根据提示完成句子。
1. We’re not doing enough to protect the ___________ (环境) from pollution.
2. The house is in good ________ (状况).
3. She left South Africa at the age of 15 and has never ________ (返回).
4. It’s the best way to ____________ (保持联系) with your friends after college.
5. There’s very little _____________ (交流) between the mother and daughter.(共25张PPT)
Integrated skills
1. To learn about the Starlight Town in the past and present
2. To learn to talk about the changes
in your life
3. To learn the new words and useful
expressions
Objectives
Words:
environment condition return last abroad primary communicate communication exactly
Phrases:
clean and fresh air living conditions
railway station return from
go abroad primary school
keep in touch with much easier
Let’s practise
A: Have you …
B: Yes, I have. / No,
I haven’t.
A: Has he / she …
B: Yes, he / she has.
No, he / she hasn’t.
brushed the teeth
read the book
had pizza
Let’s talk about Sunshine Town’s past and present.
a beautiful modern town
small restaurants and shops
a new park
a new theatre
a shopping mall
Starlight Town has also changed. Can you tell the differences between the two pictures
Past
Present
hills
tall buildings, roads, cars, …
lake
ducks
birds
bicycle
bus
small house
trees and grass
Past
Environment: green ________, clean and fresh _______, wild _________ near the lake
Transport: bus and ________
Living conditions: old ________
hills
air
birds
bicycle
houses
Daniel and Kitty are doing their history project. Listen to their conversation. Complete the information below about Starlight Town in the past. (P 15)
A1
Listen to the rest of their conversation and complete the information about today’s Starlight Town. (P 15)
Present
Environment: smaller ________, new ________ station, tall _________ and new roads
Transport: bus, taxi and _______
Living conditions: new ________
lake
railway
buildings
train
flats
A2
Team racing
Activity
Work in groups to tell Starlight Town’s past and present. What has changed in the transport, the environment and the living conditions there
e.g. In the past, people travelled by bus or bicycle, but now they can take the bus, taxi or even the train.
Ready
13 February
Dear Diary,
Today, I borrowed a book about Starlight Town’s past and present.
Starlight Town was very beautiful years ago. There were green _______ and wild ______ near the lake. The ______ was clean and fresh then.
Now it has become a _______ town. There is a new _______ station. There are some
hills
birds
air
modern
railway
Kitty is writing about Starlight Town in her diary. Complete her diary entry with the words in the box. (P 15)
air bicycle birds buildings flats
hills houses modern railway taxi
A3
new roads too. People can now travel to and from the town by bus, _______ or train, but in the past, people could only travel by bus or ___________.
Another big change is the many tall _________ in the town. Local people used to live in old _______, but now, most of them have moved into new _______.
Starlight Town has changed a lot over the years. I hope I can visit it again.
taxi
bicycle
buildings
houses
flats
air bicycle birds buildings flats
hills houses modern railway taxi
send a letter
send an email
send a message
make a phone call
play together
chat on Wechat
How do you keep in touch with your old friends
Where has Becky just returned from
When did they last see each other
How do they keep in touch with each other
She’s just returned from the USA.
About five years ago.
They mainly communicate by email.
Millie is telling Sandy about an old friend. Listen to their conversation and answer the questions.
Millie: I met my old friend Becky last week.
She’s just ________ from the USA.
Sandy: Really When did you ___ see each
other
Millie: About ___ years ago. She went abroad
with her parents. We ___________ each
other since then.
Sandy: Oh, you were still at _______ school then.
So how do you ___________ with each
other
Millie: We mainly ___________ by email. The
Internet ______ communication much easier.
Sandy: Exactly.
returned
last
five
haven’t seen
primary
keep in touch
communicate
makes
Listen again and fill in the blanks.
Read and try to recite the conversations in 5-10 minutes.
1. Role play the conversation in groups;
2. Role play the conversation in front of the class.
Let’s see which group does the best.
Talk
Work in pairs and tell your partner about the changes in your life. Use Millie and Sandy’s conversation as a model.
Useful expressions
How long is it since you last saw each other
When did you last see each other
How long have you known your friend
We’ve known each other for 5 years.
How do you keep in touch with each other
We mainly communicate by telephone/ text/email.
1. When did you last see each other
last 作副词，意为“最近，上一次，最后”。 可位于动词前，也可位于动词后。
last作形容词，表“最后的，刚过去的”。
I last saw him in Beijing two months ago.
= I saw him last in Beijing two months ago.
我上一次是两个月前在北京见到他的。
We have not seen him for the last two weeks.
最近两星期我们没见到他。
2. She went abroad with her parents.
◆abroad 是副词，意为“在国外，到国外”。
“去国外，出国”翻译成go abroad，
中间不加介词to 。
He lived abroad for many years.
他在国外居住了许多年。
3. Exactly.
◆exactly常用于答语，意为“一点不错”。
--Do you mean that I get full marks in the test
--Exactly, my dear.
–-你的意思是我在测试中得了满分
--一点儿不错，亲爱的。
--Do you mean he’ll refuse us
--Not exactly.
--你的意思是他会拒绝我们
--不完全如此。
◆not exactly 在口语交际中可以表示不
完全否定(纠正对方刚说过的话时常用)，意为“不完全是，不全对”。如：
1. We’re not doing enough to protect the
___________ (环境) from pollution.
2. The house is in good ________ (状况).
3. She left South Africa at the age of 15
and has never ________ (返回).
4. It’s the best way to ____________ (保持
联系) with your friends after college.
5. There’s very little _____________ (交流)
between the mother and her daughter.
根据提示完成句子。
environment
condition
returned
keep in touch
communication
1. Finish the exercises in Learning English.
2. Preview Study skills on page 17.
3. Preview Task on pages 18-19.
