4. USE IT! Follow the steps in the writing guide.
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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 * examples
* past tenses * key phrases
Bài Làm:
In the 1970s,skateboarding suddenly became very popular. At first,skateboarders moved slowly on flat,smooth areas. Then they began to ride quickly. This is called 'freestyle' skateboarding.Soon they were skateboarding skillfully up ramps and doing tricks in the air. This is called 'ramp' skateboarding. Then they started skateboarding and doing tricks on the street.This was 'street-style' skateboarding - a combination of freestyle and ramp. For this, the skateboarders needed protective clothing such as knee and elbow pads and helmets. This allowed them to skateboard safely.
Today skateboarding is still a very popular sport,and there are lots of competitions.
Computing is now at the same stage as printing was when the first printing presses were used .Before printing presses were invented , only rich people like kings and dukes could afford to buy books.Often these people were unable to read and hadnt enough time to learn .In any case , the books were so big that it was difficult for anyone to relax with a book as we do today .They wanted booked because they were expensive and there was something magical about them .Only a few people were able to write, and it took an extremely long time to write a book. Monks and other people who could write sail ordinaly people could not learn to read.
The position with computers is very similar today.A few years ago ,computers were very large and expensive.Business managers and rich people ordered them but they didnt know how to use them.In many countries , however, the situation has now completely changed. Lots of people not only own microcomputer but also know how to use them.