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Unit 1
Past and present
Task
A report
What changes have taken place to Moonlight Town?
What changes have taken place to Moonlight Town?
What changes have taken place to Moonlight Town?
Answer the questions:1.What did it use to be in the past?2.What is it like now?3.What are the advantages?4.What are the problems?
Discussion
Changes in my hometown
A Amy plans to write about the changes in Moonlight Town for her history project. She has an old picture and a recent picture of the town.
B Amy organized her ideas by using a fact file. Read her fact file.topic Many changes have taken place in Moonlight
Town over the years.
Facts
Past Present
Environment
narrow and dirty roads; rubbish everywhere;large open spaces
wide and clean streets; green trees on both sides; shops and tall buildings
topic Many changes have taken place in Moonlight Town over the years.
Facts
Past Present
LifeSmall old house;Listen to the radio or watch TV
New flats;Computers and the Internet;Mobile phones
Transport on foot or by bicycle
by bus or taxi; have own cars
Opinion Now people are enjoying a comfortable life.
... has changed a lot over the years.Many changes have taken place in .... People are enjoying a ... life.There were only ... in the past, but now .... People used to ....The government has built....Many families have their own ....
Useful expressions
C Amy is writing her report on the changes in Moonlight Town. Help her complete her report using the fact file in Part B.
Many changes have taken place in Moonlight Town over the years. In the past, there were only (1)_________________ roads in the small town. There was (2)________ everywhere. But now the streets are
narrow anddirty
rubbish
⑶_____________with many (4)____________
on both Sides. The government has also built
(5)______________________in some large open
spaces.
Years ago, people lived in
(6)______________.
Now most of them have moved into
(7)________. They used to
(8)________________ or watch TV in their free
time, but now most families have
wide and clean green trees
shops and tall buildings
small old houses
new flats
listen to the radio
computers and the (9)_________. Moreover, (10) ______________ make communication easier now. In the past, people travelled around the town (11) __________________,but now they can go around the town (12)_____________. Many families even have their own cars. Now people are enjoying a comfortable life.
Internetmobile phones
on foot or by bicycle
by bus or taxi
D You are writing a report on the changes in
your hometown. Find an old photo and a rece
nt photo of your hometown. Use Amy's fact fi
le and her article as a model.
Give a report on the changes to your hometown:1. What is the title of your report?2. When were the photos taken?3. What can you see in the old photo and the recent photo?4. What changes can you see in the two photos?5. Do you like the changes? Why or why not?
Review the phrases
Group 1:
1. 过去曾经做过某事2.月光镇3.空旷的场地4.在两边5.发生
used to do sth.Moonlight TownOpen spaces
On both sidesTake place
Useful phrases
1. 搬到(出)某地2.变化很大3.在过去4.变成5.中国象棋
move to (out of ) spchange a lot
in the pastturn/change into
Chinese chess
Group 2 :
1. 噪音污染2.购物大厦3.搬走4.感到寂寞5.时常
noise pollutionShopping mall
Move awayfeel lonelyfrom time to time
Group 3:
1.从某种程度上说2.独立地3.收到……的来信4.投入使用5.不再
in some wayson one’s own / by oneself
hear from /get (receive) a letter from
be in use / service
no more/longer; not… any more/longer
Group 4:
Homework
Learn to master all the useful expressionsin this unit.