课件31张PPT。Unit 1 Lifestyles
Lesson 4 City and CountryAlmost heaven, west virginia,blue ridge mountains, shenandoah river.life is old there, older than the trees,younger than the mountains, blowing like a breeze.
country road, take me home to the place I belong,west virginia, mountain momma,take me home, country road.all my mem'ries gather 'round her,miner's lady, stranger to blue water.dark and dusty, painted on the sky,misty taste of moonshine, tear-drop in my eye.
country road, take me home to the place i belong,west virginia, mountain momma,
take me home, country road.i hear her voice, in the morning hours she calls me, the radio reminds me of my home far away. and driving down the road i get the feeling that i should have been home yesterday, yesterday. country road, take me home to the place i belong,west virginia, mountain momma,take me home, country road.country road, take me hometo the place i belong,west virginia, mountain momma,take me home, country road.take me home, country road……………..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 relaxingTry 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.7A 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. undergroundcigartubelung 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 learningcrowdednearbyaccountantorWhich kind of lifestyle
do you like? Why?Homework Read the texts again and have a try to retell them, describing Debbie’s and Paul’s life.