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Unit 1 The Changing World
第 2 课 时 (3a—3d)
Section A
What changes have taken place around you?
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单词:high-tech, greenhouse, highway, railway, attraction, product, greatly, socialist, e-payment, housing
句子:① How has life changed in your hometown?
② Have these changes greatly improved your lives?
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能通过略读、细读,读懂 3a 访谈文本,梳理出村民在工作/农业/交通商业/公共设施维度的变化。
Learning Goals
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Let’s look at the picture and discuss.
Warming-up
What are the farmers doing?
They are selling vegetables on live streaming platforms.
How can e-business help farmers?
It can help farmers attract more customers, so they can sell more products and make more money.
Pre-reading
Look at the picture in 3a and the title of the interview.
What do you think the villagers will talk about?
roads?
Building?
Farming?
...?
While-reading
Read quickly. Get the general idea and main changes.
1.What is the main topic of the interview?
2.Find 2-3 main areas of change mentioned.
It’s about the changes in the village over the last 20 years.
Work
Farming
Traffic
Facilities
Complete the table with the information from 3a.
3b
Aspect Past Present
Young people worked
in big cities.
More young people come back
to work in the village.
Small farm,
grew a few vegetables
for local market.
Large high-tech greenhouses,
grow tons of food for big cities.
Work
Farming
Thinking
1. Why did more young people come back?
Better opportunities, better living conditions,
pride in hometown.
Easier.
Because technology makes farming more efficient.
2. Do you think Ms Wu’s life is harder or easier now? Why?
3b
Complete the table with the information from 3a.
Aspect Past Present
No easy way to sell
products far away.
New highway/railway;
sell to tourists and online.
Old houses
New houses;
new hospital and library .
Transport
& Sales
Public
Conditions
What has the village changed?
What’s your feelings about that?
Proud
Hopeful
Listen to the conversation. Then role-play it.
3c
How has life changed in your hometown over the last 20 years?
Great! Have there been any other changes?
Oh, it has changed quite a lot...
Yes, we’ve changed the way we
farm...
Choose the things that have greatly changed in the last 10 years in your hometown. Talk about the changes and how you feel about them.
3d
hospital school e-payment shopping transport environment restaurant cinema housing
A: In your opinion, what has changed the most in your hometown over the last 10 years?
B: The environment, I think.
A: How has it changed?
B: ...
In your opinion, what has changed the most in your hometown over the last 10 years?
The environment, I think.
Well, there used to be a dirty river in our town. Now the river is clean and clear. We can see fish swimming in it. Also, there are more trees and flowers everywhere.
How has it changed?
That’s great! How do you feel about these changes?
I feel really happy and I love to live here.
Choose the things that have greatly changed in the last 10 years in your hometown. Talk about the changes and how you feel about them.
3d
What can we learn from the changes in the village?
Let’s think.
Government support + Hard work +Technology
= Positive change
As students,we can keep our community clean, or study hard to build a better future for it.
Language points
1. How has life changed in your hometown over the last 20 years?
你的生活在过去二十年有怎样的改变?
现在完成时特殊疑问句:How have/has + 主语 + 过去分词…?
over the last + 时间段 表示“在过去的一段时间”
How has your school changed in the past five years?
你的学校在过去五年有怎样的改变?
2. The new highway and railway must have helped a lot!
新的公路和铁路一定助益良多。
must have + 过去分词,对过去事情做肯定推测,意思是“一定已经……了”
The ground is wet. It must have rained last night.
地面是湿的。昨晚一定下雨了。
3. Our village has become a tourist attraction.
我们的村庄已经变成了一个旅游景点。
attraction /əˈtrækʃ(ə)n/ n. 向往的地方;吸引力
The Summer Palace is a popular tourist attraction.
颐和园是一个受欢迎的旅游景点。
I can’t see the attraction of sitting on a beach all day.
我看不出整天坐在海滩上有什么乐趣。
tourist attraction 旅游景点;旅游胜地
attract v. 吸引
attraction n. 向往的地方;吸引力
attractive adj. 有吸引力的
词形拓展
Our school’s reading comer is really attractive. It attracts students during the break, and it has become a popular attraction.
我们学校的读书角特别有吸引力。它在课间吸引学生前去,已经成为一个受欢迎的地方。
4. We can now sell local products to tourists.
现在我们可以卖当地产品给游客。
product /ˈprɒdʌkt/ n. 产品
The factory produces millions of cameras every year. The products are up to standard and popular. Till now, the production of this factory has reached a record high.
这家工厂每年生产数百万部相机,产品合格并且很受欢迎。截至目前,该厂产量已经达到了历来的最高记录。
produce
v. 生产
product
n. 产品
production
n. 产量;生产
5. Have these changes greatly improved your lives?
这些变化大大地改善了你们的生活吗?
greatly /ˈɡreɪtli/ adv. 大大地;非常
My teacher’s words greatly encouraged me to study harder.
老师的话极大地鼓舞我更加努力学习。
I was greatly surprised at the news.
我对这个消息感到非常惊讶。
由“great (adj.大的,非常的) + -ly”构成。
the way 后面跟了一个定语从句。省略了关系代词 that 或 in which。意为“改变了我们耕作的方式”。
6. We’ve changed the way we farm.
我们已经改变了我们耕作的方式。
I don’t like the way (that) you speak to your mother.
我不喜欢你对妈妈说话的方式。
e-payment
e-payment /iː ˈpeɪmənt/ n. 电子支付
e-是electronic的缩写,意为“电子的;电子通信的”。
e-shopping 网上购物
e-book 电子书
e-business 电子商务
housing /ˈhaʊzɪŋ/ n. 住房;住宅
作不可数名词,不表示具体的房子。
Many people care about the housing problem in big cities.
很多人关心大城市的住房问题。
With the city’s development, people’s housing conditions have improved a lot.
随着城市的发展,人们的住房条件已经改善了很多。
住房问题
住房条件
housing
Ⅰ.用括号内所给单词的适当形式填空
Practice
The situation ____________ (change) over the last month.
The Palace Museum is a famous tourist __________ (attract) in Beijing.
France __________ (product) a great deal of wine.
Regular exercise can _______ (great) benefit your physical and mental health.
has changed
attraction
produces
greatly
Ⅱ.根据汉语意思完成句子,每空一词
1. 人们每年浪费大量的食物。
People waste _____ _____ _____ every year.
2. 全中国的人们可以都使用电子支付。
People ____ _____ ______ can use e-payment.
3. 技术的发展大大改善了我们的生活。
The development of technology ____ _______ _________ our lives.
tons of food
all over China
has greatly improved
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