Unit 2: Life in the countryside
Lesson 6: Skills 2
English 8
Listening
1. Listen to a boy talking about changes in his village and tick (✔) the changes he mentions.
A. _____ the roads in the village
B. _____ electrical appliances in the homes
C. _____ means of transport
D. _____ entertainment
E. _____ school
F. _____ visitors
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2. Listen again and say if the sentences are true (T) or false (F).
Nobody lives in an earthen house now.

The village has electricity now.

Horses are still the only means of transport in the village.

The children used to go a long way to school.

5. More visitors are coming to see them.
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3. Listen again and answer the questions in no more than FOUR words.
1. Who often tells the boy stories about the past?
_______________

2. What do the villagers now know more about?
______________________

3. Where is the new school?
______________________

4. What do the visitors want to experience in the village?
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His parents.
Life outside their village.
Nearby / Near the village.
A nomadic life.
writing
4. What do you think? Which change(s) in the Listening do you see as positive? Which do you see as negative?
Example:

It’s good for the villagers to have TVs. They can now have more fun and learn more about different people and different places.
5. Work in groups. Discuss and find some changes in a rural area. Make notes of the changes.
- Don’t use buffaloes for transport.
- Use motorbikes.
- Electricity & modern equipment at home.
- Some amusement centers.
- Schools near the villages.
- Access to modern technology in education: computer, projector,…
- Hospitals.
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6. Write a short paragraph about the changes.