仁爱英语九年级上第一单元课文

Unit1 The Developing WorldTopic1 China has developed rapidly in recent years.Section A1a Look, listen and say ( In the classroom after class) Kangkang: Hi, Sally. Did you have a good summer holiday?Sally: Yes. What about you?Kangkang: Not bad. Rita, you have just come back from your hometown. How was your trip?Rita: I went to many places near my home in India. In one place I saw children working for a cruel boss. I felt sorry for them. Where have you been, Jane?Jane: I have been to Mount Huang with my parents. It’s a beautiful place. But there were so many people there that I couldn’t find a good place to take photos. And where have you been, kangkang?Kangkang: I have been to an English training school to improve my English. Listen! There goes the bell.1c Pair work: Where have you been and what did you do during the summer holiday? Make up a similar dialog with your partner according to the following example. Example:A: where have you been? B: I’ve been toA: what did you do? B: I …2a Listen read and sayKangkang: Hi, Ann! Have you ever taken part in any activities during this summer holiday?Ann: Yes, I have helped in a disabled children’s home. Kangkang: have you spent the whole holiday working there?Ann: Yesm I have And I have done a lot of things there.I cleaned rooms for the diabled children, told them stories and even fed them.Kangkang: what a wonderful experience!Ann: Yes, it was. I have learnt a lot from it. Though I had no time to travel, I still felt very happy this holiday!SectionB1a Listen, read and say Rita: Kangkang, I’d like to write an article about teenagers around the world. Could you please tell me something about Chinese teenagers?Kangkang: sure. My granny told me that most children had a hard life in the past.Rita: Is that so? Can you describe it in detail? Kangkang: Of course. In the past, many families were big and poor. Parents couldn’t afford education for their children. Most children had no chance to go to school. What’s more, some of them had to work and make money to help support their families. Life was very hard for these child laborers.Rita: what about teenagers nowadays?Kangkang: Our country has developed rapidly. Now our government gives support to poor families. So children in cities and villages can get a good education.Rita: oh, they’re lucky. By the way, where’s Jane? Kangkang: she has gone to the library?Rita: It’s a great pity! I want to learn something about Canadian teenagers,too.Kangkang: Why not go and search the Internet for some information?Rita: Great! Let’s go.1b: Work alone : compare the Chinese teenagers’ lives in the past with those nowadays, and then write two passages.In the past nowadays1C Work alone : Make a survey. Ask your parents about their lives as teenagers and compare them with your life nowadays.3. Pair work: Make a survey. Complete the questionnaire for your father mother. And make a dialog with your partner.Example:A: Has he / she ever…? B: Yes, he/she has. / No, he/she has never done that.Section C1a Read and understandA true story about Kangkang’s Granny (Kangkang’s granny is telling a true story about herself) I used to be a child laborer. Some other children and I slept in a large room with some cows. When it rained outside, the rain came in. Every morning, I got up at sunrise and went to the fields with the other children. Our job was to grow cotton. We often went hungry because the boss didn’t give us enough food to eat. When we talked to others, he shouted at us. He hit us when he thought we were working slowly. He was very angry when we fell ill and couldn’t work. I had to divide my money into two parts. One part was used to help support my family, the other, to help send my elder brother to school. Life was cruel for us at that time.Now, children’s lives are much better. Kangkang, you should feel satisfied with your life now.1b Work alone: Mark the following sentences(T) for True or (F) False according to 1a.( )1. Kangkang’s granny used to be a child laborer. ( )2. Kangkang’s granny had to get up when it was still dark every morning.( )3. The cruel boss didn’t give the children enough food to eat.( )4. Now, children’s lives are much better than before.1C Group work: Make a survey. Ask your grandparents to tell you some stories about themselves when they were teenagers. Then share them with your classmates.2a Read and understandMy Report on BeijingHi! I’m Michael, My uncle has worked in Beijing for more than twenty years. I interviewed him during the vacation. He has seen the changes in Beijing himself. Twenty years ago, the buildings were small and dark, and there weren’t many ring roads. People’s living conditions weren’t very good. But china has developed rapidly in recent years. The new buildings are tall and bright. More and more ring roads have appeared. And people’s living conditions have improved a lot. Beijing will host the 2008 Olympic Games. The living conditions will be more comfortable then. China has made such rapid progress. I think it is important to remember the past, live in the present and dream about the future. 2b Pair work : Look at the pictures and practice the dialog with your partner according to 2aPicture1: Roads---narrow house---small, dark Picture2: ring roads--- wide buildings---tall, bright Picture3: living conditions ---- hardPicture4: living conditions ----comfortableA: what were Beijing’s roads like in the past?B: …A: What has happened to Beijing’s roads now?B: ….A: What will Beijing’s roads be like in the future?B: ….Section D1a Read and understandOne World, One DreamThanks to the government’s efforts, Beijing, the capital of China, will host the 2008 Olympic Games. One World, One Dream is our slogan for Beijing 2008 Olympic Games. It expresses the wishes of 1.3 billion Chinese people for a better world tomorrow. We have chosen Beibei, Jingjing, Huanhuan, Yingying and Nini as the five mascots for Beijing 2008 Olympic Games. They stand for the five colors of the Olympic rings and together say, “welcome to Beijing!”. They express the rich culture of china as well.1b Group work: Beijing, the capital of china, will host the 2008 Olympic Games. What are you planning to do to prepare for it? Discuss and express your opinions.2a: Grammar focus 语法重点Where have you been, Jane?I’ve been to Mount Huang with my parents.Have you spent the whole holiday working there? Yes, I have.No, he/she has never done that.My uncle has worked in Beijing for more than twenty years.2b. Useful expressions.I felt sorry for them.There goes the bell.Though I had no time to travel.Is that so?By the way,…Our job was to grow cotton.I think it is important to …Thanks to the government’s efforts, …3. Written workThese are the changes which have taken place in Jin Meng’s hometown. Help him finish this short composition with the help of the notes.Live in a low house/ a tall buildingPlant crops with the help of farm animals/ machines Study in an old school/ a modern schoolTopic 1单词表training n. 培训，训练bell n. 钟（铃）声，铃，钟disabled adj. 残疾的whole adj. 整个的learn…from 从…中学习tidy v. 弄整洁adj.整洁的article n.文章granny n.祖母,外婆,老奶奶describe v.描写detail n.细节in detail 详细地afford v.负担的起(…的费用),提供education n. 教育,培养support v.&n.供养,抚养,支持,赞助child laborer 童工nowadays adv.当今,现在develop v.(使)发展,成长rapidly adv.快地,迅速地entertainment n.娱乐development n.发展;发达;开发picture n.图片when adv.什么时候,何时conj.当……的时候abroad adv.到(在)国外hungry adj.饿的divide v.分,划分divide…into把……分成……use v. 使用,利用,应用n.用法,用途elder adj.年长的n.长者,前辈recent adj.近来的,最近的rapid adj.快的,迅速的progress n.进步;进展v.进展,逐步发展make progress取得进步present n.目前,现在v.dream v&n梦,梦想narrow adj.狭窄的thanks to由于,因为capital n.首都,省会;大写字母;资本slogan n.口号,标语billion num.十亿note n.便条,笔记v.记下,记录composition n.作文,作曲consider v.考虑draw up起草,拟定outline n.纲要,要点check v.校对,核对;检查,批改n.检查,批改right n.右边example n.例子,榜样for example例如title n.标题,题目conclusion n.结论,结尾Topic2 What has happened to thepopulation?Section A1.Look, listen and sayMaria: Hello, Kangkang. I’ve just tried to call you. Your mother said that you and Michael had gone to a shopping center. How was it?Kangkang: Oh! I never want to go shopping again. Maria: Why?Kangkang: Because there were too many people there. We got lost and couldn’t find each other.Maria: Bad luck! Have you found him yet? Kangkang: Yes, he has already gone home. I really hate to go shopping.Maria: So do I. And there are even more people on the weekend.Kangkang: That’s true.2.work aloneLearn the sentences below and then choose the words in the box to complete the dialog.1.I’ve just heard from him.2.A: Has he cooked lunch yet?3.B: Yes, he has already done that. / Yes, he has donethat already.4.A: Has he ever been abroad?5.B: No, he has never been abroad.Just already yet ever neverA: Have you _______ been to Yunnan?B: No, I have ________ been there. Michael has ______ come back from Yunnan. He likes it very much. He says he has _______seen such beautiful scenery before.A: Have you seen him _________?B: Yes, I have ___________ seen him.3a Listen, read and say(Maria and Kangkang are talking about the photos on the wall in Kangkang’s home.)Maria: Oh, Kangkang. What a nice photo! You were so cute then!Kangkang: Yes, everybody loved me so much!Maria: But the family in the other photo is very big. It seems that their living conditions were not very good. Kangkang: Yes. It’s a photo of my father’s family. When he was a child, most families in the country had at least three or four children. At that time, China was the country with the largest population in the world. And it was not well developed.Maria: Great changes have taken place in China. Kangkang: of course. China has developed a lot because of our country’s one-child policy. Now most families have only one child. I’m the only child in my family, and I’m a “Little Emperor”.Maria: Oh, that’s too bad.Kangkang: My granny thinks so, too. So she tells my parents to be more strict with me.Maria: But really, Kangkang , that’s a good thing. No one likes “Little Emperors”.3b Work aloneRead 3a again and then mark(T)for True or (F) for false. ( )1. Kangkang thinks that China developed slowly in the past.( )2. China has a larger population than any other country in the world.( )3. China is developing more slowly than before because of China’s one-child policy.( )4. Maria thinks it’s bad to be a “Little Emperor”( )5. It’s possible that Kangkang’s father was the only child in his family.Section B1a Listen, read and say(The students are having a geography class) Teacher: Good morning, class. Today we will learn something about the population of China. Do you know what the population of China was in 2005? Students: About 1.3 billion.Teacher: And what was the population of China in 1985? Can you find it in the book?Student A: Um, it as 1.06 billion. The population has increased a lot.Teacher: You’re right. Let’s talk about people’s lifespan. In the past, people couldn’t live long because of poor medical care. Now, we live longer. Can you find it? Student B: The lifespan was 24 years in 1930. it rose to 35 in 1949, then almost 68 in 1981, and 71 in 1999. Teacher: people are healthier now. we can conclude that Chinese medical care has improved because our country has developed a lot. But the problem of China’s population still seems quite serious.1b Work alone: read 1a again and answer the following questions.1.where does this dialog take place?2.What was the population of China in 1985?3.How long did people live in 1930? What about in1981?4.What can you conclude from this dialog?1c Group work: Discuss the following questions in groups.1.What are the problems of China’s population?2.What so you think of the future of China’spopulation?Section C1a Read and understandPre-reading questions:1.How much do you know about China’s one-childpolicy?2.What problems do you think China’s largepopulation will cause?3.What can we do about the large population inChina?In 2005, the world’s population was about 6.5 billion. More that three billion people live in Asia now. That’s about half of the world’s population.China has the largest population in the world, and about one fifth of the people in the world live in China.A large population causes many difficulties, not only for every family, but also for the whole nation. It has become a serious problem.China has done something to control the population. One is known as the one-child policy. It has worked well in controlling China’s population. Thanks to the policy, China is developing quickly and people’s living conditions are improving rapidly, However, the population problem is still serious in China. We still have a long way to go.1b Work alone: Describe the disadvantages of China’s large population according to the following phrases.1.be short of energy and water2.heavy traffic3.more crowded4.fewer places to live in5.be difficult to find a jobYou can begin like this:Because of the large population, we are short of energy and water…2b Work alone : Read 2a again and then mark (T) for True or (F) for False.( )1. Human beings are in trouble because there are too many people in the world.( )2. India has a larger population than China.( )3. China has 25 percent of the world’s population. ( )4. China has tried to control the population.3 Written work.Search for more information about the population problem in China, and then write something about it. The following questions may help you.1.What’s the population of China?2.How many people live in the countryside?3.Some parents in less developed areas prefer boys togirls, don’t they?4.Can all Chinese families offer their children a goodeducation?5.What is the comfortable life like? How can we makelife more comfortable?Section D1a Read and understand: read and compare. Do you want to live in a place with a large population or a small one? Underline the key words.Hello, everyone! My name is Sue. I come from Fairmont, Canada. Canada is a big green country with a lot of snow in winter. I live in a small mountain town called Fairmont. It has less than 600 people. My hometown has clear, fresh air and lots of tall, green trees. Our town is like one big family, really. We help each other and heave fun together. But it isn’t perfect. I can’t go shopping in big stores unless I travel for a couple of hours. And sometimes it is hard to see my friends because they live so far away.Hi, I’m Li Ming. I live in Beijing, the capital of China. It has a long history and many beautiful buildings, both old and new. It has developed quickly, and people are heard working. We have many big shopping centers and huge markets, so shopping is easy. Our public transportation is excellent. But life isn’t always easy. Both students and workers have a lot of pressure because we have to study and work so hard. And even though we have made a lot of progress, we still have big pollution problems in the city.1b Pair workAsk and answer the following questions with you partner. The words in the box may help you.1.What are the difference between Sue’s and LiMing’s lives?2.Are their lives easy or hard?医疗保健v.上升，上涨v.推断出，断定，完成，结束n.困难，费力n.能源，精力人n.麻烦，烦恼，问题，疾病少于，小于提供如果不….., 除非……一对,夫妇一些,几个adj.努力工作的市场,集市adj.极好的,优秀的n.压力,压迫虽然,尽管n.不同,差别n,(外)孙子Topic 3 The world has changed for thebetter.1a Look, listen and sayMaria: What are you reading, Jane?Jane: I am reading a newspaper from Canada. Martin says there is an interesting article. It is about a program that helps homeless people.Maria: Are there homeless people in Canada?Jane: Oh, yes! Every country has homeless people. The article says one city has a wonderful program to help homeless people return to work and live like other people.Maria: That sounds great! How do they do it?Jane: Well, once they find people in need, they decide on suitable ways to help them.Maria: Can they get good food and medicine?Jane: Yes. And it is not only that. The government provides homeless people with nice homes. It trains them so that they can find jobs again.Maria: I think it is important for these people to feel good about themselves.Jane: You are right. The world has changed for the better.1b Pair work: Change direct speech into indirect speech or change indirect speech into direct speech. Then practice the sentences with your partner.1.“What are you reading, Jane?” Maria asked.2.Maria asked Jane what__________________________________3.Jane said, “I’m reading a newspaper from Canada.”4.Jane said thatshe_____________________________________. 5.“Are there homeless people in Canada?”Mariaasked Jane.6.Maria asked Jane if ___________________inCanada.7.Jane said that this program helped homeless peoplereturn to work and live like other people.8.Jane said,“______________________________________________.”9.Jane said that the government provided homelesspeople with nice homes and trained them.10.Jane said,“_____________________________________________.”3 Work alone: Match column A with column B to form compounds and guess their new meanings. Then try to1a Listen, read and sayHelen: You have been in New York for a long time. How do you like living there?Bob: it’s great. I really love it.Helen: But I heard the traffic was terrible was terrible and everyone drove too quickly.Bob: Oh, you will get used to it.Helen: But I also heard the streets were dirty.Bob: They used to be, but the city has improved a lot. Helen: isn’t it dangerous there?Bob: Well, New York was dangerous in the past, but, in fact, it’s quite safe now. I think it’s a wonderful place to live in. You can go to plays, concerts and operas every day if you like. We have beautiful parks, good schools, museums and excellent restaurants. You must come for a visit. Then you can see New York for yourself.1b Work alone: Match the two columns and write a short passage to compare today’s New York with that of the past.traffic wonderfulstreet terriblerestaurants dirtyplace excellentChangesNew York has changed a lot. ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________ ______________________________________________ ______________________________________________ _______________________________________________________.1c Pair work: discuss the following questions with your partner.1.Where do you live?2.What changes have taken place in your village/town/ city?3.how do you like living there? Why?4.if you don’t like living there, where do you want tolive?2 Group work: Discuss the differences between country life and city life. The following information many help you.Environment entertainmentTraffic medical care Example:It’s very quiet in the country. there are fresher air, clearer water and greener trees. But it’s quite crowded and noisy in the city, and there are many kinds of pollution, such as air pollution, water pollution and so on…3 Work alone: complete these words and remember them.1a Read and understand: Read about an organization in Canada that tries to help the homeless. Then discuss this question: What can be done to help homeless people?A famous program in Edmonton has helped homeless people for many years. It is called Edmonton Community Services. It is famous because it has been so successful in helping homeless people return to normal lives. Edmonton Community services helps people get jobs. It also lends money to them so that they can rent apartments and buy clothes for their children.A special program for street kids, called “Kids in the Hall”, helps homeless children like Zack. “In the Hall”, is the name of a restaurant in Edmonton. The food is prepared, cooked and served by street kids. At the same time, they are learning restaurant skills there. When they finish their training, it will be easy for them to find jobs.However, street kids must obey strict rules. If anyone takes drugs or disobeys the other rules, he can’t stay in the program. He has to return to the streets.Zack thinks that these rules are strict. But he says, “The program ‘Kids in the Hall’has given me a good chance to succeed. It will help me live like other kids again.”1b Work alone: read 1a again and finish the following tasks.1.What is the purpose of this passage?2. a. To describe some delicious food.3. b. To talk about a boy named Zack.4. c. To talk about a program that helps homelesspeople.5.List two other problems mentioned in the article.6. a. No clothes for children.7. b. _______________________8. c.________________________9.Explain how Edmonton Community servicesprogram helps solve these problems.10. a. Edmonton Community services lends money toparents to buy clothes for children.11. b. ___________________ c._______________________________1c Work alone: Mark the following sentences (T) for True or (F) for False according to 1a.( )1. The famous program “kids in the Hall”is in Canada.( )2. Edmonton community Service seldom helps people get jobs.( )3. “In the Hall”is the name of a restaurant in Edmonton.( )4. Street kids often disobey the strict rules.2 Written work: The world has many problems. Look at the following pictures, and then write down what you hope. The words in the box may help you.Picture1: homeless peoplePicture2: child laborerPicture3: cruel warWe hope the people in picture 1 have warm house to live in …______________________________________________ ______________________________________________ ______________________________________________ ______________________________________________ ______________________________________________ __________提示词：warm houses, community services,Go to school , rich, end the war , live a happy life smile on one’s faceSection D1a Read and UnderstandProject Hope is a social service program to help people. It has raised a lot of money from people at home and abroad. The money is used for children’s education in poor areas.In the past sisteen years, Project Hope has raised about 3 billion yuan. It has paid for the education of 2.5 million poor students and sent 2.3 million students to high schools. With the money, it has built thousands of schools and libraries and trained 2300 teachers.Most people in China have heard of Project Hope, and many have given money to it. Millions of children have received a better education because of Project Hope. But 40 million children from poor families still need help, so Project Hope still has a lot of work to do.1b. Group work: According to 1a, discuss the following questions in groups.1.What do you think about Project Hope? Why?2.As a student, what can you do for Project Hope?2 Work alone: Read what Tina says and then change the five sentences into indirect speech, using Tina asked / told her mom…Tina says:Oh mom, is Paris the capital of France?Could I do some shopping there? How can I get there?I’m interested in French.. I want to teach myself French 3a Grammar focusDirect speech and indirect speech:“ What are you reading, Jane?” Maria askedMaria asked Jane what she was reading.Jane said, “ I’m reading a newspaper from Canada.”Jane said that she was reading a newspaper from Canada.“Are there homeless people in Canada?” Maria asked Jane.Maria asked Jane if there were homeless people in Canada.3b. useful expressions…, once they find people in need, they decide on suitable ways to help them.The government provides homeless people with nice homes.Oh, you will get used to it.You must come for a visit.With the money, it has built thousands of schools and libraries…4.Final projectI have a DreamAlthough we have made a lot of progress, there are still many problems in the world.1.work in groups of three or four to research one ofthe problems below. You may ask your teacher about other problems that interest you.2.(AIDS homelessness, hunger, child labor, war in theMiddle East or Africa)3.Make a short speech with the topic, “I have adream”4.Present your speech at a “United Nationsconference”.5.After you listen to other students’speeches, asksome questions.单词：Homeless adj 无家可归的provide v. 提供flood n. 洪水v. （被）淹没mate n. 朋友，伙伴stair n. 楼梯fair adj公平的，合理的excite v.使兴奋，使激动skill n.技能，技巧drug n.毒品，药，药物disobey v.不服从succeed v.成功purpose n.目的，意图mention v.提到，说起war n.战争Project Hope 希望工程social adj 社会的at home and abroad 在国内外French n. 法语adj. 法国的，法国人，法语的。