1. Listen to a boy talking about changes in
his village and tick (V) the changes he
mentions.

I live in a mountainous village. My parents often tell me stories
about their life in the past. It's not much like the village I can see
nowadays. Some villagers now live in brick houses instead of
earthen ones. Our houses are better equipped with electric fans
and TVs. Thanks to the TV, we now know more about life outside
our village. We don't use oil lamps any more. We have electric
lights which are much brighter. More villagers are using
motorcycles for transport instead of riding a horse or walking. We
— village children — no longer have to walk a long way and cross
a stream to get to school, which is dangerous in the rainy season.
Now there's a new school nearby. We also have more visitors from
the city. They come to experience our way of life.

Đáp án: B, C, E, F

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.
More visitors are coming to see them.

T

3. Listen again and answer the questions in
no more than FOUR words.
1. Who often tells the boy stories about the party?

1. His parents.
2. Life outside their village.
3. Near the village.
4. 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? Support your opinion with a
reason. Write it out.
- It's good for the villagers to have TVs. Now, they can have more
fun and learn more about different people and different places.
- I think electric light plays a very important part in the life of the
villagers. It helps people see everything clearly at night so they can
do more work.
- A nearby school is very helpful to people here because they don't
have to go to a long way to school, which is very dangerous in
rainy seasons. It will help develop the village.
- I believe that more people will go to the village to experience life
here, which is a good thing for the villagers because they can
develop tourism. They will have more work and more money.

5. Word in groups. Discuss and find some changes in a
rural area. Make notes of the changes.

A: The rural area changes so much now.
B: Really? What is the change?

A: People don't use buffaloes for transport. They use motorbikes. They have running
water, electricity and TVs at home.
B: Anything else?
A: The school is near the village. There is also hospital there.
A: Rural areas in our country are changing so much, aren't they?
B: Yes, they are. I think the first change is nearly each household have modem
appliances like a fridge, a washing machine or a TV.
A: Exactly. Another change is you can hardly see dirt roads in the country. Modern
roads have replaced them. There are even cemented roads across the rice fields.
B: I think one more change is that people in rural areas have been richer than before.