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Unit 2 I think life is better today.
Module 3 Life now and then
外研·九年级下册
Learning objects
1. Know and use key vocabulary and key structure.
2. Get specific information from the passage.
3. Write a passage about life today.
By the end of the class, you will be able to …
New words and phrases
tiny
electric
light
candle
postman
cold
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
heat
full-time
role
education
transport
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；搬运业；交通
tiny 微小的；极小的
postman 邮递员
Look at the pictures and speak corresponding words fast.
role 作用；职责；角色
_______ tooth brush
electric
candle 蜡烛
light 电灯
用电的；电动的
heat 高温；热度
cold 寒冷；冷空气
full-time专职的；全日制的
education （个人的）教育；学业
transport 运输业；
搬运业；交通
Enjoy a song:
Days of my past
1. What is the song about
2. What do you think of life in the past
3. What did you do in your childhood
Talk about the pictures using used to and now.
1
Look at the woman in the photo. How do you think she feels Think about what she will talk about:
Reading and vocabulary
family
health
work
education
Look at the photo and answer the following questions.
1. Is the woman young or old
2. What are she holding in her hands
3. Does she look happy or sad
4. What is she doing
She is old.
Old photos.
She looks happy.
She is talking to someone
about the photos.
Read the passage and fill in the blanks.
My father was a _________, and he often worked twelve hours a day outside in the_______ cold or in the _________ heat.
postman
winter
summer
Families have got _______ than they were in the past.
Today most people only have ____ child.
smaller
one
My mum was a ______ girl. She didn’t go out to work.
My daughter goes to ______ even after getting married.
farm
work
I wasn’t sent to school because my family couldn’t ______ it, and what’s more, because I was a _____.
My daughter is really ______. She has a good _________.
afford
girl
lucky
education
Read the part “What was your life like in the past ” and answer the following questions.
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
the appearance
of TV
life 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.
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.
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.
all one’s life 某人一生
ask sb. about sth.
向某人询问某事
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.
在寒冷的冬季
在炎热的夏季
一个农村女孩
外出工作
动词-ing形式短语在句中作主语时，谓语动词要用单数。
不只是，多于
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.
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。
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.
接受良好的教育
married adj. 已婚的；结婚的
getting married 结婚，强调的是短暂性动作。
be married 表示结婚已有一段时间
marry A to B 把A嫁给B
be busy doing 忙于做……
步行去各地
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.
形容词（或副词）的比较级可用much, lots, a little, even, still 等词修饰。
喜欢看电视
There’re so many good programmes, like the Beijing Opera and old films. But some of the shows are too noisy for me.
Generally speaking, I think life is better today. We eat better and we live longer.
京剧
generally speaking = in general 一般而言，总的说来
Important phrases
1. all one’s life 某人一生
2. ask sb. about sth. 向某人询问某事
3. in the winter cold 在寒冷的冬季
4. in the summer heat 在炎热的夏季
5. a farm girl 一个农村女孩
6. go out to work 外出工作
7. what’s more 另外
8. have a good education 接受良好的教育
9. get married 结婚
10. be busy doing 忙于做……
11. go everywhere on foot 步行去各地
12. by bike 骑自行车
13. take the bus / a plane 乘公共汽车/飞机
14. of course 当然
15. enjoy watching television 喜欢看电视
16. Beijing Opera 京剧
Complete the notes and add more points of
your own.
Life in the past
1. Family: bigger; five children
2. Food:
3. Work:
4. Education:
simple foods; eat meat once or twice a year
worked long hours; women often didn’t work
family couldn’t afford school; a girl wasn’t sent to school
Life now
1. smaller; one child
2. Food:
3. Work:
4. Education:
5. Transport:
6. Entertainment:
more food and better food
easier with buses, cars, planes and the underground, but too much traffic
good TV programmes, but sometimes too noisy
jobs for boys and girls
school for everyone
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) ______.
postman
cold
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 things that she is not happy with, for example, the (6) ______.
tiny
candles
generally speaking
traffic
candles cold generally speaking
postman tiny traffic
Watch and read after the recording.
Life now and then
Life in the past
1. My family lived in a tiny house
without ____________.
2. My mum was a farm girl and
didn’t go to work.
3. There were ____ children
in my family.
4. We can only eat _____ once or twice
a year.
1. Today, most people only have one child.
2. Girls can______________.
3. Transport and travel are easier today.
4. I like television today.
electric light
five
meat
Life now
have education
Let’s conclude: Try to retell
Choose two or three points from the notes in Activity 2 to write about.
Families are smaller…
4
Write a passage about the advantages and disadvantages of life today.
Writing
Give examples or reasons to support those points.
Most people only have one child today.
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.
Possible answer
Although transport is easier than it used to be, we now have much more traffic, which means it is harder to cross the road. There are more kinds of food now than before, but many people eat too much and don’t take enough exercise. Education and work for girls are much better than they used to be. Generally speaking, I think life is better now, but it is noisier and busier.
你们学校将举行“我爱你——邵阳”为主题的大型英语沙龙活动。假如你是李华，请根据所给提示写一篇介绍邵阳变化的发言稿。
经典例题
Your feeling…
Shaoyang
In the past
old and low houses
dirty streets
poor; lived a hard life
Now
tall buildings
wide and clean streets
beautiful parks
many freeways and airport
要求：1. 需包含提示中的相关内容，可适当发挥；
2. 语言表达准确，语意通顺连贯；
3. 80词左右。短文开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。
Hello, everyone! My name is Li Hua. I was born in Shaoyang, a beautiful city in Southern China. Now, I’d like to say something about the great changes in Shaoyang.
______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________
That’s all. Thank you!
你们学校将举行“我爱你——邵阳”为主题的大型英语沙龙活动。假如你是李华，请根据所给提示写一篇介绍邵阳变化的发言稿。
审题立意
Your feeling…
Shaoyang
In the past
old and low houses
dirty streets
poor; lived a hard life
Now
tall buildings
wide and clean streets
beautiful parks
many freeways and airport
时态：一般过去时
时态：一般现在时
人称：第三人称
体裁：应用文
谋篇布局
描述过去
描述现在
发表感想
In the past, the houses in Shaoyang used to be…
The streets were…
The people of Shaoyang were…
What great changes!
I’m sure our life will …
I love…
But now…A number of tall buildings are seen…
The streets are…
There are also many beautiful parks for…
What’s more, many freeways and an airport have been built…
The convenient transport makes…
积句成篇
take place 发生
used to 过去（常常）
in the past 在过去
a number of 许多……；大量……
thousands of 好几千；成千上万
more and more 越来越多的
better and better 越来越好
what’s more 而且；另外；更重要的是
开头句：
I’d like to say something about the great changes in…
Great changes have taken place … these years.
There have been great changes … these years.
中间句：
In the past, the roads were …
The houses were …
People used to…
But now, everything has changed.
A number of tall buildings are seen everywhere.
Most of people have moved into big and beautiful houses.
What’s more, many… have been built in…
It’s convenient for people to go out.
结尾句：
Generally speaking, I think life is better today.
In a word, people live a better life than before.
What great changes! I’m sure our life will become better and better.
Hello, everyone! My name is Li Hua. I was born in Shaoyang, a beautiful city in Southern China. Now, I’d like to say something about the great changes in Shaoyang.
In the past, the houses in Shaoyang used to be old and low. The streets were dirty. The people of Shaoyang were very poor and lived a hard life. But now, everything has changed. A number of tall buildings are
seen everywhere. The streets are wide and clean enough. There are also many beautiful parks for people to walk and play. What’s more, many freeways and an airport have been built in Shaoyang. The convenient transport makes more and more people visit Shaoyang.
What great changes! I’m sure our life will become better and better. I love my home town—Shaoyang.
That’s all. Thank you!
Summary
Key words: tiny, light, candle, postman, cold, heat, full-time, role, education
Key phrases: ask sb. about sth., in the winter cold, in the summer heat, have a good education, get married, be busy doing, enjoy watching television …
Key sentences:
My father was a postman, and he often worked twelve hours a day outside in the winter cold or in the summer heat.
Looking after us is more than a full-time job.
1. Review the key words and phrases.
2. Read the passage and try to retell.
3. Finish your passage in Activity 4.
Homework
