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2B THOSE WERE THE DAYS

b Listen to the text carefully and circle the correct
Listening words or phrases. Track 8
1 Children would play/ used to play/ played in
a Discuss the following questions with your partner. the streets all day and have fun.
2 People used to share all they had/ their
1 Do you think life was better or worse when photos/ their money.
you were a child? Why?
3 It was quite usual/ unusual/ cheap to see a
2 Suppose that you had a time machine and you man going up the roof to fix the aerial in those
could go past in time, which years and where days.
would you go? Why?
4 Children were lucky and cool if they used to
3 Which years do you think the following photos have a mobile phone/ walkman/ bike.
are from?
5 The text is about the 1960s and 1970s/ the
1980s and 1990s/ today.
6 Students used to wear black/ blue/ white
uniforms at school.
7 The narrator thinks that in those days,
everything was more dangerous/ comfortable/
meaningful.

c Listen to the audio again and write three things
people used to do in the 1980s and 1990s.

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IDIOM OF THE DAY

Read the dialogue and try to remember the
meaning of the bold expression. How do you
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express this in your own language?

Miriam: They say high school years are the
best years of your life. Do you
agree?
Cecil: I totally agree with that. I wish I had
a time machine and somehow
turned back the hands of time. ,,
I really miss those blissful days.

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