The Story

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 .




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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 :

Coast [ koust ]

Resort [ ri:'z :tɔ ]


Pull down

Resurface [,ri:'sə:fis]

['s bə:b]ʌ
Suburb
An area where people live outside the
centre of a city .
Ex : Cu Chi is a suburb of Ho Chi Minh City .

[ri'pleis]
Replace
Ex : I have just replaced the small houses with the
tall buildings.


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


While you listen
While you listen
:
:

You will hear someone talking about
You will hear someone talking 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 west coast of
1. Popffero is on the west coast of


England .
England .
T F
Popffero is on the south coast of England .
 Task 1 : Decide if the following statements
are true ( T ) or false ( F ) according to the talk .

2. Popffero used to be a tourist resort
2. Popffero used to be a tourist resort
.
.
T F
It used to be a small quiet town .

3. The town no longer has its old
3. The town no longer has its old
atmosphere .

atmosphere .
T F




4. There are more green trees in the town
4. There are more green trees in the town
now than there used to be .
now than there used to be .
T F
A lot of trees have been cut down
for wider streets .




5. Everybody in the town likes its changes.
5. Everybody in the town likes its changes.
Some people don’t like the changes , they miss
the quiet and peaceful life .
T F




 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 ( 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 .

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Answers
Answers
:
:
1. houses
1. houses
2. hotel
2. hotel
3. widened
3. widened
4. cut
4. cut
5. car
5. car
6. shop
6. shop

7. department
7. department
8. expensive
8. expensive