课件40张PPT。Unit 2 Life now and thenModule 3 I think life is better today. 同学们，上一课学习的单词你们都掌握了吗？现在大家来检验一下，点击下面的音频开始听写吧！Discuss what you did in your childhood and list some of them.1Reading and vocabulary
Look at the woman in the photo. How do you think she feels? Think about what she will talk about：
·family ·work
·health ·education2Read the passage and take notes on what Mrs Li says about the points in Activity 1.
Life now and then
By Betty King
Mrs Li is over seventy years old.She has lived in Beijing all her life. I asked her about life today and in the past.
What was your life like in the past?
My family lived in a tiny? house. There were no electric
lights, only candles. My father was a postman, and he often魔法记忆worked twelve hours a day outside in the winter cold or in the summer heat?. My mum was a farm girl before she met my father. She was a kind and loving mother. She didn't go out to work. There were five children in my family, and looking after us was more than a full-time job.
I remember the family meals. The food was simple. We could only eat meat once or twice a year. I wasn't sent to school because my family couldn't afford? it, and what's more，because I was a girl.魔法记忆How has life changed?
Families have got smaller than they were in the past. Today most people only have one child! The role? of women has changed too. My daughter is really lucky. She has a good education?， and she goes to work even after getting married ?. I'm happy to see she's busy working every day, but sometimes
I feel lonely? because she can't come to see me often.
Transport and travel are easier today. When I was young, I went everywhere on foot or sometimes by bike. Now you can
take the bus everywhere, and there's also the underground. 魔法记忆 And you young people can take a plane to anywhere in the world. The only thing I don't like, though，is that there's so much more traffic. It's so difficult to cross the road.
Of course, we didn't have television when I was a child.
I really enjoy watching television today. There're so many good programmes, like the Beijing Opera and old films.
But some of the shows are too noisy for me.
Generally speaking, I think life is better today. We eat better and we live longer. Now complete the notes and add more points of your own.知识点1tiny/'ta?ni/adj.微小的；极小的辨析little，small与tinyeg：She keeps a tiny cat.她养着一只小猫。考向 【易错点】知识点2heat/hi?t/ n. 热度；高温辨析fever，temperature与heateg：He can't stand the summer heat.
他受不了夏天的高温。考向魔法记忆魔法记忆 图解助记拓展 heat的形容词为hot。用所给单词的适当形式填空
It is very________(heat)today.Please take off your coat.典例 hot【点拨】此题用分析句子结构法。空格处在句中作表语，应用形容词，heat的形容词为hot。知识点3afford/?'f??d/ v．担负得起…… afford可意为“担负得起……”，常与can，could，be able to等连用。eg：She can afford to buy a new car.
她能买得起一辆新车。考向一【重点】They walked home last night because they couldn’t ________to take a taxi. (重庆A)
A．leave B．buy
C．afford D. allow典例 C【点拨】can't/couldn't afford to do sth.意为“担负不起干某事”，故选C。 afford意为“给予；提供；出产”，
常用结构为：
(1)afford to do sth.担负得起做某事
eg：We can't afford to go abroad this summer.
今年夏天我们没有足够的钱去国外。
(2)afford sb. sth.提供给某人某物
eg：Reading affords us pleasure.
阅读给我们带来快乐。考向二【易错点】知识点4role/r??l/ n. 作用；职责；角色role可意为“角色”。
eg：the leading role主角eg：It plays an important role in developing production.
它在发展生产中起着一份重要的作用。考向一 role还可意为“作用；职责”。
play a role in (doing)sth.在(做)某事方面起作用考向二【重点】翻译句子
在这项工作中她起了一份重要的作用。
__________________________________________典例 She played an important role in the work. 知识点5education /?edj?'ke??n/ n.(个人的)教育；学业常用短语：
primary education 初等教育
have a good education 接受良好的教育eg：My grandpa is a man of education.
我爷爷是个受过教育的人。考向一其动词形式为educate，educate oneself意为
“自修”。
eg：The girl educates herself at home.
这位女孩在家自修。考向二知识点6get married 结婚 辨析get married与be marriedeg：Lucy and Peter got married last week.
露西和彼得上周结婚了。考向一【重点】表示“与某人结婚”时，常用marry sb.或get married to sb.，而不能用marry with sb.。
eg：She married a policeman last week.
她上周嫁给了一个警察。考向二知识点7lonely/'l??nli/adj.孤独的；寂寞的辨析lonely与aloneeg：She's quite lonely living on her own.
她独自生活十分孤独。考向一【重点】魔法记忆 一言辨异:She is alone，but she doesn't feel lonely.
她独自一人，但她并不感到孤独。The old man often feels________because his children live far away. (聊城)
A．crazy B．lonely
C．hungry D．sleepy典例 B【点拨】crazy“疯狂的”；lonely“寂寞的”；hungry“饥饿的”；sleepy“困乏的”。由句意可知选B。3Complete the passage with the words and expression in the box.
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) ________．postmancandles cold generally speaking postman tiny trafficcoldtinycandlesgenerally speakingtraffic4Writing
Write a passage about the advantages and disadvantages of life today.
·Choose two or three points from the notes in Activity 2 to
write about.
Families are smaller...
·Give examples or reasons to support those points.
Most people only have one child today.魔法记忆·For each of the points you choose, write about an
advantage and/or a disadvantage. Use the words however,
but, although or used to where appropriate.
Families are smaller because most people only have one
child today. As a result, families have more money to spend
on their child. However, an only child may feel lonely ...
·Finish the passage with your conclusion.
Generally speaking, I think...5Present your passage to the class.一、根据句意及汉语提示完成单词
1．There are no electric ________ (灯)in the poor mountain
village .
2．The girl is fond of the________(极小的)cat .
3．Look！The man is standing in the________(寒冷)．
4．The city must improve its public____________(交通；
运输业)．
5．—What does your father do?
—He is a__________(邮递员)．lightscoldtiny postmantransport二、用所给词的适当形式填空
6．__________(read)more books is good for the students .
7．We can’t afford________(buy)such a big house .
8．After he got__________(marry)，he left the country .
9．The sun gives us its light and ________(heat)．
10．________ (luck) , the famous temple was not damaged
in the earthquake . Readingto buymarriedheatLuckily三、单项选择
11．The girl got married ________ a teacher .
A．with B．on C．to D．for
12．He went to Beijing two days________．He has never been
there________．
A．ago；ago B．before；ago
C．ago；before D．before；beforeCC【点拨】此题用语法分析法。由第一句时态为一般过去时可知空格处应用ago；由第二句时态为现在完成时可知空格处应用before。13．Tina is busy ________ at school，but she never forgets
________ her mother every day . (巴中)
A．work; to call B．working; to call
C．working; calling
14．The Reader has been a popular programme since last year，
________ there is still something not satisfying . (连云港)
A．though B．until C．if D．unlessBA【点拨】be busy doing sth.意为“忙于干某事”；forget to do sth.意为“忘记去干某事”，符合语境。 15．—I know Old Joe lives ________．
—We are supposed to visit him from time to time .
Then he won’t feel ________．(乐山)
A．alone；alone B．lonely；lonely
C．lonely；alone D．alone; lonelyD【点拨】此题用语境分析法。由句意：——我知道老乔一个人住。——我们应该时不时去拜访他。然后他就不会感到孤独。
alone，意为“单独地”；lonely，意为“孤独的，寂寞的”。16．Nowadays people regard drinking tea as a culture ________
a habit .
A．less than B．more than
C．at least D．because ofB【点拨】more than“不仅仅是，不只是”符合语境：“现在，人们把喝茶不仅仅是看作一种习惯，而是一种文化”。17．—How often do you usually go to the theatre?
—________ a month .
A．Two months B．Once or twice
C．For two days D．In two days
18．You are speaking too fast . Can you speak a little ______？
(苏州)
A．more slowly B．most slowly
C．more loudly D．most loudlyBA四、完成句子
19．现在孩子们能接受良好的教育。
Now children can have a ________ ___________．
20．并不是所有的学生都喜欢看电视。
________ ________ the students like watching TV .
21．总体来说，看电视太多是不利于健康的。
____________ ____________，watching TV too much
is not good for health . good education Not allGenerally speaking22．完成我的作业后我就会给你打电话。
I’ll call you ________ ___________my homework .
23．它在保护环境中起着重要的作用。
It plays an important________ _______ ___________
the environment . after finishingrole in protecting 本节课主要学习了知识点tiny, heat, afford, role, education, get married, lonely的用法, 通过学习课文“现在和过去的生活”学会了使用形容词描述生活状况并做了相应的习题。1.熟记本课时的词汇
2.完成本课时的课后作业(ppt+word)课件7张PPT。一、单项选择
1 . The workers are busy ________ windows to the new
building these days . (中考·上海）
A . fix B . fixed C . fixing D . to fix
2 . My grandparents ________ for fifty years and they are
both quite healthy now . (中考·威海）
A . marry B . have been married
C . are married D . have got marriedC B【点拨】固定搭配法。be busy doing sth.“忙于做某事”。【点拨】关键词法。由for fifty years可知用现在完成时且动词为延续性动词，故选B。3 . It’s a good habit to wash your hands________you have
meals . (中考·孝感）
A . unless B . while C . when D . before
4 . The houses in big cities are so expensive that I can’t
________to buy one .
A . afford B . choose
C . decide D . giveDA【点拨】词义辨析法。unless除非；while和when，意为“当……时候”；before则表示“在……前”。分析句意可
推知：吃饭前洗手是个好习惯，故选D。5 . Amanda feels ________ because she is new here， so I
try ________ friends with her . (中考·黔西南）
A . alone； to make
B . lonely； make
C . lonely； to make
D . alone； make C二、用所给词的适当形式填空
6 . _______________(look） after the children is hard work .
7 . When I got________(marry）， I moved to Yancheng
with my wife .
8 . We can’t afford________(buy） such a big house .
9 . All of you are very busy________(get） ready for the
exam， aren’t you？Looking/To look to buymarried getting【点拨】语法分析法。动名词或不定式可以作主语，谓语动词为单数形式。10 . It’s dangerous________(cross） the road because there
_____(be） so much traffic now . to cross is【点拨】固定句式法。It's＋adj.＋(for sb.) to do sth.表示“(对于某人来说)做某事是……”。traffic为不可数名词，谓语动词用单数形式。三、根据汉语意思完成句子
11 . 现在孩子们能接受良好的教育。
Now children can have a________ ___________ .
12 . 总的来说，看太多电视是不利于健康的。
________ ________， watching too much TV is not
good for health .
13 . 我们邀请了李太太，而且，更为重要的是，她很
高兴来。
We invited Mrs Li， and________ ________， she
was happy to come . good education Generally speaking what's more14 . 他的女儿嫁给了一位商人。
His daughter________ ________ ________a businessman .
15 . 他讲了一辈子英语。
He has spoken English________ ________ ________ . got married to all his life
