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wealthy
fear
used to
wealth
adj. 富有的；富裕的
n. 担心；害怕
v. aux. (用于表示过去真实或经常性
的行为，特别强调现在不那样了)
过去
Words review
Read after the tape and speak out the Chinese immediately.
n. 财富；财产
double
seldom
spare
spare time
speak up
deaf
v. 使加倍；把……增
加一倍
adj. (成)双的；两个……
adv. 很少地；不常
adj. 空余的；备用的
业余时间；闲暇
大点声说
adj. 聋的
Words review
Module 3 Life now and then
Unit 1
They sometimes work harder.
These things are common in our life.
How about the following pictures Can you imagine it
Enjoy the pictures.
the life in the early 1980s
Houses
in the early 1980s
at present
small
inconvenient
big
convenient
Can you describe the differences between the life in the early 1980s and the life today
Transport
in the early 1980s
at present
fewer cars
less pollution
more cars
more traffic problems
Work
in the early 1980s
at present
manual (adj. 手工的;体力的) operation
mechanical (adj. 机械化的) operation and even intelligent (adj. 智能的) production
Personal health
in the early 1980s
at present
lived a harder life
easily got ill and died
live healthier and longer
Is life today better than it was in the past
in the early 1980s
at present
P18
1
Talk about the photos. Say what life was like in the early 1980s and what life is like today.
For example
There weren't so many cars as there are today.
Now it's your turn.
Listen and answer the questions.
1. What is the history homework
2. What is the question they need to answer
3. What does Betty ask
4. What does Daming ask
Writing about life in the past and life today.
The question is “Is life today better than it was in the past ”
Betty asks if they can write about medicine and pollution.
Daming asks if they can write about personal safety.
Betty and her classmates also learned something about life in the past and today in their history class. Listen and answer the following questions.
P18
2
Betty is talking with her mother at home now. Listen and read. Then finish the following tasks.
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Read and answer the questions.
What are Betty and her mother talking about
2. How many aspects have they compared
They are talking about life in the past and now. /They are comparing life in the past and now.
Four: health, medicine, transport, work.
Task 1
Read and put the words in the box into the correct column.
wealthier
walk more
less fear of getting ill
work harder
simpler
live longer
healthier
do more exercise
In the early 1980s
Today
Now make some sentences with the help of the table.
For example:
People are wealthier today.
Task 2
Read the passage and choose the correct answers.
People live longer today because ______.
a) we know more about medicine
b) they do not work as hard as they did
c) they take more exercise
2. There is less fear of getting ill _______.
a) so people live longer
b) because people know how to deal with the ordinary diseases
c) so people work harder than before
P18
3
Task 3
1. People live longer than they did in the past.
2. People do more exercise than they used to.
3. More wealth makes people healthier than before.
4. People know more about how to deal with the ordinary diseases today.
5. People worked harder fifty years ago than they do now.
less
less healthier
did fifty years ago.
work harder now
Task 4
处理;应对
锻炼;运动
过去常常
……的数量
空闲时间
大声说
Pay attention to the following expressions.
Translate the following expressions into English.
1. 处理;应对
2. 过去常常
3. 锻炼;运动
4. ……的数量
5. 大声说
6. 空闲时间
deal with
used to
take exercise
the number of
speak up
spare time
Task 5
我们可以用形容词和副词的比较级来比较人或事物。常用的句型为“A+比较级(+than +B)”，表示“比……更……”。
同级比较一般采用as… as…句型，否定句可以用not so/as…as…表示。
Pay attention to the circled and underlined parts.
Mum
It's ____________, Betty. How is your homework
1
Role-play
Betty
_______________. Mum, do you think that life is better today ______________
Yes, of course, I do.
I do too. People __________ _____, and they __________ than they did in the past.
___________. We know more about medicine today, and ________________________ because we know _________ ______ the ordinary diseases. But people don't take ______ ______________ they used to.
I suppose that's because _______________, and they _______________________.
We'll see which group does the best.
2
Role-play
Mum
Some people think life in the past was ______________ than today. More wealth sometimes means __________. When the number of cars is doubled, ____________ _________, or ______________.
Betty
What about work Do people work ___________ they did fifty years ago
Yes, and they sometimes _____________. People seldom say they have __________ ______! Why don't you go and ask Mrs Li, ____________ She's over seventy years old. She's seen ______________________.
That's _________. I'll _________ her.
Remember to _________! She's a bit deaf now.
Complete the questions with the words or expressions in the box.
1. What kinds of things do you _______
2. What do you do in your _______ time
3. What can someone not do if they are _____
4. If something is _______, is it more or less
5. Do you think people _______ take more exercise than they do today
6. Do you think people have more _______ today than they used to
deaf doubled fear spare used to wealth
fear
spare
deaf
doubled
used to
wealth
Task 6
P19
4
Fill in the blanks to finish the summary of the text and then try to retell it.
Both Betty and her mother think life is better today than in the past. People are _________ and live longer today. But people do ______ exercise than they used to, because they use cars much more. And people sometimes ___________ and have less __________ than they did fifty years ago. Although life in the past was _______ and ________, more people think life is better today.
wealthier
less
work harder
spare time
simpler
healthier
Task 7
Read and predict which words the speaker is likely to stress.
5
Some people think life in the past was simpler and healthier than today. More wealth sometimes means less health. When the number of cars is doubled, the pollution is also doubled, or even worse.
Now listen and check.
Read the paragraph aloud.
6
P19
英语国家人士在连贯话语中使用不同的语音手段进行交流，包括重音。
英语句子中，需要重读的词称为句子重音。
一般来说，实词（名词、实义动词、形容词、副词等）需要重读，虚词（介词、连词、冠词等）不需要重读。
Work in pairs. Answer the question and give your reasons.
Is life better today than in the past
Yes, it is. I think it's because the life is easier now.
— Is life better today than in the past
— Yes, it is. I think it's because … /
No, it isn't. I think …
Now say what is better or worse in:
▲ education
▲ environment
▲ health
P19
7
What is better in education
Talk
Every child has the right to go to school and the government tries to provide better learning environment for students.
What is worse in education
The students in poor areas get less and less resources than those in developed areas now.
Education
Possible answers
What is better in environment now
I think nothing becomes better today than in the past…
So what is worse
People's activities lead to so many pollutions, such as air pollution, noise pollution and water pollution.
Talk
Environment
Possible answers
What is better in health today than in the past
People know more about how to keep fit and how to deal with the ordinary diseases.
What is worse in health
People walk less and take less exercise than they used to, so they have more health problems now.
Talk
Health
Possible answers
We should have a dialectical (辩证的) view of "good" and "bad".
economy has developed
the quality of our life has improved
environmental pollution
many people work under pressure and are lack of exercise
Do you think life is better today than it was in the past
You can state your point from these aspects: health, medicine, transport, education, environment and work…
Good
Bad
1. used to
2. speak up
3. deal with
4. I suppose that's because more people have cars.
5. — Is life better today than in the past
— Yes, it is.
6. But people don't take as much exercise as they used to.
7. Nearly finished.
8. That's true.
1. Can you understand the conversation
about life in the past and now
2. Can you talk about your life in the past and now
3. Can you mark the stress while listening
Ⅰ. 根据句意及汉语提示写出正确的单词。
1. Mona is quite shy and she has a __________ (害怕) of speaking in public.
2. The city's population has __________ (加倍) in the past twenty years.
3. Tony __________ (不常) plays computer games because he thinks it's a waste of time.
4. Eight-year-old Chuck thinks he is old __________ (足够地) to go to school by himself.
5. Beethoven is well-known for his many works, especially Ode to Joy, which he wrote after he was completely _______ (聋的).
fear
doubled
seldom
enough
deaf
Ⅱ. 用括号内所给单词的适当形式填空。
1. From Diana's clothes we can see she is ________ (wealth) than before.
2. Linda used to ____ (go) to church in England every Sunday.
3. — How's your model train, Toby
— Nearly _________ (finish). I'll show it to you in fifteen minutes.
4. If the number of trees __________ (drop), there will be heavy pollution.
5. —I still remember _______ (visit) Beijing with you last summer. How happy we were!
—Yes. We took many photos there with your camera. You always remember ________ (take) it when taking trips.
wealthier
go
finished
drops
visiting
to take
Ⅲ. 根据汉语意思完成下列句子（每空一词）。
1. 如果你不大点声说，教室后面的学生是听不清你的。
If you don't __________ __________, the students at the back of the classroom won't hear you clearly.
2. 爸爸过去常常对我们说：“熟能生巧。”
Dad __________ __________ __________ to us, “Practice makes perfect.”
3. 杰克闲暇时常常去健身俱乐部。
Jack often goes to the fitness club ______ ________ _________ _________.
4. 如今，人们不如过去锻炼得多了。
Nowadays, people don't _______ _______ ______ _________ _________ they did in the past.
speak up
used to say
in his
take as much
spare/free time
exercise as
Ask your parents about their life in the past (family, work, health, education) and try to take as many notes as possible.
Finish the exercises in Leaning English.
3. Preview the passage Life now and then on page 20.
Homework

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