(
课件网) Module 3 Life now and then Unit 2 I think life is better today. 1.学习目标 3.重点探究 2.自主学习 学习导航 5.当堂检测 6.课堂总结 4.拓展提升 新课导入 then now clothes old modern food little much houses small big transport slow fast daily life busy rich money poor rich Make sentences to compare life then and now. 1.能熟悉并能正确运用本课时的重点单词和短语 2.能够理解过去与现在生活对比的文章，并获取相关细节信息 3.能够正确运用比较级对现在与过去生活的变化进行写作 学习目标 自主学习 New words and expressions tiny electric light candle postman cold 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 自主学习 heat full-time role education transport 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 重点探究 Look at some Beijing’s pictures. Say what life was like in the past and what life is like today. roads -- narrow houses -- small, crowded in the past ring roads -- wide buildings -- tall, bright at present living conditions -- hard living conditions -- comfortable at present in the past communications -- simple, slow in the past at present communications -- various, quick, easy 1.Look at the woman in the photo. How do you think she feels Think about what she will talk about: ● family ● work ● education ● health 1. Does she look happy or sad 2. What is she holding in her hands 3. What is she doing 4. What can you guess(猜想)she is talking about She is talking to Betty King. Some old photos. She looks happy. She is talking about her family . Mrs Li 2.Read the passage and take notes on what Mrs Li says about the points in Activity 1. Life now and then By Betty King Mrs Li is over seventy years old. She has lived in Beijing all her life. I asked her about life today and in the past. What was your life like in the past My family lived in a tiny house. There were no electric lights, only candles. 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 before she met my father. She was a kind and loving mother. She didn’t go out to work. There were five children in my family, and looking after us was more than a full-time job. I remember the family meals. The food was simple. We could only eat meat once or twice a year. I wasn’t sent to school because my family couldn’t afford it, and what’s more, because I was a girl. Families have got smaller than they were in the past. Today most people only have one child!The role of women has changed too. My daughter is really lucky. She has a good education, and she goes to work even after getting married. I’m happy to see she’s busy working every day, but sometimes I feel lonely because she can’t come to see me often. How has life changed Transport and travel are easier today. When I was young, I went everywhere on foot or sometimes by bike. Now you can take the bus everywhere, and there’s also ... ...
