课件62张PPT。Module 3Module 3
Life now and thenUnit 3
Language in use1. To summarise and consolidate the use of
adjectives and adverbs
2. To summarise and consolidate the use of
comparative degree and superlative
degreeTalk about the photos. Say what life was like in the early 1980s and what life is like today. Free talk形容词&副词1. People are wealthier today, and they live longer than they did in the past.
2. But people don’t take as much exercise as they used to.
3. More people have cars, and they walk or use their bikes less.
4. We eat better and we live longer.
5. Mum, do you think that life is better today than in the past?Have A Look6. Some people think life in the past was
simpler and healthier than today.
7. And they sometimes work harder.
8. Do people work as hard as they did fifty
years ago?
9. I went everywhere on foot or sometimes by
bike.
10. My daughter is really lucky.
11. But some of the shows are too noisy for me.1. People are _______ (wealthy) today, and they live _______ (long) than they did in the past.
2. But people don’t take ______ much exercise _______ they used to.
3. More people have cars, and they walk or use their bikes ________ (little).
4. We eat _______ (well) and we live _______ (long).
5. Mum, do you think that life is _______ (good) today than in the past?wealthierlongeras aslessbetterlongerbettergo
Ready?6. Some people think life in the past was
_______ (simple) and _______ (healthy) than
today.
7. And they _________ work ______ (hard).
8. Do people work _______ hard _______ they
did fifty years ago?
9. I went ________ on foot or sometimes by bike.
10. My daughter is _______ (real) lucky.
11. But some of the shows are too _______ (noise)
for me.simplerhealthiersometimesharderasaseverywherereallynoisy1. 形容词的句法功能
形容词可放在名词之前作定语，也可放系
动词之后作表语，还可作宾语补足语等。
e.g. Did you see that old photograph that I found? It’s a lovely picture.
你看见我找到的那张老照片了吗？画面真美。(定语)
They were very nice.
他们很友善。(表语)
People’s lives seem busy now.
现在人们的生活似乎很忙碌。(表语)We must keep our classroom clean and tidy.
我们必须保持教室干净整洁。(宾语补足语)
【注意】形容词作定语一般放在名词之前，但如果修饰的是不定代词something, anything, nothing, somebody, anybody, nobody等，就要放在后面。
e.g. Is there anything special in the paper
today?
今天报纸上有什么特别的新闻吗？I didn’t find anything funny about it.
我觉得这事一点儿都不可笑。
There is nothing new in the store.
商店里没有什么新东西。
很多副词都以-ly结尾，但是“名词+ly”的词则多为形容词，如：weekly, friendly等，应注意区别。
e.g. A friendly voice answered the phone.
接电话的是一个友好的声音。2. 副词的句法功能
副词一般用作状语，修饰动词、形容词、副词及全句，表示程度、方式等。
e.g. They speak highly of you.
他们对你的评价很高。
We were very lucky to find you here.
我们很幸运在这里找到了你。The spring passed too quickly.
春天过得太快了。
Hopefully, we’ll meet again on Friday.
希望我们星期五再见面。3. 形容词与副词的比较级和最高级
就形容词、副词的比较级和最高级而言，
一是要掌握比较级和最高级的构成，二是
要掌握比较级句型。比较级的句型：
1) 比较级+than，表示“比……更……”。
e.g. Health is more important than wealth.
健康比财富更重要。
He got up earlier than I did this morning.
今天早上他起得比我早。2) 比较级+and+比较级，表示“越来越……”。
e.g. The story gets more and more
exciting. 故事变得越来越激动人心。
Our lives are getting better and better.
我们的生活越来越好。
3) the+比较级，the+比较级，表示
“越……，越……”
e.g. The more he talked, the more excited he
grew. 他越说越激动。同级比较一般采用as...as…句型，否定句可以用not so / as…表示。
e.g. He is as tall as his father.
他和父亲一样高。
I get up not so early as you.
我不如你起得早。常见的最高级表达方式有：
1) the+ 最高级+ of/in…
e.g. Jim is the tallest of the three.
吉姆是三人中最高的。
He is the most diligent student in
his class. 他是班上最勤奋的学生。
2) 选择疑问句
e.g. Who is the tallest, Tom, Jack or Bill?
汤姆、杰克和比尔，谁个子最高？3) the+最高级+定语从句
e.g. It is the most interesting book I
have ever read.
这是我所读过的最有趣的一本书。
比较级和最高级的修饰语：
比较级和最高级的修饰语应置于其所修饰的形容词或副词之前。常见的比较级修饰语有much, still, a lot, even, far等。
e.g. He worked much harder then.
那时他工作要努力得多。常见的最高级修饰语有almost, by far, far, much等。
e.g. This is by far the most expensive
bag in the shop.
这是目前这家商店里最贵的包。形容词比较级、最高级的构成规则变化：不规则变化：1. 规则变化：
1) 单音节的词在词尾直接加-er/-est，例如：
near → nearer/ nearest
hard → harder/ hardest
2) 部分双音节和多音节的词在词前加more/most，例如：
carefully → more/ most carefully
warmly → more/ most warmly副词比较级、最高级的构成2. 常用不规则变化为：1. Complete the passage with the
correct form of the words in brackets.
For many people, life is a lot (1) ______ (easy) today. Medicine and diet are improving, and people are getting (2) _________ (healthy) and living (3) _______ (long). But communication iseasierhealthierlonger Language practicechanging (4) _______ (fast) of all. Today, with the Internet, people can communicate (5) __________ (easily) than ever before with friends all over the world.
Not all the changes are (6) ____ (good) ones. More people drive cars instead of riding bikes, so they are not asfastestmore easilygood (7) __ (fit) as they were. Increasing traffic makes the roads (8) _____________ (crowded) than ever, and it also makes pollution (9) ______ (bad). We must all work harder to reduce pollution.fitmore crowdedworse 2. Look at the two pictures and talk
about how the town has changed.
Use the words in the box to help you.big building busy house modern more shop street tall traffic tree1. There are more cars in the street today than it was 50 years ago.
2. The buildings are much taller, much more beautiful and much newer.
3. The streets are much wider.
4. The environment is much better.
5. I can see people are much busier than before.
6. The life is much better than before.
7. There are more shops than before.Sample answer:3. Complete the sentences with the
words or expressions in the box.heat more than seldom spare speak up 1. We _______ have time to go on holiday.
2. We do not have much _____ time
because we have important exams
this year.seldomspare 3. Never go out in the ____ of the day
without a hat.
4. You have to ________ because
the students in the back cannot hear you.
5. Mr. Smith is ___________ a teacher.
Most of his pupils think of him as
their friend.heatspeak upmore than heat more than seldom spare speak up 4. Read the email and find three
examples that show life was harder in the past than it is today.1) People lived in very small houses, very close to each other, with no space for children to play.
2) Most of the big cities were dirty and unhealthy.
3) Children didn’t always go to school, because they had to work. 5. Read the email again. Find
sentences that tell us:
1) There was not enough living space
for people.
2) Most of the big cities were dirty and
unhealthy.
3) Life was harder for children in
those times.Write examples.
1) There was not enough living space
for people.
People lived in very small houses, very
close to each other, with no space for
children to play. 2) Most of the big cities were dirty and
unhealthy.
The pollution from factories filled the air. People put their rubbish outside in the streets. As a result, there were many illnesses. 3) Life was harder for children in
those times.
They didn’t always go to school, because they had to work instead. Many children started work in factories when they were only four or five years old. They worked twelve hours a day in dangerous jobs for very little money. Learning to learn
When you do a listening or reading exercise, you should read the instructions carefully. Then you can focus your attention just on the information you need. You don’t have to understand every word. 6. Listen and complete he table.8141845062224155Listening and writing7. Write a passage comparing the lives of
the speaker’s grandmother and
mother in Activity 6.
The speaker’s grandmother and mother
have lived very different lives. Her
grandmother had a much bigger family…Possible answer:
The speaker’s grandmother and mother had very different lives. Her grandmother had a much bigger family of four children. The speaker’s mother has only one child. Her grandmother and mother had different childhoods. Her grandmother started school later. She didn’t start school until she was eight. Her mother started school earlier, when she was six. Her grandmother didn’t have many years of education. She started work when she was fourteen. Her mother was luckier, because she went to university after she finished school, and started work when she was twenty-two. Around the worldRead the passage and complete the following sentences.1. The modern car has changed life a
______ deal.
2. Using horses for travel was _____,
and of course walking was even
_______.
3. Cars allow people to travel long
distances ________, in comfort and
_____________.greatslowerquicklyslowconvenience4. It was almost __________ to get rid
of the manure of the horses.
5. The cars may cause _________, but
the first cars actually made cities
________.impossiblepollutioncleaner 8. Work in groups. Read the motion of
the debate.
Health is more important than
wealth.Module taskOrganising a debateNow decide who is for the motion and who is against it. You can use some of the following ideas:
For:
Without health, wealth means nothing.
You can enjoy life better if you are healthy.
Against:
It is hard to be healthy without wealth.
You can enjoy life better if you are wealthy.9. Prepare your arguments. Give
examples to support your ideas.
10. Hold the debate.
Those for the motion give their opinions.
Those against the motion give their
opinions.
Take turns to say what you think about
each other’s arguments.11. Discuss and find out whether most people are for or against the motion.Ⅰ.?根据句意从方框中选择恰当的短语填空。instead of, thousands of, find out, close to, as a result 1. The children were warned not to get
________________ the fire.
2. Every year ________________ people visit
the museum.??close tothousands of3. You should ________________ when he
is going to leave.
4. Because he was ill, I went to the meeting
________________ him.?
5. ________________, he had to clean all
the rooms by himself.??find outinstead ofAs a result?instead of, thousands of, find out, close to, as a result Ⅱ.?根据句意用括号内所给形容词或副词的
适当形式填空。1. This radio is much ________ (new) than that
one.
2. Your bag is ________ (heavy), but my bag is
________ (heavy) than yours.??
3.?Qingdao?is one of the __________________
(beautiful) cities in?China.
4. The old man runs as ________ (fast) as you.newer?heavyheaviermost beautifulfast5. He says Chinese is ________________
(important) than maths.
6. Li Ying speaks _________________ (loudly)
of the three girls.
7. The ________ (hard) you work, the
________ (well) you will do.more important(the) most loudlyharderbetter8. Who writes __________________
(carefully), Tom, Jack or Bill?
9. Sam is one of the ________ (tall) students
in our class.?
10. Ann eats _____________ (quickly) than
her sister.(the) most carefullytallestmore quicklyⅢ.?根据短文内容从方框中选择恰当的单词填
空，使短文完整、通顺，有的需要变换形
式，每词限用一次。child, live, when, small, talk, poor, nearly, money Hello, everyone. My name is Linda, and I’m fifteen years old. Now I’m (1) ________ with my parents and my grandma. living?Grandma is (2) ________ seventy years old and she can’t hear clearly, so we have to speak loudly (3) ________ we talk to her. By (4) ________ with Grandma, I have learnt a lot about her life in the past. Grandma’s father was a worker. To make more (5) ________, he often worked eleven hours a day. nearlywhentalking?moneychild, live, when, small, talk, poor, nearly, moneyThe whole family lived in a (6) ________ house. Grandma’s mother didn’t have a job because she had to look after her six (7) ________. As the family was (8) ________, Grandma didn’t go to school. She lived a poor life in the past.smallchildrenpoorchild, live, when, small, talk, poor, nearly, moneyWrite a passage about the changes in your hometown, using the comparative and superlatives of adjectives and adverbs we have learnt. Module 3 Life now and then
一、学习目标:
A. 单词和短语：
wealthy, fear, used to, wealth, double, seldom, spare, spare time, speak up, deaf, tiny, electric, light, candle, postman, cold, heat, full-time, role, education, transport
B. 交际用语：
1. Nearly finished.
2. That’s true.
3. I suppose…
4. — Is life better today than in the past?
— Yes, it is. I think it’s because… / No, it isn’t I think…
5. Remember to speak up! She’s a bit deaf now.
6. …looking after us was more than a full-time job.
7. Generally speaking, I think life is better today.
8. People are wealthier today, and they live longer than they did in the past.
9. But people don’t take as much exercise as they used to.
10. More people have cars, and they walk or use their bikes less.
11. We eat better and we live longer.
二. 教学目标
1. Function: T Making comparisons (2)
2. Structure: Revision: adjectives and adverbs (comparative and superlative forms)
3. Skills: 1) Listening for specific information; taking notes
2) Expressing views and opinions
3) Predicting; reading for main ideas; summarizing main ideas in notes
4) Writing a composition about the advantages and disadvantages of life today
4. Around the world: Cars
5. Task: Organizing a debate.
三、重点及难点:
Grammar: Revision: adjectives and adverbs (comparative and superlative forms)
四、教学设计:
Unit 3 Language in use
Ⅰ Teaching model
Revision and application
Ⅱ Teaching method
Formal and interactive
Ⅲ Teaching aims
To summarize and consolidate comparative degree and superlative degree, and finish the tasks.
Ⅳ Teaching aids
Recorder, OHP, handouts
Ⅴ Teaching Steps
Step 1 Revision
Show some pictures to say what life was like in the early 1980s and what life is like today.
Step 2 Sentences presentation
1. People are _________ today, and they live _______ than they did in the past.
今天人们更富有，寿命比过去更长。
2. But people don’t take ________ exercise ___ they used to.
但是人们锻炼身体没有过去多。
3. _____ people have cars, and they walk or use their bikes ____.
更多的人拥有汽车，他们步行或骑车更少了。
4. We eat ______ and we live ______.
我们吃的更好，寿命更长了。
Step 3 Language practice
1. Complete the passage with the correct form of the words in brackets.
For many people, life is a lot (1) _________ (easy) today. Medicine and diet are improving, and people are getting (2) _________ (healthy) and living (3) _________ (long). But communication is changing (4) _________ (fast) of all. Today, with the Internet, people can communicate (5) _________ (easily) than ever before with friends all over the world.
Not all the changes are (6) _________ (good) ones. More people drive cars instead of riding bikes, so they are not as (7) _________ (fit) as they were. Increasing traffic makes the roads (8) _________ (crowded) than ever, and it also makes pollution (9) _________ (bad). We must all work harder to reduce pollution.
2. Look at the two pictures and talk about how the town has changed.
Use the words in the box to help you.
big building busy house modern more shop street tall traffic tree
3. Complete the sentences with the words or expressions in the box.
Ask the students to read the words and expressions in the box in Activity 3.
heat more than seldom spare speak up
Ask the students to read through the sentences in Activity 3.
1) We _________ have time to go on holiday.
2) We do not have much _________ time because we have important exams this year.
3) Never go out in the _________ of the day without a hat.
4) You have to __________ because the students in the back cannot hear you.
5) Mr. Smith is __________ a teacher. Most of his punish think of him as their friend.
Complete the sentences with the words or expressions in the box.
Ask the students to check with a partner.
Check the answers.
Step 4 Reading
1. Read the email and find three examples that show life was harder in the past than it is today.
2. Read the email again. Find sentences that tell us:
1) There was not enough living space for people.
2) Most of the big cities were dirty and unhealthy.
3) Life was harder for children in those times.
3. Write examples.
1) People lived in very small houses, very close to each other, with no space for children to play.
2) _____________________________________________________________.
3) ____________________________________________________________.
Ask the students to check with a partner.
Check the answers.
Step 5 Listening and writing
1. Listen and complete he table.
Grandmother
Mother
Age to start school
Age to start work
Age to get married
Number of children
Age to stop working
2. Let Ss listen again, and write a passage comparing the lives of the speaker’s grandmother and mother in Activity 6.
Possible answer:
The speaker’s grandmother and mother had very different lives. Her grandmother had a much bigger family of four children. The speaker’s mother has only one child. Her grandmother and mother had different childhoods. Her grandmother started school later. She didn’t start school until she was eight.
Her mother started school earlier, when she was six. Her grandmother didn’t have many years of education. She started work when she was fourteen. Her mother was luckier, because she went to university after she finished school, and started work when she was twenty-two.
Step 6 Around the world: Cars
1. Ask the students to look at the picture and discuss what they can see.
2. Read through the information with the whole class.
3. Fill in the blanks.
1) The modern car has changed life a _________ deal.
2) Using horses for travel was________, and of course walking was even ________.
3) Cars allow people to travel long distances________, in comfort and________.
4) It was almost ___________ to get rid of the manure of the horses.
5) The cars may cause_________, but the first cars actually made cities_________.
4. Ask the students to check with a partner.
5. Check the answers:
6. Read the passage together.
Step 7 Module task: Organizing a debate.
1. Work in groups. Read the motion of the debate.
Health is more important than wealth.
2. Now decide who is for the motion and who is against it. You can use some of the following ideas:
For :
Without health, wealth means nothing.
You can enjoy life better if you are healthy.
Against:
It is hard to be healthy without wealth.
You can enjoy life better if you are wealthy.
3. Prepare your arguments. Give examples to support your ideas.
4. Hold the debate.
Those for the motion give their opinions.
Those against the motion give their opinion.
Take turns to say what you think about each other’s arguments.
5. Discuss and find out whether most people are for or against the motion.
Step 8 Exercises
1. —Which season do you like _______, winter or summer?
—Summer.
A. well B. better C. best D. the best
2. Many students think it _______ to learn English by using news.
A. interest B. interesting C. interested
3. It is said that Shanghai students have scored the ________ in an international
test.
A. high B. higher C. highest
4. — Mom, what do you think of our new house?
— It’s nice, and it’s _________ than the old one.
A. big B. bigger C. biggest D. the biggest
5. Lin Fang comes home _____ than before this term. She doesn’t have so
many classes in the afternoon.
A. early B. earlier C. late D. later
6. —“Have you read today’s newspaper?”
—“Yes. It’s really boring. There’s ______ in it.”
A. something new B. nothing new C. anything new
7. —How do you like the book you read yesterday?
—Oh! It’s one of ______ books I’ve ever read.
A. interesting B. more interesting
C. most interesting D. the most interesting
8. Mike is the _______ boy in his class now.
A. tall B. taller C. tallest
9. The baby is sleeping, please play the piano ________.
A. loudly B. quietly C. clearly
10. — How ________ Li Ming writes!
— Yes, he is the ________ in our class.
A. carefully, most careful
B. care, most careful
C. carefully, careful
D. careful, careful
Step 9 Homework
Write a passage about the changes in your hometown, using the comparative and superlatives of adjectives and adverbs we have learnt.
Unit 3
Ⅰ. 根据语境用恰当的形容词或副词的比较级形式填空。
1. You're standing too near the camera. Can you move a bit ________?
2. The hotel is big. I expect it to be ________.
3. The weather is too cold in this country. I'd like to live somewhere ________.
4. The situation was bad and it could be ________. We must deal with it immediately.
5. I was surprised we got here so quickly. I expected the journey to take ________.
Ⅱ. 根据语境用括号内所给形容词的比较级或最高级形式填空。
1. We stayed at ___________ hotel in the town.? (cheap)
2. What's ___________ river in the world?? (long)
3. He was a bit sad yesterday but he looks ___________ today.? (happy)
4. All of the mountains are high in the area. Do you know which one is ___________? (high)
5. What's ___________ way of getting from here to the station?? (quick)
6. Mr and Mrs Brown has got three daughters. ___________ one is 14 years old.? (old)
Ⅲ. 从各题后所给的四个选项中选择可以填入空白处的最佳答案。
(??? ) 1. —Is Kate as ________ as Lucy?
—No. Kate is ________ than Lucy.
A. old; young??? ??????? B. older; younger??? C. older; young?? ??????? D. old; younger
(??? ) 2. —Who listens ________, Bob, Tony or Bill?
—Of course Bill does.
A. the most carefully ?? B. more carefully?? C. the most careful?? ?? D. more careful
(??? ) 3. —Remember, class. ________ you work, ________ you will do.
—We know, Miss Wang.
A. The hardest; the best B. The harder; the better?
C. Hard; well? ??????????? D. Harder; better???
(??? ) 4. Look! The girl in a red T-shirt is running ________.
A. fastest and fastest?? B. fast and fast?????
C. faster and faster ?????? D. faster and fastest
Ⅳ. 根据短文内容从方框中选择恰当的单词填空，使短文完整、通顺，有的需要变换形式，每词限用一次。
winter, free, newspaper, opinion, use, education, get, life, family, learn
My grandpa is seventy-six years old. He often tells me about his old days when he is (1) ________. Grandpa often says, “(2) ________ is much better today. Now you have lights, but when I was a child, we (3) ________ candles. Travelling used to be very difficult, but now it's much easier.” My grandpa was born in a poor (4) ________, so he didn't get much (5) ________. However, he never stopped (6) ________. As a child, Grandpa hardly ever played games with other children. Instead, he read (7) ________ to increase his knowledge. When Grandpa was eighteen years old, he (8) ________ a job as a postman. No matter it was in (9) ________ or in summer, Grandpa worked ten hours a day. He loved his job very much. In Grandpa's (10) ________, knowledge is wealth. He often encourages me to read a lot.
答案
Unit 3
Ⅰ. 1. further / farther ? 2. smaller ? ? ? ?3. warmer?
4. worse ? ? ? ? ? ? 5. longer
Ⅱ. 1. the cheapest? ???? 2. the longest? 3. happier?
4. the highest? ?????????5. the quickest? 6. The oldest / eldest
Ⅲ. 1-4 DABC
Ⅳ. 1. free? ?? 2. Life? 3. used ? 4. family?5. education?
6. learning?7. newspapers? ???8. got? ????9. winter? 10. opinion
