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How many facts does the writer say
Module 3 Life now and then
Unit 1 They sometimes work harder.
People live a ________(wealthy) life than before.
wealthier
She was born in a wealthy family
wealth n财富;金钱
She used her wealth to help the poor.
wealthy adj. 富有的；富裕的
New words
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The number of cars is ________ (double).
doubled
double v. 使加倍；把……增加一倍； adj.(成) 双的；两个……
The population here has doubled in ten years
a double bed/room
New words
So people take _____
(little) exercise than they used to.
less
little-less-least
used to 过去常常做某事
Daming used to go to
school by bike.
Talk about the changes of Liaocheng.
In the past, Liaocheng was a small city, but now the city is much ...
The roads used to be narrow, but now the roads are ...
There were few cars in the past. People usually went out on foot or by bike, but now there’re ...
1. Talk about the photo. Say what life was like in the early
1980s and what life is like today.
There weren’t so many cars as there are today.
The road is much wider than 1980s.
The buildings now are taller than 1980s.
Betty and Daming are having a lesson .
Listen and choose.
1. What class are they having ( )
A. History B. Chinese C. English
2.What question do they need to answer ( )
Was school life in the past better than it is today
Will life in the future be better than it is today
Is life today better than it was in the past
3.What questions do Betty and Daming ask
Betty ask _____ and Daming ask _____
if they can write about education and food
if they can write about medicine and pollution
if they can write about personal safety
个人安全
A
C
B
C
1.Food ______
Listen and Choose.
1. How is Betty’s homework
A. Almost finished. B. Completely finished. C. Hardly finish .
2. What are Betty and her mother mainly talking about
A. Compare life in the past and now.
B. Talk about Betty’s homework.
C. Discuss why people live longer today.
3. Whom will Betty go and ask
A. Miss Li. B. Ms Li. C. Mrs Li.
Nealy finished.
Tip：
听前浏览题目、注意关键信息
1.Food ______
Listen and Choose.
4. How old is Betty’s neighbour
A. More than 70. B. Over 17. C. More than 17.
5. What aspects(方面) have they mentioned
1.Food ______ 2.Health ______ 3.Medicine ______
4.Work ____ 5.Wealth ______ 6.Transport _____ 7.School ____
Over 70 years old.
The life today and the life in the past How Why
Medicine People are 1._________ today, and they live longer than they did in the past. We know more about medicine and there’s less 2.__________ of getting ill because we know how to deal with ordinary diseases.
Transport People don’t take as much exercise as they 3._________ to. More people have cars, and they walk or use their bikes less.
Health & Wealth Life in the past was simpler and healthier than today. When the number of cars is 4._______ , _________the pollution is even worse.
Work They sometimes work harder. People 5._____________ say they have enough spare time.
adj.
n.
v.
v过分.
adv.
wealthier
fear
used
doubled
seldom
Tips： 听前预测(词性，词形，主题词汇)
听中速记
听后检查(拼写，时态，单复数，语态)
Watch the video and pay attention to the useful expressions.
Read and retell
Both Betty and her mother think life is ______today than in the past. People are wealthier and live ______ today. But people do _____ exercise than they used to, because they use cars much _________ . When the number of cars is doubled, the pollution is also doubled. And people sometimes work_______ and have less spare time than they did fifty years ago. Although life in the past was _______ and _________, more people think life is better today.
less
harder
simpler
healthier
longer
better
more
Read and retell
Both Betty and her mother think life is ______today than in the past. People are wealthier and live ______ today. But people do _____ exercise than they used to, because they use cars much _________ . When the number of cars is doubled, the pollution is also doubled. And people sometimes work_______ and have less spare time than they did fifty years ago. Although life in the past was _______ and _________, more people think life is better today.
Words:
wealthy wealth fear double seldom spare deaf
Phrases:
used to speak up spare time the number of
Sentences:
1. I suppose that’s because more people have cars…
2. But people don’t take as much exercise as they used to.
Summary
Group work
Write a passage about the changes between life now and then.
比较级的句型：
1) 比较级+than，表示“比…更…”
e.g. (1) Health is ______________(更重要)than wealth.
（2）He got up____________(早) than I did this morning.
more important
earlier
形容词与副词的比较级和最高级
2) 比较级+ and+比较级，表示“越来越……”。
e.g. (1) The story gets ________________________(越来越激动人心)
（2）Our lives are getting _________________(越来越好)
3) The+比较级，the+比较级，表示“越……，越……”
e.g. （1）______ _____ you time spend on it, _____ _____ progress you will make.
你花的时间越多， 你取得的进步就会越大。
（2）____ ______ cars on roads, ______ _____ pollution.
路上的车越少，污染就会越少。
more and more exciting
better and better
The more the greater
The fewer the less
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 ______________(一样大)as me.
He ________ write__________________me. 他写的不如我认真
as old as
doesn’t as carfully as
常见的最高级表达方式有：
1) the+ 最高级+ of/in/among…
e.g. (1) Jim is ________________ the three. Jim 是三个人最高的。
2) 选择疑问句
Which is the quickest way, the train, the plane or the coach
Who jumps _____________(far), Tony, Daming or Tim
the tallest of
the farthest
常见的比较级修饰语有
much, a lot, a little/bit, even, far, still
Group work
Summarize the changes in the dialogue by drawing a mind map.
2. Write a passage about the
changes between life now
and then.
