(共19张PPT)
Work in pairs. Talk about the changes in your hometown by asking the following questions:
Where do you live
What were the roads like in the past
What are the roads like at present
How did your father go to school when he was young
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预习反馈
词组翻译
1.享受舒服的生活_____________________
2.又窄又脏的公路_____________________
3.听收音机___________________________
4.在两边_____________________________
5.宽阔而干净的街道___________________
6.搬到新的公寓_______________________
7.拥有他们自己的汽车_________________
8.一个钢铁厂_________________________
9.习惯于_____________________________
10.开阔的空地________________________
enjoy a comfortable life
narrow and dirty roads
listen to the radio
on both sides
wide and clean streets
move into new flats
have their own cars
get used to
a steel factory
open spaces
a narrow road
narrow adj.
狭窄的
a wide road
wide 宽阔的
open space
n. 开阔的空地
A. Amy plans to write about the changes in Moonlight Town for her history project. She has an old picture and a recent picture of the town.
B. Amy organized her ideas by using a fact file. Read her fact file.
Topic
Many changes have taken place in Moonlight Town over the years.
Opinion
Now people are enjoying a comfortable life.
Facts Past Present
environment narrow and dirty roads; rubbish everywhere; large open spaces wide and clean streets; green trees on both sides; shops and tall buildings
Life small old houses; listen to the radio or watch TV new flats;
computers and the Internet; mobile phones
Transport on foot or by bicycle by bus or taxi; have own cars
… has changed a lot over the years.
Many changes have taken place in …
People are enjoying a … life.
There were only … in the past, but now…
People used to …
The government has built …
Many families have their own …
C. Amy is writing her report on the changes in Moonlight Town. Help her complete her report using the fact file in Part B.
Many changes have taken place in Moonlight Town over the years. Now people are enjoying a comfortable life.
In the past, there were only (1) _______________ roads in the small town. There was (2) _______ everywhere.
narrow and dirty
rubbish
But now the streets are (3) _____________, with many (4) _________ on both sides. The government has also built (5) ____________________ in some large open spaces. Years ago, people lived in (6) ______________. Now most of them have moved into (7) ________.
wide and clean
green trees
shops and tall buildings
small old houses
new flats
They used to (8) _______________ or watch TV in their free time, but now most families have computers and the (9) _______. Moreover, (10) _____________ make communication easier now.
In the past, people travelled around the town (11) __________________, but now they can go around (12) ____________. Many families even have their own cars.
Now people are enjoying a comfortable life.
listen to the radio
Internet
mobile phones
on foot or by bicycle
by bus or taxi
Three parts:
1.Introduction(介绍):topic
2.Main body(主体): Environment, Life,Transport
3.Conclusion(结论):opinion
What tense should we use
Think of some useful words and expressions.
First
Third
Comparison(对比说明文)
Second
Writing a report on the changes in your home town.
Article show
(changes in my hometown)
Practice
完成句子
1.月光镇这些年变化很大。
Many changes ______ ______ ______ in Moonlight Town over the years.
2.过去小镇上仅有一些又窄又脏的公路。
In the past, there were only ______ ______ ______ roads in the small town.
3.这家工厂垃圾到处都是。
There was ______ _____________ in this factory.
4.政府在一些空地建造了许多大楼。
The government ______ ______ many tall buildings in some ______ ______.
5.他们过去在空闲时间常常听收音机。
They ______ _____ ______ ______ ____ ______in their free time.
6.现在移动电话让交流更容易。
Mobile phones ______ _____________ _______now.
7.真的不容易去习惯于生活快速地变化。
It is not easy to ______ ______ ______ the changes of life quickly.
8.我现在自己独自坐公交车上学。
Now I go to school by bus ______ ______ ______.
narrow and dirty
rubbish everywhere
has built
open spaces
used to listen to the radio
make communication easier
on my own
get used to
have taken place
D. You are writing a report on the changes in your hometown. Find an old photo and a recent photo of your hometown. Describe the changes to your partner. Use the article in Part C and useful expressions as a model.
1.Finish Self-assessment on page 19.