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课件网) Section 第 4 课 时 (2a—2d) ………………………………… B Unit 8 I’ve had this bike for three years. 重点单词及短语：nowadays, search, among, crayon, shame, regard, count, century, opposite, especially, childhood, consider, hold, according to, close to 重点句型：1. Nowadays, millions of Chinese leave the countryside to search for work in the cities. 2. Among these is Zhong Wei, a 46-year-old husband and father. 3. Many people like Zhong Wei regard with great interest how their hometowns have changed. 1 2 Learning Goals Warming-up Where is your hometown What’s the change of your hometown (weather, people, buildings, streets…) Answer the questions before you read. Then read the passage to find out if your answers are the same as in the passage. 1. Why do millions of Chinese leave the countryside every year They go to the cities to look for work. 2. How often do you think these people visit their hometowns They visit their hometowns once or twice a year. The government usually builds new schools or hospitals. 2a 3. What new buildings does the government usually build in towns and villages Reading Strategy Using Previous Knowledge We can often guess what a text is about by using what we already know. Answering questions before we read can also help us do this. Read the passage again and check (√) the facts. 1)Zhong Wei has lived in Guangzhou for more than ten years. 2)He didn’t return to his hometown last year. 3)Many new schools and large hospitals have appeared in his hometown. 4)Zhong Wei had a happy childhood in his hometown. 5)Zhong Wei is happy with the developments in his hometown. Find expressions in the passage that have the same meanings as these words and phrases. 1. look for _____ 5. go back _____ 2. consider _____ 6. changes _____ 3. across from _____ 7. area _____ 4. in one’s opinion _____ search for regard opposite according to sb. return developments place 2b Complete the summary with words from the passage. You may need to change the forms of the words. Many Chinese people these days leave their _____ to work in _____. They usually _____ to their hometowns one or two times a _____. Zhong Wei hasn’t been back in close to three years. He has been working in a _____ factory in Wenzhou for the past 13 years. hometown(s) cities return year crayon 2c People like him are _____ in how their hometowns are changing. New buildings are often built by the _____. Zhong Wei thinks these changes are _____ because things need to change in order to become better. But he also thinks some things _____ change, and his hometown is still the place that holds all his childhood _____. interested government good will never memories Think of changes that are happening in your town or city today. Which changes are generally good Which changes could be seen as bad … 2d small shop shopping mall or dirty river or clean river small house tall building or 1. Nowadays, millions of Chinese leave t ... ...
