2025-2026学年外研版九年级下册 Module 3 Life now and then 重点短语句子知识清单

Module 3 Life now and then 重点短语句子知识清单
Listening and Speaking Listening and Speaking
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used to 过去常常
speak up 大点声说
spare time 业余时间
suffer from hunger 遭受饥饿
deal with 处理；应对
double the number of 使……的数量加倍
ordinary diseases 常见疾病
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People used to take more exercise, but now they drive cars more often. 人们过去常常做更多运动，但现在他们更常开车。
We know more about medicine today, so there’s less fear of getting ill. 如今我们对医学了解更多，所以对生病的恐惧减少了。
She’s a bit deaf now, so you need to speak up when you talk to her. 她现在有点耳背，所以和她说话时你需要大点声。
People are wealthier today, but they seldom have enough spare time. 如今人们更富有了，但他们很少有足够的业余时间。
When the number of cars doubles, the pollution becomes even worse. 当汽车数量翻倍时，污染会变得更严重。
Reading and Thinking Reading and Thinking
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electric lights 电灯
full-time job 全职工作
can’t afford 负担不起
generally speaking 总的说来
the role of women 女性的角色
traffic jam 交通堵塞
winter cold 冬日严寒
summer heat 夏日酷暑
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Mrs Li’s family lived in a tiny house with no electric lights, only candles. 李太太家过去住在一间小房子里，没有电灯，只有蜡烛。
Looking after five children was more than a full-time job for her mother. 照料五个孩子对她母亲来说比一份全职工作还要辛苦。
She couldn’t go to school because her family couldn’t afford it. 她不能去上学，因为家里负担不起学费。
The role of women has changed a lot—now many women go to work after getting married. 女性的角色发生了很大变化——现在很多女性结婚后仍去工作。
Generally speaking, life is better today—we eat better and live longer. 总的说来，如今的生活更好了——我们吃得更好，活得更久。
Discovering Useful Structures Discovering Useful Structures
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Adjectives and adverbs (comparative and superlative) 形容词和副词（比较级和最高级）
more than 多于；不仅仅
less than 少于
as... as... 和……一样……
not as/so... as... 不如……
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People live longer than they did in the past.（比较级+than） 人们比过去活得更久。
This city is more modern than it was ten years ago.（多音节形容词比较级） 这座城市比十年前更现代化了。
She runs faster than any other student in her class.（比较级表最高级） 她比班上其他任何学生都跑得快。
He doesn’t take as much exercise as he used to.（not as... as...） 他不如过去做的运动多。
The pollution in this area is the worst it has ever been.（最高级） 这个地区的污染是有史以来最严重的。
Reading and Writing Reading and Writing
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advantages and disadvantages 优缺点
living condition 生活条件
medical care 医疗保健
communicate with 与……交流
in the past 在过去
at present 目前；现在
get married 结婚
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Living in big cities has both advantages and disadvantages—there are more jobs but more traffic. 住在大城市既有优点也有缺点——工作更多，但交通也更拥堵。
Living conditions have improved a lot—most families have their own cars and big houses now. 生活条件已经改善了很多——现在大多数家庭都有自己的汽车和大房子。
Medical care is much better than before, so people can get treatment more easily. 医疗保健比以前好得多，所以人们能更容易地获得治疗。
In the past, people communicated by letter, but now they use phones or WeChat. 过去，人们通过信件交流，但现在他们使用手机或微信。
When writing about life now and then, we can compare living conditions, education and transport. 写过去和现在的生活时，我们可以比较生活条件、教育和交通。
Assessing Your Progress & Reflecting Assessing Your Progress & Reflecting
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comparative and superlative usage 比较级和最高级用法
life-related vocabulary 生活相关词汇
temporal comparison 时间对比
critical thinking 批判性思维
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Through this module, I have mastered the comparative and superlative forms of adjectives and adverbs. 通过本模块学习，我掌握了形容词和副词的比较级和最高级形式。
I can use structures like “used to”, “more than” and “not as... as...” to compare life in the past and now. 我能用“used to” “more than” “not as... as...”等结构对比过去和现在的生活。
I have learned many life-related words and can describe the changes in life clearly. 我学到了许多与生活相关的词汇，能清晰描述生活中的变化。
Comparing life now and then helps me understand the progress of society. 对比过去和现在的生活帮助我理解社会的进步。
I can now write a composition about the advantages and disadvantages of modern life with logical thinking. 我现在能以逻辑清晰的思维写一篇关于现代生活优缺点的作文。
Presenting Ideas Presenting Ideas
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organise a debate 组织辩论
motion of the debate 辩论主题
support arguments 支持论点
opposite opinion 反对观点
logical reasoning 逻辑推理
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Our group organised a debate on the motion “Health is more important than wealth”. 我们小组组织了一场以“健康比财富更重要”为主题的辩论。
For the motion, we argued that without health, wealth has no meaning. 支持这一主题时，我们主张没有健康，财富就毫无意义。
Those against the motion said that wealth can provide better medical care and living conditions. 反对这一主题的人说，财富能提供更好的医疗保健和生活条件。
We supported our arguments with examples like “healthy people can enjoy life better”. 我们用“健康的人能更好地享受生活”等例子支持我们的论点。
After the debate, most of us agreed that both health and wealth are important, but health comes first. 辩论后，我们大多数人同意健康和财富都很重要，但健康是第一位的。