Module3-Life-now-and-then.ppt

Module3 Life now and then Unit1 They sometimes work harder. Talk about photos look at the picture and say: 1.What was life like in the past? 2.What is life like today? Talk about photos In the early 1980s There weren’t so many cars as there are today. Read the dialogue and choose the correct answer. People live longer today because____. We know more about medicine. They do not work as hard as they did. They take more exercise. 2. There is less fear of getting ill____. So people live longer. Because people know how to deal with the ordinary diseases. So people work harder than before. 3. People take less exercise because ___. They do not need to They drive cars instead They do not have cars or bikes 4. People work harder today and ___. They do not live as long as they did They do not usually have enough free time. They live a healthier life Read the dialogue and choose the correct answer. Complete the questions with the words or expression in the box. 1.What kinds of things do you __________? 2.What do you do in your __________ time? 3.What can someone not do if they are______? 4.If something is_________, is it more or less? 5.Do you think people ___________ take more exercise than they do today? 6.Do you think people have more ________ today than they used to? deaf, doubled, fear, spare, used to, wealth fear spare deaf doubled used to wealth 从课文中找出含形容词或副词的比较级的句子 1.……do you think that life is better today than they did in the past? good/well—better—best 2.People are wealthier today, and they live longer than they did in the past. wealthy—wealthier—wealthiest 3.We know more about medicine today, and there’s less fear of getting ill because we know how to deal with the ordinary diseases. many/much—more—most, little—less--least 4.I suppose that’s because more people have cars, and they walk or use their bikes less. 5.Some people think life in the past was simpler and healthier than today. simple—simpler—simplest healthy—healthie