课件18张PPT。WELCOME!busy, dangerous, exciting, interesting, stressfulCityboring,
easy,
free,
peaceful, relaxingCountryReading Strategies: Prediction
Before you read a text, look at the title, photographs and drawings.
Read the first two or three lines of the text.
Try to guess what the text is going to be about.Lesson 4
City and CountryNow listen to the tape and check your guesses.1. In England, the ____________is often called the _____. Many people travel on this to work.
2. I am a real book________. I have so many books in my flat. It looks like a library!
3. The _________ says that the weather this weekend is going to be sunny and warm.undergroundfanatictubeforecastVocabulary4. If you like maths you could be an __________, __________you could be a maths teacher.
5. There is a restaurant ________ and it is always _______ because it is so popular.
6. I am studying by _______________ to improve my_______.distance learningcareercrowdednearbyotherwiseaccountantVocabularyEx. 4, Page 14Read the text and fill in the table with information about Debbie and Paul’s lives. Add information about your own life and compare.4Go to the cinema drive to the country and go walking thereDance classes, go to the gym, French classesCenter of LondonGo to London for a weekend breakAll day8An accountantNorth of EnglandPlay with his children; study by distance learningA farmer4Go to the cinema drive to the country and go walking thereDance classes, go to the gym, French classesCenter of LondonGo to London for a weekend breakAll day8An accountantNorth of EnglandPlay with his children; study by distance learningA farmerYou City/Country6studentAll daySanshui Middle SchoolStudy Go shopping, study, sleep, play computer games…1.From the first paragraph of text 1, we can know that ___
Debbie has to get up very early but Paul doesn’t have to.
Debbie is rather tired of the underground.
Debbie goes to work by car every day.
Paul has to travel far away to work every day.Choose the correct answers.2. In the last paragraph of text 2, it can be inferred that ___.A. Paul’s wife does not like movies
B. Paul often goes to see the film
C. The life of Paul is very convenient
D. When Paul’s children see the tube, they will get very excited
3. The main idea of text 2 is that ___.A. Paul lives in a small village in the north of England
B. It is easy for Paul to go to work
C. Paul is busy but without the stress of life
D. Paul’s life is very free
4. Whose life is better, Debbie’s or Paul’s?
Debbie’s. B. Paul’s. C. Both.
D. Different people have different ideas.5. Which of the following is NOT true according to the texts?Debbie has to spend all morning checking numbers every day on workweeks.
B. Debbie likes to go to the countryside to have a weekend break sometimes.
C. Debbie and Paul are both movie fanatics and both see movies a lot.
D.Paul likes all the crowds and the noise in London. You are divided into two parts. One part enjoys living in the city, the other part enjoys living in the country. Tell us the advantages and disadvantages of living in city and country.City lifeTraffic jams…pollutionFresh aircrimemodern museumsfirsthand informationisolationCountry lifeinconvenient
trafficpeaceful
environmentmore space…Homework:
Suppose you can choose to live in a city or a country. Write a short passage about the advantages and disadvantages of living in a city or country.
