When were your grandparents teenagers? What do you know about their teenage years?
When were your grandparents teenagers? What do you know about their teenage years?
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.
Fads and fashions of the eighties in Việt Nam
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 Tỷ praised a new life. For example, Ơi Cuộc Sống Mến Thương and Bài Ca Năm Tấn were about the nation building.
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, such as tug of war, bamboo jacks and blind man's buff. In those days, they were a massive trend for teenagers.
KEY PHRASES Describing a specific time period in the past In the (eighties), ... It was the decade when ... In those days, ... At that time, ... During this decade / era, ... |
Thảo luận (1)Hướng dẫn giảiFashion, music, technology and crazes were popular in the eighties.
In those days, Vietnamese people used to wear loose shirts and flared trousers.
It was the decade when Vietnamese pop music that praised a new life developed.
At that time, black-and-white television started to become popular.
During this decade, the crazes for fun things like tug of war or bamboo jacks were big trends for teenagers.
(Trả lời bởi Nguyễn Việt Dũng)
Read the fact file again and find the words for giving examples in the box.
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Thảo luận (1)Hướng dẫn giải[…] For example, Ơi Cuộc Sống Mến Thương and Bài Ca Năm Tấn were about [...]
[…] people only had black-and-white TVs, for instance.
The songs of musicians like Nguyễn Ngọc Thiện and […]
There were crazes for fun things, such as tug of war […]
(Trả lời bởi Hà Quang Minh)
Complete 1- 4 with the words from the box in exercise 2 and your own ideas.
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1. You can do a lot with mobile phones: …….., you can......
2. You can buy a lot of gadgets now, …………..
3. My parents like bands ……………..
4. When my grandad/grandma was young, he/she did other things ……………
Thảo luận (2)Hướng dẫn giảiTham khảo
1. You can do a lot with mobile phones: for example you can play games and taking photos.
2. You can buy a lot of gadgets now, for instance, pencils and rulers.
3. My parents like bands such as BIGBANG and 2NE1.
4. When my grandad / grandma was young, he / she did other things like playing “ô ăn quan” and herding buffaloes.
(Trả lời bởi Nguyễn Việt Dũng)
USE IT! Follow the steps in the writing guide.
WRITING GUIDE
A. TASK
Write a fact file about fads and fashions from a decade in the past century.
B. THINK AND PLAN
1. What period are you writing about?
2. What was fashionable then? How do those fashions compare to fashions for young people today?
3. What were the most popular crazes of the time?
4. What music was popular? Where did people listen to it and how did they buy it?
5. What technology was new and important? What gadgets were popular?
C. WRITE
Use your notes from section B and the headings from the model text to help you.
D. CHECK
- used to
- past tenses
- examples
- key phrases
Thảo luận (2)Hướng dẫn giảiTham khảo
Fads and fashions of the nineties in Việt Nam
During this decade, the most common outfit for people was patterned shirts and high-waisted jeans. Especially, teenagers used to wear slip dresses or crop tops. Some fashion fads are popular again with young people today.
In those days, Vietnamese pop and ballad music developed. People used to listen to music on the radio or go to concerts. Music groups started to become popular, for instance Tam ca Áo trắng and Ba Con Mèo.
It was the decade when technology was more developed. Mobile phone started to be used in the 1990s, Mobile-phone was the first mobile network in Vietnam.
There were crazes for fun things, for example cartoons or comics that attracted teenagers.
(Trả lời bởi Nguyễn Việt Dũng)