Listening - Unit 8 - ESL 10

Look at the two pictures of the same town.. In the past, there weren’t any hotels, but now there is a hotel in the town.. In the past, the town used to have only small houses, but now t

UNIT 8: THE STORY OF

OUR VILLAGE

LESSON 3: LISTENING

Look at the two pictures

of the same town Discuss the differences between

them

I PRE - LISTENING

In the past, there weren’t any hotels, but

now there is a hotel in the town.

In the past, the town used to have only small houses,

but now there are tall buildings.

A lot of big trees

A big car park

Wider and cleaner

Few trees

No cattle

Small and dirty

No car park Cattle feeding near the road

Trees Road Car park Cattle

Coast (n)

Resort (n)

Resurface (v)

Suburb (n)

Grassland (n)

Replace (v)

Atmosphere (n)

Turn into (v)

II While listening

Task 1 Listen and decide if the following

statements are TRUE or FALSE

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

south

a small quiet town

4 Many big trees have been cut down for wider streets

5 Some people don’t like the changes, they miss

the quiet and peaceful life of the old town.

Task 2: Listen again and write in the missing words

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in the suburbs of the town has been turned into an ugly (5) park Even the old corner (6) isn’t there anymore It has been replaced by a big (7) _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.

expensive shop houses

department hotel

car

cut widened

III Post listening

Compare the country and the city

-Roads -Houses -Population

-Air

Small and old Tall and modern

Busy and crowded Less crowded

Dusty and polluted Clean and fresh

Write about the differences between the city and the

country