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, transportB. 交际用语：1. Nearly finished.2. Thats true.3. I suppose4. Is life better today than in t
2、he past? Yes, it is. I think its because / No, it isnt I think5. 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.9. But peop
3、le 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. Skills: 1) Listening
4、 for specific information ; taking notes 2) Expressing views and opinions3) Predicting ;reading for main ideas; summarizing main ideas in notes4) Writing a composition about the advantages and disadvantages of life today4. Around the world: Cars5. Task: Organizing a debate.三、重点及难点: Grammar: Revision
5、 : adjectives and adverbs ( comparative and superlative forms )四、教学设计:Unit 1 They sometimes work harder. Teaching modelListening and speaking Teaching methodCommunicative and interactive Teaching aims1. To understand conversations of comparing life in the past and now2. To understand comparative deg
6、ree 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 aidsTape recorder, OHP , video Teaching StepsStep 1 Warming up1. Show
7、 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) What is the question they need to an
8、swer?3) What does Betty ask?4) What does Daming ask?2. Play the tape and ask the students to listen to the tape carefully3. Listen and answer the questions.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: Write about l
9、ife 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 the conversation silently.2. Talk about the pictur
10、es.3. Everyday EnglishNearly finished.Thats true.I suppose4. Now choose the correct answer.1. People live longer because _. a) we know more about medicineb) they do not work as hard as they didc) they take more exercise2. There is less fear of getting ill _.a) so people live longerb) because people
11、know how to deal with the ordinary diseasesc) so people work harder than before3. People take less exercise because _.a) they do not need to b) they drive cars insteadc) they do not have cars or bikes4. People work harder today and _.a) they do not live as long as they didb) they do not usually have
12、 enough free timec) they live a healthier life4. 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. bStep 4 Complete the questions.1. Ask the students to read through the words and expression in the box in
13、 Activity 4.deaf doubled fear spare used to wealth2. 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 _?4) If something is _, is it more or less?5) Do you think people _ take more e
14、xercise 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: 1. fear 2. spare 3. deaf 4. doubled 5. used to 6. wealth5. Now work in pairs. Ask a
15、nd 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 stress.Some people think life in the past was simpler and healthier than today. More wealth s
16、ometimes 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 the question and give your reasons. Is life better today than in the past? Yes, it is. I thin
17、k its because / No, it isnt I think2. Now say what is better or worse in:education environment healthStep 7 Language points1. 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
18、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 were 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 ti
19、dy.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 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
20、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 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
21、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 earlier 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 get
22、ting 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。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 s
23、o 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/ine.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 class. 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.
24、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 Exercises1. He landed at the same place once
25、 again in the long jump. I dont think he can jump a little _. (2014恩施) A. far B. farther C. farthest2. What do you think of her teaching English? (2014咸宁) Great! No one teaches _ in our school. A. goodB. worse C. better D. best3. Of the two sisters, Lucy is _ one, and she is also the one who loves t
26、o 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 cant follow you. (2014通辽) A. quietly B. quickly C. slowly D. loudly5. Air pollution has become _ than ever before. We must do something to stop it. (2014上海) A. serious B. more
27、serious C. most serious D. the most serious6. He works _ and feels _ every day. (2014玉林) A. hard; happy B. hardly; happily 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. difficult8. Mo Yan is one o
28、f _ writers in the world. (2014天津) A. famous B. more famous C. most famous D. the most famous9. She always does her 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 carefullyC. 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 fewer 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, DStep 10 HomeworkWrite a passage, what is better today and what is worse today.