U8 READING CTC CUC HAY

Look at the two pictures and match column A with column B to describe the differences between them.. The roads used to be small 3.. The town used to have only small houses a.. The town

Look at the two pictures Discuss the

differences between them.

In the past Now

Look at the two pictures and match column A with column B to describe the differences

between them.

1 There were a lot of

trees

2 The roads used to be

small

3 There weren’t any

hotels

4 The town used to have

only small houses

a The town has many tall buildings

b There is a hotel in the town

c There are few trees now

d They are big/ wide

Example:

In the past , the town used to have only

small houses, but now there are tall buildings.

The village’s atmosphere is quiet and peaceful.

Resort [ri:'z :t] ɔ

Pull down

Resurface [,ri:'sə:fis]

Task 1: Choose the best answers

1 Propffero is on the

a West coast of UK

b South coast of England

2 Propffero used to be

a tourist resort

b a small quiet town.

3 The town no longer has it

a a crowded and busy

b old atmosphere

4 There are

a a lot of trees have been cut down

b a lot of trees have been destroyed

5 don’t like the changes

a Some people

b Every body

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park Even the old corner (6) isn’t there anymore It has been replaced by a big (7) _ store And there is an (8) _ restaurant where there used to be an old tea shop

department hotel

car

cut widened

Task 2 * Listen to the talk again, and fill in each blank with a suitable word from the box.

1 STREET s

2 MEANS OF TRANSPORT: cars, motorbikes…

3 BUILDINGS: hotels, post office, ….

Example:

- In the past , there wasn’t a bank,

but now there is a bank in my home town.

- In the past , the streets were narrow,

but now the streets are wide in my home town.

III After you listen

Discuss the changes in your home town or home village

* Do exercise in textbook part Listening.

* prepare new lesson