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Module 3
Life now and then
Review
kick shuttlecocks
do rope skipping
play hide-and-seek
play marbles
How did you spend your childhood?
I used to...
How do you spend your spare time now?
I spend my spare time doing …/ on ….
playing computer games.
surfing the Internet.
playing basketball.
watching TV.
listening to music.
hanging in the mall.
….
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Task:Look at the following pictures and say what life was like in the early 1980s and what life is like today.
transport
in the early 1980s
Now
There weren't so many cars as there are today.
There were fewer cars than there are today.
Task:Look at the following pictures and say what life was like in the early 1980s and what life is like today.
houses
in the early 1980s
Now
There weren't so many high buildings as there are today.
There were fewer buildings than there are today.
Task:Look at the following pictures and say what life was like in the early 1980s and what life is like today.
in the early 1980s
Now
education
There weren't so many ... as there are today.
There were as many ... as there are today.
There were fewer ... than there are today.
There were more ... than there are today.
Task:Look at the following pictures and say what life was like in the early 1980s and what life is like today.
environment
in the early 1980s
Now
Task:Look at the following pictures and say what life was like in the early 1980s and what life is like today.
work
in the early 1980s
Now
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Task:Look at the following pictures and say what life was like in the early 1980s and what life is like today.
in the early 1980s
Now
household appliances
Do you think life today is better than in the past?
Task:Listen and answer the questions.
What is the history homework?
It is to 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?”
3. What does Betty ask?
She asks, “Can I write about anything such as medicine and pollution?”
4. What does Daming ask?
Daming asks, “What about personal safety?”
Task:Listen to the passage and put the words in the box into the correct column.
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
2. There is less fear of getting ill _______.
a) so people live longer
b) because people know how to deal with the ordinary diseases
c) so people work harder than before
3. People take less exercise because _______.
a) they do not need to
b) they drive cars instead
c) they do not have cars or bikes
4. People work harder today and ________.
a) they do not live as long as they did
b) they do not usually have enough free time
c) they live a healthier life
Task:Listen to the passage and choose the correct choice.
1. People live longer than they did in the past.
2. People do more exercise than they used to.
3. More wealth makes people healthier than before.
4. People know more about how to deal with the ordinary diseases today.
5. People worked harder fifty years ago than they do now.
Task:Listen to the passage and choose
less
less healthy
People worked harder now than they did in the past.
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Both Betty and her mother think life is better today than in the past. People are _______ and live longer today. But people do __________ than they used to, because use cars much more. And people sometimes __________ and has less _________ than they did fifty years ago. Although life in the past was ________ and _________, more people think life is better today.
wealthier
less exercise
work harder
spare time
simpler
healthier
Task:Read and fill in the blanks.
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deal with意思是“处理;安排;对付 ”,常与疑问副词how搭配使用。如:
How will you _________ the thief who stole the diamond?
你将如何处理那个偷了钻石的小偷呢?
used to do sth.指“过去常常做某事”,否定形式有两种:didn’t use to或used not to。
My hometown has experienced great changes and life is _________________________________ (比过去更舒适).
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suppose表示“猜想”、“认为”,相当于think或guess。后接否定的宾语从句时通常将否定转移到主句上。如:
__________________he is really ill.
我看他不是真病了。
speak up表示“大点儿声说”。例如:
__________, please. I can’t hear you.
请大声一点儿,我听不见你说话。
英语国家人士在连贯话语中使用不同的语音手段进行交流,包括重音。英语句子中,需要重读的词称为句子重音。一般来说,实词(名词、实意动词、形容词、副词等)需要重读,虚词(介词、连词、冠词等)不需要重读。
Families have got smaller than they were in the past. Today most people only have one child.
Compare and say
Past
Now
Family
Mrs Li was over seventy years old. Let's learn about
the life now and then from her.
1. Who is she?
2. What is she doing?
3. How does she feel? Sad or happy?
Listen, read and answer
P20
Which points has Mrs Li talked about?
A.family B.work C.pollution D. food E.girl's education
Skimming Tips:
略读技巧:明确主题,掌握大意,梳理脉络。
Scanning: Para.1-3 and answer.
1.What did Mrs Li's father do?How was his job?
2.Why wasn't Mrs Li sent to school?
Scanning: Para.4 and complete the notes.
1.Today most peple have ____ child. The ____ of women has changed, too.
2.My daughter is lucky, and she goes to work even after ______ ______.
Scanning: Para.5 and check the right ones.
1.Transportation and travel become easier now.
2. Mrs Li didnt like the heavy traffic in the past.
Scanning: Para.6-7 and translate.
1.We didn't have television when I was a child.
2. Generally speaking, I think life is better today.
Scanning Tips:
抓关键词,定位寻读。
1. all one's life
某人的一生
2. ask sb. about sth.
*ask for
3. 一件小房子
4. 电灯
5. 寒冬严寒
6.夏日酷暑
7. 一个农村姑娘
8.在(家)外工作
9. 不只是,超过
10.全职工作、全日制工作
11. be sent to
被动语态:被送去做什么
12. afford 支付,付得起,常与can, could, be able to连用,用于否定句或疑问句
~ sth. ~ to do
e.g. ...cannot afford to take a taxi
13. 此外;更重要的是。做插入语
14. ···的角色
15. 接受了好的教育
16. 结婚;已婚
强调动作
*be married强调状态
e.g. I have been married for three years.
17. be busy (in)doing sth. 忙于做某事 trouble/ fun
* be busy with sth. 忙于某事
18. though adv. 可是;不过。放句末
e.g. It makes me tired, but I enjoy it though.
conj. 虽然;尽管 = Although、
句首
19. 总而言之 =
in a word; all in all
* 一般来说。= in general
e.g. ~~, boys like playing basketball.
adverbs副 词
二、副词的句法功能
副词一般用作状语,修饰动词、形容词、副词及全句,表示程度、方式等。
e.g. Luckily, we can find you here.
我们很幸运在这里找到了你。
He works hard every day.
他每天都刻苦工作。
now, then,today, tomorrow, yesterday, before, soon, already, often, never等
outside, inside, upstairs, here, there, in, back, off, up, anywhere 等
副词的分类
1.时间和频度副词
2. 地点副词
quickly, happily, loudly, badly, extremely, easily, fast 等
3. 方式副词
very, little, rather, too, much, so 等
4. 程度副词
when, where, why, how, how long, how soon, how often, how far 等
when, where, why等
5. 疑问副词
6. 关系副词
副词的分类
Nancy is taller than Amy.
Nancy
Linda is the tallest of the three girls.
Amy
Linda
tall
taller
tallest
Amy is tall.
比较级用于两者之间
英语中,为了表现不同程度的性质,大多数形容词和副词都有三个等级,即原级、比较级和最高级。
三、形容词与副词的比较级和最高级
规则变化 原级 比较级 最高级
单
音
节
词 一般的单音节词在词尾加-er或-est tall tallest
以不发音的e结尾的词只加-r或st nice nicer
以重读闭音节结尾,且词尾只有一个辅音字母的,双写这个辅音字母,再加-er或-est big
fat
thin biggest
fattest
thinnest
双音节词 以辅音字母加y结尾的词,改y为i, 再加-er或-est happy happier
多音节和部分双音节词 more/most + 形容词原级 important more important
taller
nicest
bigger
happiest
the most important
构成方式
fatter
thinner
原级 比较级 最高级 备注
不规则变化 good/well best 好
bad/badly/ill worse 坏
many/much most 多
little less 少
old older oldest 老、旧
elder 老
far farther farthest 远
furthest 程度
better
worst
more
eldest
least
further
(1) 比较级+ than,表示“比……更……”
1) Health is more important than wealth.
健康比财富更重要。
2) He got up earlier than I did this morning.
今天早上他起得比我早。
比
较
级
的
句
型
(2) 比较级+ and +比较级,表示“越来越……”
1) The story gets more and more exciting.
故事变得越来越激动人心。
2) Our lives are getting better and better.
我们的生活越来越好。
(3)The+比较级,the+比较级,表示“越……越……”
1) The more time you spend on it, the greater progress you will make.你在这上面花的时间越多,你的进步就会越大。
2) The more he talked, the more excited he grew.
他越说越激动。
比
较
级
的
句
型
(4)同级比较一般采用as... as... 句型,否定句可以用not so/as... as...表示。
He is as tall as his father.
他和他父亲一样高。
(1) the +最高级+ of/in/among
1) Jim is the tallest of the three/all.
吉姆是三人中最高的。
2) He is the most diligent student in his class/among us .
他是班上最勤奋的学生。
最
高
级
的
句型
(2) 选择疑问句
Who is the tallest, Tom, Jack or Bill?
汤姆、杰克和比尔,谁个子最高?
(3) the +最高级+定语从句
It is the most interesting book I have ever read.
这是我所读过的最有趣的一本书。
1) Jim is the tallest of the three/all.
吉姆是三人中最高的。
2) He is the most diligent student in his class/among us .
他是班上最勤奋的学生。
*比较级和最高级的修饰语应置于其所修饰的形容词或副词之前。
This is by far the most expensive bag in the shop.
这是目前这家商店里最贵的包。
*常见的最高级修饰语有almost, by far, far, much等。
He worked much harder then.
那时他工作要努力得多。
比较级和最高级的修饰语
常见的比较级修饰语有much, still, a lot, even, far,a bit等。
Complete the passage with the correct form of the words in brackets.
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P22
For many people, life is a lot (1) ______ (easy) today.
Medicine and diet are improving, and people are
getting (2) ___________________ (healthy) and living
(3) _______ (long). But communication is changing
(4) __________ (fast) of all. Today, with the Internet,
people can 1.communicate(5) __________ (easily) than
ever before with friends all over the world.
Not all the changes are (6) ______ (good) ones.
More people drive cars2. instead of riding bikes, so
they are3. not as (7) ____ (fit) as they were. Increasing增加的 adj.
traffic makes the roads (8) _______________ (crowded)
than ever, and it also makes pollution (9) ______ (bad).
We must all work harder to reduce pollution.
easier
healthier
more easily
good
worse
fit
(the) fastest
longer
more crowded
减少
Complete the sentences with the words or expressions in the box.
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P23
heat more than seldom spare speak up
1. We ______ have time to go on holiday.
2. We do not have much _______ time because we have important exams this year.
3. Never go out in the ________ of the day without a hat.
4. You have to _________ because the students in the back cannot hear you.
5. Mr. Smith is _________ a teacher. Most of his pupils think of him as their friend. *think sb as认为某人是.....
seldom
spare
heat
speak up
more than
去度假
1. a large amount of+un.
a great deal of+un.
2. enormous adj.庞大的,巨大的
3. get rid of sth. 除去 ; 摆脱 ;
Homework
1. 课本P21 Act.2-3;P22-P23 Act.1、3
2. . 读第二课课文,背默单词
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