内容正文:
Unit 2 I think life is better today.
Module 3 Life now and then
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学 习 目 标
学习本单元新单词及短语: tiny, electric, light, candle, postman, cold, heat, full-time, role, education, transport;
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感受变化,珍爱今天的生活。
谈论过去与现在的生活;
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课 堂 导 入
Look carefully and find out the changes.
Dong Chang’an Jie in the 1980s and now
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Look at the woman in the photo. How do you think she feels?
Think about what she will talk about:
● family
● work
● health
● education
Discussion
新 学 新 练
Read the passage and take notes on what Mrs Li says about the points
in Activity 1.
Life in the past Life now
1. Family bigger; five children smaller; one child
2. Food
simpler, meat only
once or twice a year
more food and
better food
Now complete the notes and add more points of your own.
Life in the past Life now
3. Work
4.Education
5. Transport
6. Entertainment
hard and difficult work,
long hours
interesting jobs for
boys and girls
expensive,
often only for boys
good schools
for everyone
on foot or by bike
much easier, buses,
cars and planes
no television
television, mputers,
etc.
Read the phrases in the conversation and put them into Chinese.
某人一生;一辈子
在过去
出去
照顾;照看
all one’s life
in the past
go out
look after
a full-time job
what’s more
the role of
get married
more than
全职工作
此外;更重要的是
……的角色
结婚
不只是;多于
联想:take care of 照顾
联想:a part-time job 兼职工作
联想:less than少于;不到
Read the phrases in the conversation and put them into Chinese.
忙于做某事
步行
乘公共汽车
乘飞机
10. be busy doing sth.
11. on foot
12. take the bus
13. take a plane
14. enjoy doing sth.
15. some of…
16. Generally speaking
喜欢做某事
……中的一些
联想:be busy with 忙于……
联想:by bus 乘公共 汽车
联想:by plane 乘飞机
联想:one of ……之一;most of ……中的大多数
一般来说
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。
(1)looking after us是动名词短语,在句中作主语。单个的动名词(短语)作主语,谓语动词用单数形式。多个并列的动名词(短语)作主语时,谓语动词通常用复数。
[例句] Playing basketball makes me strong. 打篮球让我很健壮。