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VOCABULARY 1 Ask and answer. Work with a partner.

What did you learn?

1 Listen and read. TR: 3.1
Why did people get
up with the sun?
2 Listen and repeat. TR: 3.2

How did people spend
time long ago? Their life They wanted to do their chores in the
was different from ours. daytime. They didn’t have electric lights.

Then Now wash electric light

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wash Now children still play with dolls and other toys. But instead
of sitting by the fire to play with their toys, children and their

families can do many different things. They can watch TV, use
their cell phones, and play video games. There are a lot of other
Long ago, most people had to begin their day when the sun free time activities to choose from, too.

came up. There were no electric lights, so they had to do their
chores during the daylight. Many children didn’t go to school.
They stayed at home to learn with their parents. Mothers taught
their daughters to cook, wash the dishes, make soap, and sew

clothes. Fathers taught their sons to make useful things for the
house or garden, or to sell at the market in town.
Seventeenth-century reenactment,
Long ago, families used candles or sat by the fire in the evening. Plimoth Plantation, Massachusetts, USA
They liked to play games, sing songs, or tell stories. Some

children had dolls or other toys to play with.

fire
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