Module 3 Unit 2 I think life is better today. Reading Video time: The past life in Beijing Free talk Look at these pictures about Beijing. Say what life was like in the past. Look at these pictures about Beijing. Say what life is like today. 1 2 能记住并正确运用本课时的新单词和短语。 能够读懂描述过去生活的文章，掌握文章大意，了解生活的变化。 目标:能够读懂描述过去生活的文章，掌握文章大意，了解生活的变化 Activity 1 Before reading, let's check the new words first. candle cold tiny light heat electric postman education role transport full-time Activity 2 1 Look at the woman in the photo. Answer the following questions. Mrs Li 1. Is the woman young or old? 2. What is she holding in her hands? 3. Does she look happy or sad? She is old. Old photos. She looks happy. Think about what she will talk about: family work health education Activity 3 Let's read a passage and find out what Mrs Li says. Task 1 Read the part ‘What was your life like in the past?’ and answer the questions. 1. What did Mrs Li’s parents do? 2. Was Mrs Li’s father’s work hard? How do you know that? 3. Why Mrs Li’s parents didn’t send her to school? Mrs Li’s father was a postman and her mother was a housewife. Yes, it was. Her father often worked twelve hours a day outside in the winter cold or in the summer heat. Because her family couldn’t afford it, and what’s more, because she was a girl. Task 2 Read the part ‘How has life changed?’, and finish the table. Questions Mrs Li’s opinion the change of the role of women transport and travel today entertainment life today Women have a better education and they can go to work even after getting married. It’s easier for people to go everywhere, but there’s too much traffic. We have a television at home and can watch so many good programmes. Life is better today. People eat better and live longer. Task 3 Read the passage and take notes on what Mrs Li says about the points in Activity 1. Task 4 Now complete the notes and add more points of your own. Life in the past Life now Family bigger; five children smaller; one child Food Work Education simpler, meat only once or twice a year more food and better food hard and difficult work, long hours interesting jobs for boys and girls expensive, often only for boys good schools for boys and girls Activity 4 Work in groups. Find out some language points that you think are important and share their use with your classmates and give some examples. Language points:_____ _____ _____ _____ _____ Language points 1. … looking after us was more than a full-time job. (1)“more than + 名词”意为“不只是，不仅仅是”。例如： He is more than a father to her. 他待她胜过父亲。 (2) more?than与数词连用，意为“多于，大于，超过”。例如： I?have?known?him?for?more?than?twenty?years. 我认识他已超过二十年了。? (1) get married 意为“结婚”，表示动作，为瞬间动词，只能和表示时间点的状语连用。例如： We had known each other for years before we got married. 我们在结婚之前已经认识好多年了。 (2) be married强调结婚的 ... ...
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