1、Before you start Answer these questions to prepare yourself.Use the key words below to help you.1 How are city and country lifestyles different in China?2 Can you imagine city and country lifestyles in Britain?Key words:office,farm,underground,walk,crowded,space,quiet,noisyReading Strategies:Predict
2、ion Before you read a text,look at the title,photographs and drawings.Read the first two or three lines of the text.Try to guess what the text is going to be about.2 Guess what the two articlesare about .3.Now read the texts quickly and check your guesses.City lifeTraffic jamsFresh airTall buildings
3、isolationCountry lifeCity lifeTraffic jamspollutionFresh aircrimemodern museumsfirsthand informationisolationCountry lifeinconvenient trafficpeaceful environment 4 Read and fill the table with information about Debbie and Pauls lives.Add information about your own life and compare.Information tableD
4、ebbiePaulYouPlace of residentsA big cityA small villageWake up timeOccupationstudentWorking hoursPlace of workEvening activitiesspecial activitiesDebbiePaulLives inA big cityA small villageWake-up time7JobWorking hoursWorks inEvening activitiesSpecial activities4Go to the cinema drive to the country
5、 and go walking thereDance classes,go to the gym,French classesCenter of LondonGo to London for a weekend breakAll day8An accountantNorth of EnglandPlay with his children;study by distance learningA farmerYou City6studentAll dayNo.159 Middle SchoolStudy Go shopping,study,sleep,play computer games1.F
6、rom the paragraph of Passage 1,we can know that _A.Debbie has to get up very early but Paul doesnt have to B.Debbie goes to work by car every dayC.Paul has to travel far away to work every dayD.Debbie is rather tired of the underground2.In the last paragraph of Passage 2,it can be inferred that _A.P
7、auls wife does not like moviesB.Paul often goes to see the filmC.The life of Paul is very convenientD.When Pauls children see the tube,they will get very excited3.The main idea of Passage 2 is that _.A.Paul lives in a small village in the north of England B.it is easy for Paul to go to work C.Pauls
8、life is very free D.Pauls busy but without the stress of life4.Whose life is better,Debbies or Pauls?A.Debbies B.Pauls C.Both D.Different people have different ideas5.Which o f the following is NOT true according to the passages?A.Debbie has to spend all morning checking numbers every day on workwee
9、ks.B.Debbie likes to go to the countryside to have a weekend break sometimes.C.Debbie and Paul are both movie fanatics and both see movies a lot.D.Pauls work is freer than Debbies 1.In England,the _is often called the _.Many people travel on this to work.2.I am a real book_.I have so many books in m
10、y flat.It looks like a library!3.The _ says that the weather this weekend is going to be sunny and warm.undergroundfanatictubeforecast 4.If you like maths you could be an _,_you could be a maths teacher.5.There is a restaurant _ and it is always _ because it is so popular.6.I am studying by _ to imp
11、rove my_.distance learningcareercrowdednearbyotherwiseaccountantPassage 11.Line 1 by时间在前我们必须7点前回到教室。We must come into the classroom by 7 oclock.1)表示位置：“在旁边，靠近”，表示此意时，常可与beside换用。如：Some are drawing by（beside）the lake2)表示时间：“到为止，不迟于”，常与过去完成时连用，当by引导的是未来的时间状语时，可用一般将来时。如：How many English songs had you l
12、earned by the end of last term?Your son will be all right by supper time3)表示旅行、运输等的路线、工具或方法：“由，经，乘通过”。如：Every day he went there by trainThe monkey was hanging from the tree by his tail and laughing4)与反身代词oneself连用，表示独自、单独或没有人帮助（全凭本人）。如：I cant leave her by herself5)用于被动结构中，意为“由、被”。如：The pupils were g
13、iven some advice by the pianist6)用于某些固定短语中。如：by the way顺便，顺便问一下by and by不久以后little by little逐渐地by hand用手2.Line 4 It takes sb.sometime to do sth.做某事花费某人多少时间我要花30分钟回家it takes me 35 minutes to go back home.Line 5 so+a./ad.+that such+n.(可名单；可名复；不可名)+thatLucy is so lovely a girl that we all like her.Lucy
14、 is such a lovely girl that we all like her.so+adj.+a/an+单名that =such+a/an+adj.+单名+thatTony is so naughty a boy that we all avoid him.Tony is such a naughty boy that we all avoid him.sothat“如此以致于”He is so old that he cant walk that far.(1)当that从句中的主语同主句中主语相同时，可用tooto 结构代替。He is too old to walk that
15、far.sothat“如此以致于”The bridge is so wide that heavy trucks can pass it.(2)当that从句的谓语是肯定形式，则可用enough to 转换 The bridge is wide enough for heavy trucks to pass.Line 9 sb.spend sometime/some money(in)doing sth.sb.spend sometime/some money on sth.I spent 35 minutes(in)finishing my homework.=I spent 35 minu
16、tes on the homework I spent 12 yuan(in)buying this book.=I spent 12 yuan on this book.Line 25 far away from远离My hometown is far away from my school,so I have to live in the school.Passage 2Line 9 that page 99Line 10 sheep，fish,deer,Chinese 单复同形一只绵羊两只绵羊a sheeptwo sheepten fish一条鱼 a fish 十条鱼There are
17、threeand sevenin the picture.A deers,sheeps B deers,sheepC deer,sheep D deer,sheeps Line 18.by 通过(方法，手段)比较passage 1,line 1I go to school by bus.JinYong makes money by writing.Line 19 be interested in sth./doing sth.对感兴趣I am very interested in this book.I am very interested in reading this book.inter
18、ested a.感兴趣的（主语常为人）interesting a.令人感兴趣的（主语常为物）Line 23 get/have the chance to do sth.获得/有做某事的机会Jane has got the chance to do this project.Line 25 take/have a break=have a rest休息一会You must be very tired,please stop working and take a good break Line 31especiallyspecially“特别地，尤其是”特意地，专门地“一般修饰a.,prep或状语
19、从句前面一般用“，”隔开一般用在to do或for前，强调目的I like the kite you _ made for me.She likes the country,_ in spring.especiallyspeciallySpeaking 6Talk about it.How are Debbie and Pauls lifestyles different？How are they similar?Example Debbie has to travel to work but Paul doesnt.They both have to work.7 Where do you
20、live?In a city or in the countryside?What do you like about where you live?List three things._-Speaking 8 Work in groups.Imagine your group live in an unusual place.Think about your lifestyle there and prepare a report.ExampleWe live in a cave.We have no job but no pressure,either.Work in Pair work,Ask and answer questions about each others routine life.Example:A:Where do you live?B:We live in a cave.A:What do you have for food?Pair work:Ask and answer questions about each others routine life.Example:A:Where do you live?B:We live in a cave.A:What do you have for food?
