Bài giảng môn Tiếng Anh - Unit 8: The story of my village

Warmly welcome to class 10C.10 !UNIT 8 : THE STORY OF MY VILLAGEThursday , December 11th , 2008Part C : LISTENINGBefore Now BangkokBefore Now Tokyo cityBeforeNow BeijingBen Thanh MarketBefore Now Before Now  Before you listen : Look at the two pictures of the same town . Discuss the differences between them . Example :In the past , the town used to have only small houses , but now there are tall buildings .In the past , there weren’t any hotels , but now there is a hotel in the town .The wedding’s atmosphere is happy and exciting .The village’s atmosphere is quiet and peaceful .Atmosphere ['ætməsfiə] New words and expressions : Coast [ koust ] Resort [ ri:'zɔ:t ] Pull down Resurface [,ri:'sə:fis] ['sʌbə:b]SuburbAn area where people live outside the centre of a city .Ex : Cu Chi is a suburb of Ho Chi Minh City . [ri'pleis]ReplaceEx : I have just replaced the small houses with the tall buildings. While you listen : You will hear someone talking about the changes in his hometown . Listen to the talk and do the tasks that follow . 1. Popffero is on the west coast of England .TFPopffero is on the south coast of England . Task 1 : Decide if the following statements are true ( T ) or false ( F ) according to the talk .2. Popffero used to be a tourist resort .TFIt used to be a small quiet town .3. The town no longer has its old atmosphere .TF4. There are more green trees in the town now than there used to be .TFA lot of trees have been cut down for wider streets . 5. Everybody in the town likes its changes.Some people don’t like the changes , they miss the quiet and peaceful life .TF Task 2 : Listen to again , and write in the missing words . The small old ( 1 ) ---------- have been pulled down , and tall buildings have been put there instead . They’ve also built a big ( 2 ) -------------- in the middle of the town . The narrow streets have been ( 3 ) ----------- and resurfaced , so the big trees on the two sides of the streets have been ( 4 ) ------------ down . The large area of grass land in the suburbs of the town has been turned into an ugly ( 5 ) ---------- park . Even the old corner ( 6 ) ---------- isn’t there any more . It has been replaced by a big ( 7 ) ------------ store . And there is an ( 8 ) ----------- restaurant where there used to be an old tea shop .  Answers :1. houses2. hotel3. widened4. cut5. car6. shop7. department8. expensive After you listen : Discuss the changes in your own hometown or home village .Example : Trees , houses , people , roads , etc. Homework : Write a short paragraph (100 words) about the changesin your own hometown .Chinese townBeforeNow ParisBeforeNowBeforeNowBerlinGoodbye . See you again !