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课件网) Unit 1 They sometimes work harder. Module 3 Life now and then 1. To understand the conversations of comparing life in the past and now 2. To learn some key words and useful expressions 3. To learn how to make comparison House in the early 1980s Now in the early 1980s Now Education in the early 1980s Now Household equipment in the early 1980s Now Environment in the early 1980s Now Jobs Listen and answer the questions. 1. What is the history homework 2. What is the question they need to answer Write about life in the past and life today. The question is “Is life today better than it was in the past ” 3. What does Betty ask 4. What does Daming ask Betty asks if they can write about medicine and pollution. Daming asks if they can write about personal safety. Choose the correct answer. 1. People live longer today because ___. a) we know more about medicine b) they do not work as hard as they did c) they take more exercise 2. There is less fear of getting ill ____. a) so people live longer b) because people know how to deal with the ordinary diseases c) so people work harder than before 3. People take less exercise because ____. a) they do not need to b) they drive cars instead c) they do not have cars or bikes 4. People work harder today and _____. a) they do not live as long as they did b) they do not usually have enough free time c) they live a healthier life Complete the questions with the words or expression in the box. deaf doubled fear spare used to wealth 1. What kinds of things do you _____ 2. What do you do in your _____ time fear spare 3. What can someone not do if they are _____ 4. If something is _____, is it more or less 5. Do you think people _____ take more exercise than they do today 6. Do you think people have more _____ today than they used to deaf doubled used to wealth used to spare time speak up in the past get ill deal with the number of ... a bit 过去 业余时间；闲暇 大点声说 在过去 生病 处理 ……的数量 稍微；有点儿 1. People are wealthier today, … wealth n. 财富；财产 (不可数名词) wealthy adj. 富有的；富裕的 (wealth的形容词形式，在句中可作表语或定语) 【语境应用】选词填空 wealth, wealthy (1) Mr Wang was born in a very _____ family in 1980. (2) It is said that Tom's uncle has a lot of _____. (3) Although Mrs Black isn't _____, she is very happy every day. wealthy wealth wealthy 2. and there’s less fear of getting ill because we know how to deal with the ordinary diseases. fear(un./cn.) 担心；害怕 have a fear of 害怕... have no fear of 不害怕... in fear 害怕地，担心地 fear (vt) 担心，惧怕 fear doing / fear to do sth不敢做某事 The rabbit was hurt. It ran away_____. A. in order B. in need C. in fear D.in surprise 3. But people don’t take as much exercise as they used to. used to do sth过去 be used to do sth被用来做某事 be used to doing sth 习惯做某事 用于表示过去真实或经常性的行为，特别强调现在不那样了。 【语境应用】翻译句子 我过去常常害羞。 (used to) _____ I used ... ...
