北师大版必修一 unit1 Lifestyles Lesson 4 City and Country课件(共29张PPT)

课件29张PPT。Unit 1 Lifestyles

Lesson 4 City and Country模块一City life country lifeCity life country lifeVSBefore you start
1. Answer these questions to prepare yourself. Use the key words below to help you.
How are city and country lifestyles different in China ?busy noisy stressful excitingeasy quiet free peaceful relaxingCan you imagine city lifestyles in Britain?Can you imagine country lifestyles in Britain?Try to think out some words to describe the advantages and disadvantages of living in the city or the country.City lifeCountry lifeReading 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.2. Guess what the two articles are about.
Read to learn
3. Now read the texts quickly and check your guesses .4. Read and fill the table with information about Debbie and Paul’s lives. Add information about your own life and compare.Information table7A big city A small village4an accountantall daya farmer8go to the cinema, drive to the country and go walking theredance classes, go to the gym, French classescenter of Londonnorth of Englandplay with his children; study by distance learninggo to London for a weekend breakRead the text again and choose the best answers.1. From Passage 1, we can know that ___.
A. Debbie has to get up very early but
Paul doesn’t have to
B. Debbie goes to work by car every day
C. Paul has to travel far away to work
every day
D. Debbie is rather tired of the
underground D2. The main idea of Passage 2 is that ___.
A. Paul lives in the north of England
B. it is easy for Paul to go to work
C. Paul’s life is very free
D. Paul’s busy but without the stress of life D3. In the last paragraph of Passage 2, we can infer that ___.
A. Paul’s wife does not like movies
B. Paul’s children like going on the underground
C. the life of Paul is very convenient
D. Paul often goes to see the film B4. Whose life is better, Debbie’s or Paul’s? _____
A. Debbie’s.
B. Paul’s.
C. Both.
D. Different people have different ideas.D5. Which of the following is NOT true according to the passages? ______
A. 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. Paul’s work is freer than Debbie’s.
D. Both Debbie and Paul see a lot of movies.D1. In England, the ____________ is often called the _____. Many people travel on this to work.
2. Smoking _____ can cause ____ cancer. undergroundcigartubelung5. Use the words from the texts to complete the sentences below.VocabularyAccountant, tube, underground, crowded, nearby, otherwise, cigar, lung, forecast, distance learningforecast3. The _______ says that the weather this weekend is going to be sunny and warm.
4. 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 business communication by _______________.distance learningcrowdednearbyaccountantorHomework1. Read the texts again and have a try to retell them, describing Debbie’s and Paul’s life.
2. What about your real life ? What kind of lifestyle do you prefer? Why?