Module 3 Life now and then Unit 1 They sometimes work harder.课件(共15张PPT)

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Unit 1
Life now and then
Module 3
They sometimes work harder.
1. To understand the conversations
of comparing life in the past and now.
2. To learn some key words and useful expressions.
3. To learn to use the following structures to make comparison:
A is –er than B.
as…as…/not so…as…
Goals
Look at the following pictures and say what life was like in the early 1980s and what life is like today.
Lead in
in the early 1980s
Now
Listening and vocabulary
Act.1 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
Act.2 Listen to the passage and put the words in the box into the correct column.
In the early 1980s
Today
wealthier
healthier
live longer
do more exercise
less fear of getting ill
simpler
work harder
walk more
Act.3
1. People live longer than they did in the past.
2. People do more exercise than they used to.
3. More wealth makes people healthier than before.
4. People know more about how to deal with the ordinary diseases today.
5. People worked harder fifty years ago than they do now.
less
less
healthy
People worked harder now than they did in the past.
Complete the passage with proper words.
Act.4
Both Betty and her mother think life is better today than in the past. People are _______ and live longer today. But people do __________ than they used to, because use cars much more. And people sometimes __________ and has less _________ than they did fifty years ago. Although life in the past was ________ and _________, more people think life is better today.
wealthier
less exercise
work harder
spare time
simpler
healthier
Language points
1. … and there’s less fear of getting ill because we know how to deal with the ordinary diseases.
我们也不太担心生病，因为我们知道如何治疗普通疾病。
deal with意思是“处理；安排；对付 ”，常与疑问副词how搭配使用。如：
How will you deal with the thief who stole the diamond
你将如何处理那个偷了钻石的小偷呢？
2. But people don’t take as much exercise as they used to.但是人们做的运动并没有过去多。
used to do sth.指“过去常常做某事”，用于表示过去经常性的行为，特别强调现在不那样了。其中to为不定式符号，后接动词原形。否定形式有两种：didn’t use to或used not to。
请根据汉语提示完成句子 ：
My hometown has experienced great changes and life is ____________________
_____________ (比过去更舒适).
more comfortable than it used to be
3. When the number of cars is doubled, the pollution is also doubled, or even worse. 当汽车的数量加倍的时候，污染也加倍了，甚至更严重。
double用作动词，意为“使加倍；把……增加一倍”。
If you double five, you make ten. 五加倍就是十。
Tom doubled his weight in a year. 汤姆的体重一年内增加了一倍。
【拓展】
double用作名词，意为“两倍”；用作形容词时，意为“（成）双的；两个……”。
If you buy a new bicycle, it will cost more than double.
如果你买新的自行车，价格要贵一倍多。
You can't park on a double yellow line.
有双黄线处不准停车。
4. People seldom say they have enough spare time! 人们很少说他们有足够的空闲时间！
（1）seldom作副词，意为“很少地；不常”，其反义词为often “经常”，在句中一般位于系动词、情态动词或助动词之后，行为动词之前。
We seldom go to school by bus我们很少乘公交上学
【拓展】
①seldom具有否定意义，用于句首表示强调时，主谓部分要倒装。
Seldom does he do housework. 他很少做家务。
②seldom用于反意疑问句时，附加问句要用肯定式。
He seldom eats cookies, does he 他几乎不吃饼干，是吗？
（2）spare形容词，意为“空余的；备用的”，spare time意为“业余时间；闲暇”。
In my spare time, I paint designs on T-shirts.
业余时间，我在T恤衫上画图案。
（临沂中考）—I hate vegetables. I eat them.
—But they are good for your health! You should eat them every day.
A. always B. seldom C. often D. usually
由“我讨厌蔬菜”可知，我很少吃它们（蔬菜）。seldom“很少地；不常”。故选B。
5. 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”。例如：
Speak up, please. I can’t hear you.
请大声一点儿，我听不见你说话。
Homework
1. Preview the passage in Unit 2 Life now and then.
2. Try to get more information about your parents’ childhood.