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Unit 2 I think life is better today.
Module 3
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
learning objectives
adj. 微小的;极小的
adj. 用电的;电动的
n. 电灯
n. 蜡烛
n. 邮递员
n. 寒冷;冷空气
n. 高温;热度
adj.专职的;全日制的
n. 作用;职责;角色
n. (个人的)教育;学业
n. 运输业;交通
Words review
tiny
electric
light
candle
postman
cold
heat
full-time
role
education
transport
Words review
adj. 微小的;极小的
adj. 用电的;电动的
n. 电灯
n. 蜡烛
n. 邮递员
n. 寒冷;冷空气
n. 高温;热度
adj.专职的;全日制的
n. 作用;职责;角色
n. (个人的)教育;学业
n. 运输业;交通
What life was like in the past
What life is like today
as….as
not as…as …
There weren’t so many cars as there are today .
How do you think she feels
Predict (预测)what she will talk about in the passage
Family Work
Health Education
Transport Travel
Food Entertainment
Task 1
2
P20
Look through the passage and take notes on what Mrs Li says about the points in Activity 1.
Task 2
family work health education
Life in the past
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Life now
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1 Family: bigger; five children
2 Food:
3 Work:
4 Education:
1 Family: smaller; one child
2
3
4
simple, eat meat once or twice a year
Food: more meat
father goes to work and mother stays at home
Work: both men and women can go to work
boys can go to school and most girls have no chance to go to school
Education: both boys and girls can get good education
Now complete the notes and add more points of your own.
5 Transport: on foot; by bike
5 Transport: take the bus/ underground/ plane
6 Entertainment: nearly no entertainment
6 Entertainment: watch TV
Read the second and third paragraph and answer the following questions.
Where did Mrs. Li’s family live
2. What was her father
3. How long did her father work a day
4. Why didn’t she go to school
In a tiny house .
He was a postman.
12 hours a day.
Because her family was too poor. What’s more, she was a girl.
Paragraph 4: read and fill in:
Families have got ________than they were in the past. Today people only have one______! The role of women has _________,too. My daughter is really lucky. She has a good __________, and she goes to work even after getting married. I’m happy to see she’s busy __________every day, but sometimes I feel lonely because she can’t come to see me often.
smaller
child
changed
education
working
Read paragraph 5-7and say T or F
1. Transport and travel are easier today than in the past.
2. Now people go to everywhere on foot or by bike.
3. There’s less traffic on the road .
4. Mrs Li likes watching Beijing Opera and old films.
5. Life is better today than in the past.
T
F
F
T
T
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. Mrs Li says that (5) ___________, life is better today. But not everything is satisfying. There are some thing that she is not happy with, for example, the (6) ___________.
candles cold generally speaking postman tiny traffic
postman
cold
tiny
candles
generally speaking
traffic
Complete the passage with the words and expression in the box.
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P21
Task 3
Language points
1. …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”。
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。例如:
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.
结婚后她也依然去工作。
get married意为“结婚”,表示短暂行为,不能与表示一段时间的状语连用。表示结婚多长时间,要用be married。
布朗夫妇结婚已50年了。
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The Browns have been married for fifty years.
Writing
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.
4
P21
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 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…
Present your passage to the class.
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P21
Where there is a will , where there is a way.
Whatever we do , we never gives up .
Study hard , and we will have a bright future.
情感升华
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。
Homework
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. ____________________________________________________________________
本课时主要短语和句型
总结回顾
1. more than
2. what’s more
3. generally speaking
4. I wasn’t sent to school because my family couldn’t afford it.
5. Families have got smaller than they were in the past.
6. The only thing I don’t like, though, is that there’s so much more traffic.
Level A 1. Finish off the WB of U2.
2.Copy the new words 3 times.
3. Write down some sentences.
Level B 1. Finish off the WB of U2.
2.Copy the new words 3 times.
3. Finish the writing and polish it.
Homework
教学目标
知识与技能:
1.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
情感态度与价值观:
通过学习,了解其他国家过去与现在人们生活变化的不同。
To get information about life now and then and to learn to write a passage about the advantages and disadvantages of life today
教学反思
通过对过去、现在和将来的生活进行对比后,进一步在真实的情境中复习巩固比较级和最高级。