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8B Unit 1
Past and present
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Reading II
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Work in pairs. Talk about Mr Chen and Sunshine Town with the help of these questions:
Revision
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. Chen
He lived in Sunshine Town.
Because he got married.
They 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 Town
3. What did the steel factory put into the
river?
4. Do you think Mr Chen lives a better
life now?
The waste.
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The four parts of the interview
Part1(Line1-6)
Part2(Line7-11)
Part3(Line12-16)
Part4(Line17-23)
Mr Chen’s life
the changes in Sunshine Town
the pollution in Sunshine Town
Mr Chen’s ideas about the changes in Sunshine Town
Language points
1. know sth. well 对。。。熟悉
我对这个学校不太熟,因为我是新来的。
I don’t know the school very well because I am new here.
1. I’ve lived here since I was born.
主句(用现在完成时) + since + 从句(一般过去时)。这是现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 taught
came
Language points
2. When I got married in 1965, my wife and I moved two blocks away and we’ve 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 been
have read
3.be/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。
娶了某人/嫁给某人
marry sb.
15年前我爸爸娶了妈妈。
My father married my mother 15 years ago.
我爸爸娶了妈妈15年了。
My father has been married to my mother for 15 years.
A be/get married to B 娶