Module 3 Life now and then Unit 2 I think life is better today. 课件（共15张PPT）

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M3 Life now and then
Unit 2 I think life is better today.
年 级：九年级
学 科：初中英语（外研社版）
Say what life was like in the past.
big family , a tiny house
work hard; long working-
hours
simple meals, less meat
Education ( few children go to
school)
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Lead in
Mrs Li's life: Life now and then
Read the passage and circle what Mrs Li talks about life today and in the past.
She lived in Beijing all her life and let’s learn about her life.
Family
Work
Education
Transport
Entertainment(娱乐)
Health
Reading:
Read paragraph 2 and 3 and answer the following questions.
Where did Mrs Li’s family live
2. What was her father
3. How long did her father work a day
4. Why didn’t she go to school
They lived in a tiny house.
He was a postman.
12 hours a day outside in the winter cold
or in the summer heat.
Because her family couldn’t afford it.
What’s more, she was a girl.
另外，更重要的是
Read paragraph 4 and fill in blanks
Families have got ________than they were in the past. Today people only have one______! The role of women has _________,too. My daughter is really lucky. She has a good __________, and she goes to work even after getting married. I’m happy to see she’s busy __________every day, but sometimes I feel ________ because she can’t come to see me often.
smaller
child
changed
education
working
lonely
Q:How has life changed
Families have got smaller.
The role of women has changerd. Life of women
becomes better.
Read paragraphs 5-7and tell T or F for the following statements.
1. Transport and travel are easier today than in the past.
2. Now people go everywhere on foot or sometimes by bike.
3. There’s less traffic on the road .
4. Mrs Li likes watching Beijing Opera and old films.
5. Mrs Li thinks life is better today than in the past.
T
F
F
T
T
In the past
so much more traffic on the road.
went
Fill in the table to make a comparison.
Item What was life like in the past How has life changed today
House 1.__________ 2. no _____________ 3.only____________
Work Men:4.____________ women:5._____________________
Family 6. _______ get 10. _________
Food 7.______, only ate 8. ______ once or twice a year
Education mostly were boys 11. _______ also have good education
Transport and travel on foot, by boat take the bus/12._______________/
13.________
Entertainment no television so many 14.__________________
women:9. ____________________________
tiny
electric lights
candles
hard
He often worked twelve hours a day outside in the winter cold or in the summer heat.
more than a full -time job
large
There were five children.
go to work even after getting married
smaller
girls
underground
plane
good programmes
Generally speaking, life is better today. We should cherish(珍惜) the happy life today.
unfair
more and more convenient
simple
meat
...couldn’t afford it, and what’s more(更重要的是), because she was a girl.
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) ___________.
candles cold generally speaking postman tiny traffic
postman
cold
tiny
candles
generally speaking
traffic
P21
Complete the passage with the words and expressions in the box.
2) Transport: There’s _________________ and it’s difficult_______________.
3) TV programs: Some of shows __________________.
1) Work: Sometimes _____________ because her daughter can’t see her often.
Disadvantages
so much more traffic
she feels lonely
to cross the road
are too noisy for her
Read again and find out more things Mrs Li feels that are not satisfying.
Thinking:
1. tiny & small
My grandma is a small lady. But she has a big heart.
虽然我奶奶身体瘦小，但她心胸却很宽广。
My room is small.(客观地说明)房间面积小。
My room is tiny. 我的房间有点儿太小了。
2.electric & electrical
electric为“电的，用电的，带电的”，指任何电动的或发电的装置，被修饰的物体本身可带电。如:
electric light, electric bell
Please connect the two electric wires. 请将这两根电线接起来。
electrical为“电的，与电有关的，电气科学的”，指与电有关的事物，被修饰的词本身并不能带电。如：electrical engineer, electrical energy
tiny 和 small形容事物 “体积小、数量少”；指人的 “体型小、个头矮”
Language points:
3.get married:指结婚的动作 be married: 强调状态
常见词组：
A marry B：A和B 结婚
get married to sb与...结婚
be married :可与时间状语连用
marry sb to sb 把某人嫁给某人
如：They have been married for a year.
如：He married his daughter to a businessman.
4. alone & lonely
1)意思不同:
alone指的是行为或动作上的,意思为“单独的、独自的”而， lonely指的是心灵上的感情，指 “寂寞的、孤独的”
2)词性不同:
alone可作adj.，也可以adv.；lonely只可
以作adj.
lonely用作定语时，意为“寂寞的、孤独的”，
也可用于修饰地点，表示 “偏僻的、无人烟的、
荒凉的”。
如：Life is alone, but nobody wants to be alone.
The story is about a lonely old man and his dog.
He was taken to a lonely island.
Language points:
1. He has been very________ since his wife left him.
2. John wants to be ________ with his daughter and has a talk with her.
3. His father is an__________ engineer.
4. Do you know who invented the ________light
5.I have been _________ to him for ten years.
6. You have been learning words since you were a _______ baby.
.
alone, lonely, electric, electrical, tiny, marry
lonely
alone
electrical
electric
married
tiny
课堂小练
Life in the past
Family: bigger; five children
Food:
Work:
Education:
Life now
Family: smaller, one child or two
children
Food:
Work:
Education:
Summary
simple, eat meat only once
or twice a year
more food and better food
hard and difficult work;
long hours
interesting jobs for boys
and girls
only for boys
good schools for everyone
Transport :on foot ;by bike; by boat
Transport: much easier
Entertainment :no television
Entertainment: traveling ; computers
词汇辨析：tiny /small; electric/electrical;
get married/be married
alone/lonely
1.Write a short passage about the advantages and disadvantages of life today.
2.完成学习单上的练习
Homework