初中英语外研版九下Module 3 Unit 1 They sometimes work harder. 教案

Module 3 Life now and then
Unit 1 They sometimes work harder.
【教学目标】
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。
【教学重难点】
重点：正确运用形容词和副词比较级。
难点：运用形容词和副词比较级描述生活的变化。
【教学方法】
任务型教学法、小组合作法。
【教学过程】
Step 1 Leading in
Show some pictures about life in the past and now. Then have a free talk. Is life today better than it was in the past
Step 2 Pre-task
Activity 1 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.
Activity 2 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
Step 3 While-task
Activity 1 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
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
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
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
Activity 2 Read and check.
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.
Activity 3 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 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.
Activity 4 Complete the questions with the words or expression in the box.
deaf, doubled, fear, spare, used to, wealth
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
5. Do you think people _______ take more exercise than they do today
6. Do you think people have more _______ today than they used to
Then work in pairs. Ask and answer.
Step 4 Post-task
Activity 1 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.
Activity 2 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
Activity 3 Exercise.
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 …)
___________________________________
Step 5 Summary
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.
Step 6 Homework
1. Finish the workbook.
2. Write a passage about “What is better today and what is worse today”.
【板书设计】
Life is better today than in the past.
People are wealthier and live longer today.
People do less exercise than they used to, because they use cars much more.
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