内容正文:
Module 3 Life now and then
Unit 2
sEEPNG= Ⅰ think life is better
today.
THEN NOW
点
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.
Work in pairs.Discuss what
you did in your childhood and
list some of them.
P20
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
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education
can't get healthy food
received low
sometimes
education or no
education
Reading
P20
2
Read the passage and take notes on what
Mrs Li says about the points in Activity 1.
Now complete the notes and add more
points of your own.
Life in the past
Life now
1 Family:bigger;five
1 Family:smaller;
children
one child
2 Food:simple,meat only
2 Food:more meat
once or twice a year
and better food
3 Work:hard and difficult
3Work:interesting both
work for men and women
work,long hours
4 Education:expensive,
4Education:good
often for boys
schools for everyone
5 Transport:on foot:
5 Transport:much easier
by hike
buses,cars and plane
6 Entertainment:no
6 Entertainment:television,
television
computers
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w-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。