外研版九年级下册英语Module 3 Life now and then全单元ppt课件（3份打包）.zip

Talk about the photos. Say what life was like in the early 1980s. Talk about the photos. Say what life is like today. wealthy fear used to wealth adj.富有的；富裕的 n.担心；害怕 v. aux. (用于表示过去真 实或经常性的行为，特别 强调现在不那样了)过去 n. 财富；财产 double seldom spare spare time speak up deaf v. 使加倍；把增 加一倍； adj.(成) 双的；两个 adv. 很少地；不常 adj.空余的；备用的 业余时间；闲暇 大点声说 adj. 聋的 Listen and answer the questions. 1. What is the history homework? 2. What is the question they need to answer? 3. What does Betty ask? 4. What does Daming ask? Write about life in the past and life today. Is life today better than it was in the past? Can we write about anything, such as medicine and pollution? What about personal safety? People are wealthier today, and they live longer than in the past. We know more about medicine today, and theres less fear of getting ill because we know how to deal with the ordinary diseases. But people dont take as much exercise as they used to. I suppose thats because more people have cars, and they walk or use their bikes less. When the number of cars is doubled , the pollution is also doubled, or even worse. Some people think life in the past was simpler and healthier than today. More wealth sometimes means less health. Why dont you go and ask Mrs Li, our neighbour? She is over seventy years old. She s seen how life has changed. Nearly finished. Thats true. I suppose Now choose the correct answer. 1. People live longer today because ___. a) we know more about medicine b) they do not work as hard as they did c) they take more exercise 2. There is less fear of getting ill ____. a) so people live longer b) because people know how to deal with the ordinary diseases c) so people work harder than before 3. People take less exercise because ____. a) they do not need to b) they drive cars instead c) they do not have cars or bikes 4. People work harder today and _____. a) they do not live as long as they did b) they do not usually have enough free time c) they live a healthier life Complete the questions with the words or expression in the box. deaf doubled fear spare used to wealth 1. What kinds of things do you ______? 2. What do you do in your ______ time? fear spare 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 exercise than they do today? 6. Do you think people have more ______ today than they used to? Now work in pairs. Ask and answer. deaf doubled used to wealth 5. 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 sometimes means less health. When the number of cars is doubled, the pollution is also doubled, or even worse. Now listen and check. 6. Read the paragraph in Activity 5 aloud. 7. Work in pairs. Answer the question and give your reasons. Is life better today than in the past? Yes, it is. I think its because / No, it isnt. I think Now say what is better or worse in: education environment health 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”。 e.g. Speak up, please. I cant hear you. 请大声一点儿，我听不见你说话。 1. 形容词的句法功能 形容词可放在名词之前作定语，也可放系 动词之后作表语，还可作宾语补足语等。 e.g. 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 tidy. 我们必须保持教室干净整洁。(宾语补足语) 形容词作定语一般放在名词之前，但如果 修饰的是不定代词something, anything, nothing, somebody, anybody, nobody等， 就要放在后面。 e.g. 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 词则多为形容词，如：weekly, friendly 等，应注意区别。 e.g. 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 、副词及全句，表示程度、方式等。 e.g. 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。 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 getting 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. 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 so early as you. 我不如你起得早。 常见的最高级表达方式有： 1) the+ 最高级+ of/in e.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. 这是我所读过的最有趣的一本书。 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。 1. He landed at the same place once again in the long jump. I dont think he can jump a little ________. (2014恩施) A. far B. farther C. farthest 2. What do you think of her teaching English? (2014咸宁) Great! No one teaches _____ in our school. A. good B. worse C. better D. best 3. Of the two sisters, Lucy is _____ one, and she is also the one who loves to 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. loudly 5. Air pollution has become _______ than ever before. We must do something to stop it. (2014上海) A. serious B. more serious C. most serious D. the most serious 6. 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. difficult 8. Mo Yan is one of _____ writers in the world. (2014天津) A. famous B. more famous C. most famous D. the most famous 9. 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 carefully C. 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 Write a passage, what is better today and what is worse today.Key words: Life in the past, life now, family, work, health, education 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 Look at the woman in the photo. How do you think she feels? Think about what she will talk about: family work health education Listen to the passage and take notes on what Mrs Li says about the points in Activity 1. 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 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. Life in the past Life now 1. Family: bigger; 1. Family: smaller; five children one child 2. Food: 2. Read the passage and complete the notes and add more points of your own. simple, eat meat once or twice a year. Eat better. Life in the past Life now 3. Work: 3. 4. Education: 4. My mother didnt go out to work. Looking after us was more than a full-time job. My daughter goes to work even after getting married. And she is busy working every day. I wasnt sent to school because my family couldnt afford it, and whats more, because I was a girl. My daughter has a good education. Complete the passage with the words and expression in the box. candles cold generally speaking postman tiny traffic Mrs Lis father was a (1) __________. He often worked outside for twelve hours a day in the summer heat or in the winter (2) __________. postman cold They 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) __________. tiny candles generally speaking traffic 1. 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 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，我们这次旅行很愉快。 In general, women live longer than men. 总的说来，女性比男性更长寿。 Write a passage about the advantages and disadvantages of life today. Choose two or three points from the notes in Activity 2 to write about. Families are smaller Give examples or reasons to support those points. Most people only have one child today. 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, only a child may feel lonely Finish the passage with your conclusion. Generally speaking, I think Present your passage to the class.Talk about the photos. Say what life was like in the early 1980s and what life is like today. 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. We eat better and we live longer. 1. Complete the passage with the correct form of the words in 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 easier healthier longer changing (4) _______ (fast) of all. Today, with the Internet, people can communicate (5) __________ (easily) than ever before with friends all over the world. Not all the changes are (6) ____ (good) ones. More people drive cars instead of riding bikes, so they are not as fastest more easily good (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. fit more crowded worse 2. Look at the two pictures and talk about how the town has changed. Use the words in the box to help you. big building busy house modern more shop street tall traffic tree 3. Complete the sentences with the words or expressions in the box. heat more than seldom spare speak up 1. We ______ have time to go on holiday. 2. We do not have much _____ time because we have important exams this year. seldom spare 3. Never go out in the ____ of the day without a hat. 4. You have to ________ because the students in the back cannot hear you. 5. Mr Smith is ___________ a teacher. Most of his pupils think of him as their friend. heat speak up more than 4. Read the email and find three examples that show life was harder in the past than it is today. 1) People lived in small houses, very close to each other, with no space for children to play. 2) Most of the big cities were dirty and unhealthy. 3) Children didnt always go to school, they had to work. 5. Read the email again. Find sentences that tell us: 1) There was not enough living space for people. 2) Most of the big cities were dirty and unhealthy. 3) Life was harder for children in those times. Write examples. 1) People lived in very small houses, very close to each other, with no space for children to play. 2) The pollution from factories filled the air. People put their rubbish outside in the streets. As a result, there were many illnesses. 3) 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 very little money. Many were hurt in accidents with machines. 6. Listen and complete he table. Grandmother Mother Age to start school Age to start work Age to get married Number of children Age to stop working 8 14 18 4 50 6 22 24 1 55 7. 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 family Read the passage and complete the following sentences. 1. The modern car has changed life a ______ deal. 2. Using horses for travel was _____, and of course walking was even _______. 3. Cars allow people to travel long distances ________, in comfort and _____________. great slower quickly slow convenience 4. It was almost __________ to get rid for the manure of the horses. 5. The cars may cause _________, but the first cars actually made cities ________. impossible pollution cleaner 8. Work in groups. Read the motion of the debate. Health is more important than wealth. Now decide who is for the motion 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. 9. Prepare your arguments. Give examples to support your ideas. 10. Hold the debate. Those for the motion give their opinions. Those against the motion give their opinion. Take turns to say what you think about each others arguments. 11. Discuss and find out whether most people are for or against the motion. 1. Which season do you like _______, winter or summer? Summer. (2014北京) A. well B. better C. best D. the best 2. Many students think it _______ to learn English by using news. (2014佛 山) A. interest B. interesting C. interested 3. It is said that Shanghai students have scored the ________ in an international test. (2014佛山) A. high B. higher C. highest 4. Mom, what do you think of our new house? Its nice, and its _________ than the old one. (2014通辽) A. big B. bigger C. biggest D. the biggest 5. Lin Fang comes home _____ than before this term. She doesnt have so many classes in the afternoon. (201