The story of my village

I. Before you listen

1. Answer the following questions:

a. Have you heard of “ Popffero”?

b. Is it a village, a town or a city?

c. Where is it?

- It is a town. - It is in England.

A. Pas t B. Now

1. The town used to have only small old houses.

2. The town used to be quiet and peaceful.

3. The roads were very narrow.

4. There were a lot of big trees.

5. There used to have a grass land with some cows

in the town.

6. There weren’t any hotels.

a. There are few trees.

b. There is no grass land.

c. There is a hotel in the town.

d. There are many tall buildings.

e. It seems to be very noisy.

f. They are very wide.

Example: In the past, the town used to have only small

old houses, but now there are many tall buildings.

2. New words: - suburb (n): - ugly (a): - department store (n): - tourist resort (n): - atmosphere (n): - destroy (v):

Khí quy n, không khí ể

Ngo i thành , ngo i ô ạ ạ

X u xí ấ

C a hàng bách hoá ử

Đ a đi m du l ch ị ể ị

Phá huỷ

II. While you listen

1. Task 1: Listen and decide if the statements are T or F.

……1. Popffero is on the west coast of England.

……2. Popffero used to be a tourist resort.

……3. The town no longer has its old atmosphere.

……4. There are more green trees in the town now than there used to be.

..… 5. Everybody in the town likes its changes.

F

F

T

F

F

-> The big trees on the two side of the streets have been cut down.

-> south

-> small quiet town

-> Some people don’t like the changes. (They miss the quiet and peaceful life of the old town.)

-> They’ve completely destroyed its old atmosphere.