W九(下)Module3Unit3概要.ppt

1. Complete the passage with the correct form of the words in brackets. For many people, life is a lot (1) __________ (easy) today. Medicine and diet are improving, and people are getting (2) __________ (healthy) and living (3) __________ (long). But communication is changing (4) __________ (fast) of all. Today, with the Internet, people can healthier longer easier the fastest communicate(5) ____________(easily) than ever before with friends all over the world. Not all the changes are (6) ________(good) ones. More people drive cars instead of riding bikes, so they are not as (7) ____(fit) as they were. Increasing traffic makes the roads (8) _________________ (crowded) more easily good fit more crowded than ever, and it also makes pollution (9)________(bad). We must all work harder to reduce pollution. 2. Work in pairs. Look at the two pictures and talk about how the town has changed. Use the words in the box to help you. big, building, busy, house, modern, more, shop, street, tall, traffic, tree worse 1. The buildings are much taller, much more beautiful and much newer. The sample answers 2. There are more cars in the street today than it was 50 years ago. 3. The streets are much wider and cleaner. 4. The environment is much better. 5. People are much busier than before. 6. The life is much better than before. 7. There are more shops than before. 3. Complete the sentences with the words or expressions in the box. heat, more than, seldom, spare, speak up 1. We ________ have time to go on holiday. 2. We do not have much _________time because we have important exams this year. seldom spare 3. Never go out in the ______of the day without a hat. 4. You have to __________ because the students in the back cannot hear you. 5. Mr Smith is __________ a teacher. Most of his pupils think of him as their friend. heat speak up more than 4. Read the email and find three examples that show life was harder in the past than it is today. FROM: Gran