【学习目标】
After the class, the students will be able to:
1. 用一些名词和形容词来描述城市生活和乡村生活，如：quiet, crowded, noisy, tube, underground, office, farm, space, accountant, lung, distance learning;
2. 通过看文章的标题、图片和阅读文章的第1-3句来预测文章的主题;
3. 了解城市生活和乡村生活的异同。
【课前预习】★为B层选做
1. Talk about city and country lifestyles with you partners. Use the following key words to help you.
1. What do you think of city life?
2. What do you think of country life?
★3.What do city people and country people usually do for fun at night separately(分别地)？
★4.What do city people and country people usually do at weekend separately?
★2. Read the passage and learn different ideas about city life and country life and then answer the question.
Cities and Countryside
like to live in big cities. They say city life is colorful, convenient and exciting. There are shopping malls or supermarkets everywhere, so you can buy anything you like, while in the country, shops are very far away from your house. It is difficult to do shopping. In cities, people enjoy themselves in many ways in their free time, going to the cinemas or theatres, taking a walk in the park, or watching a footfall game…
But prefer to live in the countryside. They say cities are crowded with people and cars. It is noisy. While people are suffering from all kinds of noise, you can enjoy yourself by sitting on the hillside watching the cows around you. And now cities are becoming dirtier and dirtier. Factories and cars send out dirty gases, which pollute the air and the sky over cities is often gray. Water pollution and white pollution are also big problems in cities. On the contrary(相反), the sky is blue and water is clear in the country.
Question:
Where would you like to live, in cities or in the country? Why?
3. Learn the new vocabulary for Lesson 4 on Page 106 by yourself and choose the words from the box to complete the sentences below.
1. In England, the _________ is often called the _______. Many people travel on it to work.
2. Smoking ____________can cause ____________cancer.
3. The_______________ says that the weather this weekend is going to be sunny and warm.
4. If you like maths, you could be an __________, ____________ you could be a maths teacher.
5. There is a restaurant __________ and it is always ____________ because it is so popular.
6. I am studying business communication (商务通信) by _________________________ .
【课堂活动】
1. Make a prediction of the topic(对文章主题做猜测):
1. First look at the title on Page 14 and the two pictures on Page 14-15 ;;
2. Then read the first paragraphs (段) on Page 14 and Page 15.
3. Now answer the question: What is the two short texts going to talk about?
__________________________________________________________________
2. Read the two passages quickly to check your prediction.
The two short passages (短文) going to talk about_______________________________.
3. Read again for detailed information.
(1) Choose the best answers.
1. From the first paragraph of Text 1, we can know that _________.
A. Debbie has to get up very early but Paul doesn’t have to.
B .Debbie is rather tired of the underground.
C .Debbie goes to work by car every day.
D .Paul has to travel far away to work every day.
2. From the last paragraph of Text 2, it can be inferred (推断) that ____________.
A. Paul’s wife does not like movies B. Paul often goes to see the film
C. The life of Paul is very convenient
D. When Paul’s children see the tube, they will get very excited
3. The main idea of Text 2 is that _________.
A. Paul lives in a small village in the north of England
B. It is easy for Paul to go to work C. Paul is busy but without the stress of life
D. Paul’s life is very free
4. Whose life is better, Debbie’s or Paul’s?
A. Debbie’s. B. Paul’s. C. Both. D. Different people have different ideas.
5. Which of the following is NOT TRUE according to the texts?
A. Debbie has to spend all morning checking numbers every day on workweeks.
B. Debbie likes to go to the countryside to have a weekend break sometimes.
C. Debbie and Paul are both movie fans and both see movies a lot.
D. Paul likes all the crowds and the noise in London.
（2）Fill in the table with information about Debbie and Paul’s lives. Add information about your own life to compare.
【达标练习】（请复习前面内容后闭卷完成）
1．Fill the blanks according the two texts.
Debbie is an____________ in a large company in the _________ of London. She travels to work on the __________. But she doesn’t like it. She spends all morning ________ ___________. Lunch is always___________. In the afternoon, she returns to _________ in the office. At nights, she has _________ ___________, or goes to the _________ or has _________ __________. And every weekend she almost goes to the ___________.
Paul lives in a small __________ in the north of England. He lives and works on the farm __________ _________he doesn’t need to travel to work. After he has a big __________, he begins to work. His work is to make sure that all the animals are _______ _____ sickness. He also grows and looks after ________ and ___________. He is studying Chinese by ________ ___________.And he is a movie________ and is ________ _________ cigar. His wife loves looking in the _________ shops in London while their children like to _________ London’s red buses ___________ go on the tube.
2. Choose the words from the box to complete the following sentences.
1. It was two weeks before the Spring Festival and the shopping center was _____________ with shoppers.
2. The government officials must do with the __________ needs of the earthquake areas.
3. The weather __________ says that it’s going to stay hot for the rest of the week.
4. There’s a long ________ between America and England.
5. ---I’m sorry. I made a big mistake! --- It doesn’t matter. Nobody’s __________.
6. Don’t move._______________ I will kill you.
7. Art books are expensive to produce, ______________ if they have color pictures.
【推荐作业】★为B层选做
1. Complete the text with the words in the box.
My name is Sun Rui. I live in a small ___________ in Inner Mongolia. I have some great ________ for the future. I have _________ to be an ___________ in a ________ ______. My parents are _______. They did not like my plans at first. But now I have won their ________.
★2. Role play (in pairs). One student works as a reporter and the other works as Debbie / Paul. The reporter works out the questions and the other student answers questions according to the information in the text.
e.g.: (Student A) Reporter: Debbie, where do you live?
(Student B) Debbie: I live in the centre of London.
3. Group discussion. Work in groups and discuss the advantages (优势) and disadvantages (劣势) of living in the city and in the country.★
Tell your partner where you prefer to live, the city or the country? Why?
I prefer ____________________________________________________________________.
Because ___________________________________________________________________.
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