Module Three Unit One People are healthier today. Module Three Unit One People are healthier today. Listening Reading Notes Speaking Practice Homework

1. Lead-in: 1. What life was like in the past? 2. What life is like today? eg: --There weren’t so many cars as there are today. -- There weren’t so many tall buildings as there are today.

2. Listen and answer: 1.What’s for homework? 2.What’s the title? 3.What does Betty ask about? --A history composition. The title is “Is life today better or worse than it was fifty years ago?”. She asks whether they can write about topics such as medicine and pollution.

4. What does Daming ask about? 5. Does Mr Jackson agree? --He asks whether they can write about personal safety. --Yes, he does. Listen again and check

3. Listening: Betty has nearly finished a composition. And she is talking about it with her mother. 1. What’s the title of Betty’s composition? Is life today better or worse than it was 50 years ago? 3. Where will she go before the exams? She will go on the school trip and the theatre visit. 2. What does she think of the life today? She thinks it’s better.

4. Choose the best answer: 1. a 2. a 3. b 4. b 5. c

AdvantagesDisadvantages Personal Health Medicine healthier; live longer better at preventing illness; know more about it don’t eat as well..; take less exercise Reading: 5. Write notes to complete the table.

Transport Work much faster,better walk or use bikes less; make more pollution, life more dangerous and less healthy don’t have to work as hard as … don’t have too much free time

6. Complete the sentences in your own words. 1. Because it’s late, Betty’s mum thinks that Betty should ________. 2. Betty is working late in order to_________________. go to bed finish her history composition

3. Betty’s mum thinks we know more about medicine, although __________________________________ _________________________________. 4. Betty reminds her mum that ______ _____________________________. people don’t eat as well as in the past or take as much exercise. she is going on a trip and a theatre visit next month 5. Betty’s mum thinks that Betty’s school trip and theatre visit will __________________________________ ____________________________. make her more relaxed and less nervous before her exams. remind: help sb. remember sth. that they must do.

Nearly finished! 就要完成了！ That’s true. 是真的。 I suppose… 我想 … do my best 尽我的努力 Talking of… 谈到，至于 Everyday English

1. Nearly finished! I have nearly finished the work. Have you finished the work? 2. They live longer than they did in the past. Language: 3. be good at doing sth be better at

4. Talking of free time, … “ 谈到 …, 说起 …” 在句中作状语, 也可 以用 speaking of “ 提到 …, 说起 …” 提到约翰，上周我见到他的一个朋友。 说起大学，今年夏天他要去美国读书。 --Talking of John, I saw a friend of his last week. --Speaking of universities, he will go to America to study this summer.

Pronunciation and speaking: That’s true. The advantage is that we know more about medicine today. We’re better at preventing illness. But people don’t eat as well as in the past, and don’t take us much exercise as they did. 7. Listen and notice the stressed words.

8. Underline the words which you think the speaker will stress. Yes, I agree. People walk or use their bikes less, and they’re lazier. Faster transport also makes more pollution. And that makes life more dangerous and less healthy.

1. 写作文 2. 最重要的区别是 3. 在过去 4. 对医学懂得更多 5. 做运动 6. 公共交通 7. 带来更多污染 8. 使生活更危险 9. 有太多的空余时 间 10. 尽最大的努力 1.do/write a composition 2.The most important difference is 3.in the past 4.know more about medicine 5.take exercise 6.public transport 7.make more pollution 8.make life more dangerous 9.have too much free time 10.do/try one’s best

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