Unit 6 VIETNAMESE LIFESTYLE:
THEN AND NOW

PERIOD 41: GETTING STARTED. (page 60)

NEW WORDS:

generation (n)
thế hệ

NEW WORDS:

living condition
điều kiện sống

NEW WORD:

opportunity (n)
cơ hội

NEW WORDS:

dye (v)

nhuộm

PRESENTATION

New words

Meaning

- generation (n)

thế hệ

- living condition

điều kiện
sống

- opportunity (n)

cơ hội

- dye (v)

nhuộm

PRACTICE
Look at the pictures on pages 60-61 and answer
- What do you think the children / teens in each picture are doing?
- Do you think the activity in each picture is popular in the past or present?

PRACTICE

1 Listen and read. (page 60)
Phong: Grandpa, do you mind telling me how our lives are different from
yours in the past?
Grandpa: Well, there are many differences. In my day, we mostly played
outdoors. The games were simple and cost little. We made our own toys
from natural materials.
Phong: That sounds interesting. Nowadays, most leisure games depend on
electronic devices.
Grandpa: Right, but that is mostly true in the city only. Many children in
the countryside still play traditional games.
Phong: I know.

PRACTICE

1 Listen and read. (page 60)
Grandpa: Another thing is that children nowadays have more freedom of
choice. They wear short dresses and jeans with holes. They also dye their
hair purple and green.
Phong: Ha ha … Not many, Grandpa.
Grandpa: Hm … And many children of my generation left school early to
support their families. Moreover, there were not many schools then.
Phong: You mean we have more opportunities to learn now?
Grandpa: That's right.
Phong: Do you think these changes are for the better?
Grandpa: Yes, they mostly are. They have improved our living conditions.
Phong: Thank you, Grandpa

PRACTICE

2 Read the conversation again and circle the correct answers. (p.61)
1. Phong and his grandpa are talking about some differences
between___________________
A. children in the city and the countryside
B. the living standards in the past and now
C. life in the past and now
D. past and present entertainment

PRACTICE

2 Read the conversation again and circle the correct answers. (p.61)
2. Phong's grandpa mentions _________________differences
A. two

B. three

C. four
D. five
3. Phong's grandpa sees most of the changes as ______________.
A. positive

B. negative

C.unnecessary

D. necessary

PRACTICE
3 Write the expressions from the conversation in the correct column.
a. depend on electronic devices
b. leave school early
c. dye their hair
d. have more opportunities to learn
e. make toys from natural materials
THE PAST

THE PRESENT

PRACTICE

4 Complete the sentences with the words from the box. (page 61)
opportunity

freedom

dyed

generation

materials

1. A few teenagers in my village have ____________ their hair
brown.
2. Young people's lifestyle today is different from that of the
previous ____________.
3. Nowadays, nearly all young people have a(n)____________ to
go to school.

PRACTICE

4 Complete the sentences with the words from the box. (page 61)
opportunity

freedom

dyed

generation

materials

4. He wants to live green, so he uses products made from natural
____________ .
5. My parents give me ____________ to pursue my own interests.

PRODUCTION
QUIZ: Work in pairs. Decide if the statements below are TRUE
5 or FALSE about life in Viet Nam 40 years ago. Share your
answers with the class. (page 61)
40 years ago, ______
False
1. school children didn't wear uniforms.
2. no Vietnamese student could go and study abroad.
False
3. most people wrote letters instead of writing emails or
True
texting messages.
True
4. bicycles were the main means of transportation.
5. people lit firecrackers at Tet and weddings
True

CONSOLIDATION
Homework:

- Learn by heart new words.
- Practice the conversation again.
- Prepare: A closer look 1. (page 62)