Module 3 Life now and thenUnit 2 I think life is better today.课件25张PPT

课件25张PPT。 How do you think she feels?
Guessing外研版 九年级下 Unit 2
I think life is better today.
九下 Module3 Life now and thenReading Class candle ?[?k?ndl]light ?[la?t]role [ro?l]蜡烛灯角色、作用electric ?
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[?f?l ??ta?m] 全职的tiny ?
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[tr?n?sp?rt ] postman
[?po?s(t)m?n]邮递员交通工具教育Ready forReading
Where does Mrs. Li live?
What does Mrs. Li think of the life today?
Which is the best title of this passage?
A. Life in the past
B. Life in the future
C. Life now and thenMrs. Li lives in Beijing.She thinks it is better than that in the past.Skimming
It means reading quickly to get the main idea. Pay attention to the first and last paragraph(段落）.

My family lived in a tiny house. There were no electric lights, only candles. My father was a postman, and he often 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.ScanningLife in the past Life in the pastNow1.Families are bigger than they were in the past.
2.Mrs. Li’ daughter can’t go to school because she is a girl.
3.Transport and travel are easier today than in the past.
4. There’s less traffic on the road .
5. Mrs. Li likes Beijing Opera and old films.
much more traffic on the road smaller has a good educationWhich changes are mentioned in this passage?提及哪些变化 Mrs. Li’s father was a __________. He
often worked outside for twelve hours a day in
the summer heat or in the winter _______.
They lived in a _____house and used_______
for light. Mrs. Li says that __________________,
life is_________ today.
But not everything is satisfying(令人满意的）.
There are some things that she is not happy with,
for example, the _______.postmancoldtinycandlesgenerally speakingtraffic Retellingbetter Do the changes only bring us advantages（好处）?
Every coin has two sides, good sides and bad sides. Think1.We like the life today, because in the past, the clothes that people
wear are not beautiful. However, today, people can wear colorful
and fashionable (时尚的）clothes they like.
2.We think life will be better.
Maybe in the future, students will not go to school, they can
just stay at home, it will be very cool.Choose one point to discuss. You can write like this:What make our life better? Technology Hard-working peopleOur great countryPeace Generally speaking, our life is better and better.Love our country
Cherish（珍惜） our life
Study harder to make our future
better and better

1.You must do:
Interview your grandparents about the changes of Huaibei, then make a report.
2.You may do:
Imagine the life in the future, and make a poster about it.Homework 2.What does the life today bring to you,
happiness or worries? Why?Opinion Show Choose one question and write down your opinion.3.Can you imagine(想象) what the life will be like in the future?