1、Lesson 4 City and Country Objectives:To practise using background knowledge strategies when reading.To practise reading for specific information.To express opinion orally and give reasons for them.To compare one lifestyle with another.Pre-ReadingAnswer these questions to prepare yourself.Use the Key
2、 Words below to help you.office, farm, underground, walk, crowded, space, quiet, noisy.1) How are city and country lifestyles different in China?2) Can you imagine city and country lifestyles in Britain?Show some pictures in the country and in the city.busy, dangerous, exciting, interesting, stressf
3、ulboring, easy, free, peaceful, relaxingThe school in the countryis very old and shabbySpacious and brightclassroomHave computer classesReading Read and fill in the table with information about Debbie and Pauls lives. Add information about your own life and compare.Debbie Paul YouLives in A big city
4、 a smallvillageWake-up time 7 am 4 amJob an accountant a farmer studentWorkinghours 8 all dayWorks in center of London north of EnglandEveningactivitiesdance classes, go to the gym, French classesplay with his children;study by distance learningSpecialactivitiesgo to the cinema, drive to the country
5、 and go walking therego to London for a weekend breakLook at the chart then try to think out some words to describe the advantages and disadvantages living in the city or the country.The school in the city is very modern and bright.City lifeTraffic jamspollutionFresh aircrime modern museumsfirsthand
6、 informationisolationCountry lifeinconvenient trafficpeaceful environmentmore spacePost-ReadingChoose 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 doesnt have to. B .Debbie is rather tired of the underground.C .Debbie goes to wo
7、rk by car every day.D .Paul has to travel far away to work every day.2. In the last paragraph of text 2, it can be inferred that _.A. Pauls wife does not like moviesB. Paul often goes to see the filmC. The life of Paul is very convenientD. When Pauls children see the tube, they will get very excited
8、3. The main idea of text 2 is that _.A. Paul lives in a small village in the north of EnglandB. It is easy for Paul to go to workC. Paul is busy but without the stress of life D. Pauls life is very free4. Whose life is better, Debbies or Pauls?A .Debbies. B. Pauls. C. Both.D. Different people have d
9、ifferent 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 fanatics and both see movies a lot.D. Pa
10、ul likes all the crowds and the noise in London.Answers: BDCDCLanguages points:1. Thats what people call Hes a new comer. Thats what I know about him.Thats how Thats why Thats where2. its so crowded that I cant find so that引导结果状语从句,如此以至于Anna works so hard that she has little time for rest.Tommy got
11、up so late that he missed the first bus.3. I spend all morning checking numbers.spend some time doing sth. 花费时间做I spend two hours doing my homework everyday.4. We dont have the same work hour that office workers in the city have. that 引导的从句表示的内容与主句所讲的是“ 同一 ” Thats the same purse that I bought last S
12、unday.对比 Thats the same purse as I bought last Sunday. (同我丢失的那个一样，但不是同一个)5. Right now I am studying by distance learning.distance learning 远程教育6. its my dream to see the Great Wall 不定式 to see the Great Wall 作真正的主语，前面的 it 是形式主语。dream of梦见. I often dream of myself becoming a great singer.I never dream
13、ed of meeting you here.我绝对未想到在这里遇到你。7. My wife calls me a movie fanatic.call+宾语宾补We call him our monitor.8. so I dont get the chance to go very often.get the chance to do有机会做Im so happy that I got the chance to go abroad. ExerciseChoose the best answers1 Bob told me not to swim in this river.-Thats
14、I told him.A how B it C that D what2Dont spend too much time the game.-I see.A to play B playing C played D play3 I saw a pen in the garden yesterday.-Where is it now? Its the same pen I lost.A that B as C which D whatKeys: D, B, AVocabularyUse the words from the texts to complete the sentences belo
15、w.accountant, tube, underground, crowded, nearby, otherwise, career, fanatic, forecast, distance learning1) In England, the is often called the . Many people travel on this to work.2) I am a real book . I have so many books in my flat. It looks like a library!3) The says that the weather this weeken
16、d 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 by to improve my .Answers:1 underground, tube 2 fanatic 3 forecast 4 accountant, otherwise 5 nearby, crowded 6 dista
17、nce learning, careerSpeaking Talk about it. How are Debbie and Pauls lifestyles different? How are they similar?Example Debbie has to travel to work but Paul doesnt.They both have to work.WritingWhere do you live? In a city or in the countryside? What do you like about where you live?List three things.Then try to write an essay to describe the place where you live , if you like there and the reason you like it or dislike it.