Life in the past
Loudspeaker
Cottage
Firewood stove
Make a kite
Water well
Listen to radio
UNIT 4 : LIFE IN THE PAST
Lesson 1: Getting Started
November, 2021
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
thế hệ, đời
a. Underline the sentences with : 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?
- A mobile movie team used to come once every two months.
-The whole village used to listen to the news programme through a loudspeaker.
b. Check the things Nguyen’s father used to have or use when he was young.
STRUCTURE
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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.”

a. expressing agreement

b. expressing a wish
c. expressing appreciation
d. expressing surprise

1. How cool! That’s great/ Thank you so much/ 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/ No doubt about it/…
b. Match the expressions from the conversations
with their meanings.
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 a 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.
c. Choose suitable expressions from 1b to complete
the conversations.
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
2. Use the words/phrases in the box to complete the sentences.
- 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 used not to go to school in the past
3.Brainstorm some of the events
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HOMEWORK
- Learn by heart vocabulary
- Practice the dialogue.
Answer the questions again.
- Prepare:A closer look 1