Unit 1 Past and present Integration 课件2025-2026学年译林版英语八年级下册

Unit 1 Past and present Integration Integration Objectives 01 describe some of the changes in China's countryside and their causes. 02 talk about great changes in your hometown. 03 write an article about the changes in your hometown. At the end of this lesson, you will be able to Starlight Village 40 years ago Starlight Village now What can you see in the picture? Past Environment: green _____, clean and fresh ____,Wild ____ near the lake Transport: bus and ________ Living conditions:old_______ hills air birds bicycle houses Starlight Village now Present Environment: smaller ____, new ____ station, tall _____ and new roads Transport: bus ,taxi and ________ Living conditions: new_______ lake railway buildings train flats Starlight Village 40 years ago Starlight Village now How do you feel about the village now? Listening Village Past Present Springfield Village A(1)__________ village with (2)___________ and muddy roads New and wide (3) ___________ Tidy and clean (4)___________ tourists visit the village every year. Riverside Village A quiet village with many (5)___________ A popular place for tourists—they can go fishing or (6) ___________ with local farmers. Farmers have modern machines and (7) ___________ to help with farm work and can sell products (8) ___________ easily. Millie is now listening to a programme about two villages in China. Listen to what Sally,the presenter, says and complete the table below. poor green hills roads Thousands of farms pick fruit technology online 1 Mr Wang opened a guest house three years ago. ________ 2 The guest house has eight bedrooms. ________ 3 The villagers have stopped farming. ________ 4 Tourists can stay overnight in the guest house. ________ 5 Tourists staying at the guest house enjoy helping on the farm. ________ 6 People in the village are happy about the changes. ________ Sally is asking a farmer from Riverside Village some questions. Listen to their conversation and write a T if a sentence is true or an F if it is false. Then correct the false ones. F five . F six . F haven’t . T T T Millie is writing a report about what she learnt from the programme. Complete her report below with the information in Parts B1 and B2. Thanks to the Beautiful Countryside Programme, living conditions in the countryside in China have changed a lot in recent years. Many years ago, Springfield Village was a (1) ___________. Roads were often (2) _______________. Few tourists went there. Now great changes have taken place in the village. The roads are (3) ___________ than before and it is (4) ___________ everywhere. Lots of tourists visit the village every year. They enjoy the (5) _____________ in the village. Tourism has helped (6) ___________ Springfield Village a lot. Great changes have also taken place in another village, Riverside Village, a quiet village with (7) ___________. Now the village has also become a popular place for tourists. They can go fishing or (8) ___________ there. Farmers there are happier because modern (9) ____________________ have made farming easier and improved their lives. The internet has also helped farmers because they can now easily sell their products (10) ___________. develop many farms pick fruit machines and technology online poor village narrow and muddy much wider clean and tidy beauty of nature Completing Millie is reading an article about Starlight Village. Let’s read it together. 1. When you step onto the wide, clean roads of Starlight Village, you will see rows of new houses, tall trees and beautiful flowers. (1) when 引导的时间状语从句用一般现在时，后边的主句用一般将来时。 (2) step onto 踏上 e.g. He stepped onto the stage nervously. 他紧张地踏上舞台。 Language points 2. There was often rubbish lying in the streets. There be sb./sth. doing sth. 某人正在做某事/某物处于某种状态 e.g. There is a boy standing under the apple tree. 有一个男孩站在苹果树下。 3. Most families have built beautiful houses, and we feel hopeful about the future. feel hopeful about... 对……充满希望 e.g. Tom is a clever boy and often feels hope about every exam. 汤姆是个聪明的孩子总对考试充满希望。 4. Mr Wang opened a guest house five years ago. open a guest house 开一家小旅馆/民宿 e.g. Mr. Wang opens a guest to support his son and daughter’ education. 王先生开了一家民宿来维持儿子和女儿的教育支出。 Language points Sally is asking a farmer from Riverside Village some questions. B2 Listen to their conversation and write a T if a sentence is true or an F if it is false. Then correct the false ones. __________ Mr Wang opened a guest house three years ago. __________ The guest house has eight bedrooms. __________ The villagers have stopped farming. __________ Tourists can stay overnight in the guest house. __________ Tourists staying at the guest house enjoy helping on the farm. __________ People in the village are happy about the changes. Presentation guest house 小旅馆 stay overnight 过夜；留宿 be happy about 对……感到高兴；为……而开心 Sally: Hello,Mr Wang.I know you run a guest house in your village. Mr Wang: Yes,l opened it five years ago. Sally: How many bedrooms does it have? Mr Wang: Six bedrooms in all,including two family rooms. Sally: What made you decide to open a guest house? Mr Wang: We have beautiful mountains and clear waters here, and every year, many tourists come to visit.They can spend the night in our guest house and enjoy country life. Sally: So, you've stopped farming to focus on tourism? Mr Wang: No,we haven't stopped farming.In fact,many of the tourists stay at our guest house and enjoy helping on the farm. Sally: Are the local people happy that more people visit? Mr Wang: Yes.Tourism helps develop our village a lot and our lives have become much better.We're so proud that Riverside Village has grown from a little-known village to a popular place. Sally: That's really great! Hope your life will get better and better.Thanks for talking to me, Mr Wang. Post-listening Finish Part B3 on Page 16. develop many farms pick fruit machines and technology online poor village narrow and muddy much wider clean and tidy beauty of nature Presentation B3 Complete the report . Millie is writing a report about what she learnt from the programme. Complete her report below with the information in Parts B1 and B2. Thanks to the Beautiful Countryside Programme, living conditions in the countryside in China have changed a lot in recent years. Many years ago, Springfield Village was a (1) ____________. Roads were often (2) ____________. Few tourists went there. Now great changes have taken place in the village. The roads are (3) ____________ than before and it is (4) ____________ everywhere. Lots of tourists visit the village every year. They enjoy the (5) ____________ in the village. Tourism has helped (6) ____________ Springfield Village a lot. Great changes have also taken place in another village, Riverside Village, a quiet village with (7) ____________. Now the village has also become a popular place for tourists. They can go fishing or (8) ____________ there. Farmers there are happier because modern (9) ____________ have made farming easier and improved their lives. The internet has also helped farmers because they can now easily sell their products (10) ____________. take place 发生，进行 living condition 生活条件 待插入答案 Millie is talking with her dad about a great change in Sunshine Town. Speaking Listen to Millie and her dad’s conversation in Part C and answer the following question. 1.Where is Millie’s hometown? 2.What place are they talking about? Sunshine Town . Happy Land, a theme park . Speaking Read Millie and her dad’s conversation and complete the table below. Past Present It was once(1)______________ . When he was (2) . her dad often went there to (3)______ ___ at the weekend. Now it has become a(4)________ . The government began to build it in (5) . an empty field Millie’s age theme park play football 2002 Fill in the blanks. 1. The transport ____________ (improve) a lot since last year. 2. Our hometown _________ (change) greatly with more new roads. 3. In the past, we ______ (live) in small houses; however, now we have big flats. 4.The park ___________ (become) more beautiful since they planted many flowers. 5.When I was a child, I _______ (play) games with my friends in the yard every day. has improved has changed lived has become played Complete the sentences based on the text content. 1. Many changes have t___________ in Sunshine Town over the last 40 years. 2.Today, people live in m________ houses, not old ones. 3.It is c_______ to see buses in the town now. 4.T_______ to your help, I finished my homework on time. 5.B_____ then, people didn't have cars. aken place odern ommon hanks ack Presentation Read and take notes. Millie: I'm going to Happy Land this weekend, Dad. Dad: That's great! I hope you enjoy yourself. But did you know that area used to be an empty field? Millie: Oh, really? Dad: When I was your age, I often went there to play football at the weekend. Millie: So when did it become Happy Land? Dad: In 2012, a company began to build the theme park there. Millie: I see. Our town has certainly become more modern over the years. Dad: Yes, and there are more places for people to have fun now. Millie: That's true. enjoy oneself 表示 “玩得开心、过得愉快” used to be 过去曾经是；以前是 when I was your age 表示“当我像你这么大的时候”。 theme park 主题乐园 over the years 用来描述 “从过去持续到现在的一段时间” I see. 表示 “我明白了、我知道了、我懂了” Read the conversation and find out what changes have happened in Sunshine Town. Presentation Read and find. Millie: I'm going to Happy Land this weekend, Dad. Dad: That's great! I hope you enjoy yourself. But did you know that area used to be an empty field? Millie: Oh, really? Dad: When I was your age, I often went there to play football at the weekend. Millie: So when did it become Happy Land? Dad: In 2012, a company began to build the theme park there. Millie: I see. Our town has certainly become more modern over the years. Dad: Yes, and there are more places for people to have fun now. Millie: That's true. I'm going to ... this weekend 描述个人计划 When I was your age, ... 过去回忆表达 Our town has certainly become more …. 变化总结表达 Discussion Work in pairs and talk about changes in your hometown. A: Mum, I’m going to …this weekend. B: That’s wonderfu! … We can also visit… A: That’s a good idea. When was it built? B: In.... And the government began to … A: I see. Our town has become …over the years. B: You said it! There are more …now. A: I agree./I couldn’t agree more. Discussion Work in pairs and talk about changes in your hometown. A:Mum,I'm going to the China Grand Canal Museum in the Yunhe Sanwan Scenic Spot this weekend. (中国大运河博物馆) （运河三湾风景区） B:That's wonderful! By the way,do you know what that area used to be? A:No.What was it like before? B:Well,there was a chemical factory there back then.With unpleasant smells, it was really dirty and messy. A:Oh,really? When did it become a scenic spot? B:Around2014,the government decided to change this situation.The scenic spot has become a landmark (里程碑)for ecological protection since it opened in 2017. A:That's a huge change! It's a great place for citizens to exercise and relax now. B:Exactly! It's also a great place to watch birds and learn about how the Grand Canal has shaped Yangzhou's past and present. A: That's cool! I can't wait to visit it. Millie: I'm going to Happy Land this weekend, Dad. Dad: That's great! I hope you enjoy yourself. But did you know that area used to be an empty field? Millie: Oh, really? Dad: When I was your age, I often went there to play football at the weekend. Millie: So when did it become Happy Land? Dad: In 2012, a company began to build the theme park there. Millie: I see. Our town has certainly become more modern over the years. Dad: Yes, and there are more places for people to have fun now. Millie: That's true. C Work in pairs and talk about a great change in your hometown. Use the conversation below as a model. Presentation Work in pairs. Useful expressions ...used to be ... when I was your age,... When did it become...? In..., ...began to build ... Our hometown has become more... over the years. Before writing Read Millie’s outline for her proposal in Part D1 and answer the following questions. 1. What does Millie write about for the competion? Changes in Sunshine Town. 2. What aspects does she show the changes from? Living spaces, transport and job chances. Translation. 1. 在过去的 40 年里，我的家乡发生了许多变化。 _______________________________________________ 2.人们正享受着更幸福的生活。 _______________________________________________ 3.过去，人们主要骑自行车出行；然而，现在很多家庭都有了汽车。 _______________________________________________ __________________________________________ People are enjoying a happier life. Many changes have taken place in my hometown over the last 40 years. In the past, people mainly went out by bike; however, now many families have cars. Translation. 4. 家乡的环境已经变得比以前干净多了。 _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ 5. 多亏了这些变化，人们的生活越来越好。 _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ The environment in my hometown has become much cleaner than before. Thanks to these changes, people's lives are getting better and better. 用现在完成时造句（写 2 句，描述家乡 / 学校的变化） 例：My hometown has got a new park. ___________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ Short writing. Our school has planted many trees around the playground. My hometown has opened a new shopping mall in the center. Talk with your family about one change in your hometown. Basic homework Practical homework Fix your composition draft (use your partner’s suggestions) and copy it neatly. Find photos of your hometown’s past or present and observe the changes. Write 3 short English sentences to describe it. Extended homework null 95544.0 null 95184.0 星越教育 null 42264.0 $