Bài giảng Tiếng Anh 9 - Unit 6: Viet Nam: Then and now, Lesson 1: Getting started, Period 2 - Trường THCS Thái Sơn

 UNIT 6: Viet Nam then and now
 Lesson 1: Getting started Look at the pictures and answer the questions.
 What is the main topic of 
 the following pictures? Answer the following questions:
IsWho there can anything you insee the in small the picturespicture? on 
 theWhere wall related do you to thinkpast and they present? are? Vocabulary
thatched house (n): nhà tranh mái lá
trench (n): hào giao thông
tiled roof (n): mái ngói
straw(n): rơm
mud (n): bùn
rubber sandals (n): dép cao su
frame (n): khung
photo exhibition (n): triển lãm ảnh 1. Listen and read
Duong: Can you believe it’s the school’s 60th anniversary?
Phuc: I know! I really like the photo exhibition. It’s fascinating to see how the 
 school used to look.
Duong: Right! The photos explain a lot about our school in the past.
Tom: Look – these two pictures were taken in 1970.
Phuc: Wow, that long ago? The school looks more like thatched houses with 
 paddy fields all around. You can see there were only a few classrooms 
 and the walls were made of mud and straw and, look – trenches!
Duong: I think that was during the war so it was necessary to have the trenches 
 right there.
Tom: Ha the students in this picture are wearing rubber sandals and straw 
 hats.
Nhi: Hey, and these pictures were taken in 1985. Look at the broken tiled 
 roof and wooden window frames and some of them are missing.
Duong: Yes, I can’t imagine how those students could study in such poor 
 conditions!
Phuc: Right! Things have improved considerably now. We have everything 
 comfortable classrooms, learning facilities like computer rooms
Nhi: Yeah, we also have nice uniforms and proper shoes. We’re much 
 luckier these days But, I’m not sure our grades are better 1a. Put a word/phrase from the box under each picture.
 thatched house facilities tiled roof
 trench rubber sandals photo exhibition
1 trench 2 tiled roof 3 facilities
4 photo exhibition 5 rubber sandals 6 thatched house 1b. Find a word in the conversation that means:
1. celebration of an important year = anniversary
2. very interesting = fascinating
3. not there = missing
4. situations = conditions
5. got better = improved
6. real = proper 1c. Read the statements and decide whether the 
 information is true (T) or false (F), or not given (NG).
 Statements T F NG
1. The school was founded at the beginning 
1. The school was founded in the 1960s. √
of the 20th century.
2. The school was initially surrounded by 
 √
paddy fields.
3.3. During the 19701970s,s, the students werewore well √
rubberdressed. sandals and straw hats.
4. The students in the 1980s learnt better √
than in the 1970s.
5. The school now is much better equipped. √ 1d. Read the conversation again and answer the questions.
1. When does the conversation take place?
- The____________________________________________ conversation takes place on the school’s 60th anniversary.
2. Why does Phuc say the photo exhibition is fascinating?
- Because____________________________________________ it explains a lot about how the school was in the past.
3. What was unusual about the school in 1970?
- There____________________________________________ were trenches outside the classrooms.
4. How was the school in 1985?
- The____________________________________________ roof was made of tiles and some tiles were broken. The window 
 frames were made of wood and some of them were missing.
5. What can the students learn from the photo exhibition?
- They____________________________________________ can learn that they are lucky to have such great learning facilities 
 nowadays. Remember!
When we want to describe changes, we can use adjectives 
to modify nouns and adverbs to modify verbs:
 Adjectives Adverbs
 dramatic dramatically
 considerable considerably
 significant significantly
 slight slightly
 gradual gradually
 Example:
-There have been changes considerable in the last decade.
-Our environment has been gradually polluted. 2. Complete each sentence with a word from the REMEMBER! 
 box which has the same meaning as the words in brackets.
1. There have been _____________slight differences in the 
country’s policies as compared to two years ago. (minor)
2. The traffic system in Ha Noi has been _____________dramatically 
upgraded over the last ten years. (suddenly and to a 
great degree)
3. Vietnamese people’s lives have been _____________significantly 
improved. (enough to make a difference)
4. There have been _____________considerable changes in the way 
people work. (quite large)
5. There has been a ____________gradual increase in people’s 
income over the last ten years. (little by little) 3. Interview your teacher about the features of your school 
when she/he started teaching here. Then use the information 
 provided to talk about the changes to your school.
 You can talk about:
 + the school principal and school teachers
 + the school playground
 + the library
 + the computer room
 + the classroom Home Assignments 
- Make sentences using the vocabulary
 - Do EX part A in MLH’s WB