Lesson 10 – Then and now

Warm up

1. Are there any schools, restaurants, parks? How many shops, cafés are there?
2. What has changed in this neighbourhood?
3. Describe your home neighbourhoods to each other and include any changes you know about or have heard about.

Main activity

Speaking

1. To look at the slide, one person has slide A; the other has slide B. You must not look at each other’s slide.
2. Talk about your pictures find four main changes that have happened in each and check answers correct

Listening

1. You are going to hear a radio interview about Wellham, and you will hear the interview twice. Make notes on what people think about the changes.
2. Play the interview twice.
3. Compare your notes with a partner
4. How many people spoke to the reporter, and who they were.

Follow up

• What are your opinions on the comments made by the speakers? Are they sensible comments?
• Look at all the pictures, and discuss the changes in both towns. You have ten minutes to decide which changes are good, which are bad, and why.