Watch movie
use water from the well
Listen to radio
Make a kite
Life in the past
Teacher: Le Duc Quyen
WELCOME TO OUR CLASS
Unit 4: Life in the past
Lesson 1: Getting started
Who do you think the people in the picture are?
What do you think the people in the conversation are talking about?
How do you understand the title “Preserving the past”?
* vocabulary:
How cool!
: expressing appreciation
A mobile movie team
suppose
wealthy
loudspeaker
: to think or believe that something is true
= rich
a. Review : used to + V
- 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?
b. Wishes for the present : S + wish(es) + S + V(qk)............
I wish I could go back to that time
I wish there were movies teams like that now .
STRUCTURE
a. Read the conversation again and answer the questions.
What is a tradition in Nguyen`s family?


How often did the movie team come to the village?


What did the children use to do when the movie team came to the village?


Who in the village had a radio?


Does Nguyen`s father miss the past? What did he say?
- Fathers make kites for sons.
- Once every two months.
- They used to come early, trying to get a place near the screen.
Only wealthy households.
- Yes, he does. He said: “Sometimes I wish I could go back to that time.”
b. Match the expressions from the conversations with their meanings.

a. expressing agreement

b. expressing a wish
c. expressing appreciation
d. expressing surprise
1.How cool! That’sgreat/
How interesting /
I appreciate this....


3. Wow, I can’t imagine that/How awesome/ That’s amazing/ I can’t believe it/
.

4. I wish I could go back to that time.

2.sure/ Definitely/ Of course/ That’s true/ Absolutely/ Exactly/ …
c. Choose suitable expressions from 1b to complete the conversations.
Would you like to participate in this `Preserving the Past` project?

2. Marriages used to be arranged by parents.

3. I`ve finished my painting. Look!

4. Children used to play outdoors with things they found, like stones or feathers.

5. The time machine in a science fiction novel by H. G. Wells can take people back to the past.

6. It`s aNew year tradition in Russia for people to take a bath in a hole dug in the ice at New Year.
- Sure.
- I can’t imagine that.
- How cool!
- I wish I could go back to that time.
- How cool!
- I can’t imagine that.
2. Use the words/phrases in the box to complete the sentences.
1. A ________________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 ________________ .
3. There is always a big gap between ________________ . The old sometimes find it difficult to understand the young.
4. People in the past were slower in accepting ___________
than they are today.
5. Traditionally, weddings and funerals are considered important village ________________ in Viet Nam.
6. A wedding is ________________ , not only for the bride and
groom but also for other attendants as they can meet friends and relatives.
a. loudspeaker
c. generations
e. events
b. technological changes
d. traditions
f. a special occasion
- Women in Hue used to wear palm leaf conical hat, wear the traditional long dress whenever they went out...
- People used to cook meal with fire from wood or hay.
- Vietnamese women used to dye their teeth black.
- People used to use water from wells.
- People used to write hand-written letters.
- Girls didn’t use to go to school in the past
3.Brainstorm some of the events
3. In groups, brainstorm some of the 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, ...
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HOMEWORK
- Learn by heart vocabulary
- Prepare:A closer look 1
1.Vocabulary
-generation (n) :
-loudspeaker (n) : loa phóng thanh
-technological change (n) : sự thay đổi công nghệ
-funeral (n) : đám ma
-appreciation (n) : sự thích thú
-feather (n): lông vũ
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