Module ThreeUnit One

People are healthier today.

Module ThreeUnit 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

Advantages Disadvantages

PersonalHealth

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 mu

st 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

Homework: