1、Module 3 Life now and then 一、学习目标: A. 单词和短语： wealthy, fear, used to, wealth, double, seldom, spare, spare time, speak up, deaf, tiny, electric, light, candle, postman, cold, heat, full-time, role, education, transport B. 交际用语： 1. Nearly finished. 2. Thats true. 3. I suppose 4. Is life better today t
2、han in the past? Yes, it is. I think its because / No, it isnt I think 5. Remember to speak up! Shes a bit deaf now. 6. looking after us was more than a full-time job. 7. Generally speaking, I think life is better today. 8. People are wealthier today, and they live longer than they did in the past.
3、9. But people dont take as much exercise as they used to. 10. More people have cars, and they walk or use their bikes less. 11. We eat better and we live longer. 二. 教学目标 1. Function: T Making comparisons (2) 2. Structure: Revision : adjectives and adverbs ( comparative and superlative forms ) 3. Ski
4、lls: 1) Listening for specific information ; taking notes 2) Expressing views and opinions 3) Predicting ;reading for main ideas; summarizing main ideas in notes 4) Writing a composition about the advantages and disadvantages of life today 4. Around the world: Cars 5. Task: Organizing a debate. 三、重点
5、及难点: Grammar: Revision : adjectives and adverbs ( comparative and superlative forms ) 四、教学设计: Unit 1 They sometimes work harder. Teaching model Listening and speaking Teaching method Communicative and interactive Teaching aims 1. To understand conversations of comparing life in the past and now 2. T
6、o understand comparative degree and superlative degree 3. To learn how to make comparisons Teaching Objectives 1. Key vocabulary: wealthy, fear, used to, wealth, double, seldom, spare, spare time, speak up, deaf, 2. Key structures: Sentence structure Teaching aids Tape recorder, OHP , video Teaching
7、 Steps Step 1 Warming up 1. Show some pictures to talk. 1) Say what life was like in the early 1980s. 2) Say what life is like today. 2. Introduce new words and expressions. Step 2 Listening practice. 1. Ask the students to read through the questions in Activity 2. 1) What is the history homework? 2
8、) What is the question they need to answer? 3) What does Betty ask? 4) What does Daming ask? 2. Play the tape and ask the students to listen to the tape carefully 3. Listen and answer the questions. 4. Ask the students to check their answer with a partner. 5. Call back the answers from the whole cla
9、ss and check the answers. Keys: Write about life in the past and life today. Is life today better than it was in the past? Betty asks if they can write about medicine and pollution. Daming asks if they can write about personal safety. Step 3 Listen and read. 1. Ask the students to listen and read th
10、e conversation silently. 2. Talk about the pictures. 3. Everyday English Nearly finished. Thats true. I suppose 4. Now choose the correct answer. 1. People live longer 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 o
11、f 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 _.
12、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 4. Ask the students to check their answer with a partner. 5. Call back the answers from the whole class and check the answers. Keys: 1. a 2. b 3. b 4. b Step 4 Complete the questions. 1
13、. Ask the students to read through the words and expression in the box in Activity 4. deaf doubled fear spare used to wealth 2. Complete the questions with the words or expression in the box. 1) What kinds of things do you _? 2) What do you do in your _ time? 3) What can someone not do if they are _
14、? 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? 3. Ask the students to check their answer with a partner. 4. Call back the answers from the whole class and check the answers. Keys:
15、 1. fear 2. spare 3. deaf 4. doubled 5. used to 6. wealth 5. Now work in pairs. Ask and answer. Step 5 Pronunciation and speaking. 1. Play the recording once without stopping. 2. Play the recording again and ask the whole class to repeat. 3. Read and predict which words the speaker is likely to stre
16、ss. Some people think life in the past was simpler and healthier than today. More wealth sometimes means less health. When the number of cars is doubled, the pollution is also doubled, or even worse. 4. Now listen and check. 5. Read the paragraph in Activity 5 aloud. Step 6 Work in pairs. 1. Answer
17、the question and give your reasons. Is life better today than in the past? Yes, it is. I think its because / No, it isnt I think 2. Now say what is better or worse in: education environment health Step 7 Language points 1. Remember to speak up! Shes a bit deaf now. 记得说话大点儿声，她现在有点儿耳背了。 speak up 表示“大点
18、儿声说 ”。例如： e.g. Speak up, please. I cant hear you. 请大声一点儿，我听不见你说话。 Step 8 Grammar 形容词与副词 对于形容词与副词，我们主要掌握两点，一是形容词与副词的句法功能，二是 形容词与副词的比较级和最高级。 1. 形容词的句法功能 一般来说，形容词可以放在名词之前作定语，也可以放在系动词之后作表语， 还可以作宾语补足语等。例如： Did you see that old photograph that I found? Its a lovely picture. 你看见我找到的那张老照片了吗？画面真美。(定语) They w
19、ere very nice. 他们很友善。(表语) Peoples lives seem busy now. 现在人们的生活似乎很忙碌。(表语) We must keep our classroom clean and tidy. 我们必须保持教室干净整洁。(宾语补足语) 形容词作定语一般都是放在名词之前，但是如果修饰的是不定代词 something, anything, nothing, somebody, anybody, nobody 等，就要放在后面。例如： Is there anything special in the paper today? 今天报纸上有什么特别的新闻吗？ I
20、didnt find anything funny about it. 我觉得这事一点儿都不可笑。 There is nothing new in the store. 商店里没有什么新东西。 很多副词都以-ly 结尾，但是“名词+ly”的词则多为形容词，如： weekly, friendly 等，应注意区别。例如： A friendly voice answered the phone. 接电话的是一个友好的声音。 2. 副词的句法功能 副词一般用作状语，修饰动词、形容词、副词以及全句，表示程度、方式等。 例如： They speak highly of you. 他们对你的评价很高。 We
21、 were very lucky to find you here. 我们很幸运在这里找到了你。 The spring passed too quickly. 春天过得太快了。 Hopefully, well meet again on Friday. 希望我们星期五再见面。 3. 形容词与副词的比较级和最高级 就形容词、副词的比较级和最高级而言，一是要掌握比较级和最高级的构成， 二是要掌握比较级句型。 1) 比较级的句型 (1) 比较级+than，表示“比更” e.g. Health is more important than wealth. 健康比财富更重要。 He got up ear
22、lier than I did this morning. 今天早上他起得比我早。 (2) 比较级+ and+比较级，表示“ 越来越”。 e.g. The story gets more and more exciting. 故事变得越来越激动人心。 Our lives are getting better and better. 我们的生活越来越好。 (3) The+比较级，the+比较级，表示 “越，越” e.g. The more time you spend on it, the greater progress you will make. 你在这上面花的时间越多，你的进步就会越大。
23、 The more he talked, the more excited he grew. 他越说越激动。 同级比较一般采用 as.as句型，否定句可以用 not so / as表示。 e.g. He is as tall as his father. 他和父亲一样高。 I get up not so early as you. 我不如你起得早。 2) 最高级的表达方式 (1) the+ 最高级+ of/in e.g. Jim is the tallest of the three. 吉姆是三人中最高的。 He is the most diligent student in his clas
24、s. 他是班上最勤奋的学生。 (2) 选择疑问句 e.g. Who is the tallest, Tom, Jack or Bill? 汤姆、杰克和比尔，谁个子最高？ (3) the+最高级+ 定语从句 e.g. It is the most interesting book I have ever read. 这是我所读过的最有趣的一本书。 3) 比较级和最高级的修饰语 比较级和最高级的修饰语应置于其所修饰的形容词或副词之前。常见的比 较级修饰语有 much, still, a lot, even, far 等。 e.g. He worked much harder then. 那时他工作
25、要努力得多。 常见的最高级修饰语有 almost, by far, far, much 等。 e.g. This is by far the most expensive bag in the shop. 这是目前这家商店里最贵的包。 Step 9 Exercises 1. He landed at the same place once again in the long jump. I dont think he can jump a little _. (2014 恩施) A. far B. farther C. farthest 2. What do you think of her
26、teaching English? (2014 咸宁) Great! No one teaches _ in our school. A. good B. worse C. better D. best 3. Of the two sisters, Lucy is _ one, and she is also the one who loves to be quiet. (2014 阜康) A. a younger B. a youngest C. the younger D. the youngest 4. Could you please speak a little more _? I
27、cant follow you. (2014 通辽) A. quietly B. quickly C. slowly D. loudly 5. Air pollution has become _ than ever before. We must do something to stop it. (2014 上海) A. serious B. more serious C. most serious D. the most serious 6. He works _ and feels _ every day. (2014 玉林) A. hard; happy B. hardly; happ
28、ily C. hard; happily D. hardly; unhappily 7. Steve isnt as _ as Kelly. He often makes mistakes in his writing. (2014 丽 水) A. careless B. tidy C. careful D. difficult 8. Mo Yan is one of _ writers in the world. (2014 天津) A. famous B. more famous C. most famous D. the most famous 9. She always does he
29、r homework _ than her younger brother, doesnt she? I dont think so. Sometimes she does but sometimes she does not. (2014 娄底) A. carefully B. more carefully C. most carefully 10. Its smoggy these days. Thats terrible! Yes, I hope to plant trees._ trees, _ air pollution. (2014 昆明) A. The more; the few
30、er B. the less; the more C. The less; the fewer D. The more; the less Keys: B, C, C, C, B, A, C, D, B, D Step 10 Homework Write a passage, what is better today and what is worse today. Unit 2 I think life is better today. Teaching model Reading and writing. Teaching method Top-down approach Teaching
31、 aims 1. To get information from the passage about life in the past 2. To learn more expressions and new vocabulary Teaching Objectives 1. Key vocabulary: tiny, electric, light, candle, postman, cold, heat, full-time, role, education, transport 2. Keys structure: Sentence structure. Teaching aids Ta
32、pe recorder, handout Teaching Steps Step 1 Work in pairs. 1. Show some pictures to ask the students to talk. (Key words: Life in the past, life now, family, work, health, education) Step 2 Presentation 1. Show the new words. tiny adj. 微小的；极小的 electric adj. 用电的；电动的 n. 电灯 candle n. 蜡烛 postman n. 邮递员 c
33、old n. 寒冷；冷空气 heat n. 高温；热度 full-time adj. 专职的；全日制的 education n. (个人的)教育；学业 transport n. 运输业；交通 role n. 作用；职责；角色 2. Read the words after the teacher. Step 3 Look and say. 1. Look at the woman in the photo in Activity 1. 2. Ask and answer: 1) How do you think she feels? 2) Think about what she will t
34、alk about: family work health education Step 4 Reading 1. Play the recording and ask students to listen to the tape carefully and take notes on what Mrs Li says about the points in Activity 1. family work health education Keys: Families have got smaller than they were in the past. Today most people
35、only have one child. There were five children in my family. 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. She didnt go out to work. My daughter goes to work even after getting married. I wasnt sent to school
36、because my family couldnt afford it, and whats more, because I was a girl. My daughter is really lucky. She has a good education. 2. Read the passage and then complete the notes and add more points of your own. Life in the past Life now Family: bigger; five children Family: smaller; one child Food:
37、_ _ Work: _ _ Education: _ _ 3. Ask the students to check their answer with a partner. 4. Call back the answers from the whole class and check the answers. Step 5 Complete the passage. 1. Read the passage again. 2. Read through the words and expressions in the box in Activity 3. candles cold general
38、ly speaking postman tiny traffic 3. Complete the passage with the words and expressions in the box. Mrs Lis father was a (1) _. He often worked outside for twelve hours a day in the summer heat or in the winter (2) _. They lived in a (3) _ house and used (4) _ for light. Mrs Li says that (5) _, life
39、 is better today. But not everything is satisfying. There are some things that she is not happy with, for example, the (6) _. 4. Ask the students to check their answer with a partner. 5. Call back the answers from the whole class and check the answers. Keys: 1. postman 2. cold 3. tiny 4. candles 5.
40、generally speaking 6. traffic Step 6 Language points 1. looking after us was more than a full-time job. 照料我们比做一份全职工 作还要辛苦。 这句话的主语是动名词短语 looking after us。句中 more than 表示“不只是，多 于” 。例如： He is more than a coach. He is a friend. 他不只是教练，更是朋友。 full-time adj. 专职的；全日制的 e.g. students in full-time education 全日
41、制学生 Looking after a child is a full-time job. 照管小孩是一天忙到晚的活儿。 2. Generally speaking, I think life is better today. 总的说来，我认为今天的生活更 好了。 generally speaking 表示“ 一般而言，总的说来” 。 in general 也可以表达同样的意思。例如： Generally speaking, we enjoyed the trip. 总的说来，我们这次旅行很愉快。 In general, women live longer than men. 总的说来，女性比
42、男性更长寿。 Step 7 Homework 1 Write a passage about the advantages and disadvantages of life today. 1) Choose two or three points from the notes in Activity 2 to write about. Families and smaller 2) Give examples or reasons to support those points. Most people only have one child today. 3) For each of th
43、e points you choose, write about an advantage and /or a disadvantage. Use the words however, but, although or used to where appropriate. Families are smaller because most people only have one child today. As a result, families have more money to spend on their child. However, an only child may feel
44、lonely 4) Finish the passage with your conclusion. Generally speaking, I think 2. Present your passage to the class. Unit 3 Language in use Teaching model Revision and application Teaching method Formal and interactive Teaching aims To summarize and consolidate comparative degree and superlative deg
45、ree, and finish the tasks. Teaching aids Recorder, OHP, handouts Teaching Steps Step 1 Revision Show some pictures to say what life was like in the early 1980s and what life is like today. Step 2 Sentences presentation 1. Read through the example sentences in the box with the whole class. 1) People
46、are wealthier today, and they live longer than they did in the past. 2) But people dont take as much exercise as they used to. 3) More people have cars, and they walk or use their bikes less. 4) We eat better and we live longer. 2. Ask the students to repeat the sentences in the box. Step 3 Language
47、 practice 1. Complete the passage with the correct form of the words in brackets. For many people, life is a lot (1) _ (easy) today. Medicine and diet are improving, and people are getting (2) _ (healthy) and living (3) _ (long). But communication is changing (4) _ (fast) of all. Today, with the Int
48、ernet, people can communicate (5) _ (easily) than ever before with friends all over the world. Not all the changes are (6) _ (good) ones. More people drive cars instead of riding bikes, so they are not as (7) _ (fit) as they were. Increasing traffic makes the roads (8) _ (crowded) than ever, and it also makes pollution (9
