Look at these Beijing’s 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
living conditions --- comfortable
communications --- simple, slow
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learning objectives
1. To get information from the passage about life now and then
2. To learn some key words and useful expressions
3. To learn to write a passage about the advantages and disadvantages of life today
Words review
tiny adj. 微小的；极小的
electric adj. 用电的；电动的
light n. 电灯
candle n. 蜡烛
postman n. 邮递员
cold n. 寒冷；冷空气
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 n. (个人的)教育；学业
transport n. 运输业；交通
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Read the second and third paragraph and answer the following questions.
1.Where did Mrs. Li’s family live?
In a tiny house .
2. What was her father?
He was a postman.
3. How long did her father work a day?
12 hours a day.
4. Why didn’t she go to school?
Because her family was too poor. What’s more, she was a girl.
paragraph 4: read 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. I’m happy to see she’s busy __________every day, but sometimes I feel lonely because she can’t come to see me often.
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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. There’s less traffic on the road .
4. Mrs Li likes watching Beijing Opera and old films.
5. Life is better today than in the past.
Complete the passage with the words and expression in the box.
candles cold generally speaking postman tiny traffic
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) ___________.
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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. …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。
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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.
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Homework
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。
1. 生活贫困，房屋破旧；
2. 污染严重，垃圾遍地；
3. 交通不便，游客稀少。
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世界各地的游客。
提示词: convenient 便利的
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.
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《I think life is better today》Life now and then PPT课件3 Revision 1、天就要黑了。Its getting late. 2、就要完成了！Nearly finished! 3、你觉得今天的生活比过去更好吗? Do y..
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Work in pairs. Discuss what you did in your childhood and list some of them.
Do you want to know how your parents passed their childhood? Was it the same to yours?
Let’s enjoy a video to see what your parents did when they were young.
Objectives
1. To get information from the passage about life now and then
2. To learn some key words and useful expressions
3. To learn to write a passage about the advantages and disadvantages of life today
Focus on
Words:
tiny electric light candle postman cold heat full-time role transport
Phrases:
what’s more so much/many generally speaking more than
Patterns:
… and looking after us was more than a full-time job.
Families have got smaller than they were in the past.
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Task 1
1.Look at he woman in the photo. How do you think she feels? Think about what she will talk about:
☺ family
big family
☺ work
a woman worker a housewife
☺ health
can’t get healthy food sometimes
☺ education
received low education or no education
2.Read the passage and take notes on what Mrs Li says about the points in Activity 1.
Life in the past
1 Family: bigger; five children
2 Food: simple, eat meat once or twice a year
3 Work: father goes to work and mother stays at home
4 Education: boys can go to school and most girls have no chance to go to school
5 Transport: on foot; by bike
6 Entertainment: nearly no entertainment
Life now
1 Family: smaller; one child
2 Food: more meat
3 Work: both men and women can go to work
4 Education: both boys and girls can get good education
5 Transport: take the bus/ underground/ plane
6 Entertainment: watch TV
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Task 3
Read the part – What was your life like in the past? and answer the following questions.
1. What did Mrs Li’s parents do?
Mrs Li’s father was a postman and her mother was a housewife.
2. Was Mrs Li’s father’s work hard? How do you know that?
Yes, it was. Her father often worked twelve hours a day outside in the winter cold or in the summer heat.
3. Why Mrs Li’s parents didn’t send her to school?
Because her family couldn’t afford it, and what’s more, because she was a girl.
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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. …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。
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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 mins 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
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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 __________.
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. 我现在走路少了，坐公交车多了。
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Homework
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。
1. 生活贫困，房屋破旧；
2. 污染严重，垃圾遍地；
3. 交通不便，游客稀少。
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世界各地的游客。
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Revision
1、天就要黑了。It’s getting late.
2、就要完成了！Nearly finished!
3、你觉得今天的生活比过去更好吗?
Do you think that life is better today than in the past?
4、人们比过去活得长。
They live longer than they did in the past.
5、懂得更多的医学
know more about medicine
6、如何处理平常的疾病
how to deal with the ordinary diseases
7、不像过去锻炼那么多
don’t take as much exercise as they used to
8、我认为…
I suppose that …
9、更少地骑自行车
use one’s bikes less
10、更多的财富有时候意味着更少的健康。
More health sometimes means less health.
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Read and take notes on what Mrs. Li says about the points in Activity 1. Then complete the notes and more points of your own.
Life in the past
Family: bigger, five children
Food: simple, meat only once or twice a year
Work: hard and difficult work, long hours
Education: expensive, often only for boys
Life now
Family: smaller; one child
Food: more food and netter food
Work: interesting jobs for boys and girls
Education: good schools for everyone
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Read the passage again and answer the questions.
1. What kind of article is it?
An interview.
2. Where does Mrs Li live?
Mrs. Li lives in Beijing.
3. How often could Mrs Li eat meat in the past?
Once or twice a year.
4. Why does Mrs Li feel lonely sometimes?
Because her daughter can’t come to see her often.
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Language points
1. … looking after us was more than a full - time job.
“more than +名词”表示“不只是，不仅仅是”
He is more than a father to her.
他待她胜过父亲。
Kate was more than a teacher. She also did what she could to take care of her pupils.
凯特不仅仅是位教师，她还尽其所能照顾她的学生。
2. … because my family couldn’t afford it.
afford v. 担负得起(……的费用、损失、后果等), 常用在can和be able to之后; 通常构成短语afford sth.或afford to do sth.。
The boy wants to see a movie, but he can’t afford a ticket.
那个男孩想看场电影, 但却买不起票。
She can’t afford to go abroad.
她没有足够的钱去国外。
There’s a lot to do. We can’t ______ to waste any time. (2011年江苏省无锡市中考)
A. wait B. afford
C. want D. have
答案：can't afford to do sth.“负担不起”是固定搭配，故答案选Ｂ。句意：我们不能再浪费时间了。
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只接动名词的动词：
finish, practise, imagine, worth,
forgive, mind, miss, enjoy, suggest,
avoid, escape, stand, keep …
只接不定式的动词：
want, hope, fail, manage, offer, refuse, appear, wish, expect, decide, agree, promise, happen, determine …
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8. Generally speaking, I think life is better today.
generally speaking 一般来说，大致说
常位于句首，与in general 同义。
Generally speaking, we enjoyed the trip.
总的来说，我们这次旅行很愉快。
Generally speaking, the parks are full on holidays.
一般来说，假日里公园都挤满人。
类似结构还有 :
exactly speaking 准确地说；确切地说
strictly speaking 严格来说； 严格说来
frankly speaking 坦白说, 老实说
honestly speaking 老实说
《I think life is better today》Life now and then PPT课件2 Work in pairs. Discuss what you did in your childhood and list some of them. Do you want to know how your paren..
《I think life is better today》Life now and then PPT课件 Look at these Beijings pictures. Say what life was like in the past and what life is like today. roads --- narro..
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