1. 北师大版
高二 Module 8
Unit 24

2. Warm-Up

3. Exercise 1
What do you think are the biggest problems in Western countries?
Put them in order of importance.
Key words: social problems

4. begging

5. discrimination

6. racism

7. violence

8. drugs

9. inequality

10. homelessness

11. poverty

12. unemployment

13. abortion

14. Exercise 2
Listen to the radio news report about changes in British society. Match the topics with the graphs below.
Percent of households with cars
Percent of households with computers
Percent of women who work
Percent of year olds in full-time education

15. Percent of households with cars
Percent of households with computers
Percent of women who work
Percent of year olds in
full-time education

16. Listen again and complete the table.
1981
2001
average income of British family per week
￡326
life expectancy for men and women
unemployment
1.7 million

17. 1981
2001
numbers in full-time further education
number of crimes
(England and Wales)

18. Work in pairs. Use the key words to say true or false sentences about trends in British society.
Example
A: The number of crimes has gone down
over the last twenty years.
B: False. It has gone up by…

19. Key Words: Describing Trends
◇ to rise, to climb, to go up, to rocket,
to double\ triple, to be on the increase
◇ to fall, to go down, to decline,
to be on the decrease
◇to go up and down
Key Words: Describing Trends