外研版九年级英语下册M3U1最新版

Module3 Life now and thenUnit1 They sometimes work harder.有时他们努力工作。现在和那时的生活

Talk about photos Talk about photos

look at the picture and say:1.What was life like in the past? 2.What is life like today?

学习目标1.掌握下列词汇:wealth, wealthy, medicine, suppose, fear, used to, double, seldom, spare time, speak up, deaf. 2. 掌握下列基本句型： (1) People are wealthier today. (2) I suppose that’s because more people have cars… 3.复习形容词和副词比较级的运用。

In the early 1980s

There weren’t so many cars as there are today.

Listen to the recording of the Activity 3 and pay attention to the pronunciation. 外研版九下英语音频

Read the dialogue and choose the correct answer.1. People live longer today because____. a) We know more about medicine. b) They do not work as hard as they did. c) They take more exercise. 2. There is less fear of getting ill____. a) So people live longer. b) Because people know how to deal with the ordinary diseases. c) So people work harder than before.

Read the dialogue and choose the correct answer.3. People take less exercise because ___. a)They do not need to b)They drive cars instead c)They do not have cars or bikes 4. People work harder today and ___. a)They do not live as long as they did b)They do not usually have enough free time. c)They live a healthier life

Complete questions with the deaf, the doubled, fear, words or expression box. spare, used to,in the wealthfear 1.What kinds of things do you __________? spare 2.What do you do in your __________ time? deaf 3.What can someone not do if they are______? 4.If something is_________, doubled is it more or less? used to 5.Do you think people ___________ take more exercise than they do today? 6.Do you think people have more ________ wealth today than they used to?

从课文中找出含形容词或副词的比较级的句子

1.……do you think that life is better today than they did in the past? good/well—better—best 2.People are wealthier today, and they live longer than they did in the past. wealthy—wealthier—wealthiest 3.We know more about medicine today, and there’s less fear of getting ill because we know how to deal with the ordinary diseases. many/much—more—most, little—less--least

4.I suppose that’s because more people have cars, and they walk or use their bikes less. 5.Some people think life in the past was simpler and healthier than today. simple—simpler—simplest healthy—healthier—healthiest 6.More wealth sometimes means less health. 7.When the number of cars is doubled ,the pollution is also doubled, or even worse. bad—worse—worst 8……and they sometimes work harder. hard—harder--hardest

Read the following sentences and think……1.Do people work as hard as they did fifty years ago? as+形容词/副词原级+as 像…一样 例如：Tom is as tall as Mike. Tom is three times as old as Mike. Tom walks as slowly

as a cow. 否定 not as+原形+as 或 not so+原形+as “…不及/不如…

2.But people don’t take as much exercise as they used to. 在该结构的两个as之间通常接形容词或副词的 原级，但若涉及数量或程度，可用“as much+不可数名词+as”和“as many+复数名 词+as”。如 1) You’ve made as many mistakes as I have. 你犯的错误和我犯的一样多。 2) I haven’t got as much money as I thought. 我不像原来想像的有那么多钱。

used to+v.原形;常译为“过去常常” 例如： They used to be good friends.他们过去是好朋 友。 She often used to say so.她过去总是这么说。 be used to +n.、代词或动名词 “习惯……” Joy is used to the life in the city. 乔伊习惯于城市的生活。 she used to live in Paris, but now she is used living in London.她过去常常住在巴黎，但现在 习惯于住在伦敦。

3.When the number of cars is doubled,the pollution is also doubled, or….. the number of 译为“……的数量”例如： The number of students in our class is50.我们 班学生的数量是50人 。 The number of pages in this book is 60.这本 书有60页。 a number of表示“许多”,相当于 many,修 饰可数名词复数。作主语时，谓语动词用复数。 A number of students are planting trees on the hill.许多学生在小山上植树

nearly finished 快结束了 deal with /do with 处理 ordinary diseases 平常的疾病 spare time/free time 空闲时间 speak up 大点声说 a bit deaf 有点聋

Exercises1. Computers can work than men and make____ mistakes. A. slower; less B. faster; fewer C. faster; less D. faster; more 2. This stamp is in my collections. A. the elder B. the old C. the eldest D. the oldest 3. —What do you like , tea, coffee or milk? —Tea, of course. A. better B. good C. well D. best