北师大版必修一高一上学期英语unit1 _Lesson 4 City and Country (共42张PPT)

go to London for a weekend break
After reading
Choose the best answers.
1. From the first paragraph of the texts, 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
北师大 高一 （1）Unit 1 王倩倩
Unit 1 Lifestyles Lesson 4
City and Country
Eiffel Tower
the Statue of Liberty
The Oriental Pearl TV Tower
What comes to your mind when you think of city life?
( T ) 6. Paul is studying Chinese now
and he hopes to visit the Great Wall one day.
( F ) 7. Paul has much work on the farm
and he works early in the morning and late at night every day.
modern traffic jams
busy City life
pollution …
tall buildings
crowded noisy
What comes to your mind when you think of country life?
peaceful environment
clean water poor
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.
company in London. She gets up at seven
and takes the 1. uu_n_d_er_g_r_o_u_n_d__ to her
office by nine o’clock. Usually, she can’t
find a seat in the 2. cc_r_o_w_d_e_d_ tube, so she always gets 3. ti_r_e_d_. She spends all
a
farmer
8
all day
center
North of
of London England
dance classes, go to the gym, French classes
play with his children; study by distance learning
go to the cinema, drive to the country and go walking there
( F ) 4. Debbie and her friends drive to
the countryside every weekend.
( T ) 5. Debbie often has a sandwich or
some biscuits and a cup of coffee as her lunch.
2) Can you imagine city and country lifestyles in Britain?
Reading Strategies : Prediction
A . Before you read a text, look at the title, photographs and drawings.
( T ) 8. Paul has pigs, chickens, wheat
and vegetables to look after.
( F ) 9. Paul’s wife likes to buy
clothes, which makes him unhappy.
( T ) 10. Paul goes to the cinema
twice a year when he and his family go
to London.
Task 2
Read and fill in the table with information about Debbie and Paul’s lives.
7 am
4 am
an accountant
Detailed reading
Task 1
Read the text quickly and decide true or false.
( T ) 1. Debbie is an accountant in a French company in the centre of London. ( F ) 2. To get enough exercise, Debbie spends two nights on dance classes every week. ( F ) 3. Debbie has much it on the underground.
morning checking numbers, has a simple
lunch, and returns to her paperwork in
the afternoon. To get enough exercise
she 4. da_n_c_e_s_ and goes to the gym, and
at four every morning, 6.ww_h_e_n_ it’s still dark. He’s at work the 7. mmo_m__en_t__ he
walks out of his house. With so many things to do, he has different work hours
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.
she studies French
on weekday nights. On weekends she goes to the cinema, or drives to the
countryside for 5. r_el_a_x_at_io_n____.
Different from Debbie, Paul has to get up
fresh air
lonely
Country life free
…
inconvenient traffic
Pre-reading
1) How are city and country lifestyles different in China?
office, farm, underground, walk, crowded, space, quiet, noisy
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.
Summary
Debbie is an accountant in a large
B . Read the first two or three lines of the text.
C . Try guess what the text is going to be about.
Fast reading
Read the texts quickly and find out what are the two articles about.
8. ffr_o_m__ those in the city; he’s busy raising cows, sheep, pigs and chickens, and 9. gg_ro_w_i_n_g _ wheat and vegetables. In the evening, he plays with his two children, and studies Chinese by 10. ddi_st_a_n_ce___ learning. He goes to London twice a year, with his wife going to clothing stores and his children riding the red buses.
Homework
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, give the reason you like it or dislike it.