(
课件网) D Writing & Discovery E Project 沪教版（五四）2024 英语 八年级 第一学期 Unit 4 Then and now Objectives 教学目标： 通过本节课的学习，学生 1. 能够习得基本词汇，例如：imagine, heaters, lab 等等；阅读和掌握关于过去与当今生活方方面面对比的文章内容，初步了解新科技对于古老的书籍和建筑的作用，尝试发现身边社区的诸多变化。（学习理解） 2. 能够根据写作样例，结合古今生活变化的主题，并运用适当的表示对比的词句来完成写作，并进一步理解新科技在保护和修复古书和古建筑等方面的优势。（应用实践） 3. 能够理解并发现我们身边的社区环境一直都在变化，查阅更多的资料，与同学们一起合作学习，感知社区变化给居民带来的益处，发现身边的美好。（迁移创新） D. Changes in our lives Lead-in In your social studies class, the teacher asks you to write an article about how your life has changed. Read Harry’s article. What changes does he write about Tick (√) the answer(s). 社会科学课程 Read the sample My great-grandma often tells me about life in the past. You can’t imagine how different it was. / m d n/ v. 想象 Read the sample When she was a child, people lived in houses without electricity. They burned wood to keep warm and had no machines to help with cooking or leaning. Life today is much easier. We use electric heaters to warm the house and have machines do the housework. / hi t z/ n. 加热器 / lek tr s ti/ n. 电能 Read the sample In the old days, many schools had only one room, where children of different ages learned together. Today, schools are much larger. There are classrooms, libraries and even labs. /l bz/ n. 实验室 = laboratory Read the sample It’s amazing how much life has changed! What changes does he write about Tick (√) the answer(s). √ √ Prepare What words and expressions does Harry use to show contrast Circle them in the article on page 62. When she was a child, ... Life today is much easier. In the old days, ... Today, schools are much larger. When writing about differences, you may use: words or phrases of contrast: unlike, be different from; words or expressions with opposite meanings: when she was a child ... vs. life today ..., in the old days vs. nowadays; comparative adjectives or adverbs: easier, larger. Teen skills: Showing contrast Plan Plan your writing by making notes in the following chart. Transportation Shopping past: foot, bike, horse now: train, subway, plane ... past:cash, coin, local small shops now: online, Alipay, ... Write your story Write your story My grandma often tells me about life in the past. It was very different from today. In the past, people traveled by foot or horse. There were no cars, buses, or trains. If they needed to go far, it took a long time, even years. Today, transportation is much easier. We have taxis, cruise ships 邮轮, and electric cars. People can travel quickly and comfortably. Some even fly in airplanes to go to other countries in shorter time. SAMPLE Write your story In the old days, people bought things from small local shops. They used paper money, c ... ...
