Bài giảng Tiếng Anh Lớp 9 - Unit 4: Life in the past - Lesson 7: Looking back and project

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1. 1. Choose the best answer A, B, or C to complete the sentences. 1. The children in my home village used to go ___, even in winter. Now they all have shoes. A. on foot B. bare-footed C. playing around 2. There is usually a ___ gap between the old and the young, especially when the world is changing so fast. A. generation B. value C. age 3. Every nation has respect for their long-preserved ___. A. behaviors B. practices C. traditions 4. In Viet Nam, ___ often refers to age and social position, not to wealth. A. seniority B. tradition C. generation 5. Giving lucky money to the young and the old at Tet is a common ___ in many Asian countries. A. behavior B. practice C. tradition
2. UNIT 4: LIFE IN THE PAST Lesson 7: Looking back & project Teacher: Bui Thi Chin Tien Lu secondary school 2
3. 2a. Match the verbs in A with their definitions in B. A B 1. act out a. bring together 2. preserve b. perform 3. collect c. bring enjoyment 4. entertain d. no longer exist 5. die out e. keep alive 2b. Use the verbs in A in their correct forms to complete the sentences. 1. Small children like listening to and ___acting out stories. 2. Hand-writing a letter is a pastime that is beginning to ___die out . I'm already beginning to miss it. 3. Should we try to ___preserve every custom or tradition which is in danger of dying out? 4. He's ___collecting data for his book Values in the Past. 5. She often ___herentertains children by telling them stories and acting them out.
4. 3. Write true sentences about the practice of the following things in the past, using used to and didn't use to. 1. men/bread winner of the family -Men used to be the bread winner of the family. 2. women/go to work -Women didn’t use to go to work. 3. people/travel/on holiday -People didn’t use to travel on holiday. 4. families/be/nuclear -Families didn’t use to be nuclear. 5. people/make banh chung at Tet/themselves -People used to make banh chung at Tet themselves. 6. children/play outdoor games -Children used to play outdoor games.
5. 4. Read these situations and write wishes you want to make for them. 1. Your village does not have access to clean piped water. → I wish my village had access to clean piped water. 2. Your school is on the other side of a river, and you have to cross the river by boat twice a day to school. → I wishthere were a bridge over the river, so we did not have to cross the river by boat twice a day to school. 3. There is no organization for social activities for teenagers in your town. → I wish there were an organization for social activities in my town. 4. You are interested in basketball but you are not tall enough for the sport. → I wish I were tall enough to play basketball. 5. In your area, there are only two seasons: dry and wet. You love autumn and spring. → I wishthere were four seasons in my area. I wish we had spring and autumn in my area.
6. 1. I wish it would stop raining. 2. I wish the wind weren’t blowing so hard. 3. I wish the sun were shining. 4. I wish I were sitting in a warm house.
7. 6. Rearrange the sentences to make a meaningful conversation. 1. Mai, are you going to the Tet flower 1. Mai, are you going to the Tet flower market with us this afternoon? market with us this afternoon? 2. We used to. But this year my mother 4. I'm sorry I can't. I'm making wants to bring back some traditions. candied fruits. 3. Interesting! I'll come. 5. Wow, That's time-consuming and it 4. I'm sorry I can't. I'm making candied requires a lot of patience. My family fruits. buys it. 5. Wow That's time-consuming and it 2. We used to. But this year my mother requires alot of patience. My family buys wants to bring back some traditions. it. 9. Why? 6. Certainly! And we can learn how to 7. She said that if we didn't do it, our make banh chung too. My father will customs and traditions would die out. teach us. 8. Oh, I see. Can I join you? 7. She said that if we didn't do it, our customs and traditions would die out. 6. Certainly! And we can learn how to 8. Oh, I see. Can I join you? make banh chung too. My father will teach 9. Why? us. 3. Interesting! I'll come.
8. PRESERVING THE PAST Life has changed a lot over the past 50 years, and there are many good pastimes which seem to be dying out. Work in groups and search for a past tradition or pastime which you highly appreciate give reasons why you like it work out a plan to help preserve it. Then make a poster presenting your ideas and share it with your class.
9. *Put the letter in order. 1-B 2-C 3-D 4-A A. In conclusion, you should write a letter to your friends or family in your free time to preserve them for future generations, I am sure that it will be very interesting. B. Life has changed a lot over the past 50 years and there are many good pastimes and traditions such as folk music, folk games, paintings C. But the tradition that I appreciate is writing letters because of some reasons: In the past, writing letters was such an important means of communication to contact people with people. As far as I know in the past Ho Chi Minh president used to use letters to contact with his comrade to make a plan for upcoming resistance. Otherwise, I feel very surprised and interested when I open a letter with some tiny stickers. D. Writing to friends and family was a great to keep in touch. It also enabled me to practice my literacy skills and communicate effectively. Writing letters can be seen as a gift because someone has taken her time to write, think and express love. But now, this pastime seems to be dying out. Technology is growing, so people communicate by email more than writing a letter.
10. - Learn by heart the structures - Rewrite the exercises into the notebooks - Prepare for UNIT 5