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Module 3
Life now and then
Unit 1
They sometimes work harder.
Free talk
Talk about the photos. Say what life was like in the early 1980s.
Talk about the photos. Say what life is like today.
words and expressions
wealthy
fear
used to
wealth
adj.富有的；富裕的
n.担心；害怕
v. aux. (用于表示过去真实或经常性的行为，特别强调现在不那样了)过去
n. 财富；财产
double
seldom
spare
spare time
speak up
deaf
v. 使加倍；把……增加一倍； adj.(成) 双的；两个……
adv. 很少地；不常
adj.空余的；备用的
业余时间；闲暇
大点声说
adj. 聋的
Listen and answer the questions.
1. What is the history homework
2. What is the question they need to answer
3. What does Betty ask
4. What does Daming ask
Write about life in the past and life today.
Is life today better than it was in the past
Can we write about anything, such as
medicine and pollution
What about personal safety
Listen and read.
People are wealthier today, and they live longer than in the past.
We know more about medicine today, and there’s less fear of getting ill because we know how to deal with the ordinary diseases.
But people don’t take as much exercise as they used to.
I suppose that’s because more people have cars, and they walk or use their bikes less.
When the number of cars is doubled , the pollution is also doubled, or even worse..
Some people think life in the past was simpler and healthier than today. More wealth sometimes means less health.
Why don’t you go and ask Mrs Li, our neighbour She is over seventy years old. She ’s seen how life has changed.
Nearly finished.
That’s true.
I suppose…
Everyday English
Now choose the correct answer.
1. People live longer today because ___.
a) we know more about medicine
b) they do not work as hard as they did
c) they take more exercise
2. There is less fear of getting ill ____.
a) so people live longer
b) because people know how to deal
with the ordinary diseases
c) so people work harder than before
3. People take less exercise because ____.
a) they do not need to
b) they drive cars instead
c) they do not have cars or bikes
4. People work harder today and _____.
a) they do not live as long as they did
b) they do not usually have enough free
time
c) they live a healthier life
Complete the questions with the words or expression in the box.
deaf doubled fear spare used to wealth
1. What kinds of things do you
______
2. What do you do in your ______
time
fear
spare
3. What can someone not do if they are
______
4. If something is _______, is it more
or less
5. Do you think people ______ take
more exercise than they do today
6. Do you think people have more
______ today than they used to
Now work in pairs. Ask and answer.
deaf
doubled
used to
wealth
5. Read and predict which words the
speaker is likely to stress.
Some people think life in the past was
simpler and healthier than today. More
wealth sometimes means less health.
When the number of cars is doubled,
the pollution is also doubled, or even
worse.
Now listen and check.
Pronunciation and speaking
6. Read the paragraph in Activity 5
aloud.
7. Work in pairs. Answer the question
and give your reasons.
— Is life better today than in the past
— Yes, it is. I think it’s because…
/ No, it isn’t. I think…
Now say what is better or worse in:
education environment health
Remember to speak up! She’s a bit
deaf now. 记得说话大点儿声，她现在有点儿耳背了。
speak up表示“大点儿声说”。
e.g. Speak up, please. I can’t hear you.
请大声一点儿，我听不见你说话。
adjectives and adverbs
1. 形容词的句法功能
形容词可放在名词之前作定语，也可放系
动词之后作表语，还可作宾语补足语等。
e.g. Did you see that old photograph that I found It’s a lovely picture.
你看见我找到的那张老照片了吗？画面真美。(定语)
They were very nice.
他们很友善。(表语)
People’s lives seem busy now.
现在人们的生活似乎很忙碌。(表语)
We must keep our classroom clean and tidy.
我们必须保持教室干净整洁。(宾语补足语)
形容词作定语一般放在名词之前，但如果修饰的是不定代词something, anything, nothing, somebody, anybody, nobody等，就要放在后面。
e.g. Is there anything special in the paper
today
今天报纸上有什么特别的新闻吗？
I didn’t find anything funny about it.
我觉得这事一点儿都不可笑。
There is nothing new in the store.
商店里没有什么新东西。
很多副词都以-ly结尾，但是“名词+ly”的词则多为形容词，如：weekly, friendly等，应注意区别。
e.g. A friendly voice answered the phone.
接电话的是一个友好的声音。
2. 副词的句法功能
副词一般用作状语，修饰动词、形容 词、副词及全句，表示程度、方式等。
e.g. They speak highly of you.
他们对你的评价很高。
We were very lucky to find you here.
我们很幸运在这里找到了你。
The spring passed too quickly.
春天过得太快了。
Hopefully, we’ll meet again on Friday.
希望我们星期五再见面。
3. 形容词与副词的比较级和最高级
就形容词、副词的比较级和最高级而言，一是要掌握比较级和最高级的构成，二是要掌握比较级句型。
比较级的句型：
1) 比较级+than，表示“比…更…”
e.g. Health is more important than wealth.
健康比财富更重要。
He got up earlier than I did this
morning.
今天早上他起得比我早。
2) 比较级+ and+比较级，表示“越来
越……”。
e.g. The story gets more and more
exciting. 故事变得越来越激动人心。
Our lives are getting better and better.
我们的生活越来越好。
3) The+比较级，the+比较级，表示
“越……，越……”
e.g. The more time you spend on it, the
greater progress you will make.
The more he talked, the more excited he grew. 他越说越激动。
同级比较一般采用as...as…句型，否定句可以用not so / as…表示。
e.g. He is as tall as his father.
他和父亲一样高。
I get up not so early as you.
我不如你起得早。
常见的最高级表达方式有：
1) the+ 最高级+ of/in…
e.g. Jim is the tallest of the three.
吉姆是三人中最高的。
He is the most diligent student in
his class. 他是班上最勤奋的学生。
2) 选择疑问句
e.g. Who is the tallest, Tom, Jack or Bill
汤姆、杰克和比尔，谁个子最高？
3) the+最高级+定语从句
e.g. It is the most interesting book I
have ever read.
这是我所读过的最有趣的一本书。
比较级和最高级的修饰语
比较级和最高级的修饰语应置于其所
修饰的形容词或副词之前。常见的比
较级修饰语有much, still, a lot, even,
far等。
e.g. He worked much harder then.
那时他工作要努力得多。
常见的最高级修饰语有almost, by far, far, much等。
e.g. This is by far the most expensive
bag in the shop.
这是目前这家商店里最贵的包。
1. He landed at the same place once
again in the long jump. I don’t think
he can jump a little ________.
A. far B. farther C. farthest
2. —What do you think of her
teaching English
— Great! No one teaches _____ in
our school.
A. good B. worse C. better D. best
3. Of the two sisters, Lucy is _____
one, and she is also the one who
loves to be quiet.
A. a younger B. a youngest
C. the younger D. the youngest
4. Could you please speak a little more
______ I can’t follow you.
A. quietly B. quickly
C. slowly D. loudly
5. Air pollution has become _______
than ever before. We must do
something to stop it.
A. serious B. more serious
C. most serious D. the most serious
6. He works _______ and feels
_______ every day.
A. hard; happy
B. hardly; happily
C. hard; happily
D. hardly; unhappily
7. Steve isn’t as _______ as Kelly. He
often makes mistakes in his writing.
A. careless B. tidy
C. careful D. difficult
8. Mo Yan is one of _____ writers in the
world.
A. famous B. more famous
C. most famous D. the most famous
9. —She always does her homework ___
than her younger brother, doesn’t
she
—I don’t think so. Sometimes she does
but sometimes she does not.
A. carefully B. more carefully
C. most carefully
10. — It’s smoggy these days. That’s
terrible!
— Yes, I hope to plant trees. ____
trees, ____ air pollution.
A. The more; the fewer
B. the less; the more
C. The less; the fewer
D. The more; the less
Write a passage, what is better today and what is worse today.
