1、 Module 3 Life now and thenUnit 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,
2、electric, light, candle, postman, cold, heat, full-time, role, education, transport2. Keys structure: Sentence structure. Teaching aidsTape recorder, handout Teaching StepsStep 1 Work in pairs.Show some pictures to ask the students to talk.(Key words: Life in the past, life now, family, work, health
3、, education)Step 2 Presentation1. Show the new words.2. Read the words after the teacher.Step 3 Before-reading1. 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 talk about:family work health educationStep 4 While-reading1. R
4、ead the passage and fill in the blanks.2. Read the passage and then complete the notes and add more points of your own.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 After-reading1. Read the passage again.2. Read th
5、rough the words and expressions in the box in Activity 3. 3. Complete the passage with the words and expressions in the box. 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. gen
6、erally 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，更是朋友。full-time adj. 专职的；全日制的e.g. students in full-time education 全日制学生Looking afte
7、r 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，女性比男性更长寿。Step 7 Homework1 Wri
8、te 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 people only have one child today.3) For each of the points you choose, write about
9、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.
