内容正文:
Past and present
Unit
1
Reading
since
ever
northern
married
wife
block
since
conj. 自……以来
adv. 曾经
adj. 北方的,北部的
adj. 已婚的,结婚的
n. (pl. wives) 妻子
n. 街区
prep. 自……以来
Read after the tape and speak out the Chinese immediately.
Words Review
over
turn … into …
pollution
factory
waste
realize
improve
situation
in some ways
prep. 在……期间
把……变成……
n. 污染;污染物
n. 工厂
n. 废料;废品
(= realise) vt. & vi.
意识到;实现
vt. & vi. 改进,改善
n. 形势,情况
在某种程度上
Words Review
however
impossible
before
lonely
from time to time
anyway
husband
interview
all one's life
adv. 然而
adj. 不可能的
adv. 以前,过去,已经
adj. 孤独的,寂寞的
不时,有时,偶尔
adv. 尽管,即使这样
n. 丈夫
n. 采访
一生
Words Review
Watch the video and try to describe the changes shown in it.
narrow
wide
Road
clean
modern
old
beautiful
City
crowded
convenient
Transport
slow
fast
heavily polluted
nearly not polluted
Pollution
Our cities have changed a lot over the years.
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Listen to the interview and answer the following questions.
Does Mr Chen know Sunshine Town very well?
Was pollution a problem in the past?
How does Mr Chen think of life now?
Sure. He has lived here since he was born.
Yes, it was. But it is better now.
In some ways it is better. It's really nice to have a beautiful modern town, even though he feels a bit lonely from time to time. Anyway, it's good to see the amazing changes in the town.
Millie wants to write about the changes
in Sunshine Town for her history project.
Task 1
Daniel's grandpa, Mr Chen, knows a lot about Sunshine Town, so Millie is interviewing him to get some information. Let's listen.
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Task 2
Read and divide the interview into three parts. Give the topic of each part.
Part 1 something about Mr. Chen
Part 2 the changes in Sunshine town
Part 3 Mr Chen's feeling about the changes
Past Present
We had some _______ restaurants and shops, ____________, a cinema, a _____factory. They put _________ into the river. We have a _____ park, a new theatre and ____________________.
The government took action to ____________
_________.
The river is much ____