内容正文:
The Changing World
Section A 3a-3d
To learn new words: railway, product, greatly, socialist, housing …
To read 3a and complete 3b.
To talk about big changes in the last 10 years and how you feel about them.
Objectives
Let’s talk:
Where did many young people work, in big cities or in the villages?
Did the villagers sell local products online to people all over China?
What about now? What has changed?
Warming-up
1a Read the interview between a reporter and two villagers. In what ways have the villagers’ lives changed?
Reporter: How has life changed in your hometown over
the last 20 years?
Mr Yan: Oh, it has changed quite a lot! Many young
people used to work in big cities. Now, more of
them have come back to live and work here.
Reporter: Great! Have there been any other changes?
Ms Wu: Yes, we’ve changed the way we farm. I used to
grow a few vegetables on a small farm to sell at
the local market. Now, I have large, high-tech
greenhouses. There, I grow tons of fruit and
vegetables, and sell them in large cities.
Reporter: Wow, the new highway and railway must
have helped a lot!
Mr Yan: Oh, they have! Our village has become a tourist
attraction. We can now sell local products to
tourists. We also sell products online to people
all over China.
遍及
Reporter: Have these changes greatly improved your
lives?
Ms Wu: Yes! We now have new houses. And our village
has just built a new
hospital and a library.
Reporter: Wonderful! Together
you are building a new
socialist village.
3b Complete the table with the information
from 3a.
Past Present
Past Present
Many young people worked in big cities.
More young people have come back to live and work in the village.
Ms Wu grew a few vegetables on a small farm and sold them at the local market.
Ms Wu grows tons of fruit and vegetables and sells them in large cities.
They didn’t have large, high-tech greenhouses.
They have large, high-tech greenhouses.
The village was not a tourist attraction.
The village has become a tourist attraction.
They didn’t sell products online to
people all over China.
They sell local products to tourists and online to people all over China.
They didn’t have new houses, a new hospital or a new library.
They have new houses, a new hospital and a new library.
3c Listen to the conversation. Pay attention
to the use of different tenses. Then role-play
the conversation.
3d Choose the things that have greatly changed over 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 over the last 10 years?
B: The environment, I think.
A: How has it changed?
B: …
in one’s opinion
表示“在某
人看来”
Now, I have large, high-tech greenhouses. 现在,
我有大型的高科技温室。
Language points
greenhouse /ˈɡriːnhaʊs/ n. 温室
greenhouse是复合名词,是由green(绿色)和
house(房子)组成的。
例句:We grow vegetables in the greenhouse.
我们在温室里种蔬菜。
Many flowers live in the greenhouse.
许多花长在温室里。
2. Our village has become a tourist attraction.
我们村已经变成了一个旅游景点。
例句: Buckingham Palace is a major tourist attraction.
白金汉宫是重要的旅游胜地。
The main attraction at Giverny is Monet’s garden.
吉维尼主要的景点是莫奈花园。
attraction /əˈtrækʃn/ n. 向往的地方;吸引力
例句: I had always been attracted by the idea of working
abroad. 我总是向往去国外工作。
拓展:attract 作动词,意为“吸引;使喜爱;引起……的
好感(或爱慕)”。
3. Have these changes greatly improved your lives?
这些变化极大地改善了你们的生活吗?
例句: People’s reaction to the film has varied
greatly. 人们对这部影片的反应大不一样。
Your help would be greatly appreciated.
如蒙帮助,感激不尽。
greatly /ˈɡreɪtli/ adv. 大大地;非常
例句: The concert had been a great success.
音乐会非常成功。
You've been a great help.
你帮了大忙。
拓展: great作形容词,意为“非常的;极大的”。
4. Together you are building a new socialist village.
你们正在共同建设一个社会主义新农村。
socialist /ˈsəʊʃəlɪst/ adj. 社会主义的
例句: China is a socialist country.
中国是一个社会主义国家。
拓展: socialist 还可以作名词,意为“社会主义者”。
例句: He’s still a socialist at heart.
他本质上还是个社会主义者。
She was soon converted to the socialist cause.
她不久便转而献身于社会主义事业了。
Exercises
翻译句子。
1. 在过去20年里,你们家乡的生活发生了怎样的变化?
2. 新的公路和铁路一定帮了很大忙!
3. 这些变化极大地改善了你们的生活吗?
How has life changed in your hometown over the last 20 years?
The new highway and railway must havehelped a lot!
Have these changes greatly improved yourlives?
Homework
Read 3a.
Remember the new words in 3a. Use them to make sentences.
Write some changes around you.
伴你成长
$Section a activity three c listen to the conversation, pay attention to the use of different tenses, then role play the conversation. How has life changed in your hometown over the last twenty years? Oh, IT has changed quite a lot. Many Young people used to work in big cities. Now more of them have come back to live and . work here. great. Have there been any other changes? Yes, we've changed the way we farm. I used to grow a few vegetables on a small farm to sell the local market. Now I have large high tech Greenhouses there. I grow tons of fruit and vegetables and sell them in large cities. Wow, the new highway and railway must have helped a lot. They, our village has become a tourist attraction. We can now sell local products to tourists. We also sell products online to people all over china. Have these changes greatly improve your lives? Yes, we now have new houses, and our village has just built a new hospital and a library. wonderful. Together, you are building a new socialist village.
How has life changed their hometown over the last twenty years? Oh, IT is changed quite a lot. Many Young people used to work in big cities. Now more of them have come back to live and work here. great. Have there been any other changes? Yes, we've changed the way we farm. I used to grow a few vegetables on a small farm to sell at the local market. Now I have large high tech Greenhouses there. I grow tons of food and vegetables and sell them in large cities. Wow, the new highway and railway must have helped a lot. Oh, they have. Our village has become a tourist attraction. We can now sell local products to tourists. We also sell products online to people all over china. Have these changes greatly improved your lives? Yes. we now have new houses, and our village has just built a new hospital in a library. wonderful. Together you are building a new socialist village.