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Unit 3
Module 3 Life now and then
Language in use
1. 复习形容词、副词的比较级和最高级。
2. 能够对事物进行比较。
3. 能够使用比较级和最高级描述生活的变化。
4. 了解其他国家过去与现在人们生活的变化和不同，珍惜当今生活。
Who is faster/the fastest
A
B
C
A is faster than B.
C is faster than A.
C is the fastest of the three.
Who is slower/the slowest
…
Free talk
Funny School is ________________.
Oolong Courtyard is __________________ than it.
Father and Son is ___________________ of the three books.
Funny
School
Oolong
Courtyard
Father
and
Son
interesting
more interesting
the most interesting
Which is more interesting/the most interesting
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.
Look and say.
Grammar Ⅰ: 形容词与副词
形容词和副词的句法作用
1. 形容词的用法
形容词一般放在名词之前作定语，或放在系动词之后作表语，或作宾语补足语。形容词作定语，一般都是放在名词之前，但若修饰不定代词 something, anything等则后置。
We must keep our classroom clean. (宾补)
They were kind and nice. (表语)
Can you see the old tree there (定语)
Is there anything funny in the paper today
作定语，常置于被修饰词的前面。
He is a good actor.
2. 作表语，置于(连)系动词后面。
The baby is still asleep. Will you please make less noise
3. 作宾语补足语，置于宾语后面。
Have you got everything ready for the meeting
形容词在句中的作用及位置
alive, afraid, awake, alone, asleep等表语形容词作定语需后置。
Who is the greatest man alive
谁是当今最伟大的人物？
仔细观察下面句子，你能找到有关形容词的规律吗？
副词用来修饰动词、形容词、其它副词、 全句或名词词组及句子的词。常用的有：ago, before, now, then, soon, already, yet, here, there, up, down, above, below, inside, outside, where, very, much, so, too, quite, enough, easily, quietly, also, too, only等。在句中用作状语、表语、定语、宾补等成分。
2. 副词的用法
Our school is very beautiful.
It was rather hot that day.
He studies much harder now.
1. 副词修饰形容词、副词时，放在它所修饰的词的前面。
一、副词在句中的位置
2. 频度副词、程度副词可放在be动词、情态动词和助动词之后，实义动词之前。
She has never been to Beijing.
她从未去过北京。
The people here are very friendly. 这里的人都很友好。
1. 副词作定语，一般放在被修饰的名词后。
二、副词在句中的作用
The light is still on. 电灯还在亮着。
Her office is just above. 她的办公室就在上面。
2. 副词作表语表示位置，位于系动词后。
I’m pleased to see you back. 看到你回来我很高兴。
3. 副词作宾语补足语位于宾语后。
构成法 原级 比较级 最高级
一般单音节词末尾加-er, -est tall
great taller
greater tallest
greatest
以不发音的e结尾的单音词和少数以- le结尾的双音节词只加-r, -st nice
large
able nicer
larger
abler nicest
largest
ablest
1) 构成
单音节词和少数双音节词， 在词尾加-er, -est来构成比较级和最高级。
Grammar Ⅱ: 形容词、副词比较级和最高级
以一个辅音字母结尾的闭音节单音节词, 双写结尾的辅音字母，再加-er, -est big
hot bigger
hotter biggest
hottest
少数以-er, -ow结尾的双音节词末尾加-er, -est clever narrow cleverer
narrower cleverest
narrowest
其他双音节词和多音节词, 在前面加more, most来构成比较级和最高级 careful more careful most
careful
2) 形容词、副词等级的用法
1. 原级的用法
只能修饰原级的词：very, quite, so, too。
He is too tired to walk on. 他太累了走不动了。
2. 原级常用的句型结构
(1)“甲+be+(倍数)+as+形容词原级+as+乙”表示“甲和乙程度相同”或“甲是乙的几倍”。
Tom is as old as Kate. 汤姆和凯特一样大。
(2)“甲+be + not + as / so+形容词原级+as+乙”表示“甲不如乙……”。
He doesn’t walk as slowly as you. 他走得没有你走得慢。
形容词和副词的比较等级
1. 常用的比较级的句型：
1) A + 谓语动词 + 比较级 + than +B.
Mary is younger than Betty.
2) 主语 + 动词 + the 比较级 + of the two.
Tom is the taller of the two.
3) The + 比较级, the + 比较级 表示“越……, 越……”。
The more you study, the more you know. 你学的越多, 知道的越多。
测试题越难, 我们的得分越少。
4) 比较级 + and + 比较级 表示“越来越……”。
The computer is cheaper and cheaper.
计算机越来越便宜。
1. the + 最高级 + of/in …
常用的最高级表达方式：
Jim is the tallest of the three. 吉姆是三个人中最高的。
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
It is the most interesting book I have ever read.
这是我所读过的最有趣的一本书。
3. the + 最高级 + 定语从句
Who is the tallest, Tom, Jack or Bill
汤姆、杰克和比尔, 谁个子最高？
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 changing (4) ____________ (fast) of all.
healthier/more healthy
longer
easier
fast/the fastest
01
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 (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.
more easily
good
fit
more crowded
worse
Work in pairs. Look at the two pictures and talk about how the town has changed. Use the words in the box to help you.
02
big, building, busy, house, modern, more, shop, street, tall, traffic, tree
2. There are more cars in the street today than it was 50 years ago.
3. The streets are much wider and cleaner.
4. The environment is much better.
5. People are much busier than before.
6. The life is much better than before.
7. There are more shops than before.
1. The buildings are much taller, much more beautiful and much newer.
The sample answers
Complete the sentences with the words or expressions in the box.
1. We ________ have time to go on holiday.
2. We do not have much _________ time because we have important exams this year.
seldom
spare
heat, more than, seldom, spare, speak up
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
03
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.
05
Read the email and find three examples that show life was
harder in the past than it is today.
04
Write examples.
People lived in very small houses, very close to each other, with no space for children to play.
_____________________
3. ______________________
Learning to learn
When you do a listening or reading exercise, you should read the instructions carefully. Then you can focus your attention just on the information you need. You don’t have to understand every word.
1. There was not enough living space for people.
People lived in very small houses, very close to
each other, with no space for children to play.
Families in those days were quite big. A whole
street had to share one outside toilet.
One possible version
2. Most of the big cities were dirty and unhealthy.
The pollution from factories filled the air.
People put their rubbish outside in the streets.
As a result, there were many illnesses.
3. Life was harder for children in those times.
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.
Listen and complete the table.
Grandmother Mother
Age to start school
Age to start work
Age to get married
Number of children
Age to stop working
8 years old
14 years old
18 years old
four children
50 years old
6 years old
22 years old
24 years old
one children
55 years old
06
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 …
07
In the past Modern
Ways
Features
Read and fill in the table.
horse, horse-drawn
carriage, on foot
slow, too much
manure
cars
quick,
comfortable,
convenient,
cleaner than
horse carriage
● Without health,
wealth means
nothing.
● You can enjoy life
better if you are
healthy.
● It is hard to be
healthy without
wealth.
● You can enjoy life
better if you are
wealthy.
For:
Against:
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:
完成句子。
Bob is _________ ( young ) than Fred but
________ (tall) than Fred.
2. Yingtian is not as __________ (tall) as
Yongxian.
3. Almost all the students’ faces are the same
but Li Deming looks _______ (fat) than
before.
4. Which is _________ (heavy), a hen or a
chicken
younger
taller
tall
fatter
heavier
1. We have summarized and consolidated the use of
adjectives and adverbs.
2. We have summarized and consolidated the use of
comparative degree and superlative degree.
1. Finish the exercises in students’ book.
2. Finish writing the passage comparing
their lives in Activity 7.
