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课件网) Unit2 I think life is better today SENYAN Module 3 life and then 目录 CONTENT 03 01 02 Writing Words review Reading and vocabulary Words review PART.01 Free talk Key words: Life in the past, life now, family, work, health, education Part 1 Words review tiny adj. 微小的；极小的 electric adj. 用电的；电动的 n. 电灯 candle n. 蜡烛 postman n. 邮递员 cold n. 寒冷；冷空气 heat n. 高温；热度 full-time adj. 专职的；全日制的 education n. (个人的)教育；学业 transport n. 运输业；交通 role n. 作用；职责；角色 Reading and vocabulary PART.02 1. Look at the woman in the photo. How do you think she feels Think about what she will talk about: family work health education 2. Listen to the passage and take notes on what Mrs Li says about the points in Activity 1 Life now and then Families have got smaller than they were in the past. Today most people only have one child. There were five children in my family. My father was a postman, and he often worked twelve hours a day outside in the winter cold or in the summer heat. My mum was a farm girl. She didn’t go out to work. My daughter goes to work even after getting married. I wasn’t sent to school because my family couldn’t afford it, and what’s more, because I was a girl. My daughter is really lucky. She has a good education. Read the passage and complete the notes and add more points of your own. Life in the past Life now Family bigger; five children Smaller one child Food simple, eat meat once or twice a year. Eat better. Life in the past Life now work My mother didn’t go out to work. Looking after us was more than a full-time job. My daughter goes to work even after getting married. And she is busy working every day. Education I wasn’t sent to school because my family couldn’t afford it, and what’s more, because I was a girl. My daughter has a good education. 3. Complete the passage with the words and expression in the box candles cold generally speaking postman tiny traffic 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) _____. postman cold 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 things that she is not happy with, for example, the (6) _____. tiny candles generally speaking traffic 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。句中more than表示“不只是，多于”。例如： He is more than a coach. He is a friend. 他不只是教练，更是朋友。 full-time adj. 专职的；全日制的 e.g. students in full-time education 全日制学生 Looking after a child is a full-time job. 照管小孩是一天忙到晚的活儿。 2. Generally speaking, I think life is better today. 总的说来，我认为今天的生活更好了。 generally speaking表示“一般而言，总的说来”。 in general也可以表达同样的意思。例 ... ...
