UNIT 4: OUR PAST
Lesson 1: GETTING STARTED +
LISTEN AND READ
Tuesday, October 19th, 2021
VIET NAM 100 YEARS AGO
Lighting fixture
Radio
TV
School bag
Mobile phone
Modern clothes
I. GETTING STARTED:
Names of the things that do not belong to the past?
What were there in the past?
How did people live in the past?
1.Used to (v):
(Past time habit)
Ex:
When I was young, I used to swim once a day.
Tom used to go fishing, but now he doesn’t.
He used to dance every night, but now he studies.

Formation

S + USED TO + V (INFINITIVE)

I. NEW WORDS
2.Great- mother (n):
Mother
Mother
Mother
3.Look after (v):
LOOK AFTER = TAKE CARE OF SOMEBODY
Ex:
I always look after my brother and sister when my parents go away.
The rice cooker
The refrigerator
4.Equipment (n):
The stove
The rice cooker
The refrigerator
5. Folktale (n):
Tam Cam is a folktale.
6. Traditional (adj):
AoDai is the traditional dress of Vietnamese women.
Kimono is the traditional dress of Japanese women.
7. Ask (v):
Can you bring me a cup of tea, please?
Yes.
Ex:
The boy asked the girl to bring him a cup of tea.
I. NEW WORDS
1.used to (v):
2.great-grandma (n):
3.look after (v):= take care of
4.equipment (n):
5.folktale (n):
6.traditional (a):
7.ask (v):
8. Poor (adj):
Grandma: This is me, Nga. I used to live on a farm when I was a young girl.
Nga: What was life like then?
Grandma: I didn’t go to school because
I had to stay home and help my mom.
I used to look after my younger brothers and sisters.
Nga: What did Great-grandma do?
Grandma: She used to cook the meals, clean the house and wash the clothes.
Nga: That sounds like hard work!
Grandma: It was. And there wasn’t any electricity.
Mom had to do everything without the help of modern equipment.
Nga: What did you do in the evening?
Grandma: After dinner, Mom lit the lamp and Dad used to tell us stories.
Nga: Do you remember any of them?
Grandma: Oh, yes. The best one was The Lost Shoe. It’s an old folktale.
Nga: Please tell me the tale, Grandma. Traditional stories are great.
Grandma: All right. Once a poor farmer …
LISTEN AND READ
2. Answer the questions:
Where did Nga’s grandmother use to live?
She used to live on a farm.

b) Why didn’t she go to school?
Because she had to stay home and help her mom.
(She used to look after her younger brothers and sisters).

c) What did Nga’s great-grandmother use to do?
 She used to cook the meals, clean the house and wash the clothes.


Her great-grandmother used to light the lamp and her great-grandfather used to tell them stories.
2. Answer the questions:
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?
 She asked her grandmother to tell her the tale “The Lost Shoe”.

3.Fact or opinion ? Check () the boxes.
a) I used to live on a farm.
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f) Traditional stories are great.
d) My father used to tell us stories.
b) There wasn’t any electricity.
e) The best one was The Lost Shoe.
c) Mom had to do everything without
the help of modern equipment.
g) Tam Cam’s a great folktale.
h) That sounds like hard work!
I) I was in grade 7 last year.
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OPINION: ý kiến
FACT: sự thật
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HOMEWORK
Learn “the new words” by heart
Prepare lesson 2 “Speak”
Thanks for your coming