Unit 4:
Our Past
Lesson 1:
Getting started & Listen and Read P. 38-39
* New words:
- equipment (n):
She is my grandmother’s mom.
What should I call her?
- great- grandma (n):
- folktale (n) :
trang thi?t b?
b� c?
truyện dân gian
thắp đèn
- (to) light – lit – lit the lamp:
Unit 4 : OUR PAST – Lesson 1 : Getting started – Listen and read
- traditional (adj.) :
- used to (m.V) :
Ex. : She used to go to school late, but now she isn’t late for school.
Form : S+ used to + V (bare infinitive) …
-> chæ söï vieäc ñaõ töøng xaûy ra trong quaù khöù nhöng hieän
nay khoâng coøn nöõa.
đã từng
thuoọc truye�n thoỏng
These are Nga and her grandmother.
Her grandmother is telling her about her life in the past.
Guessing what Nga’s grandmother used to do when she was a young girl.
Answer key:
Stay home
Help her mom
- Look after her younger brothers and sisters
Answer the questions:
a. Where did Nga ‘s grandmother use to live?

b. Why didn’t she go to school?

c. What did Nga’s great- grandmother use to do?

d. What did Nga’s great- grandmother and great- grandfather do after dinner?

e. What did Nga ask her grandmother to do at the end of the conversation?
3. Fact ( F ) or opinion (O)?
a) _____ I used to live on a farm.
b) _____ There wasn’t any electricity.
c) _____ Mom had to do everything without the help of modern equipment.
d) _____ My father used to tell us stories.
e) _____ The best one was The Lost Shoe.
f) _____ Traditional stories are great.
F
F
F
F
O
O
Nga’s grandmother used to live on a (1)……..........
when she was a young girl. She didn’t go to school because she had to stay (2)……………..and help her mom. She used to look (3)……..……..….her younger brothers and sisters. And her great-grandma (4)…...
to cook the meals, clean the house and (5)………the clothes. There wasn’t any (6)…………..So her great -grandma had to do everything without the help of modern (7)………..…After dinner, her great- grandma lit the lamp and her great-grandfather used to tell them (8)…………….
Now complete the summary.
Nga’s grandmother used to live on a (1)…….........
when she was a young girl. She didn’t go to school because she had to stay (2)……………..and help her mom. She used to look (3)……..……..….her younger brothers and sisters. And her great-grandma (4)…...
to cook the meals, clean the house and (5)………the clothes. There wasn’t any (6)……………So her great-grandma had to do everything without the help of modern (7)………..………… After dinner, her great - grandma lit the lamp and her great-grandfather used to tell them (8)…………
Answer key:
farm
had
after
home
electricity
wash
stories
equipment
Homework
_Learn the new words by heart.
_ Read the dialogue again.
_ Prepare: Lesson 2 -
SPEAK and LISTEN.
P. 40-41
( New words : cottage, greedy, foolish…)