内容正文:
In this unit, you will learn to:
• talk about the great changes around you.
• understand the changes and hope for a better life.
• distinguish facts from opinions.
• use the reading strategy of summarizing.
• make a poster of the changes around you.
Big Question: How do you understand changes?
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Theme Reading
通过本节课的学习,同学们将能:
1. 梳理文章结构,抓取过去与现在生活的对比细节,概括语篇主旨。
2. 借鉴文本短语、句式描述城市变化。
3. 感受国家发展成就,辩证地看待时代变迁,树立与时俱进的观念。
学习目标
What has changed in our hometown in recent years?
leisure activities
transportation
living conditions
environment
education
shopping
communication
Play a game: Students introduce the changes in their hometown one by one in one sentence (education, shopping, environment, communication, transportation, housing, health care...).
compared with
used to
no longer
while
in the past ... but now
instead
changed from ... to
Activity 1
Pair work. Look at the pictures and describe the changes.
Compared with the past, great changes have taken place in China.
While people used to ride bicycles everywhere in the old days, they are no longer the main transport. Transportation has developed rapidly from simple bikes to private cars and highways.
At the same time, living conditions have improved a lot. People’s homes are no longer small and simple; instead, they have changed from basic rooms to modern, comfortable apartments.
Read the text and match the paragraphs with their main functions.
Para. 1 A. Conclusion (Attitudes towards the changes)
Para. 2 & 3 B. Introduction (General changes in Beijing)
Para. 4 C. Body (Specific changes in the past and today)
Activity 2
Fill in the blanks.
small houses VS modern apartments
narrow streets VS wide roads
bikes & buses VS subways & cars
few activities VS smartphones
Read the text and summarize the main idea and important details.
Activity 2
Read the text and summarize the main idea and important details.
Activity 2
Beijing has changed greatly in housing, environment, transportation and leisure activities. Although we miss the old days, we should also keep up with the changing world.
Activity 3
Match the words with their meanings according to the text.
Read the text again and complete the following chart.
Activity 4
life
Beijing’s past
underground lines and lots of cars
smartphones
keep up with the changing world
fun
simpler and slower
Retell the passage according to the chart.
life
Beijing’s past
underground lines and lots of cars
smartphones
keep up with the changing world
fun
simpler and slower
Decide whether the following statements are Facts (F) or Opinions (O) according to the text.
Activity 5
1. People used to go to work by bike or by bus. (F/O)
2. In the past, people didn't have many activities for fun. (F/O)
3. The old days in Beijing were more pleasant. (F/O)
4. People should keep up with the changes in today's world. (F/O)
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Language points
1. Great changes have taken place in China since the 1980s.自20世纪80年代以来,中国发生了巨大的变化。
【点拨】(1) take place意为“发生”,无被动语态。
(2) since the 1980s 20世纪80年代以来,常与现在完成时连用。
2. In the past, big families were crowded into small houses.在过去,大家庭都挤在狭小的房子里。
【点拨】be crowded into 挤进/挤在······里
3. People read newspapers to find out what was going on in the world.人们通过读报纸来了解世界上正在发生的事。
【点拨】(1) find out 查明, 弄清
(2) what was going on是宾语从句,用陈述语序。
(3) go on 发生,进行
4. There are large blocks of modern apartments.有大片的现代公寓。
【点拨】large blocks of modern apartments 大片的现代公寓
5. Improvements in technology have made smartphones very popular.技术的进步让智能手机变得非常普及。
【点拨】(1) improvement n. 改进,改善
(2) make sth + adj. 使某物处于某种状态
e.g. The teacher’s words made the students interested in the subject.老师的话让学生们对这门课产生了兴趣。
【拓展】(1) make+宾语+动词原形(不带to)
e.g. The funny story made us laugh.这个有趣的故事让我们笑了。
(2) make+宾语+过去分词(表被动)
e.g. I raised my voice to make myself heard.我提高音量好让别人听到我的话。
(3) “make+宾语+名词”用来表示“使宾语成为······/把宾语变成······”。
e.g. The news made her a famous writer overnight.这个消息让她一夜之间成了知名作家。
6. In any case, we should keep up with the changing world.无论如何,我们都应该跟上不断变化的世界。
【点拨】(1) in any case 无论如何
e.g. In any case, you should finish your homework on time.无论如何,你都应该按时完成作业。
(2) keep up with 跟上,赶上
e.g. You need to study hard to keep up with your classmates.你需要努力学习才能跟上你的同学。
Exercise
一、英汉互译
1. 狭窄的 ________________
2. 以······为例 ________________
3. 发生 ________________
4. 挤进;挤住在 ________________
5. 跟上;跟进 ________________
6. improvement ________________
7. find out ________________
8. to and from work _______________
9. large blocks of ________________
10. in any case ________________
11. modern apartments
________________
narrow
take place
take...as an example
be crowded into
keep up with
改善;改进
发现,查明
上下班
大片的
无论如何
现代公寓
Great changes have taken place in my hometown since the 1980s.Years ago, many families were crowded into small houses. People rode bikes to and from work and hardly had leisure activities.
Now large blocks of modern apartments can be seen everywhere. Improvements in life make us live more comfortably. In any case, we should keep up with social changes and treasure our happy life.
For example:
二、微写作
请仿照课本介绍北京变化的写法,以“Great Changes in My Hometown”为题,写一篇英语短文介绍家乡的变迁,词数80左右。
THANKS
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