Read the factfile again and find the words for giving examples in the box

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.

(Những điều gì đã được phổ biến trong những năm tám mươi? Làm việc theo cặp. Nói với đối tác của bạn những gì phổ biến trong những năm tám mươi bằng cách sử dụng các cụm từ)

Fact file of the eighties in Vietnam

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.

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 mans buff. In those days, they were a massive trend for teenagers. 

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3. Complete 1 - 4 with the words from the box in exercise 2 and your own ideas.

(Hoàn thành 1 - 4 với các từ trong hộp ở bài tập 2 và ý kiến ​​của riêng bạn)

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 ________.

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

(Thực hiện theo các bước trong hướng dẫn viết)

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

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