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Module 3
Life now and then
Unit 1
They sometimes work harder.
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1.掌握下列词汇: wealth, medicine, suppose,
fear, used to, double, seldom, spare time, speak up, deaf。
2. 掌握下列基本句型:
(1) People are wealthier today.
(2) I suppose that’s because more people have cars …
3. 正确运用形容词和副词比较级。
4. 通过了解生活变化,学会并珍惜当今生活。
2
Life in the 1980s
NOW
Differences?
Is life today better than it was in the past?
Free talk.
Clothes
3
small,
crowded
big, comfortable
House
4
Transport
At present
more cars
faster,
more traffic problems
In the past
fewer cars
5
environment
In the past
There was fewer tall buildings.
The rivers were cleaner and there were more fish swimming in the rivers.
At present
Tall buildings take up more room for crops.
The air is not so clean and fresh as before.
6
Work and free time
In the past
more free time
more relaxed.
At present
People sometimes work harder and have less free time.
7
Personal health
At present
People are healthier and live longer.
In the past
lived harder
less medicine
got ill and died
Why do people live longer today?
8
Talk about the photo. Say what life was like in the early 1980s and what life is like today.
There weren’t so many cars as there are today.
The road is much wider
than 1980s.
The buildings now are
taller than 1980s.
9
1. What is the history homework?
Write about life in the past and life today.
2. What is the question they need to answer?
The question is “Is life today better than it was in the past?”.
Listen and answer the questions.
3. What does Betty ask?
Betty asks if they can write about medicine and pollution.
4. What does Daming ask?
Daming asks if they can write about personal safety.
10
Listen and choose the correct answer.
1. 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
a
2. There is less fear