Unit1Topic3Section.ppt

Unit 1 The Changing World Topic 3 The world has changed for the better .Section A 1b Listen to 1a and tick what was mentioned about New York. 1a Listen , look and say 1c Work in pairs and describe New York to your partner based on 1b. You may start like this : A: How much do you know about the traffic in New York ? B: I heard that the traffic there was terrible . Do you have any ideas about the streets there ? A: … Complete the sentences with since or for. 1. You have been in New York _____ a long time. 2. The city has improved a lot _____ I came here a few years ago. 3 Look carefully and think about the differences between since and for in 1a. Then complete the sentences with since or for and listen and check. 2 Listen to the passage and fill in the blanks with the correct forms of the given words or phrases . Broadway is a street in New York . It has been there____ 1811. It ________ be dirty. But it ____________ since the 1920s. The area near Times Square is the home of Broadway theaters . There have been many famous ______ along the street for many years . A lot of artists perform plays , concerts and operas there . Every year millions of visitors come to enjoy the ________ music and dance on Broadway . ______________ , Broadway stands for the American theatre industry . millions of 用法： 在英语中hundred , thousand , million , billion等词，当其前面有数词时，它们不加 “s”使用，其后也不用介词of .直接跟可数名词的复数形式。 如：five million people 五百万人 当表达不确定数字时，在它们后面加上 “s”再加介词of使用。后接可数名词的复数形式，表示 “数百” “数千” “数百万” “数十亿”。如： millions of people 数百万人 4 Work in groups and talk about the place you live. Compare today’s situation with that of the past. The following dialogs may help you. A:I have been in … for /since … B: How do you like living there ? A: It is … / Very good. /I really… B: Was the local traffic terrible /good/…? A: Yes./No, it was … / used to be … in the past, and now it is … B: … Thank You! * 黑龙江省双城市