1、Life now and then,Module 3,Unit 2,I think life is better today.,3,Module,Review of Unit 1,wealthy 富有的；富裕的,wealth 財(cái)富；財(cái)產(chǎn),Review,fear擔(dān)心；害怕,double 使加倍； (成)雙的,speak up大點(diǎn)聲說,deaf 聾的,Review,Review,To get information from the passage about life now and then. 2. To learn some key words and useful expressions.

2、 3. To learn to write a passage about the advantages and disadvantages of life today.,Objectives,Words: tiny electric light candle postman cold heat full-time role transport,Phrases: whats more so much/many generally speaking more than,Focus on,Lead in,Patterns: and looking after us was more than a

3、full-time job. Families have got smaller than they were in the past.,Lead in,Look at these pictures about Beijing. Say what life was like in the past and what life is like today.,Warming up,Lead in,Lead in,Lead in,Lead in,What do you think?,Lead in,adj.微小的；極小的,tiny,postman,n.郵遞員,candle,n.蠟燭,/ kndl/,

4、light,n.電燈,electric,adj.用電的; 電動(dòng)的; 用電的,/lat/,/lektrk/,/tan/,New words and expressions,/pstmn/,Presentation,adj. 專職的; 全日制的,full-time,role,n. 作用; 職責(zé); 角色,/rl/,/fultaim/,heat,n. 高溫; 熱度,/hi:t/,cold,n.寒氣；冷空氣,/kld/,Presentation,transport,n. 運(yùn)輸業(yè); 交通,education,n. (個(gè)人的) 教育; 學(xué)業(yè),/trnsprt/,/edjken/,Presentation,t

5、iny 微小的；極小的,electric 電子的；用電的,tiny house 小房子,Presentation,light 電燈,candle 蠟燭,postman 郵遞員,Presentation,full-time 專職的; 全日制的,full- time mother 全職媽媽,Presentation,education,transport,Presentation,Reading and vocabulary,Look at the woman in the photo. How do you think she feels? Think about what she will t

6、alk about:, family work education health,Presentation, family,big family,Presentation, work,a woman worker,a housewife,Presentation, health,cant get healthy food sometimes,Presentation, education,received low education or no education,Presentation,Watch and read,備注：見視頻 Module 3 Unit 2 Activity 2,Pre

7、sentation,2. Read the passage and take notes on what Mrs Li says about the points in Activity 1.,Life now and then,By Betty King,Mrs Li is over seventy years old. She has lived in Beijing all her life. I asked her about life today and in the past.,Presentation,What was your life like in the past? My

8、 family lived in a tiny house. There were no electric lights, only candles. My 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 before she,Presentation,met my father. She was a kind and loving mother. She didnt go o

9、ut to work. There were five children in my family, and looking after us was more than a full-time job. I remember the family meals. The,Presentation,food was simple. We could only eat meat once or twice a year. I wasnt sent to school because my family couldnt afford it, and whats more, because I was

10、 a girl. How has life changed? Families have got smaller than they were in the past. Today most people,Presentation,only have one child!The role of women has changed too. My daughter is really lucky. She has a good education, and she goes to work even after getting married. Im happy to see shes busy

11、 working every day, but sometimes I feel lonely because she cant come to see me often.,Presentation,Transport and travel are easier today. When I was young, I went everywhere on foot or sometimes by bike. Now you can take the bus everywhere, and theres also the underground. And you young people can

12、take a plane to anywhere in the world. The only thing I dont like, though, is that theres so,Presentation,much more traffic. Its so difficult to cross the road. Of course, we didnt have television when I was a child. I really enjoy watching television today. Therere so many good programmes, like the

13、 Beijing Opera and old films. But Some of the shows are too noisy for me.,Presentation,Now complete the notes and add more points of your own.,Generally speaking, I think life is better today. We eat better and we live longer.,Presentation,simpler, meat only once or twice a year,more food and better

14、 food,hard and difficult work, long hours,interesting jobs for boys and girls,expensive, often only for boys,good schools for everyone,Presentation,on foot or by bike,much easier, buses, cars and planes,no television,television, computers, etc.,Presentation,Read the part What was your life like in t

15、he past? Then answer the following questions.,課文解讀,1. What did Mrs Lis parents do?,Mrs Lis father was a postman and her mother was a housewife.,Presentation,2. Was Mrs Lis fathers work hard? How do you know that? 3. Why Mrs Lis parents didnt send her to school?,Yes, it was. Her father often worked t

16、welve hours a day outside in the winter cold or in the summer heat.,Because her family couldnt afford it, and whats more, because she was a girl.,Presentation,Read the part How has life changed? and finish the following exercises.,Its a good thing. Her daughter has a good education and she can go to

17、 work every day even after getting married.,Its easy for people to go everywhere, but theres too much traffic.,Presentation,It helps her to watch so many good programmes, but some of the shows are too noisy.,Life is better today. They eat better and live longer.,Presentation,looking after us was mor

18、e than a full-time job. 照料我們比做一份全職工作還要辛苦.,這句話的主語是動(dòng)名詞短語looking after us。單個(gè)v-ing形式短語在句中作主語時(shí), 謂語動(dòng)詞要用單數(shù)。句中more than表示“不只是，多于”。例如：,He is more than a coach. He is a friend. 他不只是教練, 更是朋友。,Language points,Grammer,2. whats more, because I was a girl. 而且，我是個(gè)女孩。,whats more表示遞進(jìn)，“然而/還有 ”的意思，獨(dú)立使用，既可以放句首，也可以放句中，wh

19、ats more后面加逗號(hào)。,你應(yīng)該記住它, 更重要的是, 應(yīng)該正確理解它。 You should remember it, andwhatsmore, you should get it right.,Grammer,3. Generally speaking, I think life is better today. 總的說來, 我認(rèn)為今天的生活更好了。,generally speaking表示“一般而言, 總的說來”。in general也可以表達(dá)同樣的意思。,e.g. Generally speaking, we enjoyed the trip. 總的說來, 我們這次旅行很愉快。

20、In general, women live longer than men. 總的說來, 女性比男性更長(zhǎng)壽。,Grammer,4. and she goes to work even after getting married. 而且她結(jié)婚后還可以去工作。,(1). married adj. 已婚的；結(jié)婚的 He came from a good family so we got married a year later. 他出身好, 所以一年后我們就結(jié)婚了。 They have been married for ten years. 他們已經(jīng)結(jié)婚十年了。,Grammer,(2). get

21、married的用法 . get married 強(qiáng)調(diào)的是短暫性動(dòng)作，不能和表示一段時(shí)間的狀語連用; 表 示結(jié)婚已有一段時(shí)間用be married。 e.g. When did your brother get married? 你哥什么時(shí)候結(jié)婚的？,Grammer,. 表示“與結(jié)婚”時(shí), 用be/get married to sb. 或 marry sb. 。,把A嫁給B,與結(jié)婚(表狀態(tài)的改 變, 不能與一段時(shí)間連用),與結(jié)婚(表狀態(tài)，可以 與一段時(shí)間連用),Grammer,【誤區(qū)警示】“與結(jié)婚”不能用be/get married with sb. 。 .去年她嫁給了一個(gè)士兵。 She _

22、a soldier last year. =She _ _ _ a soldier last year. .他已經(jīng)和瑪麗結(jié)婚一年了。 He _ _ _ _ Mary for one year.,married,got married to,has been married to,Grammer,5. The only thing I dont like, though, is that theres so much more traffic. 盡管這樣, 我唯一不喜歡的事情就是交通太過繁忙。 形容詞（或副詞）的比較級(jí)可用much, lots, a little, even, still 等詞修

23、飾。 e.g. There are much less children in one family now than in the past. 現(xiàn)代家庭與過去相比有更少的孩子。,Grammer,life in the past 過去的生活 in a tiny house 在一個(gè)小房子里 in those days 那些日子；以前 go out to work 出去工作 in the winter cold or in the summer heat. 在嚴(yán)冬或者酷暑 a full-time job 全職工作 get married 結(jié)婚,Important phrases,Presentat

24、ion,3. Complete the passage with the words and expression in the box.,candles, cold, generally speaking, postman, tiny, traffic,Mrs Lis 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.,p

25、ostman,cold,tiny,candles,Presentation,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) _.,generally speaking,traffic,candles, cold, generally speaking, postman, tiny, traffic,Presentation,Writing,4.

26、 Write a passage about the advantages and disadvantages of life today., Choose two or three points from the notes in Activity 2 to write about. Families are smaller Give examples or reasons to support those points. Most people only have one child today.,Presentation, For each of the points you choos

27、e, write about an advantage and/or a disadvantage. Use the words however, but, although or used to where appropriate. Families are smaller because most people only have one child today. As a result, families have more money to spend on their child. However, an only child may feel lonely,Presentation

28、, Finish the passage with your conclusion. Generally speaking, I think,5. Present your passage to the class.,Presentation,family: bigger family, less money, less room at home,the advantages of life for Mrs Li,the disadvantages of life for Mrs Li,Presentation,請(qǐng)根據(jù)下表所列的內(nèi)容要點(diǎn)以Changes in my hometown為題目, 用

29、英語寫一篇短文。,A sample,Presentation,提示詞: convenient 便利的 要求: 1. 短文須包括所有內(nèi)容要點(diǎn), 可適當(dāng)發(fā)揮, 使短文連貫、通順； 2. 80詞左右, 開頭已給出, 不計(jì)入總詞數(shù)。 Changes in my hometown in the past, my hometown was very small.,Presentation,One possible version: Changes in my hometown In the past, my hometown was very small. People lived a poor life

30、. The houses were old and small. The pollution was very serious, and there was rubbish everywhere. Travelling around the town wasnt convenient, so few visitors came here. 談家鄉(xiāng)過去的情況, 用過去時(shí)態(tài)。,Presentation,Now great changes have taken place. People are living a better life. Their houses are large and bright. Many people have their own cars. The mountains are greener, the rivers are clearer and the sky is bluer. Every year, thousands of people from all over the world visit here. Im sure my hometown will become better and better.