Unit 1 Lesson 4 City and Country 肥西三中：卫志丽

City Country and

First-hand information traffic jams modern museums buildings city First-hand information pollution stressful fresh air isolation peaceful environment country relaxing free inconvenient traffic

Country What is the country life like and what about the city life? easy, free, peaceful, relaxing, boring

City busy, dangerous, exciting, interesting, stressful

Pre-Reading Answer these questions to prepare yourself. Use the Key Words below to help you. Key Words office, farm, underground, walk, crowded, space, quiet, noisy.

busy, crowded, noisy, underground , office 1.How are city and country lifestyles different in China? 2.Can you imagine city and country lifestyles in Britain? 问题是没有讨论. busy, crowded, noisy, underground , office farm, walk, space, quiet

In today’s class, we are going to read two texts about different lifestyles (city lifestyle and country lifestyle ). learn to use reading strategies. learn to use some useful words

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

Guessing Look at the title and photographs. And guess what the two articles are about.

Reading Read and fill in the table with information about Debbie and Paul’s lives. Add information about your own life and compare.

a farmer Debbie Paul lives in a big city a small village wake-up time job working hours works in evening activities special activities you 7 am 4 am a farmer an accountant 8 hours all day north of England center of London play with his children; study chinese by distance learning dance classes, go to the gym, French classes go to the cinema drive to the country and go walking there go to London for a weekend break

Post Reading Listen to the two texts and decide if the following sentences are True or False.

1.Debbie has to get up very early but Paul doesn’t have to. 2.Debbie goes to work by car every day. 3.Paul has to travel far away to work every day. 4.Debbie is rather tired of the underground. F F F T 5. Paul often goes to see the film. 6. The life of Paul is very convenient. F F

T T T T F 7.Paul lives in a small village in the north of England. 8. It is easy for Paul to go to work. 9. Paul’s life is very free. 10. Paul’s life is busy but without the stress of life. T T T T 11. Debbie and Paul are both movie fans and both see movies a lot. F

Useful vocabulary tube 1. having too many people accountant 2. someone who is good at dealing with numbers nearby crowded 3. not far 4.space between two points or places 5. tell sth. in advance(提前) 6. what people call the underground in London forecast fanastic错误 之前应有一个图片展示 distance

Vocabulary Use the words from the texts to complete the sentence below. accountant, tube, underground, crowded, nearby, otherwise, cigar, lung, forecast, distance learning 1 In England,the __________is often called the _____.Many people travel on this to work. 2 Smoking ______can cause ____cancer! underground tube cigars lung

3 The _______says that the weather this weekend 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 business communication by______________. forecast accountant otherwise nearby crowded distance learning

Homework: Suppose you can choose to live in a city or a country, write a short passage about the advantages and disadvantages of living in a city or a country. 不应该看稿子.

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