Module 3 Life now and then 模块教案

Module 3 Life now and then
一、学习目标:
A. 单词和短语：
wealthy, fear, used ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )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.
7. Generally speaking, I think life is better today.
8. People are wealthi ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )er 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: Revisio ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )n : adjectives and adverbs ( comparative and superlative forms )
3. Skills: 1) Listening for specific information ; taking notes
2) Expressing views and opinions
3) Predicting ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) ;reading for main ideas; summarizing main ideas in notes
4) Writing a compos ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ition 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 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) : 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
3. To learn how to make comparisons
Ⅳ Teaching Objectives
1. Key vocabulary ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ): 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
Betty asks if they can write about medicine and pollution.
Daming asks if they can write 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
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. a 2. b 3. b 4. b
Step 4 Complete the questions.
1. Ask the students to ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) 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 thi ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )nk 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.
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.
3. Read and predict which words the speaker is likely to stress.
Some people ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )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…
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 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )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 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )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 t ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )he 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 sister ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )s, Lucy is _____ one, and she is also the one who loves to be quiet. (2014阜康)
A. a younger ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) B. a youngest C. the younger D. the youngest
4. Could you please ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) speak a little more ______ I can’t follow you. (2014通辽)
A. quietly B. quickly
C. slowly D. loudly
5. Air pollutio ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )n 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 _ ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )______ 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 famous
9. —She always does h ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )er homework ___ than her younger brother, doesn’t she
—I don’t th ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ink 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 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) 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: ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )tiny, electric, light, candle, postman, cold, heat, full-time, role, education, transport
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 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )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 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )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 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )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 pos ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )tman, and he often worked twelve hours a day outside in the winter cold or in the summer heat.
My mum was a farm gi ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )rl. She didn’t go out to work. My daughter goes to work even after getting married.
I wasn’t sent to ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )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 passag ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )e and then complete the notes and add more points of your own.
Life in the past Life now
Family: bigger; five children Family: smaller; one child
Food: _________________ ___________________________
Work: _________________ ___________________________
Education: _______________ ___________________________
3. Ask the students to check their answer with a partner.
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 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) 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. postm ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )an 2. cold 3. tiny 4. candles 5. generally speaking 6. traffic
Step 6 Language points
1. …looking a ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )fter 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 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ), 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 abou ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )t the advantages and disadvantages of life today.
1) Choose two or three ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) points from the notes in Activity 2 to write about.
Families and smaller…
2) Give examples or reasons to support those points.
Most people only have one child today.
3) For each of ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) 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 sma ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ller 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…
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 cons ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )olidate comparative degree and superlative degree, and finish the tasks.
Ⅳ Teaching aids
Recorder, OHP, handouts
Ⅴ Teaching Steps
Step 1 Revision
Show some pictures ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )to say what life was like in the early 1980s and what life is like today.
Step 2 Sentences presentation
1. Read through t ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )he example sentences in the box with the whole class.
1) People are we ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )althier 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 pas ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )sage with the correct form of the words in brackets.
For many people, ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )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 change ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )s 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 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) house modern more shop street tall traffic tree
3. Complete the sentences with the words or expressions in the box.
Ask the stud ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ents 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.
1) We _________ have time to go on holiday.
2) We do not have ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) much _________ time because we have important exams this year.
3) Never go out in the _________ of the day without a hat.
4) You have ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )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 emai ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )l and find three examples that show life was harder in the past than it is today.
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 i ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )n 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 lis ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ten again, and write a passage comparing the lives of the speaker’s grandmother and mother in Activity 6.
Step 6 Around the world: Cars
1. Ask the stud ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ents to look at the picture and discuss what they can see.
2. Read through the information with the whole class.
3. Fill in the blanks.
1) The modern car has changed life a _________ deal.
2) Using horses for tr ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )avel was________, and of course walking was even ________.
3) Cars allow peop ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )le to travel long distances________, in comfort and________.
4) It was almost ___________ to get rid for the manure of the horses.
5) The cars ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )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 decid ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )e 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 fin ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )d 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 th ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ink it _______ to learn English by using news. (2014佛山)
A. interest B. interesting C. interested
3. It is said that S ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )hanghai 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 h ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ome _____ 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 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )the changes in your hometown, using the comparative and superlatives of adjectives and adverbs we have learnt.