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Talk about the photos. Say what life was like in the early 1980s and what life is like today.
People are wealthier today, and they live longer than they did in the past.
But people don’t take as much exercise as they used to.
More people have cars, and they walk or use their bikes less.
We eat better and we live longer.
1. Complete the passage with the
correct form of the words in brackets.
For many people, life is a lot (1) ______ (easy) today. Medicine and diet are improving, and people are getting (2) _________ (healthy) and living (3) ________ (long). But communication is
easier
healthier
longer
changing (4) _______ (fast) of all. Today, with the Internet, people can communicate (5) __________ (easily) than ever before with friends all over the world.
Not all the changes are (6) ____ (good) ones. More people drive cars instead of riding bikes, so they are not as
fastest
more easily
good
(7) __ (fit) as they were. Increasing traffic makes the roads (8) ____________ (crowded) than ever, and it also makes pollution (9) ______ (bad). We must all work harder to reduce pollution.
fit
more crowded
worse
2. Look at the two pictures and talk
about how the town has changed.
Use the words in the box to help you.
big building busy house modern more shop street tall traffic tree
3. Complete the sentences with the
words or expressions in the box.
heat more than seldom spare speak up
1. We ______ have time to go on
holiday.
2. We do not have much _____ time
because we have important exams
this year.
seldom
spare
3. Never go out in the ____ of the day
without a hat.
4. You have to ________ because
the students in the back cannot hear
you.
5. Mr Smith is ___________ a teacher.
Most of his pupils think of him as
their friend.
heat
speak up
more than
4. Read the email and find three
examples that show life was harder in the past than it is today.
1) People lived in small houses, very close to each other, with no space for children to play.
2) Most of the big cities were dirty and unhealthy.
3) Children didn’t always go to school, they had to work.
5. Read the email again. Find
sentences that tell us:
1) There was not enough living space
for people.
2) Most of the big cities were dirty and
unhealthy.
3) Life was harder for children in
those times.
Write examples.
1) People lived in very small houses, very
close to each other, with no space for
children to play.
2) The pollution from factories filled the air. People put their rubbish outside in the streets. As a result, there were many illnesses.
3) They didn’t always go to school, because they had to work instead. Many children started work in factories when they were only four or five years old. They worked twelve hours a day in dangerous jobs for very little money. Many were hurt in accidents with machines.
6. Listen and complete he table.
Grandmother Mother
Age to start school
Age to start work
Age to get married
Number of children
Age to stop working
8
14
18
4
50
6
22
24
1
55
7. Write a passage comparing the lives of
the speaker’s grandmother and
mother in Activity 6.
The speaker’s grandmother and mother
have lived very different lives. Her
grandmother had a much bigger family…
Read the passage and complete the following sentences.
1. The modern car has changed life a
______ deal.
2. Using horses for travel was _____,
and of course walking was even
_______.
3. Cars allow people to travel long
distances ________, in comfort and
_____________.
great
slower
quickly
slow
convenience
4. It was almost __________ to get rid
for the manure of the horses.
5. The cars may cause _________, but
the first cars actually made cities
________.
impossible
pollution
cleaner
8. Work in groups. Read the motion of
the debate.
Health is more important than
wealth.
Now decide who is for the motion and who is against it. You can use some of the following ideas:
For:
Without health, wealth means nothing.
You can enjoy life better if you are healthy.
Against:
It is hard to be healthy without wealth.
You can enjoy life better if you are wealthy.
9. Prepare your arguments. Give
examples to support your ideas.
10. Hold the debate.
Those for the motion give their opinions.
Those against the motion give their
opinion.
Take turns to say what you think about
each other’s arguments.
11. Discuss and find out whether most people are for or against the motion.
1. —Which season do you like _______,
winter or summer
—Summer.
A. well B. better C. best D. the best
2. Many students think it _______ to
learn English by using news.
A. interest B. interesting C. interested
3. It is said that Shanghai students have
scored the ________ in an international
test.
A. high B. higher C. highest
4. — Mom, what do you think of our
new house
— It’s nice, and it’s _________ than
the old one.
A. big B. bigger
C. biggest D. the biggest
5. Lin Fang comes home _____ than
before this term. She doesn’t have so
many classes in the afternoon.
A. early B. earlier C. late D. later
6. “Have you read today’s newspaper ”
“Yes. It’s really boring. There’s ______
in it.”
A. something new B. nothing new
C. anything new
7. —How do you like the book you
read yesterday
—Oh! It’s one of ______ books I’ve
ever read.
A. interesting B. more interesting
C. most interesting
D. the most interesting
8. Mike is the _______ boy in his class
now.
A. tall B. taller C. tallest
9. The baby is sleeping, please play the
piano ________.
A. loudly B. quietly C. clearly
10. How ________ Li Ming writes!
Yes, he is the ________ in our class.
A. carefully, most careful
B. care, most careful
C. carefully, careful
D. careful, careful
Write a passage about the changes in your hometown, using the comparative and superlatives of adjectives and adverbs we have learnt.
