【文章內(nèi)容簡(jiǎn)介】 For many people, life is a lot (1) ________ (easy) today. Medicine and diet are improving, and people are getting (2) ________ (healthy) and living (3) ________(long)． But munication is changing (4) _________________ (fast) of all. Today, with the Inter, people can municate (5) _____________ (easily) than ever before with friends all over the world. 1 easier healthier longer more easily （ the） fastest Not all the changes are (6)________(good) ones. More people drive cars instead of riding bikes, so they are not as(7)________(fit) as they were. Increasing traffic makes the roads (8) ____________ (crowded) than ever, and it also makes pollution (9)________(bad). We must all work harder to reduce pollution. good fit more crowded worse Work in pairs. Look at the two pictures and talk about how the town has changed. Use the words in the box to help you. 2 big building busy house modern more shop street tall traffic tree Complete the sentences with the words or expressions in the box. 3 heat more than seldom spare speak up 1. We________have time to go on holiday. 2． We do not have much________ time because we have important exams this year. 3． Never go out in the ________ of the day without a hat. 4． You have to ________because the students in the back cannot hear you. 5． Mr Smith is ___________a teacher. Most of his pupils think of him as? their friend. seldom spare heat speak up more than 知識(shí)點(diǎn) 1 think of...as 把 …… 看作 think of...as 意為 “把 …… 看作 ”，此處的 as 是介詞，后可接名詞 (短語(yǔ) )等。 類似的短語(yǔ)還有consider...as, look on...as, regard...as 等。 eg: They regard him as their friend. 他們把他當(dāng)作他們的朋友 。 考向 【 重點(diǎn) 】 eg： I think of you as my 。 完成句子 我們把我們的老師看作我們的朋友。 (think of... as) _____________________________________________ 典例 We think of our teachers as our friends. Read the and find three examples that show life was harder in the past than it is today. FROM： TO： SUBJECT： 4 Gran Christine The lives of children in Victorian Britain Dear Christine， You asked me for help about your school project—the lives of children in Victorian Britain. I was also interested. I searched online and found out? the following. 魔法記憶 In Victorian Britain, thousands of people came to the cities to work in the factories. Instead of the green, open countryside, people lived in very small houses, very close to each other, with no space for children to play. Families in those days were quite big. Often, there were four or five children in one family, and they all had to sleep in houses of just two rooms. Sometimes, a whole street had to share one outside toilet. Can you imagine that? Most of the big cities were dirty and unhealthy. The pollution from factories filled the air. People put their rubbish outside in the streets. As a result? ， there were many illnesses. 魔法記憶 And life was harder for children in those times. They didn39。t always go to school, because they had to work instead. Many children started work in factories when they were only four or five years old. They worked twelve hours a day in dangerous jobs for very little money. Many were hurt in accidents with machines. I hope this is helpful. Write to me if you need more information. With love， Gran 知識(shí)點(diǎn) 2 find out 找出；查明 辨析 find， find out， look for和 discover 考向其后可接名詞 (短語(yǔ) )、代詞或從句等。 eg: We must find out who broke the