1、8B Unit1 Past and PresentReading 2Work in pairs.Talk about Mr Chen and Sunshine Town with the help of these questions:1.Where did he live when he was a child?2.Why did he move to this flat?3.What did he use to do with his old friends?About Mr.ChenHe lived in Sunshine Town.Because he got married.They
2、 used to play cards and Chinese chess together.1.What did people in the town have years ago?2.What has part of the town centre turned into?They had some small restaurants,shops,a post office and a cinema in the town centre.It has turned into a new park.About Sunshine Town3.What did the steel factory
3、 put into the river?4.Do you think Mr Chen lives a better life now?The waste.1.Youve changed too.You used to be so kind to me.短语used to意思是（用于过去持续或经常发生的事）曾经。如：We used to play cards and Chinese chess together.过去我们常在一起打牌、下象棋。过去我们常在一起打牌、下象棋。2.Ive lived here sinceI was born.主句(用现在完成时)+since+从句(一般过去时)。这是现
4、在完成时常用的一种句型结构。如：He _(teach)English at this school since he _(come)to China.自从他来到中国就到这所学校教英语。has taughtcame3.When I got married in 1965,my wife and I moved two blocks away and weve lived in this area since then.Has the town changed a lot over the years?since then 从那时起（一直到现在）over the years 这几年期间这两个时间状
5、语都是现在完成时的特征性时间状语。如：He _(be)a policeman since then.Over the years,I _(read)lots of books about animals.has beenhave readbe/get married 结婚e.g.How long have you been married?你结婚多久了？We have been married for three years.我已经结婚有三年了。4.Now the government has turned part of the town centre into a new park.tur
6、n/change into 把变成e.g.The cars blocking the exits could turnthis place intoa death trap.那些堵住出口的汽车可能使这地方成为死亡陷阱。5.Later the government realized the problem and took action to improve the situation.realize vt.意识到；实现e.g.They have realized the problem.他们已经意识到这个问题。We must try our best to realizeour China d
7、ream.我们必须要尽最大的努力实现我们的中国梦。6.Well,in some waysit is.in some ways 在某种程度上，在某些方面在某种程度上，在某些方面如：In some waysI agree with you.在某种程度上我同意你的观点。7.Now I feel a bitlonelyfrom time to time.from time to time 不时，偶尔如：We have not seen each other for a long time,but we send emails from time to time.我们已经很久没见面了，但偶尔会通我们已经
8、很久没见面了，但偶尔会通邮件。lonely 孤单的，寂寞的孤单的，寂寞的alone 单独，独自（=by oneself)e.g.The old man lives alone,but he never feels lonely.那个老人独自一个人生活，但他从不感到孤独。Does Mr Chen live a better life?Why or why not?Mr Chen _ _ in Sunshine Town since he was born.He _ the town very well.He first lived with his parents in the _ part o
9、f town.In 1965,he moved two _ away from his parents because he _ _.一、根据对话内容填空。一、根据对话内容填空。has livedknowsnorthernblocksgot marriedThe town has changed a lot.They only have some small _ and shops,a post office and a _.restaurantscinemaNow they have a new park,a new theatre and a _ _ _,too.large shoppin
10、g mall_ was a serious problem in the past.Now the government has taken action to _ the _.Sunshine Town has turned into a _ _ town.Though it has become _ for Mr Chen to see his old friends as often as before,he thinks its good to see the _ _ in the town.Pollutionimprovesituationbeautiful modernimposs
11、ibleamazingchanges1.从那以后，她就独自一人居住。She _ _ _ _ _.2.从某种程度上讲，这是项危险的工作。_ _ _,its a dangerous job.has lived alone since thenIn some ways二、翻译句子。from time to time3.她偶尔听听音乐。She _ _ music _ _ _ _.4.目前人类不可能生活在月球上。At _,its _ _ _ _ _ on the moon.listens to presentimpossible forto livehumans1.Try to recite the conversation.2.Preview Grammar.
