Unit 1: Fads and fashions | Tiếng Anh 8 (Friends Plus) - Lớp 8 - Giáo Dục Việt Nam

1 VOCABULARY • Popular interests

I can talk about popular interests, activities and fashions.

Culture p90

Language Focus Reference p99

THINK! What's in fashion at the moment? What songs, films and games are popular?

1 Work with a partner and do the quiz.

2 🔊1.06 Listen and check your answers to the quiz. Which answer surprised you the most?

craze-y!

4. Fans on social media look at their favourite celebrity posts. Which footballer was the first to get 100 million Facebook followers?

a Cristiano Ronaldo

b Lionel Messi

c David Beckham

5. Which is the best-selling game app of
all time?

a Tetris                 b Angry Birds

c Minecraft

6. The Rubik's Cube is the best-selling toy in history. 'Speedcubers' are experts with the cube and the fastest time to solve the puzzle is less than....

a 5 seconds

b 5 minutes

c 5 hours

3🔊1.07 Watch or

KEY PHRASES

Talking about free time and interests

1 I'm interested in...

2 I'm (not) really into ...

3 Do you spend much money on ...?

4 Do you spend any time playing...?

5 I'm (not) crazy about...

6 I'm a big ... fan.

4 USE IT! Work in pairs. Ask and answer questions about the topics in exercise 3 using the key phrases. Tell the class what your partner's favourite interest is.

Do you spend much money on comics?

No. I'm not crazy about them. Are you into music?

Finished?

Use the key phrases to write a questionnaire for your class about their free time and interests.

An interview with Miley Jones, an expert on the history of crazes

HOW DO CRAZES START?

Well, crazes generally start in the playground when we're young. We see someone doing something fun and obviously we want to join them.

WHAT WAS THE STRANGEST CRAZE?

Pole-sitting, probably. In 1924, Alvin Kelly sat on a pole for thirteen hours. Amazingly, it became popular, and people used to watch the best pole-sitters. The record was twenty-one days.

HOW DO CURRENT CRAZES DIFFER FROM PAST CRAZES?

Things like toys and card-collecting used to be popular. Now crazes often start online, when people see and copy funny ideas for photos or videos on social media.

1 Read the interview with an expert on crazes. What is the purpose of the article?

a to give information

b to sell digital products

c to help people start a new craze

2🔊 1.08 Read and listen to the interview again.
Write questions for answers 1-5.

1 In 1924. (When.................................?)

2 For thirteen hours.

(For how long.....................................?)

3 On social media. (Where.............................?)

4 He sold pet rocks. (What............................?)

5 Millions. (How many..................................?)

IS THAT HOW CRAZES BECOME SO POPULAR QUICKLY?

Absolutely! Things can quickly become a craze. Before, people didn't use to have smartphones, but now we can post online games scores or photos immediately.

WHAT'S YOUR FAVOURITE CRAZE?

Pet rocks. In the 1970s, Gary Dahl started selling a pet rock in a special box with instructions.

DID PEOPLE REALLY USE TO BUY

PET ROCKS?

Yes, they did. Apparently, he sold millions of them. No one really knows what the next craze will be.

3 VOCABULARY PLUS

Use a dictionary to check the meaning of the words in blue in the text.

4 USE IT! Work in groups. Say what you
think of the crazes in the interview. Take a vote on which is the silliest, the strangest and the most fun.

1 Study the sentences from the interview on page 12. Then choose the correct answers to complete the rules.

People used to watch the best pole-sitters. Before, people didn't use to have smartphones. Did people really use to buy pet rocks?

RULES 1 We use used to + infinitive when we talk about a regular action or state in the past which we do / don't do now. 2 The negative form is didn't use to / didn't used to. 3 The question form is Did ... use to / Did ... used to. 2 Complete the online article with the words in the box. didn't     to     use      used        used   HOME   ABOUT   CONTACT ARCHIVES In the 1920s, dance marathons used to be popular in the USA. People ........................... compete for prizes in competitions which lasted for weeks. People ........................use to dance perfectly all the time, but they always moved their feet. And they didn't ............................to dance twenty-four hours a day. They rested for fifteen minutes every hour. The competitors used ..........................eat twelve times a day for energy.

3 Look at the pictures of Michael in the past and Michael now. Use the ideas in 1-6 to write sentences about his life ten years ago. Use affirmative and negative forms of used to.

live in London

He didn't use to live in London.

Michael,

at home in

New York,

2006

Michael, at work in London, 2016

1 work in an office               4 wear smart clothes

2 have longer hair                5 wear glasses

3 live in the USA                   6 like playing games

4 USE IT! Write true and false sentences about your past habits. Use affirmative and negative forms of used to and the words in the box.

I used to watch cartoons with my sister when I was little.

Work in pairs. Read out your sentences. Guess whether your partner's sentences are true or false.

I used to watch cartoons with my sister when I was little.

What cartoons did you use to watch?

The Minions.

I think that's true!

1 Copy and complete the word-web with the words in the box.

2 🔊1.09 Listen and check your answers to exercise 1. Think of more words to add to the web.

3 Work in pairs. Use the words in exercise 1 to describe the clothes of people in photos A-C. Where are they?

 4 🔊1.10 Listen to Sam talking to his friend Chloe about his holiday. Which photo is mentioned in the recording?

5 🔊1.10 Read the Study Strategy. Listen again and answer the questions.

1 What country did Sam visit?

2 Who did Sam and his sister visit there?

3 What was the boy wearing?

4 What were the girls wearing?

6 USE IT! Work in pairs. Choose a photo
of a person in this unit and describe his/her clothes. Can your partner guess who he/she is?

This person is wearing glasses, a T-shirt, and blue jeans.

Past continuous

1 Complete the sentences from the listening on page 14 with the words in the box. Then choose the correct option in the rule.

1 What were you...........................in Sa Pa?

2 We ..........................visiting my dad for a
couple of weeks.

3 I ............................walking down the street with my sister.

4 The girls were......................ong indigo
blouses over knee-length shorts.

2 Look at the picture. What were the people doing? Complete the sentences using the past continuous form of the verbs in the box.

1 Two friends...............at a market.

2 Kat......................three bags.

3 She......................at her handbag.

4 A man.....................her purse.

5 Her friend didn't notice because she to music.

3 Complete the questions using the past
continuous form of the verbs in the box. Then ask and answer the questions with a partner.

1 What...........your mother............... at six o'clock yesterday evening?

2 Who...........you..........to this time last week

3..........the sun.............. last Sunday?

4 Where......... you.......... this time yesterday?

 Past simple and past continuous

4 Study sentences 1-4. Then match them with rules a-d. Which tenses do we use in each sentence? How do you say when and while in Vietnamese?

1 We were waiting for a bus when I took this photo.

2 The girl was wearing a colourful dress.

3 They saw my Manchester United shirt.

4 While I was talking to him, my sister was learning Japanese words.

5 Complete the sentences using the correct forms of the past simple and past continuous.

1 I..............(listen) to the radio when

   I ...............(hear) my phone.

2 I..............(watch) TV while the children 

  ............... (play) outside.

3 I ............(see) an accident while

   I ..............(cycle) to school.

4. My mum..............(not shop) when

    I ...............(phone) her.

6 USE IT! Work in pairs to ask and answer questions about a celebration you remember. Take turns to ask and answer questions 1-4. Then change roles.

1 When and where did

the event happen?

2 What were you celebrating at the event?

3 Can you remember what you were wearing?

4 How did you feel at that time?

Hugo  Hi, Sammy.

Sammy  Oh, hi, Hugo.

Hugo  Those are cool trousers.

Sammy  Really? I think they're a bit baggy.

Hugo  They're supposed to be like that. I bought a pair like that a................ ago and they're so comfortable. They look really good.

Sammy  Maybe I'll buy them, then. That's an ...............you're wearing.

Hugo   It's not really my style, but I'm
going to a

What do you think of this one?

Sammy That's better. It's .............. though.

Hugo  You're right, it is.

Sammy  But your mum does want you to
........... smart.

Hugo  Mmm, true. Why don't I try it on

and then ................?

1 🔊1.11 Complete the dialogue with the phrases in the box. Then watch or listen and check. What does Hugo think of Sammy's trousers? Why is Hugo buying a shirt?

2🔊1.11 Cover the dialogue and circle the words in italics in the Key Phrases that Hugo and Sammy use. Watch or listen again and check.

3 Work in pairs. Practise the dialogue.

4 🔊1.12 PRONUNCIATION: /u:/ and /u/ Listen and repeat. Which sound, /u:/ or /u/, has each word got?

1 blue            3 cool             5 good

2 look            4 shoes           6 suit

5 Work in pairs. Ask and answer questions about the items below. Use the key phrases.

What do you think of these boots?

They look really good!

6 USE IT! Work in pairs. Read the situation. Then prepare and practise a new dialogue using the key phrases and the dialogue in exercise 1 to help you.

Pads and fashions

of the eighties in Việt nam

FACT FILE

FASHION

During this decade, the most common outfit for Vietnamese people was a loose shirt and flared trousers. Especially, rich girls used to wear shirts with lotus collars or vintage dresses.

MUSIC

The eighties was the decade when Vietnamese pop music developed. The songs of musicians like Nguyễn Ngọc Thiện and Nguyễn Văn Tý praised a new life. For example, Ơi Cuộc Sống Mến Thương and Bài Ca Năm Tấn were about the nation building.

1 Read the fact file. What things were popular in the eighties? Work in pairs. Tell your partner what was popular in the eighties using the phrases.

TECHNOLOGY

At that time technology was more basic. Television started to become popular in the 1980s, but people only had black-and-white TVs, for instance.

CRAZES

There were crazes for fun things,

4 USE IT! Follow the steps in the writing guide.