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What are they talking about?

New words:
• a mobile movie team
• wealthy (adj)
• loudspeaker (n)

: đội chiếu phim di động

: rich
: loa phóng thanh

• to suppose : to think or believe that something
is true

1. Listen and read.
* Find these expressions in the conversation
1. How cool!
2. Sure.
3. Wow, I can't imagine that.
4. I wish I could go back to that time.

1. Listen and read.
Father: This is a present for you, son.
Nguyen: A kite! How cool! Thank you, dad.
Father: I made it for you, just like your
grandfather used to make one for
me.
Nguyen: Is it a family tradition?
Father: Yes, for generations.
Nguyen: I love it. So when you were a kid,
what did you use to do for
entertainment?
Father: Oh, it was all very simple back
then. We didn't have television or
the internet. A mobile movie team
used to come once every two
months, and everyone from the
village would be there. The
children were always early, trying
to get a place near the screen.
Nguyen: I suppose it was a special
occasion, wasn't it?

Father: Sure.
Nguyen: I wish there were movie teams
like that now.
Father: Yeah, it was a lot of fun.
Nguyen: Then how did you get to know
about the world outside?
Father: We had the radio; actually,
only wealthy people did. The
whole village used to listen to
the news programme through
a loudspeaker.
Nguyen: Wow, I can't imagine that.
Father: I know. The world's changed a
lot, son. It's much easier now.
Nguyen: Do you miss the past, dad?
Father: I suppose I do. Sometimes
I wish I could go back to that
time.

a. Match these expressions with their meanings
a. expressing agreement
c. expressing appreciation
Father: This is a present for you, son.
Nguyen: A kite ! (1) How cool! Thank you,
dad.
Father: I made it for you, just like your
grandfather used to make one for
me.
Nguyen: Is it a family tradition?
Father: Yes, for generations.
Nguyen: I love it. So when you were a kid,
what did you use to do for
entertainment?
Father: Oh, it was all very simple back
then. We didn't have television or
the internet. A mobile movie team
used to come once every two
months, and everyone from the
village would be there. The
children were always early, trying
to get a place near the screen.

b. expressing a wish
d. expressing surprise
Nguyen: I suppose it was a special
occasion, wasn't it?
Father: (2)Sure.
Nguyen: I wish there were movie teams
like that now.
Father: Yeah, it was a lot of fun.
Nguyen: Then how did you get to know
about the world outside?
Father: We had the radio; actually,
only wealthy people did. The
whole village used to listen to
the news programme through
a loudspeaker.
Nguyen: (3)Wow, I can't imagine that.
Father: I know. The world's changed a
lot, son. It's much easier now.
Nguyen: Do you miss the past, dad?
Father: I suppose I do. Sometimes
(4) I wish I could go back to that
time.

a. Match these expressions with their meanings
1. How cool!

a. Expressing agreement

That's great/ I appreciate this/..
2. Sure.

b. expressing a wish

Definitely/ Of course/ Exactly/..
3. Wow, I can't
imagine that.
That's amazing/
I can't believe it/
4. I wish I could go
back to that time.

c. expressing appreciation

d. expressing surprise

b. Choose suitable expressions from 1a to complete
the 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 in a science fiction novel by H. G. Wells can
take people back to the past.
- How cool!
6. It's a tradition in Russia for people to take a bath in a hole dug in
the ice at New Year.
- I can't imagine that.

1.c Read the conversation again and answer the questions.
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 to that time.”

2. Use the words/phrases in the box to complete the sentences.
a. loudspeaker
e. events

b. technological changes
c. generations
f. a special occasion
d. traditions

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.

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 Viet Nam used to wear conical hats, wear ao dai
whenever they went out, stay at home as housewives, ...

3.Brainstorm some of the events

- Women in Hue used to wear
palm leaf conical hat, wear the
traditional
long
dress
whenever they went out...

- Girls used not to go to
school in the past

- People used to use
water from wells.

- People used to write
hand-written letters.

- People used to cook meal
with fire from wood or hay.

- Vietnamese women used to
dye their teeth black.

. Underline the sentences with : used to + infinitive.
Father: This is a present for you, son.
Nguyen: A kite! How cool! Thank you, dad.
Father: I made it for you, just like your
grandfather used to make one for
me.
Nguyen: Is it a family tradition?
Father: Yes, for generations.
Nguyen: I love it. So when you were a kid,
what did you use to do for
entertainment?
Father: Oh, it was all very simple back
then. We didn't have television or
the internet. A mobile movie team
used to come once every two
months, and everyone from the
village would be there. The
children were always early, trying
to get a place near the screen.
Nguyen: I suppose it was a special
occasion, wasn't it?

Father: Sure.
Nguyen: I wish there were movie teams
like that now.
Father: Yeah, it was a lot of fun.
Nguyen: Then how did you get to know
about the world outside?
Father: We had the radio; actually,
only wealthy people did. The
whole village used to listen to
the news programme through
a loudspeaker.
Nguyen: Wow, I can't imagine that.
Father: I know. The world's changed a
lot, son. It's much easier now.
Nguyen: Do you miss the past, dad?
Father: I suppose I do. Sometimes I
wish I could go back to that
time.

b. 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 a kite

Watch movie

Life in the
past

Water well

Listen to radio