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课件网) Module 3 Now and then Unit2 We weren’t very rich, but we were happy. Teaching aims and demands: Key structures: It’s normal for married women to go to work These days people change their jobs much more often. (重点) To get information from the passage about life in the past To learn more expressions and new vocabulary.(难点) Attitudes: We should value our happy life. and our country. Match the words with the pictures. eldest married couple fall off get married How do you think life has changed for her Think about: family health life in Beijing marriage the role of women work Read the passage and write notes about Mrs Li’s answers to the ideas in Activity 1. Family: bigger families, less money health: … Health: Life in Beijing: Marriage: The role of women: Work: Talk about the advantages and disadvantages of life for Mrs. Li. Family: bigger families, less money, less room at home Read this sentence from the passage. It’s an example of a main point. Example: My parents, my sister and three brothers lived in a small house beside a restaurant. Main point: Families were bigger in the past. Now choose the correct main point for these examples from the passage. ① My sister...left school when she was only 12... a) The school leaving age was lower in the past. b) My sister no longer wanted to go school. ② Looking after us was a full-time job, so she stayed at home. a) It wasn’t necessary for the mother to work. b) Married women were too busy at home to continue working. ③ ... my mother never bought ready-made food as people do today. a) The food we eat today isn’t as healthy as it was. b) There wasn’t any fast food in the past. ④ My parents liked him, and thought he came from a good family... a) Parents usually decided who their children married. b) People from good families were always kind. ⑤ Yes, there are lots more buildings and so much more traffic! a) There was less traffic in the past. b) Cars are cheaper today. Write a composition: Is life today better or worse than it was 50 years ago ● Write down main points for the composition: Main point: people are healthier and live longer… ● Write down an example of each main point. Example: Mrs. Li says we live longer today. Write a composition: Is life today better or worse than it was 50 years ago ● Write down an opposite point to each main point. Opposite point: Pollution makes people less healthy. ● Write down an example of each opposite point. Example: Mrs. Li walks less and takes the bus more. Write a composition: Join the main points and the examples with For example. e. g. People are healthier and live longer. For example, Mrs. Li says live longer today. Write a composition: Now join the main points and their opposite points with However or On the other hand. e. g. People are healthier and live longer. For example, Mrs. Li says we live longer today. However, pollution makes people less healthy… For example … Write ... ...
