………… many tall buildings, - But now, it has……………………………………… they are………………………………… there is/ are……………………………… ... put there instead They’ve hotel also built a big (2) widene ……… in the middle of the town The d narrow streets have been (3)…………… and resurfaced, so cut the big trees on the two sides of the. .. Everybody in the town its changes -> Some people don’t likelikes the changes (They miss the quiet and peaceful life of the old town.) Task 2: Listen again and write in the missing words houses The small... atmosphere …… -> They’ve completely destroyed its old atmosphere F …… There are more green trees in the town now than there F … usedbig to trees be on the two side of the streets have -> The been cut