8B Unit 1 Past and present Reading: Times have changed From Wenfeng Secondary School

tram peak tram

light rail ferry

Chinese chess

翻译下列词组： 1. 不再 … 2. 一小时前 3. 和某人玩 not …any more an hour ago play with sb. 翻译句子： 1. 我已经吃过苹果了。 2. 你看过这部新电影了吗？ I have eaten an apple. Have you seen this new film?

block

market stall

Disney Garden

temple

1.married 2. dentist 3. took off 4. lonely 5. terrible 6. since 7. actually a. people who look after our teeth b. in fact c. very bad d. left the ground and started to fly e. having a husband or a wife f. from a time in the past until now g. unhappy because you are alone ____ e a d g c f b

Hong Kong has changed a lot!

Questions: Does Mr. Dong like his new flat? Why or why not? What’s the topic of the reading?

1. Mr Dong knows the Kowloon Walled City very well. 2. He moved into the Kowloon Walled City in He got married in When Mr Dong got married, he moved out of the Kowloon Walled City. T F F F

5. In the past 30,000 people lived in the Kowloon Walled City. 6. Mr Dong and his old friends meet in the Kowloon Walled City Park to play cards and Chinese chess. 7. The Kowloon Walled City is noisier than it was before. T T F

8. Mr Dong likes the open space and pretty gardens in the park. T

Read the dialogue again and answer the following questions: 1.Where did he live before 1960? 2 ． Who did he live with first ? 3. Why did he move to another flat? 4. When and why did Mr. Dong move out of the Kowloon Walled City? About Mr. Dong

Read the dialogue again and answer the following questions: 1.How many people lived in the Kowloon Walled City in the past? 2. What did people have in the Kowloon Walled City? 3.Why was there noise pollution? About the Kowloon Walled City

Read the dialogue again and answer the following questions: 1.What did the place Mr. Dong lived in turned into? 2.What do Mr. Dong and his friends often do in the new park? 3.Is there an airport in the Kowloon Walled City now? About the changes

Read the dialogue again and answer the following questions: Does Mr. Dong feel a bit lonely? Why? About Mr. Dong’s feeling

Read and rearrange the following sentences: A. I got married. B. I moved out of the Kowloon Walled city. C. I was born in a block in the Kowloon Walled City. D. I lived with my parents. E. I moved to another flat in the same block. C D A E B

The place has changed a lot in the pastat present people what we have there noise feeling people lived in the Walled City. Many people moved to other areas. Our own Chinese medicine shops, dentists, market stalls, a temple and some small Chinese restaurants The place has turned into a park. The noise was terrible when the planes took off. It’s very quiet. In some ways life is better. But he feels a bit lonely from time to time.

Fill in the blanks: Mr Dong was born in __ ____ in ___ ______ _____ ___ with his parents. They lived together until he __ _____. Then he and his wife ____ ___ another flat in ___ ____ ____. In 1991 they _____ ___ ___ it, because ___ _________ wanted to build a new park. But only __ ____ ____ he think life is better now. Many of his old friends _____ __ other areas and he feels ___ ___ lonely ____ ___ ___ ___. They Kowloon Walled City a block got married moved to the same block moved out of government the in some ways moved toa bitfrom time to time

Fill in the blanks: often meet to play ____ and ____ ____. Now it is quiet but he misses the ____. They were like old friends. When they _____ ____, he was always pleased. Although the noise was _____ when the planes ___ ___. cards Chinese chess planes landed safely terrible took off

Talk about the changes in Yancheng

用所给词的适当形式填空： 1.We ______ learned English in Grade Three in the primary school. (one) 2.They had a very ______ trip to Hangzhou. (please) 3.My parents were very _____ when I got good marks in the English test. (please) first pleasant pleased Exercises

用所给词的适当形式填空： 4. Water ______ is more terrible than noise _______. (pollute) 5. He has had nothing after the ______ of his shop. (close) 6. His parents often tell him to drive carefully and _______. (safe) 7. Do you feel _______ after seeing the doctor? (good) pollution closing safely better Exercises

用所给词的适当形式填空： 8. Book 8B is ____________ than Book 8A. (difficult) 9. The old man was _________ when his wife died. (alone) more difficult lonely Exercises

选用词组的适当形式填空： 1.I miss my friends in the primary school ______________ because I cannot see them _________ before. 2.My uncle _____________ since he ___________. get married, turn …into, take off, in fact, change a lot, in the past, noise pollution, as often as, from time to time as often as got married has changed a lot from time to time Exercises

选用词组的适当形式填空： get married, turn …into, take off, in fact, change a lot, in the past, noise pollution, as often as, from time to time 3. There was ____________ in my living area _____________. But now it has become much quieter than before. 4. We are pleased when the plane __________ on time. noise pollution in the past took off Exercises

选用词组的适当形式填空： get married, turn …into, take off, in fact, change a lot, in the past, noise pollution, as often as, from time to time 5. He looks naughty. ___________, he is a very clever boy. 6. We are trying our best to ________ our country _________ a modern and strong one. In fact turn into Exercises

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