Skills 2 Unit 4: Life in the past

Skills 2 Unit 4: Life in the past

Trong phần kỹ năng 2 của Unit 4, bạn sẽ được luyện tập về kỹ năng nghe và viết. Bài nghe dưới đây cung cấp những thông tin về ngày xưa của một ông lớn tuổi kể về ngày tháng đi học của mình. Sau khi nghe, bạn sẽ phải quyết định câu nào đúng (T), sai (F) hoặc không có thông tin (NG).

Đưa ra những lời khuyên và hướng dẫn cụ thể giúp giải bài tập trong sách giáo khoa.

Listening

1. Listen and decide if the following statements are true (T), false (F), or not given (NG):

• The school had classes for different age groups. (F)
• All the subjects were taught by one teacher. (T)
• Some students didn't wear shoes to school. (T)
• Students didn't have exams because they would cost too much. (NG)
• Students could talk to their teacher whenever they wanted to. (F)
• The teacher didn't give students any homework. (T)

2. Listen again and fill the blanks with the correct information:

1. Number of students: 15
2. Some students went to school bare-footed.
3. Lessons focused on: reading, writing, Maths, and History (in any order)
4. The school was small but it had strict rules
5. The students had no homework, no extra classes

Audio script: I went to a village school. In fact, there was only one classroom for 15 students of different ages, both boys and girls, and one teacher who taught everything. The school didn't have a name, so we just called it ‘our school.’ We used to walk to school. Some children went bare-footed. At school, we learnt to read and write. We also learnt a little maths and history. There were no science lessons, and we didn't have exams either. Although our school was small, it had strict rules. We had to behave ourselves. We stood up and bowed to greet our teacher at the start of every lesson. We could talk only when we were allowed to. However, we had no homework and no extra classes. I had a lot of time to play outside and to help my parents in the house. I loved my school and those school days.

Writing

3. Make a list of the facilities you are using in your studies nowadays. Then tick the ones you think were not available about twenty years ago:

1. Board
2. Projector
3. Chalk
4. Computer
5. Desks
6. Chair

4. Choose one facility which was not available twenty years ago and write a short description of how students in the past studied without that facility:

It is most likely that students twenty years ago were not able to enjoy the Internet in their studies. That's why it took them a lot of time, energy, and even money, to do a project that we can now easily complete in one or two days. For example, when being asked to write an assignment about past habits, the students had to go to the library, look for books on the topic, read the books, and hand-write any information that they thought was useful for their assignment. They would also have to meet with some old people and talk to them about the past. At home, they had to hand-write their assignment, possibly with a lot of erasing and rewriting of the first draft. After finishing the draft, they had to write a clean copy on another piece of paper for submission.