1、Unit 3 Language in useModule 3 Life now and then2 Please look at the two rulers.Which is longer,the red one or the blue one?The red one is longer than the blue one.Free talk3 Which subject do you think is more difficult,English or maths?Free talk4 Is today warmer than yesterday?Is football more popu
2、lar than volleyball in China?Free talk5 Read through the example sentences in the box.Then repeat the sentences.People are wealthier today,and they live longer than they did in the past.But people dont take as much exercise as they used to.More people have cars,and they walk or use their bikes less.
3、We eat better and we live longer.6 1.比较级常见句型：(1)比较级+than例如:Health is more important than wealth.(2)比较级+and+比较级,表示“越来越”例如：He is growing more and more impatient.(3)The+比较级,the+比较级，表示“越,越”例如：The more he talked,the more excited he grew.2.同级比较句型：一般采用as.as.句型，否定句可以用not so/as.as.表示。例如：He is as tall as his
4、brother.I cant get up so early as you.Learn the comparative and the superlative degrees of adjectives and adverbials.7 3.最高级常见句型:(1)(the)+最高级+of/in.例如：He is the most diligent student in his class.Of all his novels,I like this one best.(2)选择疑问句 例如：Who is the tallest,Tom,Jack or Bill?(3)被定语从句所修饰的先行词例如
5、：He is the most diligent student I have ever seen.4.比较级和最高级的修饰语：一般置于其所修饰的形容词前。常见的比较级修饰语有much,still,a lot,even,five times,far.等。例如：People worked much harder then.Learn the comparative and the superlative degrees of adjectives and adverbials.8 Complete the passage with the correct form of the words in
6、 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 Internet,people can communicate(5)_(easily)than ever before with friends all over the world.Not
7、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)_(bad).We must all work harder to reduce pollution.easierhealthierlongerfastestmore easilygo
8、odfitmore crowdedworse 9 Work in pairs.Look at the two pictures and talk about how Shenzhen has changed.Use the words in the box to help you.big building busy house modern more shop street tall traffic treeThe buildings are much taller,much more beautiful and much newer.10 Read the words and express
9、ions in the box.Then complete the sentences with the words and expressions in the box.heat more than seldom spare speak up1.We _ have time to go on holiday.2.We do not have much _ time because we have important exams this year.3.Never go out in the _ of the day without a hat.4.You have to _ because
10、the students in the back cannot hear you.5.Mr Smith is _ a teacher.Most of his pupils think of him as their friend.seldomspareheatspeak upmore than11 Read the email and find three examples that show life was harder in the past than it is today.(Activity 4)Is it easy to find the three examples?12 Rea
11、d the email and find three examples that show life was harder in the past than it is today.The life in the past was harder in Victorian Britain.For example,people lived in very small houses,very close to each other,with no space for children to play.Families in those days were quite big.A whole stre
12、et had to share one outside toilet.13 Read the email and find three examples that show life was harder in the past than it is today.It was harder in the past.The pollution from factories filled the air.People put their rubbish outside in the streets.As a result,there were many diseases.14 Read the e
13、mail and find three examples that show life was harder in the past than it is today.In those times,life was harder for children.They didnt always go to school,because they had to work.They did dangerous and unhealthy jobs for little money.Many were hurt in accidents from the machines.15 Read the ema
14、il again and find information for the sentences in Activity 5.You can discuss in groups.How do you know that there was not enough living space for people?People lived in very small houses,very close to each other,with no space for children to play.16 Read the email again and find information for the
15、 sentences in Activity 5.You can discuss in groups.How do you know that most of the big cities were dirty and unhealthy?The pollution from factories filled the air.People put their rubbish outside in the streets.There were many illnesses.17 Read the email again and find information for the sentences
16、 in Activity 5.You can discuss in groups.How do you know life was harder for children in those times?They didnt always go to school,because they had to work instead.Many children started work in factories when they were only four or five years old.They worked twelve hours a day in dangerous jobs for
17、 very little money.18 Healthy diet,healthy body!When you do a listening or reading exercise,you should read the instructions carefully.Then you can focus your attention just on the information you need.You dont have to understand every word.19 First,listen only to get the main idea,the second time l
18、isten and write down the information about Grandmother and Mother and the third time listen and check the answers.Grandmother MotherAge to start schoolAge to start workAge to get marriedNumber of childrenAge to stop working8 years old6 years old14 years old22 years old18 years old24 years oldfour ch
19、ildrenone child50 years old55 years old20 Write a passage comparing the lives of the speakers grandmother and mother in Activity 6.The speakers grandmother and mother have lived very different lives.Her grandmother had a much bigger family21 Read the passage“Cars”,and answer the questions.1.How did
20、people travel before the invention of the car?2.What did the first cars cause?They traveled by rail,on horseback or by horse-drawn carriage,or on foot.They made the city cleaner.22 Work in groups.Read the motion of the debate.Health is more important than wealth.23 Decide who is for the motion of th
21、e debate and who is against it.You can use some of the following ideas.For:Without health,wealth means nothing.You can enjoy life better if you are healthy.Against:It is hard to be healthy without wealth.You can enjoy life better if you are wealthy.24 Write down your arguments for or against the mot
22、ion of the debate.25 Hold the debate.Those for the subject give your opinions.Those against the subject give your opinions.Take turns to say what you think.Write down the opinions for and against.Find out:Are most people for or against the motion?26 Each team to give the conclusion to the whole class.27 Write down the argument for or against the statement.Then act out the play to the whole class.28 1.总结记住本模块的单词、短语和句子。2.以“My grandpas life”为题写一篇 不少于70词的作文。Thank you!
