Grade 10 unit 8 Listening

<span class='text_page_counter'>(1)</span>English 10th form. Teacher: Giang Luong Hung Nguyen Trai high school.

<span class='text_page_counter'>(2)</span> December 6th, 2012.

<span class='text_page_counter'>(3)</span> Rearrange these letters to make the right words 1. telho. hotel. 2. oadr. road. 3. eetr. tree. 4. dingbiul. building. 5. gechan. change.

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<span class='text_page_counter'>(5)</span> 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? - It is a town. c. Where is it?. - It is in England..

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<span class='text_page_counter'>(7)</span> 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. f. to They very wide. Example: In the past, the town used haveare only small old houses, but now there are many tall buildings.. 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..

<span class='text_page_counter'>(8)</span> 2. New words: - suburb (n): Ngoại thành , ngoại ô - ugly (a): Xấu xí - department store (n): Cửa hàng bách hoá Địa điểm du lịch - tourist resort (n): - atmosphere (n): Khí quyển, không khí - destroy (v): Phá huỷ.

<span class='text_page_counter'>(9)</span> II. While you listen 1. Task 1: Listen and decide if the statements are T or F. F 1. ……. Popffero is on the west coast of England.. F 2. ……. Popffero used to be a tourist resort. -> small quiet town. T 3. ……. The town no longer has its old atmosphere.. -> south. -> They’ve completely destroyed its old atmosphere. F 4. ……. There are more green trees in the town now than there used to be.. -> The big trees on the two side of the streets have been cut down. F ..…. 5. Everybody in the town likes its changes. -> Some people don’t like the changes. (They miss the quiet and peaceful life of the old town.).

<span class='text_page_counter'>(10)</span> 2. Task 2: Listen again and write in the missing words. houses have been pulled down, The small old (1)………… and tall buildings have been put there instead. They’ve hotel in the middle of the town. also built a big (2)……… widened . and The narrow streets have been (3)…………… resurfaced, so the big trees on the two sides of the cut down. The large area of streets have been (4)…… grass land in the suburbs of the town has been turned car .. park. Even the old corner into an ugly (5)………… shop isn’t there any more, it has been replaced (6)………… department. store. And there is an (8) by a big (7)……………… expensive ……... ………. restaurant where there used to be an old tea shop..

<span class='text_page_counter'>(11)</span> 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 ugly car park (4)……………………. (5) …………………….. an old corner shop. a big department store. an old tea shop. an expensive restaurant (6)…………………….

<span class='text_page_counter'>(12)</span> * 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……………………………….

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