1: VOCABULARY AND LISTIENING | Tiếng Anh 9 (Friends Plus) | UNIT 1: THEN AND NOW - Lớp 9 - Giáo Dục Việt Nam

1 Read the text and match the words in blue with their opposites (1-7).

fragile - tough

2 🔊1.06 PRONUNCIATION: Stress in adjectives Listen and repeat. How many syllables are there in each adjective? Copy and complete the table with the adjectives.

3 🔊1.07 Listen to the beginning of a podcast. What is it about?

a a drama about the discovery of a time capsule

b a show about how to make a time capsule

c a documentary about different time capsules that have been found

 4 🔊1.08 Now listen to the whole podcast. Write true or false and correct the false statements.

1 Workers opened the Boston capsule.

2 The historic documents and rare coins were almost undamaged

3 A university president found the Crypt of Civilisation in the 1930s.

4 The opening date for the crypt is soon.

5 People put rare objects into the crypt.

5 USE IT! Think of things which people sell. Write adverts for objects and put them on your classroom wall.

How to ... make a time capsule

• Use a metal or tough plastic container.

Otherwise objects can become damaged.

• Think of a few objects which are fashionable right now.
• You don't need to put brand new objects into your capsule, or your valuable collection of action figures.

Common objects show people what normal life was like.

• Put some newspaper stories about important events into your capsule.
• Put some clips from popular films, TV programmes and songs on a memory stick.
• Include a personal message. It will be useful for people to know who you were.

The Crypt of Civilisation

The Boston time capsule