教学设计
教学内容
Unit 2 I think life is better today.
主备人
教学目标
1.Read articles about life in the past.
2.Compare people’s life today and in the past.
3.Write sentences with advantages and disadvantages about people’s life.less is more代言人
教学重点
Key vocabulary: tiny, electric, light, candle, postman, cold, heat, full-time, role, education, transport
Key sentences: We eat better and we live longer.
教学难点
How to write an argument using the main points and the examples.
教学准备
多媒体课件
教  学  过  程
二次设计
StepⅠWarming up and lead-in
In this procedure, get the students look at the photos and talk about the changes.
T: Morning, everyone! How is it going?
Ss: Not bad.
T: Here is a photo of an old woman, Mrs. Li. She is over 70 years old. She has lived in Beijing all her life. Look at the photo, how do you think life has changed for her? These words can help you: family, health, life in Beijing, marriage, the role of women, work.
S1: I think the families were much bigger in the past. My grandmother have six children, but I am the only child.
S2: I think she is healthier today.
S3: There is much more traffic. I think she walks less and takes the bus more.
S4: In the past, their parents helped her find the husband, but now, the love is free.
S5: In the past, most women stayed at home to do housework, but now women can go out to work.
T: Well done! Is what you said the same as what is written in this passage? Let’s learn “Life in the past”.
Step II. Reading
a. let the students read the passage and do Activity 2.
T: This passage is about an old woman’s life in the past. It’s written from the aspects listed in Activity 1. Now, read the passage and write notes about Mrs. Li’s answers to the ideas in Activity 1.
For example: family: bigger families, less money
The sample notes:
health: healthier, live longer, eat better
life in Beijing: much better, more buildings, so much more traffic, walk less and take the bus more.
marriage: in the past, parents choose partners for their children; now, children choose partners for themselves
the role of women: in the past , women stayed at home; now, they go out to work
work: in the past, do the same job all one’s working life; now, change jobs more often
b. Let the students read paragraphs by paragraphs to know some details.
T: Read Paragraph1 and answer the questions:
Show the questions on the screen:
Paragraph1: Family
Question1: Where did Mrs. Li’s family live?
Question2: What did she think of her family?
Question3: When did her eldest sister leave school?
Question4: What does she think of the family in the past and today?
Two minutes later
T: Are you ready to answer my questions?
Ss: Yes.
S1. In a small house beside a restaurant.
S2. They weren’t very rich but they were happy.
S3. At the age of 12.
S4. In the past, families were much bigger. Most people had lots of children. Today most people only have one child and the families are small.
T: Good! You have known the main idea of the paragraph. Next, I will explain some language points. Please take good notes.
Language points:
the eldest child老大 
old 有两种比较级和最高级: older, oldest; elder, eldest
说明： elder, eldest虽然是old的一种比较级和最高级形式，但一般只用作定语，表示兄弟妹的长幼关系，elder不能与than连用表示比较。
(Use PPT to make a flash)
T: Let’s read paragraph 2 and fill in the blanks:
Show on the screen:
Paragraph2: Work and the role of women
Mrs. Li’s father ________ to work for ________hours a day. He never _______ his job in his life. But now people change their jobs ___________. Mrs. Li’s mum was a _________ before she met Mrs. Li’s father. After marrying, she had to ________ at home to ____________ the children. Today it is ___________ for many married women ___________ to work. But in the past, it was _______________. 
Answers:
went out, 12, changed, much more often, teacher, stay, look after, normal, to go out, less common
Language point in this paragraph
1.    a full-time job 全职工作    反义词： a part-time job 兼职工作
2.    normal 正常的
3.    less common 不常见
说明：这也是一种比较级，如果表达A方不如B方可用三种句式：
1）    A+谓语的否定式+形容词（或副词）比较级+than + B
This room isn’t bigger than mine.
He doesn’t run faster than his brother.
2）    A+谓语+less+形容词（或副词）的原形+than+B
I am less tall than he.
He does his homework less carefully than his brother.
3）    A+谓语的否定句+so(as)+形容词（或副词）的原级+as+B
Mrs. Brown is not so / as old as she looks.
It doesn’t rain so/ as often in Xi’an as in Wuhan.
(Use PPT to make a flash)
T: Read paragraph3 and complete the table:
Show the table on the screen
Paragraph3: Life in Beijing
    Food at home    Things to do at home
In the past       
today       
The possible answers are:
    Food at home    Things to do at home
In the past    Three times a day
Eat enough
Freshly cooked
Much better    Played games
Read a lot
Helped the younger brother with his homework in the evenings
today    Buy ready-made food    Have television
Watch TV in the evenings
Language point:
1.    enough adj. 足够的 通常放在名词前修饰名词。如：
He has enough money to buy this book.
        adv. 足够地 通常放在被修饰词的后面。如：
The room is big enough to hold 100 people.
2. freshly cooked 新做的,现做的
3. ready-made food 现成的食物，预先制成的食物
T: Let’s turn to Paragraph 4. Read it and choose the right answers:
Show the questions on the screen:
Paragraph 4: Marriage
1. Mrs. Li first met her husband ____ years ago. (50, 60)
2. Mrs. Li’s husband helped her carry the ________when she fell off the bike. (books, bags )
3. Mrs. Li’s parents thought her husband came from a _____ family. (good, rich )
4. Mrs. Li married her husband at the age of _________. (19. 20)
5. Now most couples meet __________ (at work, in the street).
The answers are: 1. 60  2. bags  3. good  4. 19  5. at work
Language point:
1. fall off 从…摔下来    He fell off the bike and hurt his leg yesterday.
2. get married 结婚
3. couple 夫妻
T: Read Paragraph 5 and judge the statement is true or false.
Show the statement on the screen:
Paragraph5: Life in Beijing
Mrs. Li often walks and takes the bus less to keep healthy.
The answer is: False
Language point:
1. lots more / much more 形容词（或副词）的比较级可用much, lots, a little, even, still等词修饰。
T: Read the last paragraph and choose the best answer.
Show the question on the screen:
Paragraph 6: Health
Mrs. Li thinks life is better today because ____________________.
A. She is not poor any longer.
B. She has more free time.
C. She is healthier and lives longer.
D. She walks less and takes the bus more.
The answer is: C
Language point:
One day I’ll be talking to your own grandchildren.
有一天我会正与你的儿孙交谈呢！
说明：这句话不用详细讲解，只要能翻译大意就行。这是将来进行时。
Step Ⅲ Reading skills.
In this procedure, the teacher should teach the students some reading skills.
T: Read this sentence from the passage. It’s an example of a main point. Let’s learn how to find a main point from some sentences.
Example: My parents, my sister and three brothers lived in a small house beside a restaurant.
Main point: Families were bigger in the past.
Now choose the correct main point for these examples from the passage.
1. My sister … left school when she was only 12 …
a) The school leaving age was lower in the past.
b) My sister no longer wanted to go to school.
2. Looking after us was a full-time job, so she stayed at home.
a) It wasn’t necessary for the mother to work.
b) Married women were too busy at home to continue working.
3. … my mother never bought ready-made food as people do today.
a) The food we eat today isn’t as healthy as it was.
b) There wasn’t any fast food in the past.
4. My parents liked him, and thought he came from a good family …
a) Parents usually decided who their children married.
b) People from good families were always kind.
5. Yes, there are lots more buildings and so much more traffic!
a) There was less traffic in the past.
b) Cars are cheaper today.
The answers are: 1. a,  2. b,  3. a,  4. a,    5. a
说明：做阅读时要了解一些重要句子的内在涵义和其想表达的主要要点，不需要一字一句翻译。
Learning to learn: 选择你需要关注的内容是一种重要的语言学习技巧。比如说，你在做听力或阅读前，你需要先仔细读读提示或说明。当你做听力或阅读时，一个很好的方法是把你的注意力锁定在你需要的信息，而不是尝试去理解每个词。
Step Ⅳ Writing.
In this procedure, get the students learn some writing skills about an argument.
Pre-writing:
T: Read the passage in Activity 2 and the conversation in Unit 1, Activity 3. You’re going to write a composition. The title is:
Is life today better or worse than it was 50 years ago?
T: Before you write it, you must write down main points for the composition. For example:
Main point: People are healthier and live longer.
You also need to write down an example of each main point such as:
Example: Mrs. Li says we live longer toady.
Then you can write down an opposite point to each main point and give an example of each opposite point.
For example: Opposite point: Pollution makes people less healthy.
Example: Mrs. Li walks less and takes the bus more.
Students can work in pairs, groups to discuss. Try to get more main points and more opposite points. Give each point an example.
T: After getting so many points and the examples. Let’s join them together with “For example”.
People are healthier and live longer. For example, Mrs. Li says we live longer today.
Now join the main points and their opposite points with “However” or “On the other hand”.
People are healthier and live longer. For example, Mrs. Li says we live longer today. However, pollution makes people less healthy. For example, Mrs. Li walks less and takes the bus more.
板书设计
Unit 2 I think life is better today.
Key vocabulary: tiny, electric, light, candle, postman, cold, heat, full-time, role, education, transport
Key sentences: We eat better and we live longer.
作业布置
1. Finish writing the composition.
2. Preview Unit 3 “Language in use”.
教学反思

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