《I think life is better today》Life now and then PPT课件3

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1、天就要黑了。It’s getting late.

2、就要完成了！Nearly finished!

3、你觉得今天的生活比过去更好吗?

Do you think that life is better today than in the past?

4、人们比过去活得长。

They live longer than they did in the past.

5、懂得更多的医学

know more about medicine

6、如何处理平常的疾病

how to deal with the ordinary diseases

7、不像过去锻炼那么多

don’t take as much exercise as they used to

8、我认为…

I suppose that …

9、更少地骑自行车

use one’s bikes less

10、更多的财富有时候意味着更少的健康。

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 +名词”表示“不只是，不仅仅是” 

He is more than a father to her.

他待她胜过父亲。

Kate was more than a teacher. She also did what she could to take care of her pupils. 

凯特不仅仅是位教师，她还尽其所能照顾她的学生。 

2. … because my family couldn’t afford it.

afford  v. 担负得起(……的费用、损失、后果等), 常用在can和be able to之后; 通常构成短语afford sth.或afford to do sth.。

The boy wants to see a movie, but he can’t afford a ticket. 

那个男孩想看场电影, 但却买不起票。

She can’t afford to go abroad. 

她没有足够的钱去国外。

There’s a lot to do. We can’t ______ to waste any time. (2011年江苏省无锡市中考)

A. wait         B. afford     

C. want       D. have

答案：can't afford to do sth.“负担不起”是固定搭配，故答案选Ｂ。句意：我们不能再浪费时间了。

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只接动名词的动词：

finish, practise,  imagine, worth, 

forgive, mind, miss, enjoy, suggest, 

avoid, escape, stand, keep …

只接不定式的动词：

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 一般来说，大致说

常位于句首，与in general 同义。

Generally speaking, we enjoyed the trip.

总的来说，我们这次旅行很愉快。

Generally speaking, the parks are full on holidays.

一般来说，假日里公园都挤满人。

类似结构还有 : 

exactly speaking  准确地说；确切地说

strictly speaking  严格来说； 严格说来

frankly speaking  坦白说, 老实说

honestly speaking  老实说

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