Unit 14. Freetime fun

Thirty years ago
Today
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TV in Viet Nam
Thirty years ago in Viet Nam, very few people
had TV sets. These owners were very popular. After
dinner, their neighbors gathered both inside and
outside their houses. Some watched through the
windows.
All evening, they sat and watched the black and
white programs. The older people might sleep a
little and the children might play with their friends,
but no one went home until the TV programs
finished.
Times have changed. Today, many families have
TV set. People sit in their own living rooms and
watch TV. Life is more comfortable now, but many
neighbors don’t spend much time together any
more.
I. New words.
- a TV set (n) Cái TV (máy/ đài truyền hình)

- TV owers (n)
Tập trung, tụ tập
Những người có TV
- Gather (v)
- Inside >< outside (prep)
- Throught (prep) qua
- Comfortable (adj) tiện nghi
- sleep (v)
- change (v)
PLEIKU,1975 PLEIKU,2011
ngủ
Thay đổi
a. Thirty years ago in Viet Nam, a lot of
people had TV sets.
b. These TV owners were very popular.
c. The neighbors gathered to watch color
programs in the evenings.
d. Now they don’t spend much time together.
e. A few people have TV sets today.
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a. Thirty years ago in Viet Nam, very few
people had TV sets.
c. The neighbors gathered to watch black and
white programs in the evenings.
e. Many people have TV sets today.
* T/ F PREDICTIONS

II. Grammar.
Eg: The older people might sleep a little and the children
might play with their friends.
III. Practice.
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TV in Viet Nam
Thirty years ago in Viet Nam, very few people
had TV sets. These owners were very popular. After
dinner, their neighbors gathered both inside and
outside their houses. Some watched through the
windows.
All evening, they sat and watched the black and
white programs. The older people might sleep a
little and the children might play with their friends,
but no one went home until the TV programs
finished.
Times have changed. Today, many families have
TV set. People sit in their own living rooms and
watch TV. Life is more comfortable now, but many
neighbors don’t spend much time together any
more.
In 1960s, most (1) in Viet Nam did (2)

have a (3) set. The people with TVs were (4)…
. In the (5)… , the neighbors would (6)
around the TV. (7) would stay until the TV
programs finished. Viet Nam is different (8)
More families (9) a TV set and (10) is more
comfortable. But neighbors don’t (11) each
other as well as they did in the past.
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TV
popular
evening gather
They
today
have life
know
people
Complete the summary.
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Thirty years ago/Viet Nam/few
people/ have/TV sets.
Work in groups
Evening/they/sit/watch/black/
white programs.
Today/families/have/a TV set.
People/sit/living rooms/ watch TV.
I.Vocabulary:
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Thirty years ago/Viet Nam/few people/ have/TV sets.
Thirty years ago in Viet Nam, very few people had TV sets.
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Evening/they/sit/watch/black/white programs.
All evening, they sat and watched the black and white
programs.
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Today/families/have/a TV set.
Today, many families have a TV set.
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People/sit/living rooms/ watch TV.
People sit in their own living rooms and watch TV.
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Times have changed. Today,
many families have a TV set.
Thirty years ago in Viet Nam,
very few people had TV sets.
All evening, they sat and watched

the black and white programs.
Today, many families have a
TV set.
People sit in their own living
rooms and watch TV.
* ANSWER THE QUESTIONS
1. Did a lot people have TV sets 30 years ago?
2. What did they watch?
3. What might the older people do?
4. Did anyone go home before the TV
programs finished?
5. Where do people watch TV now?
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Learn the new words by heart. Read the
Passage again and summary it.
- Prepare B1,2.