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Module 3
Life now and then
Unit 1
They sometimes work harder.
1.掌握下列词汇: wealth, medicine, suppose,
fear, used to, double, seldom, spare time, speak up, deaf。
2. 掌握下列基本句型：
(1) People are wealthier today.
(2) I suppose that’s because more people have cars …
3. 正确运用形容词和副词比较级。
4. 通过了解生活变化，学会并珍惜当今生活。
Life in the 1980s
NOW
Differences
Is life today better than it was in the past
Free talk.
Clothes
small,
crowded
big, comfortable
House
Transport
At present
more cars
faster,
more traffic problems
In the past
fewer cars
environment
In the past
There was fewer tall buildings.
The rivers were cleaner and there were more fish swimming in the rivers.
At present
Tall buildings take up more room for crops.
The air is not so clean and fresh as before.
Work and free time
In the past
more free time
more relaxed.
At present
People sometimes work harder and have less free time.
Personal health
At present
People are healthier and live longer.
In the past
lived harder
less medicine
got ill and died
Why do people live longer today
Talk about the photo. Say what life was like in the early 1980s and what life is like today.
There weren’t so many cars as there are today.
The road is much wider
than 1980s.
The buildings now are
taller than 1980s.
1. What is the history homework
Write about life in the past and life today.
2. What is the question they need to answer
The question is “Is life today better than it was in the past ”.
Listen and answer the questions.
3. What does Betty ask
Betty asks if they can write about medicine and pollution.
4. What does Daming ask
Daming asks if they can write about personal safety.
Listen and 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
a
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
b
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
b
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
b
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.
Read and check.
Retell
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 they 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
Complete the questions with the words or expression in the box.
1. What kinds of things do you __________
2. What do you do in your __________ time
3. What can someone not do if they are ____________
4. If something is ____________, is it more or less
fear
spare
deaf
doubled
deaf, doubled, fear, spare, used to, wealth
5. Do you think people _______ take more exercise than they do today
6. Do you think people have more _______ today than they used to
used to
wealth
Now work in pairs. Ask and answer.
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.
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
Pair Work
Is life better today than in the past
Yes, it is. I think it’s because the life is easier now.
What is better in education
Every child has the chance to go to school and the government tries to provide better learning environment for students.
What is worse in education
The students in poor areas get less and less resources than the ones in developed areas now.
What is better in health today than in the past
People know more about ways to keep fit and know how to deal with the ordinary diseases.
What is worse in health
People walk less and take less exercise than they used to, so they have more health problems now.
一、单项选择。
1. The white shirt is as ________ as the yellow one.
A. cheap B. cheaper C. cheapest D. the cheapest
2. You know ________ about it than Tom does.
A. even little B. even less C. more little D. more less
3. The earth is getting ________.
A. warm and warmer B. warmer and warm
C. warmer and warmer D. warm and warm
4. Which one is ________, football or basketball
A. more popular B. popular
C. popularer D. much popular
二、根据提示翻译句子。
1. 以前在英格兰时，琳达每个星期天都去做礼
拜。(used to)
___________________________________
______________________________
2. 卫生部门(the health authorities)现在知道如
何对付这种病了。(deal with)
____________________________________
_______________________________
3. 艾瑞克现在和他爸爸一样高。(as … as …)
___________________________________
Linda used to go to church in England every Sunday.
The health authorities now know how to deal with the disease.
Eric is now as tall as his father.
1. We have learnt and understood the conversations of comparing life in
the past and now.
2. We have learnt about comparative and superlative.
3. We have learnt some sentence patterns and say something about life
today and in the past.
4. We have grasped some words and expression involving this unit.
1. Finish the workbook.
2. Write a passage about “What is better today and what is worse today”.
