外研版初中英语九年级下册课件：Module 3 Unit 2 I think life is better today.pptVIP

* Key words: Life in the past, life now, family, work, health, education tiny adj. 微小的；极小的 electric adj. 用电的；电动的 n. 电灯 candle n. 蜡烛 postman n. 邮递员 cold n. 寒冷；冷空气 heat n. 高温；热度 full-time adj. 专职的；全日制的 education n. (个人的)教育；学业 transport n. 运输业；交通 role n. 作用；职责；角色 Look at the woman in the photo. How do you think she feels? Think about what she will talk about: family work health education Listen to the passage and take notes on what Mrs Li says about the points in Activity 1. Families have got smaller than they were in the past. Today most people only have one child. There were five children in my family. My father was a postman, and he often worked twelve hours a day outside in the winter cold or in the summer heat. My mum was a farm girl. She didn’t go out to work. My daughter goes to work even after getting married. I wasn’t sent to school because my family couldn’t afford it, and what’s more, because I was a girl. My daughter is really lucky. She has a good education. Life in the past Life now 1. Family: bigger; 1. Family: smaller; five children one child 2. Food: 2. Read the passage and complete the notes and add more points of your own. simple, eat meat once or twice a year. Eat better. Life in the past Life now 3. Work: 3. 4. Education: 4. My mother didn’t go out to work. Looking after us was more than a full-time job. My daughter goes to work even after getting married. And she is busy working every day. I wasn’t sent to school because my family couldn’t afford it, and what’s more, because I was a girl. My daughter has a good education. Complete the passage with the words and expression in the box. candles cold generally speaking postman tiny traffic Mrs Li’s father was a (1) __________. He often worked outside for twelve hours a day in the summer heat or in the winter (2) __________. postman cold T