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Lesson 3 Section A (3a—3d)
Learning Objectives
comprehend the interview text about rural changes,
extracting key information.
2. use the target structures to describe changes in people’s
lives and hometowns.
3. discuss real-life changes in your hometown.
In this lesson you will:
Look and Say
1. Where are the people? Are they in a
common field?
No. They’re in a high-tech greenhouse.
a watermelon greenhouse
2. What are they doing?
They are checking the growth of the watermelons.
3. How do they feel?
They feel happy and proud.
4. Do you think the farmers live better
now?
高科技温室
Read the interview between a reporter and two villagers. In what ways have the villagers' lives changed?
3a
1. Young people’s work places
2. The farming ways
3. transportation
4. income sources
5. public facilities
Villagers’ lives have changed a lot!
work places:
big cities
villages
farming ways:
small farm
high-tech greenhouse
transportation:
highway
railway
income sources:
tourists
online sales
public facilities:
new houses /
hospital / library
3b
Complete the table with the information from 3a.
Past Present
Many young people worked in big cities.
More young people have come back to work and live in the village.
Grew a few vegetables on a small farm.
Have large high-tech greenhouses to grow tons of fruit and vegetables.
Sold vegetables at the local market.
Sell fruit and vegetables in large cities.
Past Present
The village didn’t use to have any tourists.
The village has become a tourist attraction. Villagers sell products to tourists and online to people all over China.
Villagers lived on old houses.
Villagers have new houses. The village has built a new hospital and a new library.
Further Thinking
1. Why did young people use to work in big cities?
Because there were more jobs in big cities, young people could earn more money there. They couldn’t support their families well if they stayed in the village.
2. Why do more and more young people choose to go back to
the village now?
Because villages have changed a lot now. There are more job opportunities, better public facilities and convenient transportation.
Young people can find good jobs or start their own businesses in the village.
3. What do these changes mean to the village and the young
people?
These changes mean a new and better life for the village. It becomes more beautiful and has a brighter future. For young people, they can live and work happily near their families.
3c
Listen to the conversation. Then role-play it.
Discuss and Share
What has changed the most in your hometown?
hospital
past: long waiting time, few advanced machines, ...
now: online registration, better medical equipment, faster service, ...
school
past: old classroom, blackboards, ...
now: smart boards, online classes, ...
e-payment
past: paid with cash or credit card
now: pay with phones, scan to pay, ...
restaurant
past: only eat in restaurants, ...
now: takeout apps, food delivery, ...
transport
past: narrow roads, slow buses, few subways, ...
now: online car-hailing, more new roads, ...
environment
past: more cars with smoke, fewer green parks, ...
now: more electric cars, more green parks, ...
shopping
past: go to shopping centers, carry heavy bags, ...
now: online shopping, same-day delivery, ...
cinema
past: old screens, ...
now: more cinemas with IMAX or 3D screens, ...
housing
past: simple facilities, ...
now: smart house, better community services, ...
3d
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.
hospital school e-payment shopping transport
environment restaurant cinema housing
A: In your opinion, what has changed the most in your
hometown in the last 10 years?
B: The environment, I think.
A: How has it changed?
B: ..
Sample
A: In your opinion, what has changed the most in your hometown
in the last 10 years?
B: The environment, I think.
A: How has it changed?
B: There used to be fewer trees and no bike lanes. Now we have
more green areas and special lanes for bikes.
A: That’s great! How do you feel about it?
B: I love it! I can ride my bike to school safely now, and the air
feels fresher on tree-lined streets.
Language Points
1. Now, I have large, high-tech greenhouses.
high-tech adj. 高科技的
E.g. My brother works in a high-tech company in Shenzhen.
We live in a high-tech world where everything is connected.
我哥哥在深圳一家高科技公司工作。
我们生活在一个万物互联的高科技世界。
greenhouse n. 温室
E.g. Farmers use greenhouses to protect plants from cold
weather.
农民用温室来保护植物免受寒冷天气的伤害。
The flowers in this greenhouse are very beautiful.
这个温室里的花非常漂亮。
2. The new highway and railway must have helped a lot!
highway n. 公路
E.g. It's faster to take the highway to the airport.
走高速公路去机场更快。
There are many cars on the highway during the holiday.
假期期间高速公路上有很多车。
3. Our village has become a tourist attraction.
attraction n. 向往的地方;吸引力
E.g. The Great Wall is a big tourist attraction in China.
长城是中国的一个重要旅游景点。
One of the attractions of this city is its delicious food.
这个城市的吸引力之一就是它的美食。
4. We can now sell local products to tourists.
product n. 产品
E.g. This shop sells high-quality local products.
这家店出售高质量的当地产品。
Many products in the supermarket are made in China.
超市里的很多产品都是中国制造的。
5. Have these changes greatly improved your lives?
greatly adv. 大大地;非常
E.g. I was greatly moved by the movie.
我被这部电影深深打动了。
The city has greatly developed since I was a child.
从我小时候起,这座城市就大大地发展了。
6. Together you are building a new socialist village.
socialist adj. 社会主义的 n. 社会主义者
E.g. China is a socialist country.
中国是一个社会主义国家。
He is a firm socialist who believes in equality.
他是一位坚信平等的坚定社会主义者。
7. e-payment
n. 电子支付
E.g. With e-payment, I don't need to carry cash anymore.
有了电子支付,我再也不用带现金了。
Even small shops in my hometown accept e-payment.
我老家的小店都接受电子支付。
8. housing
n. 住房;住宅
E.g. More young people can afford their own housing now.
现在更多年轻人能买得起自己的住房了。
The housing prices in big cities are very high.
大城市的房价非常高。
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