XXX年春外研版英語九年級下冊英語精品Unit2IthinklifeisbettertodaySENYANModule3lifeandthen目錄CONTENT030102WritingWordsreviewReadingandvocabularyWordsreviewPART.01FreetalkKeywords:Lifeinthepast,lifenow,family,work,health,educationPart1Wordsreviewtinyadj.微小的；極小的electricadj.用電的；電動的

n.電燈candlen.蠟燭postmann.郵遞員coldn.寒冷；冷空氣heatn.高溫；熱度

fulltimeadj.

專職的；全日制的educationn.(個人的)教育；學(xué)業(yè)transportn.

運輸業(yè)；交通rolen.

作用；職責；角色ReadingandvocabularyPART.021.Lookatthewomaninthephoto.Howdoyouthinkshefeels?Thinkaboutwhatshewilltalkabout:familyworkhealtheducation2.ListentothepassageandtakenotesonwhatMrsLisaysaboutthepointsinActivity1LifenowandthenFamilieshavegotsmallerthantheywereinthepast.Todaymostpeopleonlyhaveonechild.Therewerefivechildreninmyfamily.Myfatherwasapostman,andheoftenworkedtwelvehoursadayoutsideinthewintercoldorinthesummerheat.Mymumwasafarmgirl.Shedidn’tgoouttowork.Mydaughtergoestoworkevenaftergettingmarried.Iwasn’tsenttoschoolbecausemyfamilycouldn’taffordit,andwhat’smore,becauseIwasagirl.Mydaughterisreallylucky.Shehasagoodeducation.Readthepassageandpletethenotesandaddmorepointsofyourown.LifeinthepastLifenowFamilybigger;fivechildrenSmalleronechildFoodsimple,eatmeatonceortwiceayear.Eatbetter.LifeinthepastLifenowworkMymotherdidn’tgoouttowork.Lookingafteruswasmorethanafulltimejob.Mydaughtergoestoworkevenaftergettingmarried.Andsheisbusyworkingeveryday.EducationIwasn’tsenttoschoolbecausemyfamilycouldn’taffordit,andwhat’smore,becauseIwasagirl.Mydaughterhasagoodeducation.3.CompletethepassagewiththewordsandexpressionintheboxcandlescoldgenerallyspeakingpostmantinytrafficMrsLi’sfatherwasa(1)__________.Heoftenworkedoutsidefortwelvehoursadayinthesummerheatorinthewinter(2)__________.postmancoldTheylivedina(3)________houseandused(4)_________forlight.MrsLisaysthat(5)__________________,lifeisbettertoday.Butnoteverythingissatisfying.Therearesomethingsthatsheisnothappywith,forexample,the(6)__________.tinycandlesgenerallyspeakingtrafficLanguagepoints1.…lookingafteruswasmorethanafulltimejob.……照料我們比做一份全職工作還要辛苦。

這句話的主語是動名詞短語lookingafterus。句中morethan表示“不只是，多于”。例如：

Heismorethanacoach.Heisafriend.

他不只是教練，更是朋友。fulltimeadj.專職的；全日制的e.g.studentsinfulltimeeducation

全日制學(xué)生

Lookingafterachildisafulltime

job.

照管小孩是一天忙到晚的活兒。2.Generallyspeaking,Ithinklifeisbettertoday.總的說來，我認為今天的生活更好了。

generallyspeaking表示“一般而言，總的說來”。ingeneral也可以表達同樣的意思。例如：

Generallyspeaking,weenjoyedthetrip.

總的說來，我們這次旅行很愉快。Ingeneral,womenlivelongerthanmen.總的說來，女性比男性更長壽。WritingPART.034.Writeapassageabouttheadvantagesanddisadvantagesoflifetoday.ChoosetwoorthreepointsfromthenotesinActivity2towriteabout.Familiesaresmaller…Giveexamplesorreasonstosupportthosepoints.Mostpeopleonlyhaveonechildtoday.Foreachofthepointsyouchoose,writeaboutanadvantageand/oradisadvantage.Usethewordshowever,but,althoughorusedtowhereappropriate.Familiesaresmallerbecausemostpeopleonlyhaveonechildtoday.Asaresult,familieshavemoremoneytospendontheirchild.However,onlyachildmayfeellone