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 Vocabulary 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 It has been replaced by a big (7)___________ store.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 Wide, smooth, traffic lights Narrow, bumpy, no traffic lights . 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. widened III. Post listening Compare the country and the city - Roads - Houses - Population - Air Wide, smooth, traffic lights Narrow, bumpy, no traffic