《I think life is better today》Life now and then PPT課件3
Revision
1、天就要黑了。It’s getting late.
2、就要完成了！Nearly finished!
3、你覺(jué)得今天的生活比過(guò)去更好嗎?
Do you think that life is better today than in the past?
4、人們比過(guò)去活得長(cháng)。
They live longer than they did in the past.
5、懂得更多的醫學(xué)
know more about medicine
6、如何處理平常的疾病
how to deal with the ordinary diseases
7、不像過(guò)去鍛煉那么多
don’t take as much exercise as they used to
8、我認為…
I suppose that …
9、更少地騎自行車(chē)
use one’s bikes less
10、更多的財富有時(shí)候意味著(zhù)更少的健康。
More health sometimes means less health.
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Read and take notes on what Mrs. Li says about the points in Activity 1. Then complete the notes and more points of your own.
Life in the past
Family: bigger, five children
Food: simple, meat only once or twice a year
Work: hard and difficult work, long hours
Education: expensive, often only for boys
Life now
Family: smaller; one child
Food: more food and netter food
Work: interesting jobs for boys and girls
Education: good schools for everyone
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Read the passage again and answer the questions.
1. What kind of article is it?
An interview.
2. Where does Mrs Li live?
Mrs. Li lives in Beijing.
3. How often could Mrs Li eat meat in the past?
Once or twice a year.
4. Why does Mrs Li feel lonely sometimes?
Because her daughter can’t come to see her often.
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Language points
1. … looking after us was more than a full - time job.
“more than +名詞”表示“不只是，不僅僅是”
He is more than a father to her.
他待她勝過(guò)父親。
Kate was more than a teacher. She also did what she could to take care of her pupils.
凱特不僅僅是位教師，她還盡其所能照顧她的學(xué)生。
2. … because my family couldn’t afford it.
afford v. 擔負得起(……的費用、損失、后果等), 常用在can和be able to之后; 通常構成短語(yǔ)afford sth.或afford to do sth.。
The boy wants to see a movie, but he can’t afford a ticket.
那個(gè)男孩想看場(chǎng)電影, 但卻買(mǎi)不起票。
She can’t afford to go abroad.
她沒(méi)有足夠的錢(qián)去國外。
There’s a lot to do. We can’t ______ to waste any time. (2011年江蘇省無(wú)錫市中考)
A. wait B. afford
C. want D. have
答案：can't afford to do sth.“負擔不起”是固定搭配，故答案選Ｂ。句意：我們不能再浪費時(shí)間了。
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知識鏈接
只接動(dòng)名詞的動(dòng)詞：
finish, practise, imagine, worth,
forgive, mind, miss, enjoy, suggest,
avoid, escape, stand, keep …
只接不定式的動(dòng)詞：
want, hope, fail, manage, offer, refuse, appear, wish, expect, decide, agree, promise, happen, determine …
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8. Generally speaking, I think life is better today.
generally speaking 一般來(lái)說(shuō)，大致說(shuō)
常位于句首，與in general 同義。
Generally speaking, we enjoyed the trip.
總的來(lái)說(shuō)，我們這次旅行很愉快。
Generally speaking, the parks are full on holidays.
一般來(lái)說(shuō)，假日里公園都擠滿(mǎn)人。
類(lèi)似結構還有 :
exactly speaking 準確地說(shuō)；確切地說(shuō)
strictly speaking 嚴格來(lái)說(shuō)； 嚴格說(shuō)來(lái)
frankly speaking 坦白說(shuō), 老實(shí)說(shuō)
honestly speaking 老實(shí)說(shuō)
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