busy dangerous exciting interesting stressful boring easy free

busy, dangerous, exciting, interesting, stressful

boring, easy, free, peaceful, relaxing

Can you imagine city and country lifestyles in Britain? Key words: office, underground, crowded, quiet, farm, walk, space, noisy

Reading Strategies: Prediction • Before you read a text, look at the title, photographs and drawings. • Read the first two or three lines of the text. • Try to guess what the text is going to be about.

Lesson 4 City and Country

Now listen to the tape and check your guesses.

Traffic jams City life Tall buildings Fresh air isolation Country life

Traffic jams crime City life pollution … peaceful environment modern museums firsthand information Fresh air isolation Country life … inconvenient traffic

Page 14. 4 Read and fill the table with information about Debbie and Paul’s lives. Add information about your own life and compare.

Debbie Paul Lives in A big city A small village 4 7 Wake-up time A farmer An accountant Job 8 All day Working hours Center of London North of England Works in Play with his Dance classes, children; study b go to the gym, Evening activities distance learning French classes special activities Go to the Go to London cinema drive to for a weekend the country and break go walking there

1. From the paragraph of Passage 1, we can know that ___ A. Debbie has to get up very early but Paul doesn’t have to B. Debbie goes to work by car every day C. Paul has to travel far away to work every day D. Debbie is rather tired of the underground

2. In the last paragraph of Passage 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 Passage 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’s life is very free D. Paul’s busy but without the stress of life 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 o f the following is NOT true according to the passages? 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’s work is freer than Debbie’s

Passage 1 1. Line 1 by…时间 在…前 我们必须 7点前回到教室。 We must come into the classroom by 7 o’clock. 2. Line 4 It takes sb. sometime to do sth. 做某事花费某人多少时间 我要花 30分钟回家 it takes me 35 minutes to go back home.

so+a. /ad. + that such + n. (可名单；可名复；不可名)+ that • Line 5 Lucy is so lovely a girl that we all like her. Lucy is such a lovely girl that we all like her.

v L 5 (英语周报第二期第二版) v so+adj. +a/an+单名＋that = such +a/an+adj. +单名+ that Tony is so naughty a boy that we all avoid him. Tony is such a naughty boy that we all avoid him.

• Line 9 sb. spend sometime/ some money (in) doing sth. sb. spend sometime/some money on sth. I spent 35 minutes (in) finishing my homework. =I spent 35 minutes on the homework I spent 12 yuan (in) buying this book. =I spent 12 yuan on this book.

fanatic 入迷的人 I like watching TV very much, so my mother calls me a “TV fanatic”. • Line 21 far away from 远离 My hometown is far away from my school, so I have to live in the school. Line 25

Passage 2 Line 9 that page 99 Line 12 sheep，fish, deer, Chinese 单复 a sheep 同形 two sheep ten fish 一条鱼 十条鱼 一只绵羊a fish 两只绵羊 There are three＿＿＿and seven＿＿＿in the p A deers, sheeps B deers, sheep C deer, sheep D deer, sheeps

• Line 19. by… 通过(方法，手段) 比较passage 1, line 1 I go to school by bus. Jin. Yong makes money by writing.

• Line 20 be interested in sth. / doing sth. 对…感兴趣 I am very interested in this book. I am very interested in reading this book. interested a. 感兴趣的（主语常为人） interesting a. 令人感兴趣的（主语常为物）

• Line 21

• Line 24 get/have the chance to do sth. 获得/有做某事的机会 Jane has got the chance to do this project. Line 26 take/have a break= have a rest 休息一会 You must be very tired, please stop working and take a good break

• Line 31 especially “特别地，尤其是” ”特意地，专门地“ 一般修饰a. , prep或 一般用在to do或for 状语从句 前，强调目的 前面一般用“，”隔开 specially made for me. I like the kite you ____ She likes the country, especially _______ in spring.

P 15. 5 • 1. In England, the underground ______is often called the _____. Many people travel on this tube to work. fanatic • 2. I am a real book____. I have so many books forecast in my flat. It looks like a library! • 3. The _____ says that the weather this weekend is going to be sunny andaccountant warm. • 4. If you like maths you could be an otherwise _____, _____you could be a maths teacher.

• 5. There is a restaurant ____ and it is nearby always _______ because it is so popular. crowded • 6. I am studying by ________ to improve my_______. distance learning career

P 60. 1 vocabulary • 1. crowded • 2. Urgent • 3. Forecast 4. Distance • 5. Perfect 6. Otherwise 7. especially 8. career 9. anywhere 10. fanatic

Speaking • How are Debbie and Paul’s lifestyles different? How are they similar? • Where do you live? In a city or a countryside? What do you like about where you live? List three things. • Work in groups. Imagine your group live in an unusual place. Think about your lifestyle there and prepare a report. Example we live in a cave in Shanxi. We have no electricity but no pollution, either.

Pair work: Ask and answer questions about each other’s routine life. Example : A: Where do you live? B: We live in a cave. A: What do you have for food ?