Task 1. Listen and read.

(Nghe và đọc.)

Our school in the past

Duong: Can you believe it's the school's 60th anniversary?

Phuc: I know! I really like the photo exhibition. It's fascinating to see how the school used to look.

Duong: Right! The photos explain a lot about our school in the past.

Tom: Look – these two pictures were taken in 1970.

Phuc: Wow, that long ago? The school looks more like thatched houses with paddy fields all around. You can see there were only a few classrooms and the walls were made of mud and straw and, look – trenches!

Duong: I think that was during the war so it was necessary to have the trenches right there.

Tom: Ha… the students in this picture are wearing rubber sandals and straw hats.

Nhi: Hey, and these pictures were taken in 1985. Look at the broken tiled roof and wooden window frames… and some of them are missing.

Duong: Yes, I can't imagine how those students could study in such poor conditions!

Phuc: Right! Things have improved considerably now. We have everything… comfortable classrooms, learning facilities like computer rooms…

Nhi: Yeah, we also have nice uniforms and proper shoes. We're much luckier these days… But, I'm not sure our grades are better…

a. Put a word/phrase from the box under each picture.

(Đặt các từ vào bức tranh đúng.)

1b. Find a word in the conversation that means:

(Tìm từ trong đoạn hội thoại có nghĩa.)

1c. Read the statements and decide whether the information is true (T) or false (F), or not given (NG).

(Đọc các câu và quyết định xem thông tin nào là đúng (T) hoặc sai (F) hoặc không có thông tin (NG).)

1d. Read the conversation again and answer questions.

(Đọc lại đoạn hội thoại và trả lời câu hỏi.)

1. When does the conversation take place?

(Cuộc hội thoại diễn ra khi nào?)

2. Why does Phuc say the photo exhibition is fascinating?

(Tại sao Phúc nói rằng triển lãm tranh hấp dẫn?)

3. What was unusual about the school in 1970?

(Điều gì là không bình thường ở trường học năm 1970?)

4. How was the school in 1985?

(Trường học năm 1985 thế nào?)

5. What can the students learn from the photo exhibition?

(Những gì học sinh có thể học được từ triển lãm ảnh?)

Task 2. Complete each sentence with a word from the REMEMBER! box which has the same meaning as the words in brackets.

(Hoàn thành câu sao cho giống nghĩa câu ban đầu.)

1. There have been _________ differences in the country's policies as compared to two years ago. (minor)

2. The traffic system in Ha Noi has been _________ upgraded over the last ten years. (suddenly and to a great degree)

3. Vietnamese people's lives have been _________ improved. (enough to make a difference)

4. There have been _________ changes in the way people work. (quite large)

5. There has been a ________ increase in people's income over the last ten years. (little by little)

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