Sách giáo viên Tiếng Anh 9 Thí điểm 2 tập (Pilot English 9 for Teacher)

LOOKING BACK
Vocabulary
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. behaviours 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
2a Match the verbs in A with their definitions
in B.
A
1. act out
2. preserve
3. collect
4. entertain
5. die out
B
a. bring together
b. perform
c. bring enjoyment
d. no longer exist
e. keep alive
b Use the verbs in A in their correct forms to
complete the sentences.
1. Small children like listening to and ______ stories.
2. Hand-writing a letter is a pastime that is
beginning to ______. I’m already beginning to
miss it.
Grammar
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
→ _________________________________________________
2. women/go to work
→ _________________________________________________
3. people/travel/on holiday
→ _________________________________________________
4. families/be/nuclear
→ _________________________________________________
5. people/make banh chung at Tet/themselves
→ _________________________________________________
6. children/play outdoor games
→ _________________________________________________
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 __________________________________________.
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 wish __________________________________________.
3. There is no organisation for social activities for
teenagers in your town.
I wish __________________________________________.
4. You are interested in basketball but you are not
tall enough for the sport.
I wish __________________________________________.
5. In your area, there are only two seasons: dry and
wet. You love autumn and spring.
I wish __________________________________________.
5 Look at the picture and finish the boy’s
wishes.
3. Should we try to ______ every custom or tradition
which is in danger of dying out?
4. He’s ______ data for his book Values in the Past.
5. She often ______ her children by telling them
stories and acting them out.
1. I wish _______________.
2. I wish _______________.
3. I wish _______________.
4. I wish _______________.
48 Unit 4/ Life in the Past