(
课件网) Unit 2 I think life is better today. Module 3 adj. 微小的；极小的 adj. 用电的；电动的 n. 电灯 n. 蜡烛 n. 邮递员 n. 寒冷；冷空气 n. 高温；热度 adj.专职的；全日制的 n. 作用；职责；角色 n. (个人的)教育；学业 n. 运输业；交通 Words review tiny electric light candle postman cold heat full-time role education transport Life today and in the past When she was young, there were only _____or oil lamps( 油灯), no_____ candles electric lights In the past, many people used to live in _____houses. tiny He is a _____. He is used to working in the winter _____and in the summer _____. postman cold heat Nowadays, nearly all the children in China can receive _____ . education Bicycle-sharing has become a new way of _____. transport Economy (经济) plays an important _____ in the improvement of people's life. role Betty asked Mrs Li about her life today and in the past,and then wrote a passage. Read and finish the following tasks. Read the passage and choose the best answers. Task 1 What kind of article is it Where does Mrs Li live A. an interview B. a piece of news C. an advertisement D. a story A. in Tianjin B. in London C. in Beijing D. in New York 3. How often could Mrs Li eat meat in the past 4. Today we can go everywhere_____ A. everyday B. once or twice a year C. never D. once or twice a month A. on foot B. by bus C. take the subway D. both B and C 推断题 细节题 细节题 细节题 Read the passage and complete the notes and add more points of your own. Task 2 Life in the past _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ _____ Life now _____ _____ _____ 1 Family: bigger; five children 2 Food: 3 Work: 4 Education: 1 Family: smaller; one child 2 3 4 simple, eat meat once or twice a year Food: more meat father goes to work and mother stays at home Work: both men and women can go to work boys can go to school and most girls have no chance to go to school Education: both boys and girls can get good education Now complete the notes and add more points of your own. 5 Transport: on foot; by bike 5 Transport: take the bus/ underground/ plane 6 Entertainment: nearly no entertainment 6 Entertainment: watch TV Mrs Li’s father was a (1) _____ . He often worked outside for twelve hours a day in the summer heat or in the winter (2) _____. They lived in a (3) _____ house and used (4) _____ for light. Mrs Li says that (5) _____, life is better today. But not everything is satisfying. There are some thing that she is not happy with, for example, the (6) _____. candles cold generally speaking postman tiny traffic postman cold tiny candles generally speaking traffic Complete the passage with the words and expression in the box. 3 P21 Task 3 Language points 1. …looking after us was more than a full-time job. …照料我们比做一份全职工作还要辛苦. 这句话的主语是动名词短语looking after us。单个v-ing形式短语在句中作主语时，谓语动词要用单数。 2. …what’s more, because I was a girl. 而且，我是个女孩。 what ... ...
