Reading strategy: prediction Before you read a text, look at the title, photographs and drawings. Read the first two or three lines of the text. Try to guess what the text is going to be about.

boring, easy, free, peaceful, relaxing Country

busy, dangerous, exciting, interesting, stressful City

How do people travel to work in the city?

How do people travel to work in the country?

The school in the country is very old and shabby

Spacious( 宽敞 ) and bright classroom Have computer classes The school in the city is very modern and bright.

Match the key words with the pictures officefarmundergroundwalk crowdedquietnoisy space

Read fast to find out which of the following are mainly talked about in the two texts Debbie and Paul’s: evening activities daily routine friendship weekend activities Jobs

Read carefully to find details DebbiePaul Lives in Wake-up time Job Working hours Works in Evening activities Weekend activities How to go to work

Read carefully to find details DebbiePaul Lives in in the center of London in a small village in the north of England

Read carefully to find details DebbiePaul Wake-up time 7 am4 am

Read carefully to find details DebbiePaul Job check numbers raise farm animals grow wheat and vegetables

Read carefully to find details DebbiePaul Working hours May be 8 hours It depends…

Read carefully to find details DebbiePaul Evening activities have classes, go to the gym play with children study Chinese （ How ）

Read carefully to find details DebbiePaul Weekend activities go to the cinema drive to the country go to London with his family

Read carefully to find the details DebbiePaul How to go to work on the tube walk to work

DebbiePaul Lives in Wake-up time How to go to work Job Evening activities Weekend activities at seven at four on the tubewalk to work check numbers raise farm animals grow wheat and vegetables have classes go to the gym play with children study Chinese go to the cinema drive to the countryside go to London with his family in the center of London in a small village in the north of England

1.From the first paragraph of text 1, we can know that ___ A.Debbie has to get up very early but Paul doesn’t have to. B.Debbie is rather tired of the underground. C.Debbie goes to work by car every day. D.Paul has to travel far away to work every day. Choose the correct answers.

2. In the last paragraph of text 2, it can be inferred that ___. A. Paul’s wife does not like movies B. Paul often goes to see the film C. The life of Paul is very convenient D. When Paul’s children see the tube, they will get very excited

3. The main idea of text 2 is that ___. A. Paul lives in a small village in the north of England B. It is easy for Paul to go to work C. Paul is busy but without the stress of life D. Paul’s life is very free 4. Whose life is better, Debbie’s or Paul’s? A.Debbie’s. B. Paul’s. C. Both. D. Different people have different 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.Paul likes all the crowds and the noise in London.

Debbie lives in a big city and Paul lives in a small village and they do have different lifestyles, but can you find some similarities in their lives?

They both have to wok. They both learn something, especially language. They both see movies at weekends. They both have activities on weekend and evenings. They live in England.

You are divided into two parts. One part enjoys living in the city, the other part enjoys living in the country. Tell us the advantages and disadvantages of living in city and country.

I like/ quite like/ enjoy/ prefer to …because… I can’t stand/ don’t like/ hate…

City life Traffic jams … pollution Fresh air crime modern museums firsthand information isolation Country life inconvenient traffic peaceful environment more space …

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