1、Unit 2 I think life is better today.,Module 3 Life now and then,Look at these Beijings pictures. Say what life was like in the past and what life is like today.,roads - narrow,houses - small, crowded,ring roads - wide,buildings - tall, bright,living conditions - hard,PPT模板： PPT素材： PPT背景： PPT图表： PPT下
2、载： PPT教程： 资料下载： 范文下载： 试卷下载： 教案下载： PPT论坛： PPT课件： 语文课件： 数学课件： 英语课件： 美术课件： 科学课件： 物理课件： 化学课件： 生物课件： 地理课件： 历史课件： conditions - comfortable,communications - simple, slow,in the past,at present,communications - various, quick, easy,To get information from the passage about life now and then 2.To learn some
3、 key words and useful expressions 3. To learn to write a passage about the advantages and disadvantages of life today,tinyelectriclightcandlepostmancold,adj. 微小的；极小的 adj. 用电的；电动的n. 电灯n. 蜡烛n. 邮递员n. 寒冷；冷空气,heat full-timeroleeducationtransport,n. 高温；热度adj.专职的；全日制的n. 作用；职责；角色n. (个人的)教育；学业n. 运输业；交通,1,P20
4、,Look at he woman in the photo. How do you think she feels? Think about what she will talk about:,family work health education,Task 1,2,P20,Listen to the passage and take notes on what Mrs Li says about the points in Activity 1.,Task 2,family work health education,Life in the past _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
5、_ _ _,Life now _ _ _,1 Family: bigger; five children 2 Food:3 Work:4 Education:,1 Family: smaller; one child 23 4,simple, eat meat once or twice a year,Food: more meat,father goes to work and mother stays at home,Work: both men and women can go to work,boys can go to school and most girls have no ch
6、ance to go to school,Education: both boys and girls can get good education,Now complete the notes and add more points of your own.,5 Transport: on foot; by bike,5 Transport: take the bus/ underground/ plane,6 Entertainment: nearly no entertainment,6 Entertainment: watch TV,Read the second and third
7、paragraph and answer the following questions.,Where did Mrs. Lis family live?2. What was her father? 3. How long did her father work a day? 4. Why didnt she go to school?,In a tiny house .,He was a postman.,12 hours a day.,Because her family was too poor. Whats more, she was a girl.,paragraph 4: rea
8、d and fill in:,Families have got _than they were in the past. Today people only have one_! The role of women has _,too. My daughter is really lucky. She has a good _, and she goes to work even after getting married. Im happy to see shes busy _every day, but sometimes I feel lonely because she cant c
9、ome to see me often.,smaller,child,changed,education,working,Read paragraph 5-7and say T or F:,1. Transport and travel are easier today than in the past. 2. Now people go to everywhere on foot or by bike. 3. Theres less traffic on the road . 4. Mrs Li likes watching Beijing Opera and old films. 5. L
10、ife is better today than in the past.,T,F,F,T,T,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. Mrs Li says that (5) _, life is better today. But not everything is satisfying.
11、 There are some thing that she is not happy with, for example, the (6) _.,candles cold generally speaking postman tiny traffic,postman,cold,tiny,candles,generally speaking,traffic,Complete the passage with the words and expression in the box.,3,P21,Task 3,Work in pairs and talk about the advantages
12、and disadvantages of life for Mrs Li.,Task 4,Phrases,all ones life ask sb about sth go out to work a full-time job whats more have a good education get married be busy doing feel lonely take a busso much traffic enjoy doing generally speaking,某人的一生 问某人关于某事 出去工作 全职工作 而且，更重要的是 得到好的教育 结婚 忙于做某事 感到孤独 乘公共
13、汽车 如此多的交通 享受做某事 总体来说,Language points,1. looking after us was more than a full-time job.照料我们比做一份全职工作还要辛苦.,这句话的主语是动名词短语looking after us。单个v-ing形式短语在句中作主语时，谓语动词要用单数。句中more than表示“不只是，多于”。例如：,He is more than a coach. He is a friend. 他不只是教练，更是朋友。,2. whats more, because I was a girl.而且，我是个女孩。,whats more表示
14、递进，“然而/还有 ”的意思，独立使用，既可以放句首，也可以放句中，whats more后面加逗号。,你应该记住它，更重要的是，应该正确理解它。 You should remember it, and whats more, you should get it right.,3. Generally speaking, I think life is better today.总的说来，我认为今天的生活更好了。,generally speaking表示“一般而言，总的说来”。in general也可以表达同样的意思。例如：,Generally speaking, we enjoyed the
15、trip. 总的说来，我们这次旅行很愉快。 In general, women live longer than men. 总的说来，女性比男性更长寿。,4. and she goes to work even after getting married.结婚后她也依然去工作。,get married意为“结婚”，表示短暂行为，不能与表示一段时间的状语连用。表示结婚多长时间，要用be married。,布朗夫妇结婚已50年了。 _,The Browns have been married for fifty years.,Writing,Write a passage about the ad
16、vantages 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.,4,P21, For each of the points you choose, write about an advantage and/or a di
17、sadvantage. Use the words however, but, although or used to where appropriate.Families are smaller because most people only one child today. As a result, families have more money to spend on their child. However, an only child may feel lonely Finish the passage with your conclusion.Generally speakin
18、g, I think,Present your passage to the class.,5,P21,本课时主要短语和句型,总结回顾,1. more than 2. whats more 3. generally speaking 4. I wasnt sent to school because my family couldnt afford it. 5. Families have got smaller than they were in the past. 6. The only thing I dont like, though, is that theres so much m
19、ore traffic.,请根据下表所列的内容要点以Changes in my hometown为题目, 用英语写一篇短文。,Homework,提示词: convenient 便利的 要求: 1. 短文须包括所有内容要点, 可适当发挥, 使短文连贯、通顺； 2. 80词左右，开头已给出, 不计入总词数。Changes in my hometown In the past, my hometown was very small. _,One possible version: Changes in my hometownIn the past, my hometown was very smal
20、l. People lived a poor life. 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. 谈谈家乡过去的情况，用过去时态。,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. 谈谈家乡现在的情况，用现在时态。,
