Module 3 Life now and then
一、学习目标:
A. 单词和短语：
wealthy, fear, used to, wealth, double, seldom, spare, spare time, speak up, deaf, tiny, electric, light, candle, postman, cold, heat, full-time, role, education, transport
B. 交际用语：
1. Nearly finished.
2. That’s true.
3. I suppose…
4. — Is life better today than in the past?
— Yes, it is. I think it’s because… / No, it isn’t I think…
5. Remember to speak up! She’s a bit deaf now.
6. …looking after us was more than a full-time job. 21世纪教育网版权所有
7. Generally speaking, I think life is better today.
8. People are wealthier today, and they live longer than they did in the past.
9. But people don’t take as much exercise as they used to.
10. More people have cars, and they walk or use their bikes less.
11. We eat better and we live longer.
二. 教学目标
1. Function: T Making comparisons (2)
2. Structure: Revision : adjectives and adverbs ( comparative and superlative forms )
3. Skills: 1) Listening for specific information ; taking notes
2) Expressing views and opinions
3) Predicting ;reading for main ideas; summarizing main ideas in notes
4) Writing a composition about the advantages and disadvantages of life today
4. Around the world: Cars
5. Task: Organizing a debate.
三、重点及难点:
Grammar: Revision : adjectives and adverbs ( comparative and superlative forms )
四、教学设计:
Unit 1 They sometimes work harder.
Ⅰ Teaching model
Listening and speaking
Ⅱ Teaching method
Communicative and interactive
Ⅲ Teaching aims
1. To understand conversations of comparing life in the past and now
2. To understand comparative degree and superlative degree 21*cnjy*com
3. To learn how to make comparisons
Ⅳ Teaching Objectives
1. Key vocabulary: wealthy, fear, used to, wealth, double, seldom, spare, spare time, speak up, deaf,
2. Key structures: Sentence structure
Ⅴ Teaching aids
Tape recorder, OHP , video
Ⅵ Teaching Steps
Step 1 Warming up
1. Show some pictures to talk.
1) Say what life was like in the early 1980s.
2) Say what life is like today.
2. Introduce new words and expressions.
Step 2 Listening practice.
1. Ask the students to read through the questions in Activity 2.
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?
2. Play the tape and ask the students to listen to the tape carefully
3. Listen and answer the questions.
4. Ask the students to check their answer with a partner.
5. Call back the answers from the whole class and check the answers.
Keys: Write about life in the past and life today.
Is life today better than it was in the past?
Can we write about anything, such as medicine and pollution?
What about personal safety?
Step 3 Listen and read.
1. Ask the students to listen and read the conversation silently.
2. Talk about the pictures.
3. Everyday English
Nearly finished.
That’s true.
I suppose…
4. Now choose the correct answer.
1. People live longer 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
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5. Call back the answers from the whole class and check the answers.
Keys: 1. a 2. b 3. b 4. b
Step 4 Complete the questions.
1. Ask the students to read through the words and expression in the box in Activity 4.
deaf doubled fear spare used to wealth
2. 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?
5) Do you think people _________ take more exercise than they do today?
6) Do you think people have more ________ today than they used to?
3. Ask the students to check their answer with a partner.【来源：21·世纪·教育·网】
4. Call back the answers from the whole class and check the answers.
Keys: 1. fear 2. spare 3. deaf 4. doubled 5. used to 6. wealth
5. Now work in pairs. Ask and answer.
Step 5 Pronunciation and speaking.
1. Play the recording once without stopping.
2. Play the recording again and ask the whole class to repeat.【出处：21教育名师】
3. 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.
4. Now listen and check.
5. Read the paragraph in Activity 5 aloud.
Step 6 Work in pairs.
1. 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…21·cn·jy·com
2. Now say what is better or worse in:
education environment health
Step 7 Language points
1. 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：
e.g. Speak up, please. I can’t hear you. 请大声一点儿，我听不见你说话。
Step 8 Grammar
形容词与副词
对于形容词与副词，我们主要掌握两点，一是形容词与副词的句法功能，二是形容词与副词的比较级和最高级。
1. 形容词的句法功能
一般来说，形容词可以放在名词之前作定语，也可以放在系动词之后作表语，还可以作宾语补足语等。例如：
Did you see that old photograph that I found? It’s a lovely picture.
你看见我找到的那张老照片了吗？画面真美。(定语)
They were very nice. 他们很友善。(表语)
People’s lives seem busy now. 现在人们的生活似乎很忙碌。(表语)
We must keep our classroom clean and tidy.
我们必须保持教室干净整洁。(宾语补足语)
形容词作定语一般都是放在名词之前，但是如果修饰的是不定代词something, anything, nothing, somebody, anybody, nobody等，就要放在后面。例如：
Is there anything special in the paper today? 今天报纸上有什么特别的新闻吗？
I didn’t find anything funny about it. 我觉得这事一点儿都不可笑。
There is nothing new in the store. 商店里没有什么新东西。
很多副词都以-ly结尾，但是“名词+ly”的词则多为形容词，如：weekly, friendly等，应注意区别。例如：
A friendly voice answered the phone. 接电话的是一个友好的声音。
2. 副词的句法功能
副词一般用作状语，修饰动词、形容词、副词以及全句，表示程度、方式等。例如：
They speak highly of you.
他们对你的评价很高。
We were very lucky to find you here.
我们很幸运在这里找到了你。
The spring passed too quickly.
春天过得太快了。
Hopefully, we’ll meet again on Friday.
希望我们星期五再见面。
3. 形容词与副词的比较级和最高级
就形容词、副词的比较级和最高级而言，一是要掌握比较级和最高级的构成，二是要掌握比较级句型。
1) 比较级的句型
(1) 比较级+than，表示“比…更…”
e.g. Health is more important than wealth. 健康比财富更重要。
He got up earlier than I did this morning. 今天早上他起得比我早。
(2) 比较级+ and+比较级，表示“越来越……”。
e.g. The story gets more and more exciting. 故事变得越来越激动人心。
Our lives are getting better and better. 我们的生活越来越好。
(3) The+比较级，the+比较级，表示 “越……，越……”
e.g. The more time you spend on it, the greater progress you will make.
你在这上面花的时间越多，你的进步就会越大。
The more he talked, the more excited he grew. 他越说越激动。
同级比较一般采用as...as…句型，否定句可以用not so / as…表示。
e.g. He is as tall as his father. 他和父亲一样高。
I get up not so early as you. 我不如你起得早。
2) 最高级的表达方式
(1) the+ 最高级+ of/in…
e.g. Jim is the tallest of the three. 吉姆是三人中最高的。
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
e.g. Who is the tallest, Tom, Jack or Bill? 汤姆、杰克和比尔，谁个子最高？
(3) the+最高级+定语从句
e.g. 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) 比较级和最高级的修饰语
比较级和最高级的修饰语应置于其所修饰的形容词或副词之前。常见的比
较级修饰语有much, still, a lot, even, far等。
e.g. He worked much harder then. 那时他工作要努力得多。
常见的最高级修饰语有almost, by far, far, much等。
e.g. This is by far the most expensive bag in the shop.
这是目前这家商店里最贵的包。
Step 9 Exercises
1. He landed at the same place once again in the long jump. I don’t think
he can jump a little ________. (2014恩施)
A. far B. farther C. farthest
2. —What do you think of her teaching English? (2014咸宁)
— Great! No one teaches _____ in our school.
A. good B. worse C. better D. best
3. Of the two sisters, Lucy is _____ one, and she is also the one who loves to be quiet. (2014阜康)
A. a younger B. a youngest C. the younger D. the youngest
4. Could you please speak a little more ______? I can’t follow you. (2014通辽)
A. quietly B. quickly
C. slowly D. loudly
5. Air pollution has become _______ than ever before. We must do something to stop it. (2014上海)
A. serious B. more serious
C. most serious D. the most serious
6. He works _________ and feels __________ every day. (2014玉林)
A. hard; happy B. hardly; happily
C. hard; happily D. hardly; unhappily
7. Steve isn’t as _______ as Kelly. He often makes mistakes in his writing. (2014丽水)
A. careless B. tidy C. careful D. difficult
8. Mo Yan is one of _____ writers in the world. (2014天津) 2-1-c-n-j-y
A. famous B. more famous
C. most famous D. the most famous
9. —She always does her homework ___ than her younger brother, doesn’t she?
—I don’t think so. Sometimes she does but sometimes she does not. (2014娄底)
A. carefully B. more carefully C. most carefully
10. — It’s smoggy these days. That’s terrible!
— Yes, I hope to plant trees.________ trees, ______ air pollution. (2014昆明)
A. The more; the fewer
B. the less; the more
C. The less; the fewer
D. The more; the less
Keys: B, C, C, C, B, A, C, D, B, D
Step 10 Homework
Write a passage, what is better today and what is worse today.
Unit 2 I think life is better today.
Ⅰ Teaching model
Reading and writing.
Ⅱ Teaching method
Top-down approach
Ⅲ Teaching aims
1. To get information from the passage about life in the past
2. To learn more expressions and new vocabulary
Ⅳ Teaching Objectives
1. Key vocabulary: tiny, electric, light, candle, postman, cold, heat, full-time, role, education, transport【版权所有：21教育】
2. Keys structure: Sentence structure.
Ⅴ Teaching aids
Tape recorder, handout
Ⅵ Teaching Steps
Step 1 Work in pairs.
1. Show some pictures to ask the students to talk.
(Key words: Life in the past, life now, family, work, health, education)
Step 2 Presentation
1. Show the new words.
tiny adj. 微小的；极小的
electric adj. 用电的；电动的
n. 电灯
candle n. 蜡烛
postman n. 邮递员
cold n. 寒冷；冷空气
heat n. 高温；热度
full-time adj. 专职的；全日制的
education n. (个人的)教育；学业
transport n. 运输业；交通
role n. 作用；职责；角色
2. Read the words after the teacher.
Step 3 Look and say.
1. Look at the woman in the photo in Activity 1.
2. Ask and answer:
1) How do you think she feels?
2) Think about what she will talk about:
family work health education
Step 4 Reading
1. Play the recording and ask students to listen to the tape carefully and take notes on what Mrs Li says about the points in Activity 1.
family work health education
Keys:
Families have got smaller than they were in the past. Today most people only have one child. There were five children in my family.
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. She didn’t go out to work. My daughter goes to work even after getting married.
I wasn’t sent to school because my family couldn’t afford it, and what’s more, because I was a girl. My daughter is really lucky. She has a good education.
2. Read the passage and then complete the notes and add more points of your own.
Life in the past Life now
Family: bigger; five children 1. Family: smaller; one child
Food: _________________ 2. ___________________________
Keys: simple, eat meat eat better
once or twice a year.
Work: _________________ 3. ___________________________
Keys: My mum didn’t go out to work. Looking after us was more than a full-time job.
My daughter goes to work even after getting married. And she is busy working every day.
Education: _______________ 4. ___________________________
Keys: I wasn’t sent to school because my family couldn’t afford it, and what’s more,
because I was a girl.
My daughter has a good education.
3. Ask the students to check their answer with a partner.21cnjy.com
4. Call back the answers from the whole class and check the answers.
Step 5 Complete the passage.
1. Read the passage again.
2. Read through the words and expressions in the box in Activity 3.
candles cold generally speaking postman tiny traffic
3. Complete the passage with the words and expressions in the box.
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) __________. 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) __________.
4. Ask the students to check their answer with a partner.
5. Call back the answers from the whole class and check the answers.
Keys: 1. postman 2. cold 3. tiny 4. candles 5. generally speaking 6. traffic
Step 6 Language points
1. …looking after us was more than a full-time job. ……照料我们比做一份全职工作还要辛苦。
这句话的主语是动名词短语looking after us。句中more than表示“不只是，多于”。例如：
He is more than a coach. He is a friend. 他不只是教练，更是朋友。
full-time adj. 专职的；全日制的
e.g. students in full-time education 全日制学生
Looking after a child is a full-time job. 照管小孩是一天忙到晚的活儿。
2. Generally speaking, I think life is better today. 总的说来，我认为今天的生活更好了。
generally speaking表示“一般而言，总的说来”。
in general也可以表达同样的意思。例如：
Generally speaking, we enjoyed the trip. 总的说来，我们这次旅行很愉快。
In general, women live longer than men. 总的说来，女性比男性更长寿。
Step 7 Homework
1 Write a passage about the advantages and disadvantages of life today.
1) Choose two or three points from the notes in Activity 2 to write about.
Families and smaller…
2) Give examples or reasons to support those points.www.21-cn-jy.com
Most people only have one child today.
3) 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… 21*cnjy*com
4) Finish the passage with your conclusion.
Generally speaking, I think…
2. Present your passage to the class.
Unit 3 Language in use
Ⅰ Teaching model
Revision and application
Ⅱ Teaching method
Formal and interactive
Ⅲ Teaching aims
To summarize and consolidate comparative degree and superlative degree, and finish the tasks.
Ⅳ Teaching aids
Recorder, OHP, handouts
Ⅴ Teaching Steps
Step 1 Revision
Show some pictures to say what life was like in the early 1980s and what life is like today.
Step 2 Sentences presentation
1. Read through the example sentences in the box with the whole class.
1) People are wealthier today, and they live longer than they did in the past.
2) But people don’t take as much exercise as they used to.
3) More people have cars, and they walk or use their bikes less.
4) We eat better and we live longer.
2. Ask the students to repeat the sentences in the box.
Step 3 Language practice
1. 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. 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.
2. Look at the two pictures and talk about how the town has changed.
Use the words in the box to help you.
big building busy house modern more shop street tall traffic tree
3. Complete the sentences with the words or expressions in the box.
Ask the students to read the words and expressions in the box in Activity 3.
heat more than seldom spare speak up
Ask the students to read through the sentences in Activity 3. www-2-1-cnjy-com
1) We _________ have time to go on holiday.
2) We do not have much _________ time because we have important exams this year.
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 punish think of him as their friend.
Complete the sentences with the words or expressions in the box.
Ask the students to check with a partner.
Check the answers.
Step 4 Reading
1. Read the email and find three examples that show life was harder in the past than it is today.21教育名师原创作品
2. 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.
3. Write examples.
1) People lived in very small houses, very close to each other, with no space for children to play.
2) _____________________________________________________________.
3) _______________________________________________________________.
Ask the students to check with a partner.
Check the answers.
Step 5 Listening
1. Listen and complete he table.
Grandmother
Mother
Age to start school
Age to start work
Age to get married
Number of children
Age to stop working
2. Let Ss listen again, and write a passage comparing the lives of the speaker’s grandmother and mother in Activity 6.21教育网
Step 6 Around the world: Cars
1. Ask the students to look at the picture and discuss what they can see.
2. Read through the information with the whole class.21·世纪*教育网
3. Fill in the blanks.
1) The modern car has changed life a _________ deal.
2) Using horses for travel was________, and of course walking was even ________.
3) Cars allow people to travel long distances________, in comfort and________.
4) It was almost ___________ to get rid for the manure of the horses.
5) The cars may cause_________, but the first cars actually made cities_________.
4. Ask the students to check with a partner.
5. Check the answers:
6. Read the passage together.
Step 7 Module task: Organizing a debate.
1. Work in groups. Read the motion of the debate.
Health is more important than wealth.
2. Now decide who is for the motion and who is against it. You can use some of the following ideas:
For :
Without health, wealth means nothing.
You can enjoy life better if you are healthy.
Against:
It is hard to be healthy without wealth.
You can enjoy life better if you are wealthy.
3. Prepare your arguments. Give examples to support your ideas.
4. Hold the debate.
Those for the motion give their opinions.
Those against the motion give their opinion.
Take turns to say what you think about each other’s arguments.
5. Discuss and find out whether most people are for or against the motion.
Step 8 Exercises: 中考连接
1. —Which season do you like _______, winter or summer?
—Summer. (2014北京)
A. well B. better C. best D. the best
2. Many students think it _______ to learn English by using news. (2014佛山)
A. interest B. interesting C. interested【来源：21cnj*y.co*m】
3. It is said that Shanghai students have scored the ________ in an international
test. (2014佛山)
A. high B. higher C. highest
4. — Mom, what do you think of our new house?
— It’s nice, and it’s _________ than the old one. (2014通辽)
A. big B. bigger C. biggest D. the biggest
5. Lin Fang comes home _____ than before this term. She doesn’t have so
many classes in the afternoon. (2014重庆)
A. early B. earlier C. late D. later
6. “Have you read today’s newspaper?”
“Yes. It’s really boring. There’s ______ in it.” (2014贵阳)
A. something new B. nothing new C. anything new
7. —How do you like the book you read yesterday? (2014丹东)
—Oh! It’s one of ______ books I’ve ever read.
A. interesting B. more interesting
C. most interesting D. the most interesting
8. Mike is the _______ boy in his class now. (2014宁德)
A. tall B. taller C. tallest
9. The baby is sleeping, please play the piano ________. (2014宁德)
A. loudly B. quietly C. clearly
10. How ________ Li Ming writes!
Yes, he is the ________ in our class.
A. carefully, most careful
B. care, most careful
C. carefully, careful
D. careful, careful (2014黔东南)
Step 9 Homework
Write a passage about the changes in your hometown, using the comparative and superlatives of adjectives and adverbs we have learnt.
课件46张PPT。Module 3Module 3Life now and thenUnit 1They sometimes work harder.Free talkTalk about the photos. Say what life was like in the early 1980s.Talk about the photos. Say what life is like today.words and expressionswealthy
fear
used to
wealth adj.富有的；富裕的
n.担心；害怕
v. aux. (用于表示过去真实或经常性的行为，特别强调现在不那样了)过去
n. 财富；财产 double
seldom
spare
spare time
speak up
deaf v. 使加倍；把……增加一倍； adj.(成) 双的；两个……
adv. 很少地；不常
adj.空余的；备用的
业余时间；闲暇
大点声说
adj. 聋的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?Write about life in the past and life today.Is life today better than it was in the past?Can we write about anything, such as
medicine and pollution?What about personal safety?Listen and read.People are wealthier today, and they live longer than in the past.We know more about medicine today, and there’s less fear of getting ill because we know how to deal with the ordinary diseases. But people don’t take as much exercise as they used to. I suppose that’s because more people have cars, and they walk or use their bikes less.When the number of cars is doubled , the pollution is also doubled, or even worse..Some people think life in the past was simpler and healthier than today. More wealth sometimes means less health.Why don’t you go and ask Mrs Li, our neighbour? She is over seventy years old. She ’s seen how life has changed. Nearly finished.
That’s true.
I suppose…Everyday EnglishNow 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 before3. 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 lifeComplete 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?fearspare 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?
Now work in pairs. Ask and answer.deafdoubledused towealth 5. 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. Pronunciation and speaking6. Read the paragraph in Activity 5
aloud.
7. 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 healthRemember 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”。
e.g. Speak up, please. I can’t hear you.
请大声一点儿，我听不见你说话。adjectives and adverbs1. 形容词的句法功能
形容词可放在名词之前作定语，也可放系
动词之后作表语，还可作宾语补足语等。
e.g. Did you see that old photograph that I found? It’s a lovely picture.
你看见我找到的那张老照片了吗？画面真美。(定语)
They were very nice.
他们很友善。(表语)
People’s lives seem busy now.
现在人们的生活似乎很忙碌。(表语)We must keep our classroom clean and tidy.
我们必须保持教室干净整洁。(宾语补足语)
形容词作定语一般放在名词之前，但如果修饰的是不定代词something, anything, nothing, somebody, anybody, nobody等，就要放在后面。
e.g. Is there anything special in the paper
today?
今天报纸上有什么特别的新闻吗？I didn’t find anything funny about it.
我觉得这事一点儿都不可笑。
There is nothing new in the store.
商店里没有什么新东西。
很多副词都以-ly结尾，但是“名词+ly”的词则多为形容词，如：weekly, friendly等，应注意区别。
e.g. A friendly voice answered the phone.
接电话的是一个友好的声音。2. 副词的句法功能
副词一般用作状语，修饰动词、形容 词、副词及全句，表示程度、方式等。
e.g. They speak highly of you.
他们对你的评价很高。
We were very lucky to find you here.
我们很幸运在这里找到了你。The spring passed too quickly.
春天过得太快了。
Hopefully, we’ll meet again on Friday.
希望我们星期五再见面。3. 形容词与副词的比较级和最高级
就形容词、副词的比较级和最高级而言，一是要掌握比较级和最高级的构成，二是要掌握比较级句型。比较级的句型：
1) 比较级+than，表示“比…更…”
e.g. Health is more important than wealth.
健康比财富更重要。
He got up earlier than I did this
morning.
今天早上他起得比我早。2) 比较级+ and+比较级，表示“越来
越……”。
e.g. The story gets more and more
exciting. 故事变得越来越激动人心。
Our lives are getting better and better.
我们的生活越来越好。
3) The+比较级，the+比较级，表示
“越……，越……”
e.g. The more time you spend on it, the
greater progress you will make.The more he talked, the more excited he grew. 他越说越激动。
同级比较一般采用as...as…句型，否定句可以用not so / as…表示。
e.g. He is as tall as his father.
他和父亲一样高。
I get up not so early as you.
我不如你起得早。常见的最高级表达方式有：
1) the+ 最高级+ of/in…
e.g. Jim is the tallest of the three.
吉姆是三人中最高的。
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
e.g. Who is the tallest, Tom, Jack or Bill?
汤姆、杰克和比尔，谁个子最高？3) the+最高级+定语从句
e.g. It is the most interesting book I
have ever read.
这是我所读过的最有趣的一本书。
比较级和最高级的修饰语
比较级和最高级的修饰语应置于其所
修饰的形容词或副词之前。常见的比
较级修饰语有much, still, a lot, even,
far等。e.g. He worked much harder then.
那时他工作要努力得多。
常见的最高级修饰语有almost, by far, far, much等。
e.g. This is by far the most expensive
bag in the shop.
这是目前这家商店里最贵的包。1. He landed at the same place once
again in the long jump. I don’t think
he can jump a little ________.
(2014恩施)
A. far B. farther C. farthest2. —What do you think of her
teaching English? (2014咸宁)
— Great! No one teaches _____ in
our school.
A. good B. worse C. better D. best
3. Of the two sisters, Lucy is _____
one, and she is also the one who
loves to be quiet. (2014阜康)
A. a younger B. a youngest
C. the younger D. the youngest 4. Could you please speak a little more
______? I can’t follow you.
(2014通辽)
A. quietly B. quickly
C. slowly D. loudly
5. Air pollution has become _______
than ever before. We must do
something to stop it. (2014上海)
A. serious B. more serious
C. most serious D. the most serious6. He works _______ and feels
_______ every day. (2014玉林)
A. hard; happy
B. hardly; happily
C. hard; happily
D. hardly; unhappily 7. Steve isn’t as _______ as Kelly. He
often makes mistakes in his writing.
(2014丽水)
A. careless B. tidy
C. careful D. difficult
8. Mo Yan is one of _____ writers in the
world. (2014天津)
A. famous B. more famous
C. most famous D. the most famous9. —She always does her homework ___
than her younger brother, doesn’t
she?
—I don’t think so. Sometimes she does
but sometimes she does not. (2014娄底)
A. carefully B. more carefully
C. most carefully 10. — It’s smoggy these days. That’s
terrible!
— Yes, I hope to plant trees. ____
trees, ____ air pollution. (2014昆明)
A. The more; the fewer
B. the less; the more
C. The less; the fewer
D. The more; the less Write a passage, what is better today and what is worse today.课件24张PPT。Module 3Unit 3
Life now and thenUnit 2
I think life is better today.Free talkingKey words: Life in the past, life now, family, work, health, educationNew wordstiny adj. 微小的；极小的
electric adj. 用电的；电动的
n. 电灯
candle n. 蜡烛
postman n. 邮递员
cold n. 寒冷；冷空气
heat n. 高温；热度full-time adj. 专职的；全日制的
education n. (个人的)教育；学业
transport n. 运输业；交通
role n. 作用；职责；角色Look at the woman in the photo. How do you think she feels? Think about what she will talk about:family
work
health
educationLife now and thenListen to the passage and take notes on what Mrs Li says about the points in Activity 1.Families have got smaller than they were in the past. Today most people only have one child. There were five children in my family.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. She didn’t go out to work. My daughter goes to work even after getting married. I wasn’t sent to school because my family couldn’t afford it, and what’s more, because I was a girl. My daughter is really lucky. She has a good education.Life in the past Life now
1. Family: bigger; 1. Family: smaller;
five children one child
2. Food: 2. Read the passage and complete the notes and add more points of your own.simple, eat meat once or twice a year.Eat better.Life in the past Life now
3. Work: 3.
4. Education: 4. My mother didn’t go out to work. Looking after us was more than a full-time job.My daughter goes to work even after getting married. And she is busy working every day.I wasn’t sent to school because my family couldn’t afford it, and what’s more, because I was a girl.My daughter has a good education.Complete the passage with the words and expression in the box.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) __________. postmancold 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) __________. tinycandlesgenerally speakingtraffic Language points1. …looking after us was more than a full-time job. …… 照料我们比做一份全职工作还要辛苦。
这句话的主语是动名词短语looking after us。句中more than表示“不只是，多于”。例如：
He is more than a coach. He is a friend.
他不只是教练，更是朋友。full-time adj. 专职的；全日制的
e.g. students in full-time education
全日制学生
Looking after a child is a full-time
job.
照管小孩是一天忙到晚的活儿。2. Generally speaking, I think life is better today. 总的说来，我认为今天的生活更好了。
generally speaking表示“一般而言，总的说来”。 in general也可以表达同样的意思。例如：
Generally speaking, we enjoyed the trip.
总的说来，我们这次旅行很愉快。In general, women live longer than men.
总的说来，女性比男性更长寿。 Write a passage about the advantages and disadvantages of life today.HomeworkChoose two or three points from the notes in Activity 2 to write about.
Families are smaller…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, only a child may feel lonely…
Finish the passage with your conclusion.
Generally speaking, I think…Present your passage to the class.课件34张PPT。Module 3Module 3
Life now and thenUnit 3 Language in useTalk about the photos. Say what life was like in the early 1980s and what life is like today. Work in pairs.Sentences presentationPeople 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.1. 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 iseasierhealthierlonger Language practicechanging (4) _______ (fast) of all. 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 asfastestmore easilygood (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.fitmore crowdedworse 2. Look at the two pictures and talk
about how the town has changed.
Use the words in the box to help you.Work in pairs.3. 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.seldomspare 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.heatspeak upmore than 4. Read the email and find three
examples that show life was harder in the past than it is today.1) People lived in small houses, very close to each other, with no space for children to play.
2) Most of the big cities were dirty and unhealthy.
3) Children didn’t always go to school, they had to work. 5. 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.Write examples.
1) People lived in very small houses, very
close to each other, with no space for
children to play.2) The pollution from factories filled the air. People put their rubbish outside in the streets. As a result, there were many illnesses. 3) 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. They worked twelve hours a day in dangerous jobs for very little money. Many were hurt in accidents with machines.6. Listen and complete he table.81418450622241557. 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…Around the worldRead the passage and complete the following sentences.1. The modern car has changed life a
______ deal.
2. Using horses for travel was _____,
and of course walking was even
_______.
3. Cars allow people to travel long
distances ________, in comfort and
_____________.greatslowerquicklyslowconvenience4. It was almost __________ to get rid
for the manure of the horses.
5. The cars may cause _________, but
the first cars actually made cities
________.impossiblepollutioncleaner 8. Work in groups. Read the motion of
the debate.
Health is more important than
wealth.Module taskOrganasing a debateNow decide who is for the motion and who is against it. You can use some of the following ideas:
For:
Without health, wealth means nothing.
You can enjoy life better if you are healthy.
Against:
It is hard to be healthy without wealth.
You can enjoy life better if you are wealthy.9. Prepare your arguments. Give
examples to support your ideas.
10. Hold the debate.
Those for the motion give their opinions.
Those against the motion give their
opinion.
Take turns to say what you think about
each other’s arguments.11. Discuss and find out whether most people are for or against the motion.1. —Which season do you like _______,
winter or summer?
—Summer. (2014北京)
A. well B. better C. best D. the best
2. Many students think it _______ to
learn English by using news. (2014佛
山)
A. interest B. interesting C. interested中考链接3. It is said that Shanghai students have
scored the ________ in an international
test. (2014佛山)
A. high B. higher C. highest
4. — Mom, what do you think of our
new house?
— It’s nice, and it’s _________ than
the old one. (2014通辽)
A. big B. bigger
C. biggest D. the biggest5. Lin Fang comes home _____ than
before this term. She doesn’t have so
many classes in the afternoon. (2014重庆)
A. early B. earlier C. late D. later
6. “Have you read today’s newspaper?”
“Yes. It’s really boring. There’s ______
in it.” (2014贵阳)
A. something new B. nothing new
C. anything new 7. —How do you like the book you
read yesterday? (2014丹东)
—Oh! It’s one of ______ books I’ve
ever read.
A. interesting B. more interesting
C. most interesting
D. the most interesting
8. Mike is the _______ boy in his class
now. (2014宁德)
A. tall B. taller C. tallest9. The baby is sleeping, please play the
piano ________. (2014宁德)
A. loudly B. quietly C. clearly
10. How ________ Li Ming writes!
Yes, he is the ________ in our class.
A. carefully, most careful
B. care, most careful
C. carefully, careful
D. careful, careful (2014黔东南) Write a passage about the changes in your hometown, using the comparative and superlatives of adjectives and adverbs we have learnt.
