Bài giảng Tiếng Anh Lớp 9 - Unit 4: Life in the past - Lesson 1: Getting started

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2. 2. Listen and read. Father: This is a present for you, son. Father: Sure. Nguyen: A kite! How cool! Thank you, dad. Nguyen: I wish there were movie teams like Father: I made it for you, just like your that now. grandfather used to make one for me. Father: Yeah, it was a lot of fun. Nguyen: Is it a family tradition? Nguyen: Then how did you get to know Father: Yes, for generations. about the world outside? Nguyen: I love it. So when you were a kid, Father: We had the radio; actually, what did you use to do for entertainment? only wealthy people did. The whole village Father: Oh, it was all very simple back then. used to listen to the news programme through We didn't have television or the internet. A a loudspeaker. mobile movie team used to come once every Nguyen: Wow, I can't imagine that. two months, and everyone from the village Father: I know. The world's changed a would be there. The children were always early, lot, son. It's much easier now. trying to get a place near the screen. Nguyen: Do you miss the past, dad? Nguyen: I suppose it was a special occasion, Father: I suppose I do. Sometimes I wasn't it? wish I could go back to that time.
3. 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.”
4. 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.
5. 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.