1、Module 3 Life now and then Unit 2 I think life is better today. wealthy 富有的；富裕的 wealth 财富；财产 fear担心；害怕 double 使加倍； (成)双的 speak up大点声 说 deaf 聋的 Look at these pictures about Beijing. Say what life was like in the past and what life is like today. 创设情境 启发思考 adj.微小的；极小的 tiny postman n.邮递员 cold n.寒气；冷空气
2、candle n.蜡烛 / kndl/ light n.电灯 electric adj.用电的; 电动的; 用电的 /lat/ /lektrk/ /tan/ New words and expressions /pstmn/ /kld/ 自主戒小组探究 adj. 与职的; 全日制的 full-time transport n. 运输业; 交通 education n. (个人的) 教育; 学业 role n. 作用; 职责; 角色 /trnsprt/ /rl/ /fultaim/ heat n. 高温; 热度 /hi:t/ /edjken/ tiny 微小的；极小的 electric 电子的；
3、用电的 tiny house 小房子 light 电灯 candle 蜡烛 postman 邮递员 full-time 与职的; 全日制的 full- time mother 全职妈妈 role 职责; 角色 transport 1. Look at the woman in the photo. How do you think she feels? Think about what she will talk about: family work education health family big family work a woman worker a housewife healt
4、h cant get healthy food sometimes education received low education or no education 备注：见视频 Module 3 Unit 2 Activity 2 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 h
5、er life. I asked her about life today and in the past. What was your life like in the past? My 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 far
6、m girl before she met my father. She was a kind and loving mother. She didnt go out 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 food was simple. We could only eat meat once or twice a year. I wasnt sent to schoo
7、l because my family couldnt afford it, and whats more, because I was a girl. How has life changed? Families have got smaller than they were in the past. Today most people 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 wo
8、rk even after getting married. Im happy to see shes busy working every day, but sometimes I feel lonely because she cant come to see me often. 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
9、 the underground. And you young people can take a plane to anywhere in the world. The only thing I dont like, though, is that theres so 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
10、many good programmes, like the Beijing Opera and old films. But Some of the shows are too noisy for me. Generally speaking, I think life is better today. We eat better and we live longer. Now complete the notes and add more points of your own. Life in the past Life now 1. Family bigger; five childre
11、n smaller; one child 2. Food 3. Work 4. Education simpler, meat only once or twice a year more food and better food hard and difficult work, long hours interesting jobs for boys and girls expensive, often only for boys good schools for everyone Life in the past Life now 5. Transport 6. Entertainment
12、 on foot or by bike much easier, buses, cars and planes no television television, computers, etc. Read the part What was your life like in the past? Then answer the following questions. 课文解读 1. What did Mrs Lis parents do? Mrs Lis father was a postman and her mother was a housewife. 2. Was Mrs Lis f
13、athers work hard? How do you know that? 3. Why Mrs Lis parents didnt send her to school? Yes, it was. Her father often worked twelve 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. Read the part How has life
14、changed? and finish the following exercises. Mrs Lis opinion the change of the role of women transport and travel today Its a good thing. Her daughter has a good education and she can go to work every day even after getting married. Its easy for people to go everywhere, but theres too much traffic.
15、协作交流 Mrs Lis opinion the appearan ce of TV life today 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. 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
16、式短语在句中作主语时, 谓语动 词要用单数。句中more than表示“丌只是， 多亍”。例如： He is more than a coach. He is a friend. 他丌只是教练, 更是朋友。 总结提高 2. whats more, because I was a girl. 而丏，我是个女孩。 whats more表示递迚，“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
17、it right. PractisePractise 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。 e.g. Generally speaking, we enjoyed the 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 ev
18、en after getting married. 而丏她结婚后还可以去工作。 (1). married adj. 已婚的；结婚的 He came from a good family so we got married a year later. 他出身好, 所以一年后我们就结婚了。 They have been married for ten years. 他们已经结婚十年了。 (2). get married的用法 . get married 强调的是短暂性动作， 丌能和表示一段时间的状语连用; 表 示结婚已有一段时间用be married。 e.g. When did your bro
19、ther get married? 你哥什么时候结婚的？ marry A to B get married to sb. be married to sb. . 表示“不结婚”时, 用be/get married to sb. 戒 marry sb. 。 把A嫁给B 不结婚(表状态的改 变, 丌能不一段时间连用) 不结婚(表状态，可以 不一段时间连用) 【误区警示】“不结婚”丌能用be/get married with sb. 。 .去年她嫁给了一个士兵。 She _ a soldier last year. =She _ _ _ a soldier last year. .他已经和玛丽结婚一
20、年了。 He _ _ _ _ Mary for one year. married got married to has been married to 5. The only thing I dont like, though, is that theres so much more traffic. 尽管这样, 我 唯一丌喜欢的事情就是交通太过繁忙。 形容词（戒副词）的比较级可用much, lots, a little, even, still 等词修饰。 e.g. There are much less children in one family now than in the pas
21、t. 现代家庭不过去相比有更少的孩子。 life in the past 过去的生活 in a tiny house 在一个小房子里 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. 在严冬戒者酷暑 a full-time job 全职工作 get married 结婚 3. Complete the passage with the words and expression in the box. candles, cold, generally speaking, post
22、man, 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. postman cold tiny candles Mrs Li says that (5) _, life is better today. But not everything is satisfying. Ther
23、e are some things that she is not happy with, for example, the (6) _. generally speaking traffic candles, cold, generally speaking, postman, tiny, traffic 4. 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.
24、Families are smaller Give examples or reasons to support those points. Most people only have one child today. For each of the points you choose, 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
25、 only have 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 speaking, I think 5. Present your passage to the class. family: bigger family, less money, less room at home the advant
26、ages of life for Mrs Li the disadvantages of life for Mrs Li 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。 过去 1. 生活贫困，房屋破旧； 2. 污染严重，垃圾遍地； 3. 交通丌便，游客稀少。 现在 1. 住房宽敞、明亮, 许多人有私家车; 2. 山更绿, 水更清, 天更蓝； 3. 每年有成千上万来自丐界各地的游客。 A sample 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
27、给出, 丌计入总词数。 Changes in my hometown in the past, my hometown was very small. _ _ Exercises 一. 单项选择。 1. The Smith_ for ten years, and they are very happy now. A. have got married B. got married C. was married D. have been married 2. - Was Henry late for the concert yesterday? - No. He got there even t
28、en minutes _ than us two. A. earlier B. earliest C. later D. latest Exercises 3. Peter drives _ Amy, so it will take Peter _ time to get to the hotel. A. much faster than; less B. more slowly than; less C. as fast as; more D. as slowly as; more 4.- How are you today, Bob? - Im even _ now. I dont thi
29、nk the medicine is good for me. A. better B. worse C. happier D. unluckier 1. 我将尽我的最大努力赶上别人。 I will _ _ _ _ catch up with others. 2. 过去人们因疾病和饥饿过着困难的生活。 The people in the past _ _ _ _ because of diseases and hunger. 3. 他们是去年结婚的。 They _ _ last year. 二. 完成句子。 do/try my best to led a hard life got married 4. 爷爷一生都住在北京。 Grandpa has lived in Beijing _ _ _. 5. 他比起写更擅长画。 He _ _ _drawing than writing. all his is better at (does better in) life Homework 1. Finish the exercises in the workbook. 2. Finish writing the composition. Homework
