1. New words:
- wealthy (adj): = rich /'welθi/
- loudspeaker (n): cái loa
- mobile movie team (n): đội chiếu phim lưu động
- appreciation (n): sự cảm kích, sự đánh giá cao /ə,pri:ʃi'eiʃn/
- kite (n) con/ cánh diều /kait/
- screen (n) màn hình/ảnh /skri:n/
- suppose (v) đoán, giả sử, giả thiết /sə'pouz/
- science (n) khoa học /'saiəns/
- fiction (n) viễn tưởng, viễn cảnh /'fikʃn/
- How cool! thật tuyệt

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 program 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.

New words:
• How cool!

: expressing appreciation

• A mobile movie team
• suppose : to think or believe that something is true
• wealthy = rich
• A loudspeaker

STRUCTURE: Read LISTEN AND READ
a. Underline the sentences with : used to + V (infinitive).

- 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.

1. a kite
2. a television

√

3. the Internet
4. a mobile movie team
5. a radio
6. a loudspeaker

√
√
√

a. 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.”

b. Match the expressions from the conversations with their meanings.
Can you add some more expressions with the same meaning?

1. How cool!

a. expressing agreement

2. Sure.

b. expressing a wish

3. Wow, I can't imagine
that.
4. I wish I could go back to that time.

c. expressing appreciation
d. expressing surprise

c. Choose suitable expressions from 1b 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.

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

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

1. A ________________is
used to make the sound much louder so that
loudspeaker
many people can hear it from a distance.
2. Every country has its own customs and ________________
traditions .
3. There is always a big gap between generations
________________ . The old sometimes
find it difficult to understand the young.
4. People in the past were slower in accepting technological
___________ changes
than they are today.
5. Traditionally, weddings and funerals are considered important
village ________________
events
in Viet Nam.
special occasion , not only for the bride and groom
6. A wedding is a________________
but also for other attendants as they can meet friends and relatives.

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 the sentences with “used to”
Nguyen's father used to have a kite when he was young.

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, ...