Unit 2 I think life is better today. Module 3 Life now and then Unit 2 I think life is better today.

Words review tiny electric light candle postman cold adj. 微小的；极小的 English --Chinese

Words review heat n. 高温；热度 full-time adj.专职的；全日制的 role n. 作用；职责；角色 education transport 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 English --Chinese

cross the road electric light winter cold summer heat good programme transport family meal noisy show the role of women full-time job

What was the life like in your hometown in the past? How has life changed today? work family education health

Look at the photo and try to answer the following questions: Is the woman young or old? What is she holding in her hands? Does she look happy or sad? What is she doing? She is old. Old photos. It is hard to tell—probably happy. She is talking to someone about the photos.

P20 1 Look at he woman in the photo. How do you think she feels? Think about what she will talk about: ☺ family 导入二 big family

couldn’t get healthy food sometimes got low education or no education ☺ work a woman worker a housewife ☺ education ☺ health couldn’t get healthy food sometimes got low education or no education

Betty asked Mrs Li about her life today and in the past, and then wrote a passage. Listen and read. Finish the following tasks. word 文档 链接

Task 1 P20 2 Read the passage and take notes on what Mrs Li says about the points in Activity 1.

____________________ ____________________ Life in the past ___________________ ____________________ Life now ____________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1 Family: bigger; five children 2 Food: 3 Work: 4 Education: 1 Family: smaller; one child 2 3 4 Food: more food and better food simple, eat meat once or twice a year hard and difficult work, long hours Work: interesting jobs for boys and girls expensive, often only for boys Education: good schools for everyone 5 Transport: on foot or by bike 5 Transport: much easier, buses, cars and planes Now complete the notes and add more points of your own. 6 Entertainment: television, computers, etc. 6 Entertainment: no television

Task 2 Read the part “What was your life like in the past?” and answer the following questions. 1. What did Mrs Li’s parents do? 2. Was Mrs Li’s father’s work hard? How do you know that? 3. Why Mrs Li’s parents didn’t send her to school? Mrs Li’s father was a postman and her mother was a housewife. Yes, it was. Her father often worked twelve hours a day outside in the winter cold or in the summer heat. Because her family couldn’t afford it, and what’s more, because she was a girl.

Read the part “How has life changed Read the part “How has life changed?” and finish the following exercises. Mrs Li’s opinion the change of the role of women transport and travel today the appearance of TV life today Women have a better education and they can go to work even after getting married. It’s easier for people to go anywhere, but there’s too much traffic. We have a television at home and can watch so many good programmes. Generally speaking, life is better today. We eat better and live longer.

Task 3 Work in pairs and talk about the advantages and disadvantages of life today for Mrs Li.

advantages disadvantages

candles cold generally speaking postman tiny traffic Task 4 P21 Mrs Li’s 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. There are some thing that she is not happy with, for example, the (6) _________. postman 3 Complete the passage with the words and expression in the box. cold tiny candles generally speaking traffic

Our world is always changing and making progress in many ways Our world is always changing and making progress in many ways. Things are getting better and better. Do you think so? Now let’s enjoy a video.

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. …what’s more, because I was a girl. 而且，我是个女孩。 what’s more表示递进，“然而/还有…… ”的意思，独立使用，既可以放句首，也可以放句中，what’s 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 what’s 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 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

P21 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. Families are smaller… ☺Give examples or reasons to support those points. Most people only have one child today.

☺ Finish the passage with your conclusion. ☺ 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 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… P21 5 Present your passage to the class.

Possible answer Although transport is easier than it used to be, we now have much more traffic, which means it is harder to cross the road. There are more kinds of food now than before, but many people eat too much and don’t take enough exercise. Education and work for girls are much better than they used to be. Generally speaking, I think life is better, but it is noisier and busier.

总结回顾 本课时主要短语和句型 1. more than 2. what’s more 3. generally speaking 4. I wasn’t sent to school because my family couldn’t afford it. 5. Families have got smaller than they were in the past. 6. The only thing I don’t like, though, is that there’s so much more traffic.

Spelling Bee Now 2 minutes to test your spelling. 1. English-Chinese full-time education electric tiny candle postman transport heat 2. Chinese-English 过马路 一般而言，总的来说 不只是，多于 When finishing, exchange your papers to see who does the best.

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postman full-time cold education tiny Ⅰ. 用方框内所给单词的恰当形式填空。 postman full-time cold education tiny 1. The President will include the idea in his _________ plan. 2. The goldfish swam round and round in their ________ bowls. 3. The duty of a _________ is to deliver letters and parcels(包裹). 4. James hopes to become a _________ musician soon. 5. Don’t stand outside in the _______. education tiny postman full-time cold

1. 她学得很快，而且所学的全都记得。(what’s more) __________________________________ Ⅱ. 根据提示翻译句子。 1. 她学得很快，而且所学的全都记得。(what’s more) __________________________________ ________________________________ 2. 我对他很失望，因为他没有一个工作做得超过三个月。(more than) 3. 一般来说，父母都爱他们的孩子。 _______________________________ _______________ She learns quickly, and what’s more, she remembers what she has learnt. I am disappointed at him, because he didn’t keep a job for more than three months. Generally speaking, parents love their children.

Homework Read the articles in Learning English. Finish the exercises in Learning English. Preview Language in use on P22-25.