课件24张PPT。Unit 3
Life now and thenUnit 2
I think life is better today.学习本单元新单词及短语： wealthy, fear, wealth, double, seldom, spare, used to, spare time, speak up ;对比过去与现在的变化，了解过去，热爱现在的生活。1.学习并掌握本单元重点词汇及短语。
2.能在掌握相关的阅读技巧下读懂文章并完成阅读任务。
3.学会辩证的看待过去与现在的变化并以积极的态度面对问题。了解过去，热爱现在的生活。
学习目标：New wordstiny adj. 微小的；极小的
electric adj. 用电的；电动的
light n. 电灯
candle n. 蜡烛
postman n. 邮递员
cold n. 寒冷；冷空气
heat n. 高温；热度
full-time adj. 专职的；全日制的
role n. 作用；职责；角色
education n. (个人的)教育；学业
transport n. 运输业；交通
New wordstiny adj. 微小的；极小的 （very very small）
electric adj. 用电的；电动的
light n. 电灯
candle n. 蜡烛
postman n. 邮递员 (pl. postmen; v. post 邮递；
n. post岗位，邮件）
cold n. 寒冷；冷空气 (in the winter cold)
heat n. 高温；热度 (in the summer heat)
full-time adj. 专职的；全日制的 (part-time 兼职的)
education n. (个人的)教育；学业 （v. educate; n. educator; adj. educational）
transport n. 运输业；交通
role n. 作用；职责；角色(play an important role; the role of...)Look at the woman in the photo. How do you think she feels? Think about what she will talk about:family
work
health
education1.Is the woman young or old?2.What’s she holding in her hands?3.Does she look happy or sad? 4.What’s she doing?ReadLife now and thenLook through the passage and find out the words that Mrs Li says in Activity 1.family
work
health
educationMy 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. She didn’t go out to work. workMy daughter goes to work even after getting married. interesting jobs for everyone.Hard and difficult work, long hours.Families have got smaller than they were in the past. Today most people only have one child. Bigger, five childrenThere were five children in my family.Smaller, have one childI wasn’t sent to school because my family couldn’t afford it, and what’s more, because I was a girl.The role of women has changed too. My daughter is really lucky. She has a good education.expensive, often only for boysgood education for everyone A. Family
B. Job/ Work
C. Education
What does Mrs. Li talk about?D. FoodE. Transport and travelF. Entertainment(娱乐)(watching TV)I remember the family meals. The food was simple. We could only eat meat once or twice a year.simple, eat meat once or twice a yeareat better (more food and better food)When I was young, I went everywhere on food or sometimes by bike. Transport and travel are easier today. Now you can take the bus everywhere, and there’s also the underground. And you young people can take a plane to anywhere in the world. on foot or by bikemuch easier:
by bus/car/plane...Of course, we didn’t have television when I was a child.I really enjoy watching television today. There’s so many good programmes, like the Beijing Opera and old films. But some of the shows are too noisy for me.entertainment(娱乐)no televisionmany choices: television, computer...Life in the past Life now
1. Family: bigger; five children 1. smaller; one child
2. Food: simple; eat meat once
or twice a year 2. eat better
3.Work: hard and difficult work,
long hours 3. intersting jobs for everyone
4, Education: expensive,
often only for boys4. good education for everyone5.Transport: on foot or by bike
5.much easier: by bus/car/plane...simple, no television 6. television,computers... 6. Entertainment(娱乐)：
Read the passage again and answer the questions.What kind of article is it?
Why does Mrs Li feel lonely sometimes?
3.Translate the sentence into Chinese.
The only thing I don’t like ,though, is that there’s so much more traffic.
4.Generally speaking, I think life is better today.
An interview.Because her daughter can’t come to see her often. 但有一件事我不喜欢，就是交通比以前拥挤多了.“总的来说” ,也可以说成in general 翻译：
确切的说___________; 严格的说__________.exactly speakingstrictly speakingComplete the passage with the words and expression in the box.candles cold generally speaking postman
tiny traffic Mrs Li’s father was a (1) __________. He often worked outside for twelve hours a day in the summer heat or in the winter (2) __________. They lived in a (3) _______ house and used (4) _________ for light. Mrs Li says that (5) __________________, life is better today. But not everything is satisfying. There are some things that she is not happy with, for example, the (6) __________.
postmancold tinycandlesgenerally speakingtraffic
Everything has advantages and disadvantages. Every coin has two sides. Generally speaking, life is better today. But not everything is satisfying. There are some things that we are not happy with, such as the traffic, the pollution, the less exercise, the more pressure and so on.
We should learn to look at these changes objectively（客观的） and we should learn to face and solve these problems with a positive attitude(积极地态度).
Let's work together
to achieve the China Dream. We have a China Dream!Advantages:1. smaller families
2. more interesting jobs
3. better education
4. more convenient(便利的) transport
5.better health care
6. more food
7. more wealth
8.....Disadvantages:1. more pollution
2. more traffic
3. less spare time
4.....
Life today Think about the advantages and disadvantages of life today.WritingHomework:Don’t forget:
1. recite all the words and phrases.
2.Read the text fluently(流利地).
3.Write the short passage.
