Module 3 Unit 2 I think life is better today. 课件(共61张PPT)

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Module 3
Life now and then
Unit 2 I think life is better today.
wealthy 富有的；富裕的
wealth 财富；财产
fear担心；害怕
double
使加倍；
(成)双的
speak up大点声说
deaf 聋的
To get information from the passage about life now and then.
2. To learn some key words and useful expressions.
3. To learn to write a passage about
the advantages and disadvantages of life today.
Objectives
Words:
tiny electric light candle postman cold heat full-time role transport
Phrases:
what’s more so much/many generally speaking more than
Focus on
Patterns:
… and looking after us was more than a full-time job.
Families have got smaller than they were in the past.
Look at these pictures about Beijing. Say what life was like in the past and what life
is like today.
Warming up
adj.微小的；极小的
tiny
postman
n.邮递员
candle
n.蜡烛
/ 'k ndl/
light
n.电灯
electric
adj.用电的; 电动的;
用电的
/la t/
/ 'lektr k/
/'ta n /
New words and expressions
/'p stm n/
adj. 专职的; 全日制的
full-time
role
n. 作用; 职责; 角色
/r l/
/'fultaim/
heat
n. 高温; 热度
/hi:t/
cold
n.寒气；冷空气
/k ld/
transport
n. 运输业; 交通
education
n. (个人的) 教育; 学业
/'tr nsp rt/
/edj 'ke n/
tiny 微小的；极小的
electric 电子的；用电的
tiny house 小房子
light 电灯
candle 蜡烛
postman 邮递员
full-time 专职的; 全日制的
full- time mother
全职妈妈
role
职责; 角色
education
transport
Look at the woman in the photo.
How do you think she feels Think
about what she will talk about:
● family
● work
● education
● health
Reading and vocabulary
family
big family
work
a woman worker
a housewife
health
can’t get healthy food sometimes
education
received low education or no education
2. Read the passage and take notes on what Mrs Li says about the points in Activity 1.
Life now and then
By Betty King
Mrs Li is over seventy years old. She has
lived in Beijing all her life. I asked her about
life today and in the past.
What was your life like in the past
My family lived in a tiny house. There were no electric lights, only candles. My father was a postman, and he often worked twelve hours a day outside in the winter cold or in the summer heat. My mum was a farm girl before she
met my father. She was a kind and loving mother. She didn’t go out to work. There were five children in my family, and looking after us was more than a full-time job.
I remember the family meals. The
food was simple. We could only eat meat once or twice a year. I wasn’t sent to school because my family couldn’t afford it, and what’s more, because I was a girl.
How has life changed
Families have got smaller than they were in the past. Today most people
only have one child!The role of women has changed too. My daughter is really lucky. She has a good education, and she goes to work even after getting married. I’m happy to see she’s busy working every day, but sometimes I feel lonely because she can’t come to see me often.
Transport and travel are easier today. When I was young, I went everywhere on foot or sometimes by bike. Now you can take the bus everywhere, and there’s also the underground. And you young people can take a plane to
anywhere in the world. The only thing I don’t like, though, is that there’s so
much more traffic. It’s so difficult to cross the road.
Of course, we didn’t have television when I was a child. I really enjoy watching television today. There’re so many good programmes, like the Beijing Opera and old films. But
Some of the shows are too noisy for me.
Now complete the notes and
add more points of your own.
Generally speaking, I think life is better today. We eat better and we live longer.
Life in the past Life now
1. Family bigger; five children smaller; one child
2. Food
3. Work
4.Education
simpler, meat only
once or twice a year
more food and
better food
hard and difficult
work, long hours
interesting jobs
for boys and
girls
expensive, often
only for boys
good schools
for everyone
Life in the past Life now
5. Transport
6. Entertainment
on foot or by
bike
much easier,
buses, cars
and planes
no television
television,
computers, etc.
Read the part – What was your life like in the past Then answer the following questions.
课文解读
1. What did Mrs Li’s parents do
Mrs Li’s father was a postman and her mother was a housewife.
2. Was Mrs Li’s father’s work hard How do you know that
3. Why Mrs Li’s parents didn’t send her to school
Yes, it was. Her father often worked twelve hours a day outside in the winter cold or in the summer heat.
Because her family couldn’t afford it, and what’s more, because she was a girl.
Read the part – How has life changed and finish the following exercises.
Mrs Li’s opinion
the change of the role of women
transport and travel today
It’s a good thing. Her daughter has a good education and she
can go to work every day even after getting married.
It’s easy for people to go everywhere, but there’s too much traffic.
Mrs Li’s opinion
the appearance
of TV
life today
It helps her to watch so many good programmes, but some of the shows are too noisy.
Life is better today. They eat better and live longer.
…looking after us was more than a full-time job.
…照料我们比做一份全职工作还要辛苦.
这句话的主语是动名词短语looking after us。单个v-ing形式短语在句中作主语时, 谓语动词要用单数。句中more than表示“不只是，多于”。例如：
He is more than a coach. He is a friend.
他不只是教练, 更是朋友。
Language points
2. …what’s more, because I was a girl.
而且，我是个女孩。
what’s more表示递进，“然而/还有…… ”的意思，独立使用，既可以放句首，也可以放句中，what’s more后面加逗号。
你应该记住它, 更重要的是, 应该正确理解它。
You should remember it, and what’s more,
you should get it right.
3. Generally speaking, I think life is better
today. 总的说来, 我认为今天的生活更好了。
generally speaking表示“一般而言, 总的说来”。in general也可以表达同样的意思。
e.g. Generally speaking, we enjoyed the trip.
总的说来, 我们这次旅行很愉快。
In general, women live longer than men.
总的说来, 女性比男性更长寿。
4. …and she goes to work even after getting married. 而且她结婚后还可以去工作。
(1). married adj. 已婚的；结婚的
◆He came from a good family so we got
married a year later.
他出身好, 所以一年后我们就结婚了。
◆They have been married for ten years.
他们已经结婚十年了。
(2). get married的用法
①. get married 强调的是短暂性动作，不能和表示一段时间的状语连用; 表
示结婚已有一段时间用be married。
e.g. When did your brother get
married
你哥什么时候结婚的？
marry A to B
get married to sb.
be married to sb.
②. 表示“与……结婚”时, 用be/get married to sb. 或 marry sb. 。
把A嫁给B
与……结婚(表状态的改
变, 不能与一段时间连用)
与……结婚(表状态，可以
与一段时间连用)
【误区警示】“与……结婚”不能用be/get married with sb. 。
①.去年她嫁给了一个士兵。
She __________ a soldier last year.
=She ______ ________ ___ a soldier last
year.
②.他已经和玛丽结婚一年了。
He ____ ______ _________ ___ Mary
for one year.
married
got married to
has been married to
5. The only thing I don’t like, though, is that there’s so much more traffic. 尽管这样, 我唯一不喜欢的事情就是交通太过繁忙。
形容词（或副词）的比较级可用much, lots, a little, even, still 等词修饰。
e.g. There are much less children in one
family now than in the past.
现代家庭与过去相比有更少的孩子。
life in the past 过去的生活
in a tiny house 在一个小房子里
in those days 那些日子；以前
go out to work 出去工作
in the winter cold or in the summer heat.
在严冬或者酷暑
a full-time job 全职工作
get married 结婚
Important phrases
3. Complete the passage with the
words and expression in the box.
candles, cold, generally speaking,
postman, tiny, traffic
Mrs Li’s father was a (1) __________. He
often worked outside for twelve hours a day
in the summer heat or in the winter (2)____.
They lived in a (3) __________ house and
used (4) __________ for light.
postman
cold
tiny
candles
Mrs Li says that (5) __________________,
life is better today. But not everything is
satisfying. There are some things that she
is not happy with, for example, the
(6) __________.
generally speaking
traffic
candles, cold, generally speaking,
postman, tiny, traffic
4. Write a passage about the advantages
and disadvantages of life today.
● Choose two or three points from the notes in
Activity 2 to write about.
Families are smaller…
● Give examples or reasons to support those points.
Most people only have one child today.
Writing
● For each of the points you choose, write about an advantage and/or a disadvantage. Use the words however, but, although or used to where appropriate.
Families are smaller because most people only have one child today. As a result, families have more money to spend on their child. However, an only child may feel lonely…
● Finish the passage with your conclusion.
Generally speaking, I think…
5. Present your passage to the class.
family: bigger family, less money,
less room at home…
the advantages of life for Mrs Li
the disadvantages of life for Mrs Li
请根据下表所列的内容要点以Changes in my hometown为题目, 用英语写一篇短文。
过去 1. 生活贫困，房屋破旧；
2. 污染严重，垃圾遍地；
3. 交通不便，游客稀少。
现在 1. 住房宽敞、明亮, 许多人有私家车;
2. 山更绿, 水更清, 天更蓝；
3. 每年有成千上万来自世界各地的游客。
A sample
提示词: convenient 便利的
要求:
1. 短文须包括所有内容要点, 可适当发挥, 使短文连贯、通顺；
2. 80词左右, 开头已给出, 不计入总词数。
Changes in my hometown in the past, my hometown was very small.
One possible version:
Changes in my hometown
In the past, my hometown was very small. People lived a poor life. The houses were old and small. The pollution was very serious, and there was rubbish everywhere. Travelling around the town wasn’t convenient, so few visitors came here. 谈家乡过去的情况, 用过去时态。
Now great changes have taken place. People are living a better life. Their houses are large and bright. Many people have their own cars. The mountains are greener, the rivers are clearer and the sky is bluer. Every year, thousands of people from all over the world visit here.
I’m sure my hometown will become better and better.
谈家乡现在的情况, 用现在时态。
一. 单项选择。
1. The Smith______ for ten years, and they are very happy now.
A. have got married B. got married
C. was married D. have been married
2. —Was Henry late for the concert yesterday
—No. He got there even ten minutes _______
than us two.
A. earlier B. earliest C. later D. latest
Exercises
3. Peter drives ____ Amy, so it will take Peter
__ time to get to the hotel.
A. much faster than; less
B. more slowly than; less
C. as fast as; more D. as slowly as; more
4.—How are you today, Bob
—I’m even ______ now. I don’t think the
medicine is good for me.
A. better B. worse C. happier D. unluckier
1. 我将尽我的最大努力赶上别人。
I will _______ ____ ____ ___ catch up with
others.
2. 过去人们因疾病和饥饿过着困难的生活。
The people in the past ____ __ _____ ____
because of diseases and hunger.
3. 他们是去年结婚的。
They ______ _________ last year.
二. 完成句子。
do/try my best to
led a hard life
got married
4. 爷爷一生都住在北京。
Grandpa has lived in Beijing ____ ____
______.
5. 他比起写更擅长画。
He ____ ________ ______drawing
than writing.
all his
is better at
(does better in)
life