1. Module 3 Life now and then

2. Unit 2
I think life is better today.

3. Activity 1
Look at the woman in the photo. How do you think life has changed for her? Think about:
family health life in Beijing
marriage the role of women work

4. Read the first paragraph and answer the following questions.
Where did Mrs. Li’s family live?
2. What did she think of her family?
3. When did her eldest sister leave
school?
In a small house beside a restaurant.
They weren’t very rich but they were happy.
At the age of 12.

5. 4. What does she think of the family in
the past and today?
In the past, families were much bigger. Most people had lots of children. Today most people only have one child and the families are small.

6. Read paragraph 2 and fill in the blanks. 12
Mrs. Li’s father ________ to work for ____ hours a day. He never _______ his job in his life. But now people change their jobs _______________. Mrs. Li’s mum was a ________ before she met Mrs. Li’s father. After marrying, she had to _____ at home to _________ the children. Today it is ________ for many married women _________ to work. But in the past, it was _____________. 12
went out
changed
much more often
teacher
stay
look after
normal
to go out
less common

7. Food at home Things to do at home In the past today
Read paragraph3 and complete the table:
Food at home
Things to do at home
In the past
today
Three times a day Eat enough
Freshly cooked
Much better
Played games
Read a lot
Helped the younger brother with his homework in the evenings
Buy ready-made food
Have television
Watch TV in the evenings

8. Paragraph 4 Mrs. Li first met her husband ___ years ago. (50, 60)
2. Mrs. Li’s husband helped her carry the ____when she fell off the bike. (books, bags )
3. Mrs. Li’s parents thought her husband came from a ___ family. (good, rich )
4. Mrs. Li married her husband at the age
of ____. (19. 20)
5. Now most couples meet ___ (at work, in the street).

9. Read Paragraph 5 and judge the statement is true or false.
Mrs. Li often walks and takes the bus less to keep healthy. ( ) F
Language point:
lots more / much more 形容词（或
副词）的比较级可用much, lots, a
little, even, still等词修饰。

10. Read the last paragraph and choose the best answer.
Mrs. Li thinks life is better today because ____________________.
A. She is not poor any longer.
B. She has more free time.
C. She is healthier and lives longer.
D. She walks less and takes the bus more.

11. Language points of 1st paragraph
the eldest child老大
old 有两种比较级和最高级: older, oldest; elder, eldest
说明： elder, eldest虽然是old的一种比较级和最高级形式，但一般只用作定语，表示兄弟姐妹的长幼关系，elder不能与than连用表示比较。

12. Language points of 2nd paragraph
1. a full-time job 全职工作 反义词：
a part-time job 兼职工作
2. normal 正常的
3. less common 不常见
说明：这也是一种比较级，如果表达A方
不如B方可用三种句式：
A+谓语的否定式+形容词（或副词）
比较级+than + B

13. This room isn’t bigger than mine.
He doesn’t run faster than his brother.
2) A+谓语+less+形容词（或副词）的原形+than+B
I am less tall than he.
He does his homework less carefully
than his brother.
3) A+谓语的否定句+so(as)+形容词（或
副词）的原级+as+B

14. Mrs. Brown is not so / as old as she looks.
It doesn’t rain so/ as often in Xi’an as in Wuhan.

15. Language points of 3rd paragraph
enough adj. 足够的 通常放在名词前修
饰名词。如：
He has enough money to buy this book.
adv. 足够地
通常放在被修饰词的后面。如：
The room is big enough to hold 100 people.
2. freshly cooked 新做的,现做的
3. ready-made food 现成的食物，预先制
成的食物

16. Language points of the 4th paragraph
fall off 从…摔下来 He fell off
the bike and hurt his leg yesterday.
2. get married 结婚
3. couple 夫妻

17. Language point
One day I’ll be talking to your own grandchildren.
有一天我会正与你的儿孙交谈呢！
将来进行时。

18. Work in pairs and talk about the advantages and disadvantages of life of Mrs Li.

19. Complete the passage with the correct form of the words.
People live longer (long) and stay (1)________ (healthy) today than they did 50 years ago. People are (2) _____ (tall) and (3) _________(strong) because they have a (4) ______ (good) diet. Athletes can run (5) _______ (fast), jump (6) _______ (high) and throw (7)
________ (far) than ever before.
healthier
taller
stronger
better
faster
higher
farther

20. Playing sports is one of the (8) _____________ (popular) leisure activities. People also work (9) _______ (hard) and lead (10) ______ (busy) lives. Big cities are (11) _____________ (pleasant) places to live than
before because they are (12) _______ (dirty) and (13) ______________ (crowded). They are also
most popular
harder
busier
less pleasant
dirtier
more crowded

21. (14) _______________ (dangerous)
(14) _______________ (dangerous). Traveling is (15)______ (easy) than before, and air travel is the (16) _______________ (comfortable) way to travel long distances.
more dangerous
easier
most comfortable

22. pair work
Look at the two pictures and talk about how the town has changed. Use the word to help you.
big building busy houses modern more narrow shops streets tall traffic trees

23. By the time Barnardo died in 1905, there were about 100 Barnardo’s homes, caring for more than 8,000 children. Now, although there are no Barnardo’s homes, the charity continues to help children and families.

24. Write down the things which happened in the following years:
Thomas Barnardo opened his first homes for children without parents.
Thomas Barnardo died.

25. Fill in the blanks according to the passage.
In 1870, Thomas Barnardo studied ________ and he lived near the ________. While he was studying, he taught at a school for ____ children. He found out that many children at the school had no _______ and no ______, so he ______ money and _______ a house for them as a school and home.
hospital
medicine
poor
parents
homes
raised
bought

26. Homework
Write a short passage comparing the
life in the past and today.
2. Revise the usage of usage of the
positive degree, the comparative
degree and the superlative degree of
adjectives and adverbs.