外研版初中英语九年级下册课件：Module 3 Unit 3 Language in use.pptVIP

* Talk about the photos. Say what life was like in the early 1980s and what life is like today. People are wealthier today, and they live longer than they did in the past. But people don’t take as much exercise as they used to. More people have cars, and they walk or use their bikes less. We eat better and we live longer. 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 easier healthier longer changing (4) _______ (fast) of all. Today, with the Internet, people can 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 fastest more easily good (7) __ (fit) as they were. Increasing traffic makes the roads (8) ____________ (crowded) than ever, and it also makes pollution (9) ______ (bad). We must all work harder to reduce pollution. fit more crowded worse 2. 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 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. 1) People lived in small houses, very close