外研版 (新标准)九年级下册Unit 1 They sometimes work harder.教案设计

Module 3 Life now and then

Unit 1 They sometimes work harder.

教学目标

【知识与技能】

1. 掌握句型：1) Nearly finished.

2) That’s true.

3) I suppose…

4) — Is life better today than in the past?

— Yes, it is. I think it’s because… / No, it isn’t I think…

5) Remember to speak up! She’s a bit deaf now.

2. 掌握本课短语： wealthy, fear, used to, wealth, double, seldom, spare, spare time, speak up, deaf

【过程与方法】

Communicative and interactive

教学重难点

【教学重点】

Grammar: Re : adjectives and adverbs ( comparative and superlative forms )

【教学难点】

Grammar: Re : adjectives and adverbs ( comparative and superlative forms )

教学准备

录音机、投影仪、多媒体等

教学过程

Step 1 Warming up

1. Show some pictures to talk.

1) Say what life was like in the early 1980s.

2) Say what life is like today.

2. Introduce new words and expressions.

Step 2 Listening practice.

1. Ask the students to read through the questions in Activity 2.

1) What is the history homework?

2) What is the question they need to answer?

3) What does Betty ask?

4) What does Daming ask?

2. Play the tape and ask the students to listen to the tape carefully

3. Listen and answer the questions.

4. Ask the students to check their answer with a partner.

5. Call back the answers from the whole class and check the answers.

Keys: Write about life in the past and life today.

      Is life today better than it was in the past?

      Betty asks if they can write about medicine and pollution.

Daming asks if they can write about personal safety.

Step 3 Listen and read.

1. Ask the students to listen and read the conversation silently.

2. Talk about the pictures.

3. Everyday English

Nearly finished.

That’s true.

I suppose…

4. Now choose the correct answer.

1. People live longer 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

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

4. Ask the students to check their answer with a partner.

5. Call back the answers from the whole class and check the answers.

Keys: 1. a  2. b  3. b  4. b

Step 4 Complete the questions.

1. Ask the stude read through the words and expression in the box in Activity 4.

2. Complete the questions with the words or expression in the box.

1) What kinds of things do you _________?

2) What do you do in your _________ time?

3) What can someone not do if they are ________?

4) If something is _________, is it more or less?

5) Do ynk people _________ take more exercise than they do today?

6) Do you think people have more ________ today than they used to?

3. Ask the students to check their answer with a partner.

4. Call back the answers from the whole class and check the answers.

Keys: 1. fear  2. spare  3. deaf  4. doubled  5. used to 6. wealth

5. Now work in pairs. Ask and answer.

Step 5 Pronunciation and speaking.

1. Play the recording once without stopping.

2. Play the recording again and ask the whole class to repeat.

3. Read and predict which words the speaker is likely to stress.

Some pthink life in the past was simpler and healthier than today. More wealth sometimes means less health. When the number of cars is doubled, the pollution is also doubled, or even worse.

4. Now listen and check.

5. Read the paragraph in Activity 5 aloud.

Step 6 Work in pairs.

1. Answer the question and give your reasons.

— Is life better today than in the past?

— Yes, it is. I think it’s because… / No, it isn’t I think…

2. Now say what is better or worse in:

education   environment   health

Step 7 Language points

1. Remember to speak up! She’s a bit deaf now.

记得说话大点儿声，她现在有点儿耳背了。

speak up表示“大点儿声说”。例如：

e.g. Speak up, please. I can’t hear you. 请大声一点儿，我听不见你说话。

Step 8 Grammar

形容词与副词

对于形容词与副词，我们主要掌握两点，一是形容词与副词的句法功能，二是形容词与副词的比较级和最高级。

1. 形容词的句法功能

一般来说，形容词可以放在名词之前作定语，也可以放在系动词之后作表语，还可以作宾语补足语等。例如：

Did you see that old photograph that I found? It’s a lovely picture.

你看见我找到的那张老照片了吗？画面真美。(定语)

They were very nice. 他们很友善。(表语)

People’s lives seem busy now. 现在人们的生活似乎很忙碌。(表语)

We must keep our classroom clean and tidy.

我们必须保持教室干净整洁。(宾语补足语)

形容词作定语一般都是放在名如果修饰的是不定代词something, anything, nothing, somebody, anybody, nobody等，就要放在后面。例如：

Is there anything special in the paper today? 今天报纸上有什么特别的新闻吗？

I didn’t find anything funny about it. 我觉得这事一点儿都不可笑。

There is nothing new in the store. 商店里没有什么新东西。

很多副词都以-ly结尾，但是“名词+ly”的词则多为形容词，如：weekly, friendly等，应注意区别。例如：

A friendly voice answered the phone. 接电话的是一个友好的声音。

2. 副词的句法功能

副词一般用作状语，修饰动词、形容词、副词以及全句，表示程度、方式等。例如：

They speak highly of you.

他们对你的评价很高。

We were very lucky to find you here.

我们很幸运在这里找到了你。

The spring passed too quickly.

春天过得太快了。

Hopefully, we’ll meet again on Friday.

希望我们星期五再见面。

3. 形容词与副词的比较级和最高级

就形容词、副词的比较级和最高级而言，一是要掌握比较级和最高级的构成，二是要掌握比较级句型。

1) 比较级的句型

 (1) 比较级+than，表示“比…更…”

e.g. Health is more important than wealth. 健康比财富更重要。

          He got up earlier than I did this morning. 今天早上他起得比我早。

(2) 比较级+ and+比较级，表示“越来越……”。

e.g. The story gets more and more exciting. 故事变得越来越激动人心。

          Our lives are getting better and better. 我们的生活越来越好。

(3) The+比较级，the+比较级，表示 “越……，越……”

e.g. The more you spend on it, the greater progress you will make.

你在这上面花的时间越多，你的进步就会越大。

The more he talked, the more excited he grew. 他越说越激动。

同级比较一般采用as...as…句型，否定句可以用not so / as…表示。

e.g. He is as tall as his father. 他和父亲一样高。

          I get up not so early as you. 我不如你起得早。

2) 最高级的表达方式

 (1) the+ 最高级+ of/in…

e.g. Jim is the tallest of the three. 吉姆是三人中最高的。

         He is the most diligent student in his class. 他是班上最勤奋的学生。

(2) 选择疑问句

e.g. Who is the tallest, Tom, Jack or Bill? 汤姆、杰克和比尔，谁个子最高？

(3) the+最高级+定语从句

e.g. It is the most interesting book I have ever read.

         这是我所读过的最有趣的一本书。

3) 比较级和最高级的修饰语

比较级和最高级的修饰语应置于其所修饰的形容词或副词之前。常见的比

     较级修饰语有much, still, a lot, even, far等。

e.g. He worked much harder then. 那时他工作要努力得多。

常见的最高级修饰语有almost, by far, far, much等。

e.g. This is by far the most expensive bag in the shop.

这是目前这家商店里最贵的包。

课堂作业

Write a passage about what is better today and what is worse today.

教学反思