Unit5NowandThenLesson13ChangesinOurTown(SecondPeriod)Yearsago,…Thevillagewassmall.Thehouseswereold.Yearsago,Theneighbourswerefriendlytoeachother.Wewerelikeabigfamily.Wewereclosetoourneighbours.Yearsago,…Thereweren’tsomanycars.Thereweren’tmanybuses,eithereither.Therewerelotsofbicyclesandtherewerelotsoftrucks,tootoo.Theroadwasnarrowanddirty.Yearsago,…Thereweren’tanyshoppingcentres.Therewereonlysmallshops.Thingsintheshopswerereallycheapthen.Yearsago,…Therewasalittleshopnearmyhome.Iwastherealot.Andcandieswerereallycheapthen.L:Mumalwaystellsmeherhometownisissmall,butthisisisjustlikeabigcity.G:Well,itwasn’twasn’tlikethiswhenyoumumwaswashere.Ourtownwaswasverysmallthen.Thereweren’tweren’tmanytallbuildings.Backthen,ourhousewaswassmall,butwewerewereclosetoourneighbours.Wewerewerefriendlytoeachother,justlikeabigfamily.Someoldneighboursarearestillmybestfriends.L:YoumeanthoseTaiChifriendsofyours?WereWeretheyallyouroldneighbours?G:Yes.Nowweliveinlargeflats,butwearearefarawayfromeachother.Weseldomtalktoourneighbours.Readthedialogueagain.Circleandpayattentiontobe:be:waswas,,werewere,,wasnotwasnot(wasn’t)(wasn’t)ororwerenot(weren’t).werenot(weren’t).L:Butit’sit’seasytotravelaroundthetown,right?Therearearesomanybusesandtaxis.G:Notreally.Lookatthetraffic.It’sIt’ssobad!L:Whatwaswasthetrafficlikebefore?WasWasitgoodthen?G:Thereweren’tweren’tsomanycars.Thereweren’tweren’tmanybuses,eithereither.Buttherewerewerelotsofbicyclesandtherewerewerelotsoftrucks,tootoo.Oh,timeflies.Itwaswasjustlikeyesterday.L:Wow,lookatalltheshopsandfast-foodrestaurants.IfeellikeI’mI’minBeijing!G:Yeah,thingschangesofast.Thisonewasn’twasn’topenamonthago.L:WasWasmymumalwaysattheshoppingcentre?Shereallylikesthemnownow.G:No,thereweren’tweren’tanyshoppingcentresbackthen.Therewerewereonlysmallshops.Therewaswasalittlecandyshopnearourhome.Yourmumwaswastherealot.Andcandieswerewerereallycheapthen.L:Theyaren’taren’tveryexpensivenow.G:That’sThat’strue.OK,let’sgoandgetsomecandies.动词be(is,am...
