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resentation Words: wealthy wealth fear double seldom spare deaf Phrases: used to speak up spare time Presentation Patterns: ★ I suppose that’s because more people have cars… ★ But people don’t take as much exercise as they used to. ★ Some people think life in the past was simpler and healthier than today. Presentation 1. Talk about the photo. Say what life was like in the early 1980s and what life is like today. There weren’t so many cars as there are today. The road is much wider than 1980s. The buildings now are taller than 1980s. Presentation 1. What is the history homework? Write about life in the past and life today. 2. What is the question they need to answer? The question is “Is life today better than it was in the past?” 2. Listen and answer the questions. Presentation 3. What does Betty ask? Betty asks if they can write about medicine and pollution. 4. What does Daming ask? Daming asks if they can write about personal safety. Presentation 備注:見(jiàn)視頻 Module 3 Unit 1 Activity 3 Presentation 3. Listen and read. Mum: It’s getting late, Betty. How is your homework? Betty: Nearly finished. Mum, do you think that life is better today than in the past? Mum: Yes, of course, I do. Betty: I do too. People are wealthier today, and they live longer than they did in the past. Mum: That’s true. We know more about medicine today, and there’s less fear of Presentation getting ill because we know how to deal with the ordinary diseases. But people don’t take as much exercise as they used to. Betty: I suppose that’s because more people have cars, and they walk or use their bikes less. Mum: Some people think life in the past was simpler and healthier than today. More wealth sometimes means less health. Presentation When the number of cars is doubled, the pollution is also doubled, or even worse. Betty: What about work? Do people work as hard as they did fifty years ago? Mum: Yes, and they sometimes work harder. People seldom say they have enough spare time! Why don’t you go and ask Mrs Li, our neighbour? She’s Presentation over seventy years old. She’s seen how life has changed. Betty: That’s a good idea. I’ll go and ask her. Mum: Remember to speak up!