Lesson 4 City and Country

Objectives:

To practise using background knowledge strategies when reading.

To practise reading for specific information.

To express opinion orally and give reasons for them.

To compare one lifestyle with another.

Pre-Reading

Answer these questions to prepare yourself.

Use the Key Words below to help you.

office, farm, underground, walk, crowded, space, quiet, noisy.

1) How are city and country lifestyles different in China?

2) Can you imagine city and country lifestyles in Britain?

Show some pictures in the country and in the city.

Reading

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

Look at the chart then try to think out some words to describe the advantages and disadvantages living in the city or the country.

Post-Reading

Choose the best answers:

1.From the first paragraph of text 1, we can know that ___

A. Debbie has to get up very early but Paul doesn’t have to.

B .Debbie is rather tired of the underground.

C .Debbie goes to work by car every day.

D .Paul has to travel far away to work every day.

2. In the last paragraph of text 2, it can be inferred that ___.

A. Paul’s wife does not like movies

B. Paul often goes to see the film

C. The life of Paul is very convenient

D. When Paul’s children see the tube, they will get very excited

3. The main idea of text 2 is that ___.

A. Paul lives in a small village in the north of England

B. It is easy for Paul to go to work

C. Paul is busy but without the stress of life

D. Paul’s life is very free

4. Whose life is better, Debbie’s or Paul’s?

A .Debbie’s. B. Paul’s. C. Both.

D. Different people have different ideas.

5. Which of the following is NOT true according to the texts?

A. Debbie has to spend all morning checking numbers every day on workweeks.

B. Debbie likes to go to the countryside to have a weekend break sometimes.

C. Debbie and Paul are both movie fanatics and both see movies a lot.

D. Paul likes all the crowds and the noise in London.

Answers: BDCDC

Languages points:

1. That’s what people call …

He’s a new comer. That’s what I know about him.

That’s how… That’s why… That’s where…

2. …it’s so crowded that I can’t find …

so …that…引导结果状语从句,如此…以至于…

Anna works so hard that she has little time for rest.

Tommy got up so late that he missed the first bus.

3. I spend all morning checking numbers.

spend some time doing sth. 花费时间做――

I spend two hours doing my homework everyday.

4. We don’t have the same work hour that office workers in the city have. that引导的从句表示的内容与主句所讲的是“同一”

That’s the same purse that I bought last Sunday.

对比 That’s the same purse as I bought last Sunday. (同我丢失的那个一样，但不是同一个)

5. Right now I am studying by distance learning.

distance learning 远程教育

6. …it’s my dream to see the Great Wall …

不定式to see the Great Wall作真正的主语，前面的it是形式主语。

dream of

梦见...

I often dream of myself becoming a great singer.

I never dreamed of meeting you here.

我绝对未想到在这里遇到你。

7. My wife calls me a movie fanatic.

call+宾语＋宾补

We call him our monitor.

8. …so I don’t get the chance to go very often.

get the chance to do—有机会做――

I’m so happy that I got the chance to go abroad.

Exercise

Choose the best answers

1 –Bob told me not to swim in this river.

--That’s I told him.

A how B it C that D what

2—Don’t spend too much time the game.

--I see.

A to play B playing C played D play

3 –I saw a pen in the garden yesterday.

--Where is it now? It’s the same pen I lost.

A that B as C which D what

Keys: D, B, A

Vocabulary

Use the words from the texts to complete the sentences below.

accountant, tube, underground, crowded, nearby, otherwise, career, fanatic, forecast, distance learning

1) In England, the is often called the . Many people travel on this to work.

2) I am a real book . I have so many books in my flat. It looks like a library!

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 by to improve my .

Answers:

1 underground, tube 2 fanatic 3 forecast 4 accountant, otherwise 5 nearby, crowded 6 distance learning, career

Speaking

Talk about it. How are Debbie and Paul’s lifestyles different? How are they similar?

Example Debbie has to travel to work but Paul doesn’t.

They both have to work.

Writing

Where do you live? In a city or in the countryside? What do you like about where you live?

List three things.

Then try to write an essay to describe the place where you live , if you like there and the reason you like it or dislike it.

英语：unit1 lesson4 city and country教案(北师大版必修1)