外研小学起点外研小学起点 九年级九年级(下下) Module 3Unit 1 Unit 1 People are healthier today.People are healthier today.Look at the following pictures, and say what life was like in the past and what life is like today.Life in the pastAnd what life is like today?Sample dialogue A: What was life like in the past?B: There werent so many cars as there are today. A: What is life like today?B: There are more buildings today.debate 辩论辩论illness 病病; 疾病疾病prevent 防止防止; 预防预防medicine 医学医学suppose 猜想猜想; 假设假设relaxed 放松的放松的; 松弛的松弛的 be more relaxed 更放松更放松Listen and answer the questions. Use the words and expressions to help you. advantage composition environment free time homework illness law personal pollution prevent protect safety1. Whats for homework? _2. Whats the title? _ _A history composition.Is life today better or worse than it was 50 years ago?3. What does Betty ask about? _ _4. What does Daming ask about? _ _Betty asks whether they can write about topics such as medicine and pollution.Daming asks if they can write about personal safety.5. Does Mr. Jackson agree? _6. What are Betty and her mother talking about? _ _ _Yes, he does.They are talking about life in the past and now./They are comparing life in the past and now. 7. How many things have they compared? What are they? _ _Four. They are health, medicine, transport, work.Listen and readNow listen to Betty. She has nearly finished a composition. And she is talking about it with her mother. Listen and answer the questions:1. Whats the title of Bettys composition?2. What does she think of the life today?Is life today better or worse than it was 50 years ago?She thinks it is better. Listen again and choose the best answer.1. People are healthier and live longer today because _. a) were better at preventing illness b) We dont work as hard as we did c) We dont take as much exercise2. Public transport is faster but _. a) it makes pollution b) people take more exercise c) fewer people use it3. Theres more pollution so _. a) children work harder b) life is more dangerous and less healthy c) public transport is better today4. People dont have to work as hard today. However, _. a) they dont live as long b) no one has enough free time c) schoolchildren dont do their best5. Betty will be more relaxed and less nervous about the exams if _. a) she works harder b) she asks Mrs. Li to help her with her composition c) she goes on the school trip and to the theatreRead the dialogue to complete the table and write notes.Personal healthAdvantagesDisadvantagesbetter at preventing illness, live longerdont eat as well, take less exerciseMedicineAdvantagesDisadvantagesknow more about medicine and are better at preventing illness. TransportAdvantagesDisadvantagesmuch fasterwalk or use bikes lessWorkAdvantagesDisadvantagesdont have to work as hard. dont have too much free time. Complete the sentences in your own words.1. Because its late, Bettys mum thinks that Betty should _ _.2. Betty is working late in order to _.go to bed / stopfinish her history composition writing her composition 3. Bettys mum thinks we know more about medicine, although _ _ _. 4. Betty reminds her mum that _ _ _. people dont eat as well as in the past or take as much exercise as they did she is going on a trip and a theatre visit next month 5. Bettys mum thinks that Bettys school trip and theatre visit will _ _.make her more relaxed and less nervous before her examsNearly finished! 就要完成了！就要完成了！Thats true. 是真的。是真的。I suppose 我想我想do my best 我尽力我尽力talking of 谈论，提到谈论，提到Everyday EnglishLanguage points1. Were better at preventing illness. 我们更擅长于疾病的预防。我们更擅长于疾病的预防。 1) be better at是短语是短语be good at的比较的比较级形式。级形式。如：如： I am better at English than maths. 我英语比数学学得好。我英语比数学学得好。 2) prevent 意为意为“预防；防止预防；防止”，常用，常用于于prevent sb. (from) doing sth.结构。结构。e.g. My mum often prevents me from going out at night. 母亲经常阻止我晚上出去。母亲经常阻止我晚上出去。2. I suppose thats because public transport is much better today.1) suppose作动词，意为作动词，意为“认为；猜想认为；猜想”，其后可跟，其后可跟that引导的宾语从句，也引导的宾语从句，也可跟带不定式的复合结构，其中不定可跟带不定式的复合结构，其中不定式主要是式主要是to be形式。形式。e.g. I suppose (that) he will be back by eight oclock. 我想他我想他8点以前会回来。点以前会回来。 I suppose him to be at home. 我想他在家。我想他在家。 They suppose her to be a doctor. 他们猜想她是一名医生。他们猜想她是一名医生。2) 在在“I suppose + that引导的宾语从句引导的宾语从句”中中, 对从句否定时对从句否定时, 否定要前移否定要前移, 类类似似think, believe, guess等动词的用法。等动词的用法。e.g. I dont suppose Ill trouble you again. 我想我不会再来打扰你了。我想我不会再来打扰你了。3) “be supposed to + 动词原形动词原形”常用来常用来表示主语应该做某事（相当于表示主语应该做某事（相当于should + 动词原形），其人称、时态和数的动词原形），其人称、时态和数的变化在变化在be动词上体现动词上体现。如：。如： You are supposed to / should clean the outside of the window. 你应该把窗户外面擦干净。你应该把窗户外面擦干净。请用请用suppose的适当形式填空。的适当形式填空。1. She _ John to be working at his office.2. To keep safe, everyone _ to wear a seat belt in the car.supposesis supposed【巩固练习】【巩固练习】3. Why dont you ask Mrs Li downstairs? why dont you 和和why not都可以用都可以用 来表示建议。来表示建议。why dont you只表示只表示 对对you的建议。而的建议。而why not的建议要的建议要 看情况而确定。看情况而确定。Why not go swimming this afternoon?这个句子根据情况可以理解为这个句子根据情况可以理解为: Why dont you go swimming this afternoon也可以理解为也可以理解为: Why dont we go swimming this afternoon? 另外另外, why not还可以表示赞同、同意。还可以表示赞同、同意。 -Shall we go swimming this afternoon? -Why not? Thats true. The advantage is that we know more about medicine today. Were better at preventing illness. But people dont eat as well as in the past, and dont take as much exercise as they did.Pronunciation and speakingListen and notice the stressed words.Yes, I agree. People walk or use their bikes less, and theyre lazier. Faster transport also makes more pollution. And that makes life more dangerous and less healthy.Underline the words which you think the speaker will stress. Now listen and check. As you listen, say the passage aloud.Pair workTalk about your answer to the question. Is life today better or worse than it was 50 years ago?Say whats better or worse in: at home education entertainment environment life medicine transport workSample dialogue S1: Do you think life today is better or worse than it was 50 years ago?S2: I think the life today is better. We have better education. Especially we girls have the same opportunity as boys in education. What about you?S1: I also think its better. We have more entertainments and they are more interesting. S2: And there is so much more traffic today and its more convenient. But at the same time, faster transport also makes more pollution. S1: In the past, we know less about medicine, but now we know more about medicine.重要短语、句子重要短语、句子1. 天就要黑了。天就要黑了。_2. 就要完成了！就要完成了！_3. 尽力做某事尽力做某事 _4. 今天的生活比今天的生活比50年前更好还是更差呢年前更好还是更差呢? _ _ Its getting dark.Nearly finished!Is life today better or worse than it was 50 years ago?try / do my best to do5. 人们活得比过去活得长。人们活得比过去活得长。 _ _6. 懂得更多的医学懂得更多的医学 _7. 更好地预防疾病更好地预防疾病 _They live longer than they did in the past. know more about medicine be better at preventing illness8. 不象过去吃的那样好不象过去吃的那样好 _9. 不象过去锻炼那么多不象过去锻炼那么多 _ _10. 更少地骑自行车更少地骑自行车 _ dont eat as well as in the past dont take as much exercise as they did use their bikes less11. 制造了更多的污染制造了更多的污染 _12. 使生活更危险和更不健康使生活更危险和更不健康 _ _13. 太多空闲太多空闲 _14. 阻止某人做某事阻止某人做某事 _ make life more dangerous and less healthy make more pollutiontoo much free timestop /keep /prevent sb. from doing sth. 15. 人们不必要像人们不必要像50年前那样艰苦年前那样艰苦 地工作。地工作。 _ _16. 没有人曾经说他们有太多的自没有人曾经说他们有太多的自 由时间。由时间。 _ _People dont have to work as hard as they worked 50 years ago.No one ever says they have too much free time.1.Many students in our class want to study _ (医学医学) in the future.2.After a long _ (辩论辩论), they finally agreed to our plan. Exercises请根据句意及所给汉语提示写出句请根据句意及所给汉语提示写出句中所缺单词。中所缺单词。medicinedebate( ) 1. This book is _ of the two. A. thinner B. the thinner C. more thinner D. the thinnestB请从各题后所给的四个选项中选出请从各题后所给的四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳答案。可以填入空白处的最佳答案。( ) 2. Xiao Li always spends_ time doing homework than Zhou Chen. A. little B. fewer C. few D. less( ) 3. She looks _older than she is. A. the more B. very C. much D. more CD( )4. Linda has _ big family, and she is _ eldest child in it. A. a; a B. a; the C. the; an D. a; an( ) 5. Why _ for a walk? A. not go B. dont go C. we go D. goBAHomework 1. Make an interview of your parents to 2. ask something about their ideas of the 3. differences between the life today and 4. in the past. Take down what they said. 2. Preview Unit 2.