1. Unit 1 Past and present Main task
From Wenfeng Secondary School

2. Listen to the tape in Integrated skills,then answer the questions:
1.What did it use to be in the past?
2.What is it like now?
3.What benefits have the changes brought to Lantau Island?
4.What problems have the changes caused?

3. Main task
A report
Try to find out the main idea of each paragraph.

4. Filling the blanks
Lantau Island is a place in Hong Kong. It u_____ to be the home of many wild animals. There ______ (be) green hills and f______ air. However, the area has ______ (change) o_____ the years. There are now many more roads, buildings and people. It no longer p_____ a good e_________ for wildlife.
sed
were
resh
changed
ver
rovides
nvironment

5. Filling the blanks
In the past, people could only go to Lantau Island b_____ f______ and it was very quiet there. Things have changed a lot, and a new airport in Chek Lap Kok ______ (open) in Now, people can take the bus, the MTR, the Airport E_____ or the ferry to Lantau Island. It is fast and c______. y
erry
opened
xpress
onvenient

6. Filling the blanks
The c_______to Lantau Island have _______(bring) many b____ but they have also c______many problems for wildlife. Some animals and plants have ____ (loss) their _____ (live) areas because of these changes.
hanges
brought
enefits
aused
lost
living

7. New words of this passage：
island, convenient, benefit, cause
Important phrases of this passage:
Lantau Island the changes to
past and present used to be/do
on longer fresh air over the years
provide sth for sb./provide sb. with sth.
in the past by ferry change a lot
take/catch a bus the Airport Express
be convenient cause many problems because of

8. Import sentences of this passage：
It used to be the home of many wild animals.
Things have changed a lot.
The changes to Lantau Island have brought
many benefits but they have also caused
many problems for wildlife.

9. Changes in Yancheng

10. Changes in Yancheng

11. Changes in Yancheng

12. Changes in Yancheng

13. Changes in Yancheng

14. Changes in Yancheng

15. My hometown---Yancheng

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17. My hometown---Yancheng

18. My hometown---Yancheng

19. My hometown---Yancheng

20. My hometown---Yancheng

21. My hometown---Yancheng

22. My hometown---Yancheng

23. My hometown---Yancheng

24. My hometown---Yancheng

25. Look at the photos about Yancheng in the past and present
Look at the photos about Yancheng in the past and present. Ask and answer in pairs according to the questions on P18.
In the past Now
1. Environment
2. Transport
3. Development
4. People

26. Homework:
Write a report on the changes to Yancheng.

27. Byebye