Unit 2 City life Lesson 1 Getting started

<span class='text_page_counter'>(1)</span>UNIT 4: LIFE IN THE PAST LESSON 1: GETTING STARTED. English 9.

<span class='text_page_counter'>(2)</span> I. Vocabulary • • • • •. how cool! expressing appreciation a mobile movie team suppose (v) to think/believe that sth is true wealthy (a) rich a loudspeaker. 2.

<span class='text_page_counter'>(3)</span> 1. Underline the sentences with : used to + infinitive. • I made it for you, just like your grandfather used to make one for me. • So when you were a kid, what did you use to do for entertainment? • A mobile movie team used to come once every two months. • The whole village used to listen to the news programme through a loudspeaker 2. Check the things Nguyen’s father used to have or use when he was young.. 1. a kite 2. a television 3. the Internet 4. a mobile movie team 5. a radio 6. a loudspeaker Make the sentences with “used to”.     3.

<span class='text_page_counter'>(4)</span> II. Listen and read Activity 1a Read the conversation again and answer the questions. Activity 1. What is a tradition in Nguyen’s family? Fathers make kites for sons. 2. How often did the movie team come to the village? Once every two months. 3. What did the children use to do when the movie team came to the village? They used to come early, trying to get a place near the screen. 4. Who in the village had a radio? Only wealthy households. 5. Does Nguyen’s father miss the past? What did he say? Yes, he does. He said: “Sometimes I wish I could go back 4 to that time.”.

<span class='text_page_counter'>(5)</span> Activity 1b Match the expressions (1 - 4) from the conversation with their meanings (a - d). Can you add some more expressions with the same meaning? 1. How cool!. a. expressing agreement. 2. Sure.. b. expressing a wish. 3.. c. expressing appreciation. Wow, I can’t imagine that.. 4. I wish I could go back to that time.. d. expressing surprise 5.

<span class='text_page_counter'>(6)</span> Activity 1c Choose suitable expressions from 1b to complete the short conversations. 1. Would you like to participate in this ‘Preserving the past’ project? Sure. 2. Marriages used to be arranged by parents. I can’t imagine that. 3.I’ve finished my painting. Look! How cool! 4. Children used to play outdoors with things they found, like stones or feathers. I wish I could go back to that time. 5. The Time Machine is a science fiction novel by H. G. Wells can take people back to the past. How cool! 6. It’s a New Year tradition in Russia for people to take a bath in a hole which is dug in thethat. ice. I can’t imagine 6.

<span class='text_page_counter'>(7)</span> Activity 2 Use the words/phrases in the box to complete the sentences. a. loudspeaker b. technological changes c. generations d. traditions e. events f. a special occasion 1. A loudspeaker ______ is used to make the sound much louder so that many people can hear it from a distance. 2. Every country has its own customs and traditions ______ . 3. There is always a big gap between generations ______. The old sometimes find it difficult to understand the young. 4. People in the past were slower in accepting ___________ technological _______than they are today. changes 5. Traditionally, weddings and funerals are considered events in Viet Nam. important village ______ special occasion not only for the bride and 6. A wedding isa ______, groom but also for other attendants as they can meet friends and relatives. 7.

<span class='text_page_counter'>(8)</span> Activity 3 In groups, brainstorm some of the past events and practices in your area. Make a list and present them to the class. Example: Women in Hue used to go swimming at the beach fully clothed, to wear palm leaf conical hats, to wear the traditional long dress whenever they went out, to stay at home as housewives, .... 8.

<span class='text_page_counter'>(9)</span> III. Homework • Learn vocabulary by heart. • Redo exercises. • Prepare the next lesson: A closer look 1. 9.

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