1. Unit 4　Then and now
六年级

2. Unit Four Then and now Part A Let’s try Let’s talk Let’s learn
Part B Let’s try Let’s talk
Read and write
Let’s wrap it up

3. Let’s try
Today, there is a guest visiting the school. Listen and tick or cross.
The school changed a little.
Grandpa could use computers
when he was at school.

4. Let’s talk A:Wow, a library! There was no library in my old school.
B:Tell us about your school, please.
A:There was only one small building on a hill.
C:Could you see stars at night?
A:Yes, I like the stars.
B:Me too. One day I’m going to visit the moon.
C:The Americans took about five days to get there in 1969.
B:How do you know that?
C:Easy. I looked it up on the Internet.
A:Ah! There were no computers or Internet in my time.

5. What was Grandpa’s school like?

6. What was your school like five years ago. What is it like now
What was your school like five years ago? What is it like now? Draw and talk.
5 yeas ago
Now
There was…
There were…
There is…
There are…

7. 跟我学
There be句型的过去时
我们已经学过了there be句型的一般现在时，当there be遇到过去的时间，我们只需要将be动词换成相应的过去式形式就可以了。
例如：There is a cat in the room.
There was a cat in the room.
There are some birds in the tree.
There were some birds in the tree.

8. 看图说一说！
看看冬冬的房间一年前后的变化！
One year ago
There was…
There were…

9. Now
There is…
There are…

10. Let’s learn dining hall gym grass …years ago …months ago饭厅
dining hall
gym
grass
…years ago …months ago
last year last month

11. 补全单词！
d ning hall i ym g ag
gr ss o a

12. Now there’s a new one in our school.
There was no gym in my school ten years ago.

13. Let’s try Mike’s friends are visiting his home. Listen and circle.
1.What art they talking about?
A. Mike’s hobby.
B. Mike’s old photos.
2.What grade was Mike in?
A. Grade 1.
B. Grade 5.

14. Let’s talk A:John, come and look at Mike’s old photos!
B:That’s funny. Mike! You’re wearing a pink T-shirt.
C:Yes, but I don’t like pink now.
A:We are all different now!
C:Right. Before, I was quiet. Now, I’m very active in
class. How about you?
B:Well. I was short, so I couldn’t ride my bike well.
Now, I go cycling every day. I like it very much.
A:That’s good exercise.

15. Talk about your friends or family members. How did they change?
wasn’t tall/
had long/…hair
didn’t wear glasses/
didn’t like maths/
didn’t like cats/
didn’t like eggs/

16. 跟我学 Before…Now…来对比 同学们若想对比他人或自己以前和现在的变化，
不妨用“before…now…”。例如迈克在文中提到“Before, I was quiet. Now, I’m very active in class.”

17. 大显身手
看一看，说一说。
Before,…
Now,…

18. Let’s learn
go cycling
ice-skate
play badminton

19. Wu Yifan:I didn’t like winter before. I
thought it was too cold, and I
couldn’t go cycling.
Mike:How about now?
Wu Yifan:Now I love to ice skate and play in
the snow.

20. Read and write Tell your partner: 1.What animal can run very fast?
2.What makes you feel
worried?

21. What a dream!
Wu Yifan had a race with his father and Max. there were many people there. His father ran very fast, but Wu Yifan could not. There was nothing he could do. He was so worried. “I could run fast at school,” he thought. “Why am I so slow now?”
Then Robin said, “Drink this!” and gave Wu Yifan some water. Wu Yifan drank it and suddenly he felt good. He could run fast again.
There was a second race. There were many animals in that race. Wu Yifan ran like a cheetah. He could win the race! But suddenly he tripped and fell. Then he woke up. He was in bed. It was all a dream!

22. 一、你能找出文中单词
的过去式吗？
二、下列单词过去式的原形
形式你知道吗？
felt thought
woke tripped

23. Wu Yifan is telling his mother about the dream
Wu Yifan is telling his mother about the dream. Listen and fill in the blank.
Wu Yifan:Mum, I ______ an interesting dream last night.
Mum:What did you dream about?
Wu Yifan:I had a race with Dad and Max. But I __________
______ ______.
Mum:What happened then?
Wu Yifan:Robin ______ me some water. I ______ it and then
could run very fast. Suddenly I tripped and fell. Then I woke up.
Mum:What a dream!
had
couldn’t
run
fast
gave
drank

24. Did you have an interesting dream. Tell your dream to your partner
Did you have an interesting dream? Tell your dream to your partner. Then write several sentences about it.
I had a dream last night. In my dream, I…
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
What a dream!

25. Let’s wrap it up
Changes are all around us. Talk about the changes below.
It was raining.
Now...
In summer, the tree
was green. Now...
There was a building
before. Now...
爱护草坪
人人有责

26. It was an egg.
Now...
Chen Jie was short.
Now she is 1.5 metres tall.
The cat was on the
chair. Now...
1.5米

27. 课后练习
一、看图说短语。
ice-skate
play badminton
go cycling

28. 二、看图说一说。
Three years ago
Now