1、Unit 2 I think life is better today. Teaching modelReading and writing. Teaching methodTop-down approach Teaching aims1. 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, po
2、stman, cold, heat, full-time, role, education, transport2. Keys structure: Sentence structure. Teaching aidsTape recorder, handout Teaching StepsStep 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 Prese
3、ntation1. 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 cold 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 phot
4、o in Activity 1. 2. Ask and answer:1) How do you think she feels? 2) Think about what she will talk about:family work health educationStep 4 Reading1. 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 he
5、alth educationKeys:Families have got smaller than they were in the past. Today most people 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
6、 out to work. My daughter goes to work even after getting married. I wasnt sent to school 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.L
7、ife in the past Life nowFamily: bigger; five children Family: smaller; one childFood: _ _ 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
8、 through the words and expressions in the box in Activity 3.candles cold generally speaking postman tiny traffic3. 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) _. The
9、y lived in a (3) _ house and used (4) _ for light. Mrs Li says that (5) _, life 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
10、 class and check the answers.Keys: 1. postman 2. cold 3. tiny 4. candles 5. generally speaking 6. trafficStep 6 Language points1. 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
11、友。full-time adj. 专职的；全日制的e.g. students in full-time education 全日制学生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
12、行很愉快。In general, women live longer than men. 总的说来，女性比男性更长寿。Step 7 Homework1 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 smaller2) Give examples or reasons to support those points.Most peop
13、le only have one child today.3) For each of the 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 lonely4) Finish the passage with your conclusion.Generally speaking, I think2. Present your passage to the class.
