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Unit1 Past and Present
· block n. 街区
· over prep. 在...期间
● turn into vt.&vi. 把...变成
· pollution 污 染 (pollute v.)
· factory n. 工厂(factories pl.)
New words
·since conj./prep. 自... 以来
· ever adv. 曾经
· northern adj. 北方的
· married adj.
· wife-wives(pl.)
已婚的(marry
n. 妻子
v.)
adj.不可能的(possible)
adv. 以前
adj. 孤独的;寂寞的 adv.尽管;即使这样 n. 丈夫
n. 采访
life 一 生
· waste n.废料,废品
·realize(=realise)v. 意识到;实现
·improve v. 改进 (improvement n.)
· situation n.形势,情况
· impossible
·before
·lonely
· anyway
· husband
· interview
· all one's
is interviewing him to get some information.
L. interview vt. 采访 n.采 访 ,面试 1.What does Millie want to
2.Why does she interview Mr
Chen?
采访者 interviewer 受访者 interviewee
A Times have changed
Millie wants to write about the changes in Sunshine Town for her history project.Daniel's grandpa,Mr Chen, knows a lot about Sunshine Town,so Millie
write about for her history
interview sb.=have an interview with sh悉 访 某 人 project?
Watch and answer
1.What's the type of this article? An interview.
2.Who are the two persons? Millie and Mr.Chen.
What are the changes?
Mr.Chen's house
Changes to
personal lives
Changes to
the society
Mr.Chen's life
Town (facilities)
Environment
Times
have
changed
Mr.Chen's house
first
lived in the northern
part of town
in 1965
moved two blocks
away
present
has lived in this
area since then
Can you tell the
changes to Mr Chen's house?
Main idea questions
self-information
Part 1 (L1-6)
Q1,Q2
feelings
Part 3 (L17-23)
Q5
changes
Part 2 (L7-16)
Q3,Q4
Millie: Has the town changed a lot over the years?
Mr Chen: Yes!We only had some small restaurants and shops years ago.And
we had a post office and a cinema in the town centre.Now the
Millie: Have you ever moved house?
Mr Chen: Yes.I first lived in the northern part of town with my parents.
5 When I got married in 1965.my wife and I moved two blocks
Millie: Do you know Sunshine Town very well,Mr Chen? UIReadmp3
10 government has turned part of the town centre into a new park.
Mr Chen: Sure I've lived here since I was born.
We have a new theatre and a large shopping mall too.
away and we ve lived in this area since then.
Now the river is much cleaner.
Millie: Do you think life is better now? UIRead11mp3
Mr Chen: Well,in some ways it is.I 's really nice to have a beautiful modern
bwn.Fowever,most of my old friends have moved away. t has
20 ecome impossible for us to see each other as often as before. We
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used to play cards and Chinese chess together.Now I feel a bit
lonely from time to time.Anyway,it's good to see the amazing
hanges in the town.
Millie: Was pollution a problem then?
Mr Chen: Yes,it was.There was once a steel factory near the Sunshine River.
15 realized the problem and took action to improve the situation . UIRead10mp3
They often put the waste into the river.later the government
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Has the town changed a lot over the years? 婚”(强调动作)
be married(to sb.) (强调状态
Yes!We only had some small restaurants and shops years ago.And
we had a post office and a cinema in the town centre.Now the
government has turned part of the town centre into a new park.
Yes.I first lived in the northern part of town with my parents.
When I got married in 1965,my wife and I moved two blocks
away and we've lived in this area since then. marry sb 嫁给某人/娶某人.
get married(to sb.“ 与某人结
Mr Chen:
Millie:
Mr.Chen's house
IVIT cnen:
5
We have a new theatre and a large shopping mall too.
turn+adj. 变得……
It's one's turn to do sth. 轮到某人做某事 take turns to do sth.轮流做某事
Millie:
Mr.Chen's town
MIr cnen:
10
since + 一段时间+ago =for+一段时间
adv.曾经(常用于疑问句中,否定形式为never)
主完+ since+ 一般过去时的从句 since+ 过去一个时间点
Have you ever moved house?
ever
Sure.I've lived here since I was born.
know Sunshine Town
very well,Mr
Millie: Do
UIReadmp3
Chen?
you
[探究] since 常和_ 现在完成时 _连用,它常用于以下句型:
(1)主句(完成时)+ since+ 过去的时间点(如具体的年、月、日期 、钟点等).
(2)主句(完成时)+ since+ 一段时间+ ago.
(3)主句(完成时)+ since+ 从句(过去时).
(4)It is+ 一段时间+ since + 从句(过去时).
[ 搭 配 ] ever since _ 从那时起,一直到现在
since then 此后,从那时起
有 点a bit of +不 可 数 名
得 e r t ntime. y 's s a 副词/比
感 到 孤 独feel lonely 做什么事情对某人来说怎么样
。
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v
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l
.t
形
词
级
tle
数
较
lit
可
sth 形式主语
mazing a bit/a
d
e
o
th
t
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s
t
adj
y,it
s
w
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A
he tow
time to
n
m
i
o
s
f
hang
onely
e
c
l
e alon
对 某 人
住
变
st
居
经
do
自
已
o
独
事
某
sb
来说做
词 +for
take action to do sth 采取措 施、行动做某事
2) improve the situation改 善情况
improve life(改善他的生活
). Millie:
Mr Chen:
as+形容词、副词原级别“ 和…一样”
not as/so..as不如
Now the river is much cleaner. waste为不可数名词。 waste还可作_动词意为
“浪费;滥用”waste time
Do you think life is better nQMead11mp₃
Well,in some ways it is.It's really nice to have a beautiful modern
town.However,most of my old friends have moved away.It has become impossible for us to see each other as often as before.We
from time to time=sometimes
=at times 有时
Millie: Was pollution a problem then?
They often put the waste into the river.Later the government
realized the problem and took action to improve the situation.
It has been/become+形容 used to play cards and Chinese chess together.Now I feel a bit 词= a little+不
air/water/nose/light pollution空气、 水、噪音、光污染
Mr Chen: Yes,it was.There was once a steel factory near the Sunshine River.
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1.I stopped to buy some fruit on my way home.
2. By the way ,what kind of fruit do you like best?
3.People in the UK are polite.They won't push you or walk past you when you are in their way.
4. In some ways,it's quite a good idea,but the high cost makes it impossible. in this way
淄 Mr.Chen's life
What does Mr Chen think of the present life?。0( 在某些方面 in some ways
在某人去某地的路上on one's way (to ..) 顺便说一下 by the way
挡道,挡住某人的路 in the way/in one's way 通过这种/那种方式 in this/that way
不可能 no way
In some
ways,it's
better.
from time to time =sometimes=at times 有时候
on time 按时 in time 及时
all the time 总是 take your time 不着急,慢慢来
● Please take your time ,sir.There is no hurry.
● If you run,you may be in time for the bus.
●Look!The monkeys are running and jumping all the time.
from time to time
Millie: Have you ever moved house?
Mr Chen:Yes.I first lived in the northern part of town with my parents.
When I got married in 1965,my wife and I moved two blocks
away and we've lived in this area since then.
Millie: Has the town changed a lot over the years?
Mr Chen: Yes!We only had some small restaurants and shops years ago.And
we had a post office and a cinema in the town centre.Now the
government has turned part of the town centre into a new park.
We have a new theatre and a large shopping mall too.
Millie: Do you know Sunshine Town very well,Mr Chen?
Mr Chen:Sure. I've lived here since I was born.
Millie: Was pollution a problem then?
Mr Chen: Yes,it was.There was once a steel factory near the Sunshine River.
They often put the waste into the river.Later the government
realized the problem and took action to improve the situation.
Now the river is much cleaner.
Millie: Do you think life is better now?
Mr Chen:Well, in some ways it is. It's really nice to have a beautiful modern
town .However,most of my old friends have moved away.It has become impossible for us to see each other as often as before.We used to play cards and Chinese chess together.Now I feel a bit
lonely from time to time. Anyway, it's good to see the amazing
changes in the town.
small
restaurants
and shops a post
office and a cinema put the
waste into the river realized the problem and took action
a theatre and a shopping mall a new park much cleaner
changes Part 2 (L7-16)
changes
town pollution
Good Bad
It's really nice to have a It has become impossible for him and his old
beautiful modern town. friends to see each other as often as before.
It's good to see the He feels a bit lonely
amazing changes. from time to time.
Read and think(17-23)
Does Mr.Chen like the changes in Sunshine Town?
In some ways it is.
In the past At present
● small restaurants
and shops
● a post office
● a cinema
What do you think of the changes to the town?
● a new park
● a new theatre
● a large shopping mall
Changes to the town
The town has become...
Once
Changes to thc A steel factory
put the waste into the Sunshine
River.
Later
action to improve tne situation
Now make ...better
The river ismuch cleaner
What do you think of the changes to the
environment?
The government
ealized he problem
know or understand
and tOOK
Changes to Mr Chen's life
In the past At present
Mr Chen used to ● Most of his friends have moved away
play cards and ·I t has become impossible for them to
Chinese chess see each other as often as before.
with his old ● Mr Chen feels a bitlonely from time
friends. to time. unhappy because of
sometimes being alone
1.—I feel hungry now.
—Why not go for dinner with us?
A.a bit B.a bit of
C.a few D.a little of
1 The reporter will (采访)you tomorrow.
2 Many birds fly to the northern (北方的)parts every winter.
3 They got married (结婚)in 1996.
4 There were fewer factories (工厂)in the past
than at present.
5 Have yourealized (意识到)this serious mistake now?
6 We should remember nothing is impossib l不可能)
7 We should be brave enough to face all kinds of situations (形势)
8 They have moved to other areas in Beijing,and I feel a bit lonely (孤单)from time to time.
9.We have lived here since (自从)my
father began to work in this city.
一 词 汇 应 用 interview
10.There is less air pollution (pollute)in the small village.I like going there on vacation.
hometown?---About ten.
二动词填空
1 The old man next to me used to be (be) an English teacher.
2 Shehas realized realize)the importance of English already.
3 She has lived (live)here since she came here in 2007.
4 The little boy is crying sadly because he
11.Now the rivers in the park are much cleaner (clean). 12---How many blockS (街区)are there in your
hasn't passed(not pass)the exam.
a sometimes
b know or understand something
that you did not know before
c make something better
d a place where things are made by machines
e not happy because of being alone
f having a husband or wife wives
g a group of buildings with
street s on all sides
Unit 1
B Changes in Sunshine Town
B1 Millie is telling Sandy about her interview with Mr Chen.Sandy does not know the meanings of some words.Help her match the words on the left with the meanings on the right. Write the correct letters in the blanks.
1 married (line 5)
2 block(line 5)
3 factory(line 13)
4 realize (line 15)
5 improve (line 15)
6 lonely (line 22)
7 from time to time (line 22)
g
d
b
C
e
a
f
There
Sunshine
have been amazing changes in Sunshine Town has changed a lot.
a lot
1 Mr Chen knows little about Sunshine Town.
2 Mr Chen moved away from his parents when he got married.
3 There is a large shopping mall in Sunshine Town now.
4 The steel factory once put its waste into the Sunshine River.
difficult
6 Amazing changes have taken place in Sunshine Town.
B2 Millie is telling Sandy more about her interview with Mr Chen.Help Sandy check if she has got the information right. Write a T ifa sentence is true or an F if
5 It is easy for Mr Chen to see his old friends now.
it is false.
T
F
T
T
T
F
B3 Sandy wants to learn more about the history of Sunshine Town.She is asking Millie some questions. Work in pairs.Complete their conversation.
n.
Sandy: Tell me more about your interview with Mr Chen,Millie.Has he lived in Sunshine Town all his life? northern
Millie: Yes.He first lived with his parents in the(1) part of town,and then moved to another flat two (2) blo cks _away.
Sandy: What was the town like in the past?
Millie: There were some small 3) restaurants and shops.
Sandy: What did Mr Chen say about the town centre?
Sandy: Were there any factories in Sunshine Town?
Millie: Years ago,there was a (4)post office and a(5) cinema Now there's a new park,a new(6) theatre and a large
Millie: Yes.There was once a (8) steel factory near the Sunshine River.
(7) shopping mall
在...北部 in the northern part of. …. =in the north of. … .
结婚 get married 与某人结婚get married to sb.=marry sb.
搬到两个街区外move two blocks away
自那时起 since then
在这些年间over the years =in the past/last few years 在镇中心 in the town centre
把…变成….turn...into ... =change...into ...
8. 曾经有 . .There was once..=There used to be ...
9. 意识到这个问题 realize the problem
10.改善这种情况 improve the situation
11.在某种程度上 in some ways
12. 时不时;时常from time to time =sometimes at times
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