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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UNIT
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Thinking Skills
通过本节课的学习, 同学们将能:
1. 区分fact(可查证、所有人公认成立的客观信息)和opinion(含主观好恶、评价、感受,因人而异无统一标准答案) 的定义。
2. 在小组活动中,既客观介绍张琳生活变化的事实,又结合自身经历发表个人观点,完成主题英语交际活动。
3. 通过对比过去与现在的生活方式,感受社会发展带来的生活便利,珍惜当下生活。
学习目标
(1) The sun rises in the east every day.
(2) Summer is the best season of the whole year.
(3) Most trees grow new leaves in spring.
(4) Beijing is the capital city of China.
(5) Riding bikes is safer than taking buses.
Play a game about facts and opinions. Sit down for facts and stand up for opinions.
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Watch a video and summarize features of facts and opinions.
Thinking Skills
Distinguishing facts from opinions
We all agree on a fact, but we may disagree on an opinion.
Look at the pictures and match the statements with the pictures, and then decide whether they are Facts (F) or Opinions (O).
Activity 1
a. The living conditions were poor. (F/O)
b. Hamburgers taste better than noodles. (F/O)
c. Learning French is very difficult. (F/O)
d. Technology has changed our lives. (F/O)
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b
c
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F
Look at the picture and find the differences in living styles.
In the past, we went to stores to do shopping, but today we can shop online.
We used to carry heavy shopping bags home, but now deliverymen bring our online orders to our door.
Years ago, people counted paper money to pay, while now we just scan QR codes with phones.
1. What does the passage talk about?
2. What was her life style like in the past? And what about her life now?
Read the passage and answer the questions.
I’m Zhang Lin. I’m 26. I’d like to talk about some changes in my life over the years. When I was little, I lived with my parents. We had meals together every day. Now, I live by myself and sometimes I don’t have time for breakfast. I have to say that it is not healthy. Another big change in my life is the way I shop. In the past, I went shopping at stores, but today I can shop online. I think it is much easier and simpler. I always order fruit and vegetables on phone apps. There are so many choices, and shopping online saves me a lot of time.
It mainly talks about the great changes in Zhang Lin’s daily life.
In the past, she lived with her parents and had meals with them every day. She went shopping at stores.
Now, she lives alone and sometimes has no time to eat breakfast. She shops online and orders fruit and vegetables on phone apps.
Read the text and decide whether the statements are Facts (F) or Opinions (O).
Activity 2
1. Zhang Lin had meals with her parents when she was young. (F/O)
2. Zhang Lin sometimes doesn’t have breakfast now. (F/O)
3. Zhang Lin's lifestyle is not very healthy. (F/O)
4. Zhang Lin often orders fruit and vegetables on phone apps. (F/O)
5. Zhang Lin thinks shopping online is easy and simple. (F/O)
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Pair work. Talk about the changes in Zhang Lin’s life and give your own opinions.
A: What changes have taken place in Zhang Lin’s life over the years?
B: In the past/used to do/
But now...
A: What do you think of it?/What’s your opinion about it?
B: I think...
Activity 3
A:What changes have taken place in Zhang Lin’s life over the years?
B:There are two main big changes. First, her living way changed a lot. When she was little, she lived with her parents and they ate every meal together. But now she lives alone, and she sometimes doesn’t have time for breakfast.
A:Yeah, Zhang Lin says this habit is unhealthy. What’s your opinion about it?
B:I agree with her. Missing breakfast is bad for our bodies. We should have breakfast no matter how busy we are.
A:What’s the second change?
B:It’s the way of shopping. In the past she shopped in stores, but now Zhang Lin buys fruit and vegetables on phone apps.
A:Zhang Lin thinks online shopping is much easier and simpler. Do you share the same idea?
B:Partly yes. It saves lots of time and has plenty of goods to choose from. However, sometimes we can’t check the real quality of food before receiving them. That’s a shortcoming of online shopping.
Language points
1. We all agree on a fact, but we may disagree on an opinion.大家都会认同事实,但可能对观点持不同看法。
【点拨】agree on意为“就······达成一致”;disagree on意为“对······意见不一”,互为反义短语。
e.g. We can’t agree on this plan.我们不能同意这个计划。
e.g. They disagree on the travel time.他们在旅行时间上意见不一致。
2. I’d like to talk about some changes in my life over the years.我想聊聊这些年来我生活里发生的一些变化。
【点拨】over the years 多年以来;这些年来。常和现在完成时、一般现在时连用。
3. Another big change in my life is the way I shop.我生活中另一项巨大变化是购物方式。
【点拨】“the way...” 表示“······的方式”。
【拓展】on one’s way (to...) 在某人去······的路上
by the way 顺便说一下
in the way 挡路,妨碍
all the way 一路上;自始至终;远道
4. I always order fruit and vegetables on phone apps.我经常在手机软件上订购蔬菜水果。
【点拨】order v. 订购;预订 order sth 订购某物
【拓展】(1) order v. 命令;吩咐
e.g. He ordered everyone to leave.他命令所有人离开。
(2) order n.
订单;订购(购物/餐饮) :take your order 点餐(餐厅)
顺序;次序:in order 按顺序,整齐
秩序:keep order 维持秩序
命令;指示:follow orders 服从命令
Exercise
一、写出下列短语的汉语意思
1. over the years
2. have time for sth/have time to do sth
3. in the past
4. save time
多年以来
有时间做某事
在过去
节省时间
二、阅读下面的材料,然后判断下面的陈述是事实(F)还是观点(O)
Nowadays, many students ride bikes to school. I think riding bikes is the healthiest way to go to school. It can help students keep strong. A bike costs less money than a car. However, some parents say driving kids to school is safer.
1. Many students ride bikes to school.( )
2. Riding bikes is the healthiest way to go to school.( )
3. A bike costs less money than a car.( )
4. Driving kids to school is safer.( )
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O
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三、根据句意用所给词的适当形式填空
1. Great changes __________________(take) place in my daily life over the years.
2. The way of ______________(study) English has become different.
3. My dad often ______________(order) takeout food after work.
4. The boss ordered us ______________(finish) the work before six.
5. Do you think their living ______________(condition) are poor?
have taken
studying
orders
to finish
conditions
THANKS
本课结束
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