（北师大版）四年级英语下册课件 Unit 12（二）.pptVIP

lead a … life lead a happy life lead a hard life Complete the passage with the correct from of the words. People live longer (long) and stay (1) ______ (healthy) today than they did 50 years ago. People (2) ______ (tall) and (3) ______ (strong) because they have a (4) ______ (good) diet. Athletes can run (5) ______ (fast), jump (6) ______ (high) and throw (7) ______ (far) than ever before. Playing sports is one of the (8) _____________ ( popular) leisure activities. healthier taller stronger better faster higher further most popular People also work (9) ______ (hard) and lead (10) ______ (busy) lives. Big cities are (11) __________ (pleasant) places to live than before because they are (12) ______ (dirty) and (13) ___________ (crowded). They are also (14) ________________(dangerous). Traveling is (15) ______ (easy) than before, and air travel is the (16) ________________(comfortable) way to travel long distances. harder busier less pleasant dirtier more crowded more dangerous easier most comfortable Look at the two pictures and talk about how the town has changed. Use the words in the box to help you. big buildings busy houses modern more narrow shops stress tall traffic trees Write the words in the correct column. composition diet education fitness homework illness medicine nature pollution revision traffic weather Environment Personal health Study nature pollution traffic weather diet fitness illness medicine pollution composition education homework revision Read the passage on page 23. Find three examples of things that made life harder in the past than it is today. e. g.: Big families lived in very small house, close together with no space for children to play. There was only one outside toilet for the whole street. Big cities were dirty and unhealthy. … Read the passage again. How do we know that … ① … families were big in Victorian times? ② … many houses were small? ③ … there was no i